Category: Daniel

bookmark_borderThat Heart Knows

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LYRICS
Do you mind staying for one more
’cause I can’t bare leaving the dance floor
Close our eyes
And hold up close
Realize
That my heart knows

Do you mind staying for one more
’cause I can’t bare leaving the dance floor
Close our eyes
And hold up close
Realize
That my heart knows

Chords: Em Em7 Em6 / Em C / Am C
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderTake It All In

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LYRICS
Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End… begins
Do you think we’ll go extinct
The remedy to Earth’s misery
But while we’re still
Do you think we will
Continue to kill
Kill, kill, kill?

Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End…
Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End… begins
Do you think those that are fine
Will let their light shine
Shine, shine, shine
Alleviating hearts will succeed
By their light see eternity

Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End…
Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End…
Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End… begins
Do you think tortured souls freed
No humane human will be in need
As every man comes to understand
The fate of man is in his hand

Chords: F Ab Bb Db Eb F / Eb F
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderWhen You Were Gone

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LYRICS
Thought I was going to miss you
When you were gone
Couldn’t have been more wrong

Thought I was going to miss you
When you were gone
Inspiration to sing the blues
When you were gone
Thought I was going to miss you
When you were gone
Couldn’t have been more wrong
Turned out turning strong

You said “our love is true”
Now, you do the things you do
Though I was going to miss you
When you were gone
Turns out not for long
Though I was going to miss you
When you were gone
… not too long

Chords: Em E7sus4 / G A C D E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderLifespan Parts I & II

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LYRICS
Covering a lifespan

Thinking back to a little zygote
The words get caught in my throat
Breaking free of the uterus
To make the family of us
Covering a lifespan

No notion of inevitable death
Taking my first breath
Let it out with a primal scream
Told the world what I mean
Covering a lifespan
Still living… yes, I am

Shortly thereafter learned to walk
Walk the walk and talk the talk
Using limbs figured how to climb
Using mind figured how to rhyme
(Making the best use of time)
Covering a lifespan
Still living… yes, I am
(Hope to do it again)

Thinking back to a little zygote
The words get caught in my throat
Let it out with a primal scream
Told the world what I mean

PART II
Way back when I was a little one
Couldn’t walk… couldn’t run
Each day I would rise and shine
Learning how to find fine
Covering a lifespan

Never wanted to play the fool
Learned to run off to join school
Thirds, threes, birds, and bees
Studied all of these
Covering a lifespan
Still living… yes, I am

To this day I wonder why
Earth, water, fire, sky
What is this? Where am I?
Can I serve my purpose ’til I die?
Covering a lifespan
Still living… yes, I am
(Hope to do it again)

Part I Chords: Bdim Am G F F G / Bb G
Part II Chords: G F# F E A7sus4 E / G E / E E7sus4
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers (88 BPM)
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderDog’s Tale

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LYRICS
The tale of the dog’s tail
Got cut short
In the grand scale of things
Not much to report
Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails
What are we made of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice
Boom-a-rang of love

The tale of the dog’s tail
In The End
The grand scheme of things
Return-send… return… send… return… send
The End

Chords: A Am7 A A7 / Dm Am / D A Am7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

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

Canine Incisors

bookmark_borderReflection

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LYRICS
Our reflection on the water
As a ripple passes through
Passed to son and daughter
It’s what the generations do
Our retrospection runs deep
From inside seeps through pride
Do we give more than we keep
From outside turning the tide

Our reflection on the surface
A pebble cast… course due
Set in motion waves purpose
It’s what gyrations do
Our retrospection runs deep
From inside seeps through pride
Do we give more than we keep
From outside turning the tide

DR0000_7126-Reflection.mp3

Chords: Esus4 A7 FM7 / Esus4 A7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderThe Distance

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LYRICS
The distance between cool and fool
Can be measured in units of wit
And what you learned in school
Persevered… or quit?
Is to waste time
A humanity crime?
What is the worth
Of life on Earth?

The distance to death from birth
Can be measured in units of gift
What is the depth? What is the girth?
Does it weigh down… or lift?
Is to waste time
A humanity crime?
What is the worth
Of life on Earth?

The distance around the sun
Can be measured in units of years
In misery or laughs and fun
Hopes and dreams… or fears?
Is to waste time
A humanity crime?
What is the worth
Of life on Earth?

Chords: C Am Em / Am C Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderFusion Fission Vision

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LYRICS
Focus on mission
Forget the fission
Finding the reason
In fusion… on

Know who you are
Become the star
Synergy of we
Energy of be

I am continuum
I’m space-time
I am the physic
That makes me tick

Chords: Cm F F7 / Cm F G Cm; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderI Don’t Know

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LYRICS
When it comes to the facts
Or what the fact lacks
Want to give it a go
Oh…
I Don’t know

When it comes to substance
Will it o the distance
Come on here we go
Time to grow

When it comes to fulfillment
Do we know what is meant
Do we know what we know
Let us show

DR0000_7118-I-Dont-Know.mp3

Chords: E E7 / B A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderRepresenting Human

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LYRICS
One thing’s certain
One thing is for certain
I understand
The rest is in our hands
Are/our we doing the best we can
Representing human?

Only thing for certain
Just one thing is for certain
I understand
The rest’s at our command
Are we doing the best we can
Representing human?

Though death is certain
No sense living hurtin’
Go to the show
Before the final curtain
Are we doing the best we can
Representing human?

(One thing’s certain
… and taxes, too
Will likely tax you)

DR0000_7117-Representing-Human.mp3

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

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderOpaque Romance

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LYRICS
An opaque romance
Veiled in transparency
Love far off… distance
Sailed to tranquility
Does this flesh and bones have soul
Live to the afterlife
What’s the toll

An opaque romance
Veiled in transparency
Love far off… distance
Sailed to tranquility
Does this heart of mine have soul
Living life in a mine-feeled
What’s the toll

Does this simple sole have soul
Giving life to a life
Pays the toll
An opaque romance
Veiled in transparency
Love far off… distance
Sailed to tranquility

Chords: A AM7 C E A / G D A C D A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers (80 BPM)
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderSo Long?

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LYRICS
I don’t know
Has it really been that long ago?
Seems as though
It was only just yesterday
(Wouldn’t you say?)
So long ago?
SO long ago.

Look away
Way back passed the present
To the past
Pre-today
All the way to the get-go
So long ago?
SO long ago.

DR0000_7106-So-Long.mp3

Chords: Gsus4 G G6 / G F# F E E F F# G
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderSpillover

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LYRICS
Is the grass always green
Do you know what I mean
On your inside
Is the glass half empty
Or full with empathy
On the inside
Does it spill over
Discover the lover
Runneth all over
Lover of the other

Chords: E F#sus4 E F# / G# D B
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers (106 BPM)
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_border’til I Get There

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Pushing and pulling a heavy load
Moving it further on down the road
Ain’t got the time
For reason or rhyme
Moving it further on down the line
Unaware
I’ll let you know when I get there
Without care
Get up and go ’til I get there
(Until we get they’re)

Pushing and shoving to get ahead
Hoping to realize before I’m dead
Ain’t got the time
For reason or rhyme
Moving it further on down the line
Unaware
I’ll let you know when I get there
Without care
Get up and go ’til I get there
(Until we get they’re)

Pushing the buttons that make you move
Based on the theory “got something to prove”
Ain’t got the time
For reason or rhyme
Moving it further on down the line
Unaware
I’ll let you know when I get there
Without care
Get up and go ’til I get there
(Until we get they’re)

DR0000_7094-Til-I-Get-There.mp3

Chords: AM7/Bm7 E / A7 E / D A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderTo Free Free Will

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LYRICS
The odds on favorite
Don’t commit to fate
The chances are slim
You can ever win
Come to understand
Fate is in my hand
To free free will
Even better still

Chords: Em Am Bm Em / C D Em Em C D Em; 130 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next