Written and recorded on Sunday, July 21, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is about the need for people to group love… one person can not do it alone.
LYRICS
Are you afraid to open your door
See people hurting like never before
Are you afraid to answer the phone
Hear the moan become a constant drone
Are you afraid to show your face
Tired of being made a public disgrace
Are you afraid to communicate
The wrong way on a one-way
Bombarded with hate, hate, thate
Then, please don’t hesitate
To call on God. Let Her mediate.
The place is here. The time is now.
Believe She’ll hear… She does somehow
God’s good grace. The mercy upon you.
Redeem your scene to heavenly… see!
ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 1
Em / Am (less C) / D (less D)
Written on July 19, 2012 in Ambler, Pennsylvania. The guitar was recorded on “my favorite bench” at the corners of Ridge and Butler Pike. The vocals were recorded Sunday, July 22, 2012 in West Chester, PA.
LYRICS
If you should go out
There is a storm looming about
Be prepared to go under… how close is the thunder?
If you should go out
There is a storm brooding about
About an unrest in the atmosphere
If you should go out
There is a storm’s thunder shout
About to make Her way near
her intention are clear
About to make Her way here
if you should go out
There is a storm looming about
No question who is the mightiest
No question who is the frailest
Not even a test in jest
From Her foreboding i can foresee
ABOUT THE SONG
Am / Dm
Am / Em (add C)
Written at East Goshen Township Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania on July 18, 2012. Unfortunately, the storm came and the music did not get recorded.
Q: How fast does thunder travel?
A: Thunder travels at the speed of sound… approximately 6 seconds / mile.
ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 5
fingered
Am
Am (less C / add D / add G)
Em
Em (add D / add G)
The meaning of the song has to do with the Complete Theory of the Universe. Some consider String Theory to be the complete theory of the universe. A simplistic view would be to imagine everything as a string. What happens when you try to push a string? A more complex way to look at is through a vibration. Can you imagine everything as a vibration? What kind of vibration will you be?
String Theory states that strings propagate through space and time.
“These oscillations exist in discrete vibrational modes, the spectrum of the theory.”
“An analogy for strings’ modes of vibration is a guitar string’s production of multiple but distinct musical notes. In the analogy, different notes correspond to different particles. One difference is the guitar string exists in 3 dimensions, so that there are only two dimensions transverse to the string. Fundamental strings exist in 9 dimensions and the strings can vibrate in any direction, meaning that the spectrum of vibrational modes is much richer.”
Written and recorded July 17, 2012 at Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania using a Boss digital 8-track.
ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 2
E / B
E / B / G / A / E
E / G / A / E
Written and recorded on July 16, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
“Human sacrifice was a religious practice characteristic of pre-Columbian Aztec civilization, as well as of other mesoamerican civilizations such as the Maya and the Zapotec.” “Heart-extraction was viewed as a means of liberating the istli and reuniting it with the Sun, as depicted in Codex Magliabechiano, Folio 70 (illustrated in this section), wherein a victim’s transformed heart flies Sunward on a trail of blood.” “The Aztecs would give a series of rituals to unlucky nearby tribesman to be sacrificed with an obsidian knife, and donate their blood to Acolnahuacatl, an Aztec god. When they had known he had finished his drink and he was no longer thirsty, they would end the sacrificing. This ritual would go on for a whole weekend, so as to please the gods.”
A sacrament is “a Rite in which God is uniquely active”
“A calumet is a ceremonial smoking pipe used by some Native American nations. Traditionally it has been smoked to seal a covenant or treaty, or to offer prayers in a religious ceremony.”
Writing the Lyrics for *In A Fog* at Ocean City, NJ
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 2
E / A / G
Written and recorded on July 6, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey. It was the eighth day of heat wave… even the beach was brutal. Then, at about 5PM, this strange fog started rolling in. As I was writing the music, I could see the eyes of children popping out of the mist. It made me think how great it is that kids don’t live in a fog… with their heads in the clouds.
LYRICS
Have you ever wondered
If there’s anyone who cares
No need to ponder
That’s why I’m making you aware
Thanks for making me aware that you’re there
For now, the time on Earth we share
You don’t need to feel alone
We occupy the same home
As well as, the closest star
Just reach out… I’m there
Written and recorded in Ocean City, New Jersey on July 6, 2012. It is about the feeling you get when you play music for people… especially when you do it for free… just because you care. It is amazing how many people befriend you when make music for them.
LYRICS
What will be your part
When it’s time to depart
What will be the message you send
When you reach your end?
What did you will in your will
Will it serve to help people still
Did you pay off your debt, yet
Let your hair down
Did you care to share your crown
Let it all hang out
Tell the truth what love’s about
Did you care to leave no regret
Or, like an ass
Did you leave nothing behind
Well, it’s not too late
Don’t let another day pass
You can be nice. You can be kind.
Just don’t wait till your post mortem
Written and recorded on June 15, 2012 at the Revolutionary War memorial for Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben at Valley Forge National Park in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The song asks the question, “Have we done our part in securing freedom?”
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 4 (Ab)
Hold the D string on 6th fret
Written and recorded on June 14, 2012 after watching my daughter have a bad dream on vacation in Ocean City, New Jersey. The lyrics and recordings were conjured up in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
LYRICS
Why go to where the gray turns black
A place where there is no turning back
Move it on up ’cause the tide’s coming in
A whole new cycle getting ready to begin
The pages blowing in the wind
No time for Man to unwind
Rather make a pact to adapt
Wind-up. Then, we’re apt
To buoy a beginning
Of a brand new happening
Where the hydrogen and oxygen separate
The sea meets the sky
Where the clouds part you can start
To see the light
And, you just might
Put up a fight
For it’s the struggle to survive
That keeps us alive
The lyrics were written on June 13, 2012 while sitting on the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey. The music was written and recorded at the Lower Merion Township Park near King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
LYRICS
Where the sky parts from the see
The ocean waves goodbye
There’s a sigh in the air
A sigh in the error
Why not choose what’s best for humanity
Instead of just for you or me
Overthrow the overlords
Of disparity
With the vision of the Viking
No one is best suited to be king
With the vision of Charlemagne
Try to alleviate suffering and pain
No need to cross an expansive sea
To contemplate the fate of society
No need for flight from the storm
No need for blight, nor for harm
Lyrics to the Song Correction
The ability to sense when fear is near
Allowing you to steer clear of danger
The ability to sense when fair is near
Allowing you to see clearer and stronger
Writing the lyrics began on June 13, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey. The music was written in Ambler on June 14. The recordings were made later that day at the Lower Merion Township Park.
