Charon's Obol – ExperiMental Music

Find Out

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
The sea is a hard place to find out
What the insides are all about
The see is a hard way to find out
What the insides are all about
To find out what life’s about
Need a lifeboat
Need a lifeboat to say afloat
Into the flow of the know

The sea is a hard place to find out
What the innards are all about
The see is a hard way to find out
What the innards are all about
To find out what life’s about
Need a lifeboat
Need a lifeboat to say afloat
Into the flow of the know

The sea is a hard place to find out
What our innates are all about
The see is a hard way to find out
What our innates are all about
To find out what life’s about
Need a lifeboat
Need a lifeboat to say afloat
Into the flow of the know

Chords: Dm C Dm / F D; 86 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic / Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Days And Ways

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
The days and the ways have changed
But at heart
Have we changed from the start?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tock
Can’t rearrange the hands
Of the clock
But over time
One understands
You can change your mind
You can change your mind to be kind

The ways and means have advanced
Should a second glance be chanced?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tock
Can’t rearrange the hands
Of the clock
But over time
One understands
You can change your mind
You can change your mind to be kind

Chords: Db Fm Bbm / Fm Bbm / Cm7 Bb7 F
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Time’s Wearin’ Thin

Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Won’t you come in
Time’s wearin’ thin
And, we both know
… it’s cold out
Let me know
Can you let go
… of the hold out
Hold out

Won’t you come in
Time’s wearin’ thin
And, we both know
… it’s raingin out
Let me know
Can you let go
… of the hold out
Hold out

Won’t you come in
Time’s wearin’ thin
And, we both know
… there’s no doubt
Let me know
Can you let go
… of the hold out
Hold out

Chords: E G / D A G E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Piano

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Watch Out!

Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
They said, “You better watch out”
“Get up! Get off of your couch”
“Because, it’s coming… it’s coming”
Watch out change is coming
Rearrange notions of knowing
Get going

“Raise dead you’re going to find out”
“Give up disbelief you couch”
“Because, it’s coming… it’s coming”
Watch out change is coming
Rearrange notions of knowing
Get going

Chords: Am7 Em7 / D7 Am7 Em7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Piano

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

A Night

Posted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Might as well
Call it a night
We’ve run out
… of daylight
Midnight’s fast approaching
The future is encroaching

Might as well
Call it a day
We’ve run out
… of our way
Darkness fast approaching
The future is encroaching

Might as well
Call it a night
We’ve run out
… of daylight
Midnight’s fast approaching
The future is encroaching
Darkness fast approaching
The future is encroaching

Chords: C FM7 E7sus4
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Journey

Posted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Has life been a journey
Through and through
Have you let excess baggage
Burden you?
Brighten the day
Give it away

Has life been a roadtrip
Passing through
Does the excess baggage
Weigh on you?
Brighten the day
Give it away

Has life been a sojourn
Since you’re born
Does excess baggage
Cause you scorn?
Brighten the day
Give it away

Chords: Am13 Am9 / C B A; 100 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Synesthesia

Posted on April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Vibrations reach my ear
With what I hear
Is colors
Colors
Dark blue
Purple
Ripple till yellow
The hue
Subtle
… to, “Hey! Hello!”
Vibrations reach my ear
With what I hear
Is colors
Colors

ABOUT THE SONG
“Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway (for example, hearing) leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway (such as vision). Simply put, when one sense is activated, another unrelated sense is activated at the same time.” In the case of some musicians, we see sound as colors.

Chords: Dm C / Dm Bb F Dm; 67 to 32 to 111 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Old Age Rhyme

Posted on April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
There goes another hack
Better take another whack
It’s just a matter of fact
Time keeps ticking on
Playing your swan song
You are the metronome
Take it on home

Not just an old age rhyme
One can not outrun time
Slip into the sublime
Time keeps ticking on
Playing your swan song
You are the metronome
Take it on home

There’s nothing that we lack
Rather, what we give back
It’s just a matter of fact
Time keeps ticking on
Playing your swan song
You are the metronome
Take it on home

Chords: Em F Em / Em C
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Wrote it in the Book of Love

Posted on April 11, 2021April 12, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Scratch my back a little bit?
Hey, I’m getting use to it
Hope to make it habit
And, write it in the book of love

On my knees, I must confess
I will make you breakfast
Swear it won’t be our last
And, I’ll write it in the book of love

To see you is a work of art
To know you I do take to heart
At first sight, right from the start
And, I wrote it in the book of love
Wrote it in the book of love

Chords: E9 E / A B7 E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

That’s A Sin

Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Once upon a time
There was a human
Homosapiens
Takin’ Earth for a spin
Over time their grime
Bit their ass… again
Homosapiens
Did the Earth right in

Now, that’s a sin
Done themselves in
Bend…
Till it broke
Mistook
Bend
Break
Mistake
THE END.

Chords: C G E / GmM7; 88 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Stay With Love

Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
As long as the sky is above
And ground is below
I know
There’ll be love

As soon as it fits like a glove
And emotions flow
I know
It is love

When Reaper says, “Push comes to shove”
“Do you want to go?”
Hell, no!
Stay with love

Chords: CM7 Am / C Dm Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Where There’s Thunder

Posted on April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Is it any wonder
That clap of thunder
Got my attention
Almost was a goner
’cause where there’s thunder
Electricity
When touched by me
Electrocution
(Got my attention!)

It’ll set back your evolution
Readjust your volt age voltage
Do you have a gauge?
All the world is a stage…
… been lit up

Chords: E D E / C D E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Back In Time

Posted on April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Oh my mind’s about to blow
Thinking back to long ago
There I go
Yes, there I go
(Wissshhh)
I’m…
Traveling back in time
Childhood days
Came out of a haze
There I am standing next to you
Do you remember…
Do you remember, too?
After school and in the pool
Swimming fast into the past
Oh my mind’s about to blow
Thinking back to long ago
There I go
Yes, there I go
(Wissshhh)
I’m…
Traveling back in time

A song about seeing an old photograph.
Chords: B(b5) Baug Am / C Am; 200 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Tunnel Light Mirage
Instrumentals: Charon’s Obol

Smile

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Broad as in wide
A smile… just can’t hide
Begin… as but a grin
And, then again
Much to my chagrin
Grin spins into a mile
… a mile long smile

Height is just right
Glimmer… your eyes light
Shinin’… shinin’ right on
The light of dawn
Shinin’ through the night
Your eyes light
Our smile
… a mile long smile