Tag: Primitive Primates

LYRICS
Not a faint whisper on a calm day
No, not a clue
“Know” idea what you’re trying to say
How to get through
Looking forward to a place and time
In a space of I’m
A virtuous us

The aptitude for attitude
Tuned to rude
The fashion of compassion
Turned to fascism
Looking forward to a place and time
In a space of I’m
A virtuous us

More than a brick shy of a load
Light in the loafers
Making my head want to explode
Whack-a-mole gophers
Looking forward to a place and time
In a space of I’m
A virtuous us

• Looking-Forward.mp4
• DR0000_3962-Looking-Forward.mp3
• DR0000_3956-Looking-Forward-Prelude-I.mp3
• DR0000_3957-Looking-Forward-Prelude-II.mp3
• DR0000_3958-Looking-Forward-Prelude-III.mp3
• DR0000_3960-Looking-Forward-Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: G F F D / G F D F D / G7 D; 128 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
What’s the alarm
In threat of harm
Don’t bet the farm
It won’t touch us
Focus works like a charm
It can save us from harm

Out of harms way
That’s where we’ll stay
Throughout the day
It won’t touch us
Focus works like a charm
It can save us from harm

If I’ve my way
On Earth I’ll stay
Threats we’ll disarm
They won’t touch us
Focus works like a charm
It can save us from harm

• Focus-Pocus.mp4
• DR0000_3955-Focus-Pocus.mp3
• Focus-Pocus-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3954-Focus-Pocus-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: A Am7 E Em7 / B A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
So, I thought the seasons
Were slipping by slowly
As I paused to ponder…
Yesterday passed beyond yonder
Now, I sit here
… hear my strumming
In the headlights
Of our future coming

Youngster’s fears faded through the years
Frozen on the tracks
Perplexed with basic facts
Now, I sit here
… hear my strumming
In the headlights
Of our future coming

• Dear-in-The-Headlights.mp4
• DR0000_3948-Dear-in-the-Headlights.mp3
• Dear-in-The-Headlights-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3947-Dear-in-the-Headlights-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Dm Em / C Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Some will come and some will go
Most of which we’ll never know
Come and get your get-up-and-go
If they say the Earth is flat
They don’t know where we’re at
That is just a matter of fact
The gravity to hold us down
An axis to spin around
We are just a slice of the pi
Down to earth under the sky

Some will come and some will go
Most of which we’ll never know
Come and get your get-up-and-go
If they don’t care about Her care
Why are they even there
It’s up to us to share the fare
The gravity to hold us down
An axis to spin around
We are just a slice of the pi
Down to earth under the sky

• Axis.mp4
• DR0000_3844-Axis.mp3
• Axis-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3843-Axis-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: G#m B F#m7(11) B / F# B / B C B
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Don’t give up
Let’s live up
Let’s live up… to our name
Humane
Uniquely all the same
Humane
Sane remain humane
Regain our humane humanity
Really?!?!?

[What’s our name? Humane
Humane or alien
What are you other options?] — Caption

• Dont-Give-Up.mp4
• Dont-Give-Up-Soundtrack.mp3
• Dont-Give-Up-Instrumental.mp4
• DR0000_3839-Dont-Give-Up-Prelude.mp3
• DR0000_3840-Dont-Give-Up-I.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Esus4(9)/B7sus4 Bm Em7 9 13; 90 BPM
Recording: digital 4-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Ronald Regan
Jimmy Carter
The Right began
Left the martyr
Here’s the riddle
Where’s the middle
Extremes have meddled
While their Nero fiddled
Where there ever days
With different ways
Try to do the best
For all the rest

Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Put the fix on
Left humanity
Here’s the riddle
Where’s the middle
Extremes have meddled
While their Nero fiddled
Where there ever days
With different ways
Try to do the best
For all the rest

• Wheres-The-Middle.mp4
• DR0000_3832-Wheres-The-Middle.mp3
• Wheres-The-Middle-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3831-Wheres-The-Middle-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: E G A E / D C E E / A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar and Loop Pedal, Electric Guitar

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
A scene so obscene
Likes of never been seen
Marching in the streets
Saluting all he greets
Playing stolen songs
To the swollen throngs
Blaming others along
For all of his wrongs
He never learned to listen
To another’s position
But he could shout a slur
Watch it go further
Go! Get out of Portland
I demand
Go! Get out of Portland
Understand? I demand
You know… go!
You gotta go, go, go

• Get-Out-Of-Portland-Part-I.mp4
• Get-Out-Of-Portland-Part-II.mp4
• DR0000_3827-Get-Out-Of-Portland-Part-I.mp3
• DR0000_3828-Get-Out-Of-Portland-Part-II.mp3
• Get-Out-Of-Portland-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3826-Get-Out-Of-Portland-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
PART I: A D E
PART II: B E F#
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Our mission is to find out
About the mine within
The landmine of the mind
Where does it end
Where does it begin
Can you mine a heart of gold
Before being told
You’ve grown old?

• Mission.mp4
• DR0000_3825-Mission.mp3
• Mission-Instrumental.mp4
• DR0000_3824-Mission-Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Em Dm G Em / Em G Em; 137 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Do you want to know
Where we come from
Umbilical flow
Cut… come undone
Did you come head first
Screaming with thirst
End with a burst
Go out feed first
Does it feel real
Watching time grow
Do the wounds heal
In the afterglow?

• Where-We-Come-From.mp4
• DR0000_3823-Where-We-Come-From.mp3
• Where-We-Come-From-Instrumental.mp4
• DR0000_3821-Where-We-Come-From-Prelude.mp3
• DR0000_3822-Where-We-Come-From-Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: G G9 G7 G / G Am F G; 104 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
I ain’t heard nothing
Not even a peep
Must be trouble
In real deep
Into the shadows
Slither and creep
Crawl back under
The rock you come from
Time to wonder
Take stock in freedom

I ain’t seen nothing
Not hide nor hair
Must be hiding
Come out, I dare
Insist to fight?
Make it fair
Crawl back under
The rock you come from
Time to wonder
Take stock in freedom

• Not-A-Peep.mp4
• DR0000_3820-Not-A-Peep.mp3
• Not-A-Peep-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3819-Not-A-Peep-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: G# C# B
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
You can’t lose
When you choose
To live
Give “live” a chance
You’re the gods
You set the odds
When you ask “live” to dance
When it’s your life to give
Give to “live”

• Live.mp4
• DR0000_3817-Live.mp3
• Live-Instrumental.mp4
• DR0000_3816-Live-Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Am 7 11 sus4 / F G Am; 78 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten