Tag: Among The Living Dead

bookmark_border* A Carbon Footnote

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LYRICS
A hit or miss
Misfit fit bit
Accompanied
By company
A lil’ under lit
Do what we can
With what we’re given
The basic human
Opinion driven
Until the grave
Shave
Humanity
(a sliver of live-er)
Driven to heaven
Being a being
Human humanitarian
(Sing it again!)
A carbon footnote *
Rote
In repetition
Of trying to be me
At all cost
Lost
Boasts of milk-toast
Fiddling at the fall
… of civilization
The balls of the ball
… castration

Do what we can
With what we’re given
The basic human
Until the grave
Save
Humanity
Driven to heaven
Being a being
Human humanitarian
Sing it again!
Amen
(Quote:
* a carbon footnote)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A D E; 130 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderWay Out

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LYRICS
There’s no going back
Find our way out
No need to re-track
Blind? Feel about….
There’s no going back
Find our way out
Knowledge we lack
Intuitive route
Eventually we’ll see
Light! Darkened bright
Smell the fresh air
Almost there
Getting out of here
Is near
Knock, knock. Who’s there?
Don’t know it
If you don’t care
The aware
Share in all that’s fair

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Dm Em C Dm / Am Em Dm; 160 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderHarp On The Truth

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LYRICS
The truth is the truth
Whether I like it or not
Why attack a fact?
Like it or not… caught
Between rock!
And a hard place
Just sayin’ the way it is
If I fancy it, or not
This is is
Soon to be was… because
That’s how time and space
Embrace

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A B7; 111 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderExcuse Me

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LYRICS
Is that a tuna factory
Attacking my olfactory
What’s that smell
Can you tell
(Sure smells fishy
If you ask me)

Limburger cheese
Stow it, oh please
What’s that smell
Satin’s spell

Take no pleasure
In burning sulfur
What’s that smell
Smells like hell

Plug my nose
Plug your knows
Unknown smell
Just as well
(Smell it still
Paper mill?)
Unknown smell
Just as well
(’cause possibly
It’s coming from me?
Quite possibly….)
Excuse

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F F# G / E G; 138 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderPlease Help Yourselves

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LYRICS
Please help yourselves
To hors d’oeuvres
Devour the ours
Please help yourselves
Empty the shelves
Devour the hours
Time… friend or foe
Do you know
If “I’m”
Time
Eat, glutton
Even if gluten free
Eat, vegan
In the name of humanity
Devour ours
Until the hours
Are theirs
Until the ours
Are there’s
Hours are there’s

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Gb G / Gb Gbm; 164 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderWide Stride

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LYRICS
If, and, but attitude
Stocking up on more rude
Gonna keep a wide stride
I’ll seek. You hide.
Give it a try
Bye-bye
Before you depart, open your heart
Let the light shine in
And the love come out
Start the heart
Begin
Figure it out and shout:
“Believe in believing in living”

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Fm Bb C; 140 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderThe Main Cage (Wildlife)

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LYRICS
Outside your main cage
In the wild
Up there on the stage
In the wild
(Going wild)

It sure is a thrill
Running with the wildlife
Oh if looks could kill
No taming the wildlife
Hard to get my fill
Living the wild life

The hare’s hair stands on end
Mother Nature’s rules won’t bend

The dear are so dear
In the wild
A witness I’ll bear
In the wild

I of newt… ewe, too
In the wild
Cast the spell: get well
In the wild

The hare’s hair stands on end
Message is in the music we send

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C/A / D G A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderIt Ain’t Over Yet

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LYRICS
Wanna make a bet
It ain’t over yet
They still have got to bring
The fat lady out to sing
Encore
For sure

Cliff hanger can’t wait long
Won’t you play one more song
Encore
Endure

To the grave no regret
Life saved! Not dead yet
Encore
Allure

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: B F# / C# C#sus4 B B7 F# B F#; 132 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderAbove All

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LYRICS
The blues on the suede of the shoes
Eludes the dudes
Miss post-modern blues
True that it may be
’cause maybe it’s true
For sure
The texture
Of the demographics
Will reveal
The inner appeal
Be it thick in sick
Or shine fine
Over shades of grey
To say
Above all
Love
Above all
Love
All

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Em+g Em+d; 80 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderBad Knews

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LYRICS
Say, hey… what’s up with all the bad “knews”?
(I knew them yesterday)
They say
“Another passing on the way”
And it’s too shocking to me
Did you see?
Laid to rest
(Not for the best)
Too today
Take the cues
(Without clues)
Singing the blues

Say, hey… what’s up with all the “6-feet-deep”?
Doing the macabre dance
Reaper creep
Oh, no it’s not for the best
Any day
Laid to rest
(Not for the best)
Too today
Take the cues
(Without clues)
Singing the blues

Oh, no did you know another friend
Reached “The End”
Ohhhhh, how I hope we meet again
Up beyond the sky so blue
Making music for you
Laid to rest
Playing with the best
… in The End

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E G#dim / C B E; 112 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderToll Of Self-Control

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LYRICS
If I can get myself
Tryin’ to get myself
Under control
Tryin’ to play myself
Ponder normal
But, here’s the thing
When my spirit takes wing
The bliss she’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

If I give up self-wealth
Maybe I’ll get myself
Under control
Toll of self-control:
Mental health
’cause here’s the thing
When my spirit takes wing
The bliss she’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

If I can get the role
Tryin’ to get the role
Of control
Tryin’ to take and dole
The goal
For here’s the thing
When our spirit takes wing
The bliss we’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A G A E A E A / D G A / E A; 104 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderSimply Complex

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LYRICS
How you see complexity
Is in the “I” of the perplexed
Others see simplicity
Under a curse and hexed
Of course
As one ages
Turns the pages
The course
Of growing older
Finds the beauty of the beholder

As I see outside of me
Mind’s-eye views the connect
Others see anarchy
Argue how the ship wrecked
Of course
As one ages
Turns the pages
The course
Of growing older
Finds the beauty of the beholder

Clearly see chaos theory
The unordered system I am
Thesis of puzzle pieces
Whether they fit together
Of course
As one ages
Turns the pages
The course
Of growing older
Finds the beauty of the beholder

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F Em C / Em C / Am Em C; 85 to 155 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderDrastic

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LYRICS
I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
That the soap fell on the floor
You might assume I’m spastic
The cause of blood and gore
Until you learn more
About slip and fall lore

I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
That I was swimming with the fish
You might assume I’m spastic
Screaming “I’m not the fish’s dish!”
Until you learn more
About great white lore / lure

I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
The weather was very frightening
You might assume I’m spastic
The cause of blood and gore
Until you learn the lore
Of thunder and lightning

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: D F D / G F D; 120 BPM Epic Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderIs Something Burning?

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LYRICS
Maybe I’m thinking just a bit too hard
Careful I don’t leave my brain scarred
Smoke is coming from my ears
Memory bank is in arrears
Maybe I’m taking it a bit too far
Might cause a neurological scar
Smoke is coming from my ears
Memory bank is in arrears
Another day under the sun
Still can’t figure 1+1
Am I really the only one
… don’t you know it’s 2, too?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G Bb F G / C G D7; 100 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderSheep Hearder

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LYRICS
A lost little sheep
Still really a lamb
Yet a spirit so deep
Makes me question
Who I am
Getting fleeced
By a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Causing loathing
At the suggestion
Of who I am
The clothing within
Is where/wear
Spirits begin
From there
The spirit’s shout
“Let me out!”
And, I begin showing
Exposing the knowing
Of your doubt
A lost little sheep
Still really a lamb
Yet a spirit so deep
No need to question
Who I am

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Prog. Rock / Progressive
Chords: Em Dm / C D E; 130 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead