Tag: Knew-Normal

bookmark_borderThe Nearest Star

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LYRICS
No matter where you are
You’re really that far
From the nearest star
Pick up your head
Take a step back
We’re really not that far
From the nearest star

Now, I’m starting to see
We share distance equally
From the nearest star
Pick up your head
Take a step back
We’re really not that far
From the nearest star

Guess it’s not so bizarre
Down to earth… we are
Under the same sun
… the same one
Pick up your head
(No need to dread)
Take a step back
(Nothing we lack)
We’re really not that far
From the nearest star

Are you sure I’m not a little further away?
You look a little closer….

Chords: B D / F# / D F#; 128 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderPositive Narrative

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LYRICS
Indirect
None-the-less
In your face
Redirect
More-or-less
Face-to-face
Outer space….
Introspective
Narrative
Retrospective
Positive

Indirect
None-the-less
In your face
Redirect
More-or-less
Face-to-face
Outer space….
An elective
Prerogative
A suggestive
Positive

Chords: E C D / D E / C A or A C / C E; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderI Will

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LYRICS
Caught in the web of anxiety?
Caught in the ebb of intensity?
Look! You’re standing, still
Say, “I will”

Stuck in a rut… standing still?
Punch to the gut… same ole drill?
Find it in you to come through
Say, “I will”

Finding it tough to pull through?
Not sure the best thing to do?
Beat anxiety with simplicity
Say, “I will!”

Chords: F Fm / D E F; 80 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderChill

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LYRICS
Sitting there
Chill in the air
Bumping headlong into skin
Goose bumps become aware
The twilight
Between the night
Is shrinking
Day is done
Watch the sun
It’s sinking

Before the rays slip away
Shimmer glimmer to I
To say God had her way
Revealing the wonders of why
The twilight
Between the night
Is shrinking
Day is done
Watch the sun
It’s sinking

Chords: D A / C G D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Kurzweil Piano
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderShaken Champagne

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LYRICS
A tight wound spring
A touchy thing
A tight wound spring
Apt to snap!
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see

Shaken champagne
Ready to pop
No pain, no gain
Better get the mop
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see

Lit powder keg
Ready to blow
Square hole, round peg
It’s good to know
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see

Chords: A Am7 A D A Am7 Em A / G A / C E A
Parts II and III: A Am7 / EM A / C E A; 83 and 90 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderThe Last Think You Think Of

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LYRICS
Usually start at the beginning
Walking endlessly about
Figuring they’ll be extra innings
There’ll be plenty of time, no doubt
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?

Fall out of bed into the same routine
Forgot to find out “what does life mean?”
Knowing there’s always tomorrow
Plenty of time to reverse sorrow
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?

Day after day turns into years
Begin realizing your fears
Take a deep breath, let out a sigh
Begin to realize… everyone dies
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?

… will it be too late to love?

Chords: C A / A C D / D C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Keyboards (70 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderHere It Comes

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LYRICS
Here it comes…
… there it goes
Wanted it oh so bad
Don’t let it leave ya feelin’ sad
Anticipation
Exasperation
Wanted it oh so bad
Not as good as we had

Here it comes…
… there it goes
Started to get to know
Easy come… easy go
Exciting surprise
Let down by-and-by
Starting to get to know
Road that’s high… road that’s low

Here it comes…
… there it goes
Coming to recognize
Me, me, me’s n’ I, I, I’s
Come time to let go
Get the hing to go, go, go
Coming to realize
To live life before it dies

Chords: A B C C D E / A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderMeteor Show

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LYRICS
Didn’t know
Tail in tow
It’s a meteor show
Watch ’em go
See the glow
It’s a meteor show
In the anatomy of astronomy
There’s a strange asymmetry to the geometry
Takes the sixth sense to see

Meteor
Headed toward
Mother Earth
Meteor
Hurlin’ toward
For what it’s worth
It’s a meteor show
In the anatomy of astronomy
There’s a strange asymmetry to the geometry
Takes the sixth sense to see

Chords: E G / E G E / C D C D E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderUnder the Thick

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LYRICS
Try to be nimble
Try to be quick
Try to get out from under the think
Try to be humble
Not such a dick
Try to get out from under the think
Embedded
Midst of think headed
Embedded
In the land of the dreaded
Look to see
Breaking free

Try to be agile
Little less fragile
Try to get out from under the think
Take the best pick
Not in the clique
Try to get out from under the think
Embedded
Midst of think headed
Embedded
In the land of the dreaded
Look to see
Breaking free

Chords: E G Am C D / D E A C
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderShe Won’t Look Back

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LYRICS
While growing older
I’m learning a fact of time
She won’t turn back
She won’t turn back
Times growing bolder
Refusing to heed my whine
She won’t turn back
She won’t turn back
She’s making funny faces
Moves fast… leaves no traces
Should be clockwise round n’ round
But, she wins the race
Hands down

As I grow older
Figured a fact of time
She won’t turn back
She won’t turn back
Times growing bolder
Refusing to heed my whine
She won’t turn back
She won’t turn back
She’s making funny faces
Moves fast… leaves no traces
Should be clockwise round n’ round
But, she wins the race
Hands down

Now that I’m older
Embody the fact of time
She won’t turn back
She won’t turn back
Times growing bolder
Refusing to heed my whine
She won’t turn back
She won’t turn back
She’s making funny faces
Moves fast… leaves no traces
Should be clockwise round n’ round
But, she wins the race
Hands down

Chords: A / Em G D A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards (112 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderKeep Looking

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LYRICS
If you haven’t found what you’re looking for
Keep looking
Go round in the sound
Find out “who I am”
Take it up from down
Tighten up the unwound

If in the jam you haven’t jelled
Keep cooking
Go round in the sound
Find out “who I am”
Take it up from down
Tighten up the unwound

If in the song the groove goes wrong
Keep hooking
Go round in the sound
Find out “who I am”
Take it up from down
Tighten up the unwound

Chords: Em G Am E7sus4 Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards (125 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal and Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderAll the Above

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LYRICS
So many days
The ways to spend them
So many days
The ways to send them
Wide awake
In the thick of the give and take
Well aware
The number of days are numbered there

Fall in love
Kiss, date, bliss, mate, all the above
All in love
Life, liberty, pursue happiness, all the above
Wide awake
In the thick of the give and take
Well aware
The number of days are numbered

Chords: A D C E / Em A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards (104 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal and Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderOut of the Starkness

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LYRICS
Summon your love light on
In the flow, connect and glow
It’s the time
It’s the time
Let it shine
Shine, shine, shine

Someone loves your love light
To know the glow through the night
Let it shine
Let it shine
All the time
Time to shine

Summary of a lifetime
Letting the love light shine
Turning on out of starkness
Bringing dawn from the darkness
It’s time
Let it shine
All the time
Time to shine
All the time
Shine, shine, shine

Chords: A / G E A / C G A / C D A / C E A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards (78 to 112 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal and Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderChic

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LYRICS
Can’t be chic
A refreshing peek
No need to harm anyone
IN the human race we run
Chip on the shoulder
Finger in the I
Pass on by with a wave and a high

Can’t be chic
A natural treat
IN the human race we run
Chip on the shoulder
Finger in the I
Pass on by with a wave and a high

Can’t be chic
Strong after the meek
IN the human race we run
Chip on the shoulder
Finger in the I
Pass on by with a wave and a high

Chords: A Am7 E / D A D B7 E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live on a digital 8-track at Lake Wynonah, PA

From the album: Knew Normal and Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderRefraction

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LYRICS
My reaction to refraction
Reaching through to touch you
Shape shifting point=of-view

The reflection of reaction
As I’m breaking through
Shape shifted point-of-view

No objection to perfection
Shifting the way I see
Physically

Physics
Physically

Chords: A / G E A / C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal and Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next