Tag: Primitive Primates

LYRICS
Born a poor boy
Raised on dreams
So it seems
Pocketful of joy
Busts the seams
So it seems
Dreams dreamt turned to meant
Now the pillars of the scene/seen

Raised a poor boy
Filled with dreams
So it seems
Pocketful of joy
Bustin’ the seems
Sow the seems
Dreams dreamt turned to meant
Now the pillars of the scene/seen

• Pocketful-Of-Joy.mp4
• DR0000_3815-Pocketful-Of-Joy.mp3
• Pocketful-Of-Joy-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3814-Pocketful-Of-Joy-Guitar-Loop.mp3

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

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Well, I had a little drink about an hour ago
Where time went…
Oh, I don’t know
From the clock, I did stray
Can’t seem to find my way
To now
Somehow
To get my presence
To the present
Is the essence
Of what I’m trying to say
To get my presence
To the present
In essence
Can’t seem to find my way

Guess I’ll have another drink
Before I go
Time well spent
Oh, that I know
From the clock, I did stray
Can’t seem to find my way
To now
Somehow
To get my presence
To the present
Is the essence
Of what I’m trying to say
To get my presence
To the present
In essence
Can’t seem to find my way

• About-An-Hour-Ago.mp4
• DR0000_3812-About-An-Hour-Ago.mp3
• About-An-Hour-Ago-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3811-About-An-Hour-Ago-Guitar-Loop.mp3

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

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Well, are you?
How can you expect us to concede
To your chosen image of hatred and greed
Oh, no
Are you…
Sure that’s what you wanted to do
(Well, are you?)
Is that a growl
Or does it make you howl?
Howling at the moon
Loon, howling at the moon

• Are-You___Sure.mp4
• DR0000_3808-Are-You___Sure-Part-III.mp3
• Are-You___Sure-Instrumental.mp4
• DR0000_3807-Are-You___Sure-Part-I.mp3
• DR0000_3810-Are-You___Sure-Part-II.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: C D Em / F D; 140 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Quite naively
Thought you got the best of me
I guess you couldn’t really see
Quite coincidentally
I saw you coming clearly
Knew to make my leaving early
Quite the novelty
Cloaked in hypocrisy
Unable to grasp reality
While our home’s on fire
And our situation dire
“Liar! Liar! Liar!”

• Quite.mp4
• DR0000_3806-Quite.mp3
• Quite-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3804-Quite-Prelude.mp3
• DR0000_3805-Quite-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: A Am7 D7 D6 A Am7 / G7 D7 A7 Am7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Why don’t you get from in
Out of the garden?
The indent of your footprint
Can you pay the bill… afford the rent?
The extent of your excrement
Can you foot bill and pay your rent?

• Get-From-In.mp4
• DR0000_3803-Get-From-In.mp3
• Get-From-In-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3802-Get-From-In-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: D E A / G A / B7 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
Chalk it up
To experience
Talk it up
Our independence
Finding a new way
Of living
Dealing with what
We’re given
Walk it off
Seeing stars
Take it off
Bending bars
Bring it on
Ready to rock
Carry on
Roll the clock

• Chalk-It-Up.mp4
• DR0000_3801-Chalk-It-Up.mp3
• Chalk-It-Up-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3800-Chalk-It-Up-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Esus4 E E7 / A G 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
Looking for options
For the operation
More fact than fiction
Propagandorist shun
Get ’em on the run
’till the dark is done
… into the rising sun
A (k)new day dawns
Going on and on and on

• DR0000_3793-Options.mp3
• Options-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3792-Options-Guitar-Loop.mp3

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

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
I write all morning
Write throughout the day
OK?
I write
Alright!

I write about the good
And those that should or could
Or would
I write
Alright!

I write of where I’m sent
And where I already went
Time spent
I write
Alright!

I write while there’s daylight
Then, right/write into the night
All’s right
I write
Alright!

• Write-Right.mp4
• DR0000_3790-Write-Right.mp3
• Write-Right-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3786-Write-Right-Guitar-Loop.mp3

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

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
… is sweet
I’m breathing
I’m being
Body’s leaving
I’m seeing
Being beyond needing
Needing only being
Conceding id
Forego ego
the essence of a presence
In the existence in us
The heartbeat is sweet

• Is-Sweet.mp4
• DR0000_3784-Is-Sweet.mp3
• Is-Sweet-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3783-Is-Sweet-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: D C B / E; 120 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Classical Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
It turns out
It’s easy
It’s easy to be
#uck their destiny
We shape our reality
And as it turns out
“To be or not to be”
Is easy
Be
It comes naturally
Dash to add a dash of veracity
#uck their inevitability
We shape our reality
If Mother Nature and the gods
Are at odds
Shift the shape
Of the hairless ape

• Easy.mp4
• DR0000_3773-Easy.mp3
• Easy-Instrumental.mp4
• DR0000_3772-Easy-Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: D D7 F E D / D D13; 152 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten

LYRICS
Seeing the world through different eyes
Does this mean I’m going to grow wise
DO you wonder why everyone dies
Will I grow old before I grow wise?
Low and behold you’ll never grow old
As long as you’re wise beyond your years
Life takes hold warms hearts grown cold
Bringing joy to your tears suppressing your fears
And another year passes by
Wise ones don’t wait to die
Why not be the first to get by
To try

• Get-By.mp4
• DR0000_3771-Get-By.mp3
• Get-By-Guitar-Loop.mp4
• DR0000_3770-Get-By-Guitar-Loop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: F Fsus4 Bbm Bb / Bb F / Eb Bb F
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Primitive Primates
The Instrumentals: Quieten