Tag: Living on Rock

bookmark_borderThe Gift

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LYRICS
The gift of a day
Is coming our way
Free to dance and play
Or rather
Go so far
As to be a rockstar?
Living in your own shell
Fare thee well

The gift of a day
Is coming our way
Free to write and say
Or rather
Take the position
Of a politician?
Living in your own hell
Fare thee well

The gift of a day
Is coming our way
Free to do as we may
Or rather
Do the crime
Pay the time
In a cell?
Fare thee well

Chords Part I: Em Asus4 / D C Em
Chords Part II: E Asus4 / D C E; 102 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderThree Months Till June

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LYRICS
How hot you look tonight
But things just don’t feel right
Too warm too soon
Still three months till June
Neat strewn
Heat swoon
Prior to the Pink Moon
Here’s the thing
It’s barely Spring
And it just ain’t right
Here’s the thing
It’s barely Spring
Sprung hot summer nights

How hot you look tonight
But things just don’t feel right
Been caught
Too hot
Still three months till June
We’ve got dry rot
Prior to the Pink Moon
Here’s the thing
It’s barely Spring
And it just ain’t right
Here’s the thing
It’s barely Spring
Sprung hot summer nights

How hot you look tonight
But things just don’t feel right
No fool, not cool
Still three months till June
Some fool broke rule
Prior to the Pink Moon
Here’s the thing
It’s barely Spring
And it just ain’t right
Here’s the thing
It’s barely Spring
Sprung hot summer nights
[Not hot summer nights]

Riff: a b d e g g#
Chords: E / E G A D A E / E+ g f# d c# open; Part II 137 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderEmbers of Wisdom

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LYRICS
Light the wit a bit
Once lit, fan it
The embers of wisdom glow
Enlighten the kingdom we know
Take birth on Earth for what it’s worth
Make birth on Earth all it’s worth

Fan the flames higher
Set fire hearts’ desire
The embers of wisdom glow
Enlighten the kingdom we know
Take birth on Earth for what it’s worth
Make birth on Earth all it’s worth

All the world alight
Shining, shining bright
The embers of wisdom glow
Enlighten the kingdom we know
(The kingdom come we’ve come to know)
Take birth on Earth for what it’s worth
Make birth on Earth all it’s worth
(Clue: can’t take it with you)

Chords: C Bb / Bb F D / D F D / Bb C D; 80 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderForevermore

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LYRICS
Time keeps marching
Facing future
Keep on searching
For our fortune
Already in grasp
Starting to understand
Understanding is at hand
The moment we’re waiting for
Is here forevermore
Evermore

Life keeps dancing
Call for our tune
Less the last lapse pass
Keep on chancing
For our future
While wild dreams are cast
Starting to understand
Understanding is at hand
The moment we’re waiting for
Is here forevermore
Evermore

Chords: C Bb Ab G / Bb G / G C; 110 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg), Electric Guitar

bookmark_borderSoul Fling

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LYRICS
In case you didn’t know
We don’t have far to go
To get to the show
When the lights go down
Gather round
Hear the thing is to sing
Tonight’s the night
Under spotlight
See what we can bring
Soul fling!

Alright here we go
Now you’re in the know
On with the show
When the lights go down
Gather round
Hear the thing is to sing
Tonight’s the night
Under spotlight
See what we can bring
Soul fling!

Hips move to and fro
Rhythm is our flow
Letting the love show
When the lights go down
Gather round
Hear the thing is to sing
Tonight’s the night
Under spotlight
See what we can bring
Soul fling!

Chords: G F# F E / E G A B7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderPeople Puzzle

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LYRICS
Don’t mean to sound the alarm
But do you feel it getting warm?
Sun’s too hot
Juggernaut
People puzzle

No dream so sound the alarm
About our self-inflicted harm
Sun’s too hot
Juggernaut
People puzzle

You know I’ve learned a lot
Deserving what we’ve got
Sun’s too hot
Juggernaut
People puzzle

After all our climate change
A little late to rearrange
Sun’s too hot
Juggernaut
People puzzle

We keep on asking why
All of us want to die
Fossil fuel they’ll have to pry
From my hands as they fry

Long lost fashion
Heart on sleeve compassion
Passion for all
All rational

Chords: G A / C D E / D C E / A C E / E C A / A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderGlorious Us

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LYRICS
Picked a fine time
For a glorious day
Enjoyed by all of us
Along the way
So we’ll take it in
While we can
Let that lovin’ sink in
Under my skin

Picked a fine time
For a glorious day
Enjoyed by all of us
Along the way
Found reason and rhyme
Thanks to music we play
Join the glorious us
What do you say?
So we’ll take it in
While we can
Let that lovin’ sink in
Under my skin

Picked a fine time
For a glorious day
Enjoyed by all of us
Along the way
Found reason and rhyme
Thanks to music we play
Join the glorious us
What do you say?
Both yours and mine
As long as we stay
Being glorious us
Every day
So we’ll take it in
While we can
Let that lovin’ sink in
Under my skin

Chords: D C G / D A / C G D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderMagic Bullet

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LYRICS
Hear here
Hear you’re here
To deliver
The silver bullet
Thick magic
Spine shiver
If we can pull it…?

Bang, bang
Hear you’re here to aim higher
Pull the trigger
Fire
Expire the dire
Angels sang
Bells rang
Love transpires

Magic bullet
Can you hear it?
Lifting spirit
Magic bullet

Here hear
Here you’ll hear
The voices
Be freewill
Instill
Choices
Pump the fist
Of an optimist
Raise the love
Above

Magic bullet
Can you hear it?
Lifting spirit
Magic bullet

Chords: E / E G A E / D A E; Part III @ 125 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderHaving a Cow

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LYRICS
Hear that you’re having a cow
Hear that it’s happening now
After the size of the pig
Got to big
Die to fly

When the pigs take to the sky
Half-past time to ask why
When you see one overhead
You know “Lookout below!”
They’ll drop you dead

Remember how you gawked and squawked
Chicken with its head cutoff
After the size of the pig
Got to big
Die to fly

When the pigs take to the sky
Half-past time to ask why
When you see one overhead
You know “Lookout below!”
They’ll drop you dead

Now you see it taking shape
Deciding to go ape
After the size of the pig
Got to big
Die to fly

When the pigs take to the sky
Half-past time to ask why
When you see one overhead
You know “Lookout below!”
They’ll drop you dead

Chords: A Am7 / A Am7 C A / A C D A; Part III 104 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderUroboros

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LYRICS
1) Aghast
A brash society
At last
A fresh remedy

2) Abound
In rash stupidity
Around
Too fast cyclicity

3) Down, down
Into the vortex
Soon found
If there’s a next… more next?

Chorus:
Self-solved
Resolved
Uroboros
We’re meant as serpent
Eating our own tale?
Unrepenting servant
Eating our own flail
Realization
Civilization
Fail

Oroboros: a circular symbol depicting a snake, or less commonly a dragon, swallowing its tail.
Chords: AM7sus4 E / G A / G B A; Part III 140 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderHeads or Tails

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LYRICS
Sometimes it’s heads
Other times it’s tails
When random is chance
It never fails
Into the air
Toss it fair
Whichever way it goes
Depends which way the wind blows
Updraft
Downdraft
Catch my drift?
Upwind
Downwind
Let the game begin

Sometimes boxcars
Other times snake eyes
If chance is random
It’s no surprise
Into the air
Toss it fair
Whichever way it goes
Depends which way the wind blows
Updraft
Downdraft
Catch my drift?
Upwind
Downwind
Let the game begin

Sometimes it’s red
Other times it’s black
House controls random
Green’s the hack
Toss it fair
Whichever way it goes
Depends which way the wind blows
Updraft
Downdraft
Catch my drift?
Upwind
Downwind
Let the game begin

Chords: D A E A / A D A E A / A C / A C B7 E / E D# D; 118 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderRiding the Storm Out

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LYRICS
Hart the Earth’s bowels growl
Winds begin to howl
Find out about
Riding the storm out
Check the latches
Batten down the hatches

Sky’s wrath of a bath
Skies cry no one’s dry
Find out about
Riding the storm out
Check the latches
Batten down the hatches

Fear the swifter twister
Avoid the wrath of the path
Find out about
Riding the storm out
Check the latches
Batten down the hatches

Mercy of energy
State we brought to be
Find out about
Riding the storm out
Check the latches
Batten down the hatches

A song inspired by the Mississippi tornado that stayed on the ground for over an hour. A typical tornado touches down for 5 to 10 minutes. “We are not saying that the Earth’s temperature is just going to rise. In general, as energy is added to a system, the fluctuations in the system increase.” Mukherjee and Brouse. (2004)

Chords: Asus4 E / A D G E; Part IV 118 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderLover Recovery

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LYRICS
Heard “You’d better move over”
Felt ‘er starting to squeeze
Before the gut spillover
Evasion plan please
Hoping to recover
From the grasp of my lover
Hoping that she’ll set me free
So I can see clearly
Then I’d be
Living happily
Living happily
Ever after
(Ohhh…. to hear the laughter)

But her grip didn’t slip
Felt more of a squeeze
Lost my stiff upper lip
Bringing on a quease
Hoping to recover
From the grasp of my lover
Hoping that she’ll set me free
So I can see clearly
Then I’d be
Living happily
Living happily
Ever after
(Does anyone remember laughter?)

Butter fingers linger
Slapping on the grease
No more bad habit
Habitat fleece
Hoping to recover
From the grasp of my lover
Hoping that she’ll set me free
So I can see clearly
Then I’d be
Living happily
Living happily
Ever after
(Ohhh…. to hear the laughter
Does anyone remember laughter?)

A song about being infatuated with fossil fuel consumption.
Chords: Em Em7 Em >bend< / C G D G / G F Em Em F G; 92 BPM Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderFirst Step Rep

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LYRICS
A little unsure
Going to try some more
First step rep
Going to try for sure
To avoid the floor

Get back, Mother!
One foot then the other
First step rep
Going to try for sure
To get off the floor

Get back, Father!
Don’t even bother
First step rep
Going to try for sure
Stay above the floor

Now know the flow
Look out! Here I goooooo
First step rep
Going to try for sure
Move over floor

Chords: E E7 / A7 / D G E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderDirect Light

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LYRICS
I’m seeing a little sunlight peek out
I’ve a feeling we’re about to find out about
… find out about
Atmosphere
How clouds clear
Distance
From there to here
Wish I knew
From gray to blue
To enlite
By delight

Now no doubt a little sunlight peeking out
(In / out)
I say to you see the ray slipping through
Atmosphere
How clouds clear
Distance
From there to here
Wish I knew
From gray to blue
To enlite
By delight

Time wore thin and the clouds rolled in again
While th4e sun wound down and set with no regret
Atmosphere
How clouds clear
Distance
From there to here
Wish I knew
From gray to blue
To enlite
By direct light
Once more
To long for
Through the night

Chords: G D C / E C; 68 – 69 – 124 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)