Tag: alternative rock

bookmark_borderPlease Help Yourselves

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LYRICS
Please help yourselves
To hors d’oeuvres
Devour the ours
Please help yourselves
Empty the shelves
Devour the hours
Time… friend or foe
Do you know
If “I’m”
Time
Eat, glutton
Even if gluten free
Eat, vegan
In the name of humanity
Devour ours
Until the hours
Are theirs
Until the ours
Are there’s
Hours are there’s

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Gb G / Gb Gbm; 164 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderWide Stride

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LYRICS
If, and, but attitude
Stocking up on more rude
Gonna keep a wide stride
I’ll seek. You hide.
Give it a try
Bye-bye
Before you depart, open your heart
Let the light shine in
And the love come out
Start the heart
Begin
Figure it out and shout:
“Believe in believing in living”

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Fm Bb C; 140 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderThe Main Cage (Wildlife)

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LYRICS
Outside your main cage
In the wild
Up there on the stage
In the wild
(Going wild)

It sure is a thrill
Running with the wildlife
Oh if looks could kill
No taming the wildlife
Hard to get my fill
Living the wild life

The hare’s hair stands on end
Mother Nature’s rules won’t bend

The dear are so dear
In the wild
A witness I’ll bear
In the wild

I of newt… ewe, too
In the wild
Cast the spell: get well
In the wild

The hare’s hair stands on end
Message is in the music we send

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C/A / D G A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderIt Ain’t Over Yet

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LYRICS
Wanna make a bet
It ain’t over yet
They still have got to bring
The fat lady out to sing
Encore
For sure

Cliff hanger can’t wait long
Won’t you play one more song
Encore
Endure

To the grave no regret
Life saved! Not dead yet
Encore
Allure

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: B F# / C# C#sus4 B B7 F# B F#; 132 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderAbove All

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LYRICS
The blues on the suede of the shoes
Eludes the dudes
Miss post-modern blues
True that it may be
’cause maybe it’s true
For sure
The texture
Of the demographics
Will reveal
The inner appeal
Be it thick in sick
Or shine fine
Over shades of grey
To say
Above all
Love
Above all
Love
All

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Em+g Em+d; 80 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderBad Knews

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LYRICS
Say, hey… what’s up with all the bad “knews”?
(I knew them yesterday)
They say
“Another passing on the way”
And it’s too shocking to me
Did you see?
Laid to rest
(Not for the best)
Too today
Take the cues
(Without clues)
Singing the blues

Say, hey… what’s up with all the “6-feet-deep”?
Doing the macabre dance
Reaper creep
Oh, no it’s not for the best
Any day
Laid to rest
(Not for the best)
Too today
Take the cues
(Without clues)
Singing the blues

Oh, no did you know another friend
Reached “The End”
Ohhhhh, how I hope we meet again
Up beyond the sky so blue
Making music for you
Laid to rest
Playing with the best
… in The End

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E G#dim / C B E; 112 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderToll Of Self-Control

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LYRICS
If I can get myself
Tryin’ to get myself
Under control
Tryin’ to play myself
Ponder normal
But, here’s the thing
When my spirit takes wing
The bliss she’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

If I give up self-wealth
Maybe I’ll get myself
Under control
Toll of self-control:
Mental health
’cause here’s the thing
When my spirit takes wing
The bliss she’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

If I can get the role
Tryin’ to get the role
Of control
Tryin’ to take and dole
The goal
For here’s the thing
When our spirit takes wing
The bliss we’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A G A E A E A / D G A / E A; 104 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderMusic (Till We Die)

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LYRICS
Well, what I meant
In the basement
Was meant to permeate
The substrate
Seep from the deep
And clear the air
Up there
From the cellar of my soul
To the seller of my soul
The dues and toll
Of rock n’ roll
At hand garage band
Making music to live by
Last found underground
Making music till we die

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: A D E; 118 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Blown Away

bookmark_borderSimply Complex

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LYRICS
How you see complexity
Is in the “I” of the perplexed
Others see simplicity
Under a curse and hexed
Of course
As one ages
Turns the pages
The course
Of growing older
Finds the beauty of the beholder

As I see outside of me
Mind’s-eye views the connect
Others see anarchy
Argue how the ship wrecked
Of course
As one ages
Turns the pages
The course
Of growing older
Finds the beauty of the beholder

Clearly see chaos theory
The unordered system I am
Thesis of puzzle pieces
Whether they fit together
Of course
As one ages
Turns the pages
The course
Of growing older
Finds the beauty of the beholder

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F Em C / Em C / Am Em C; 85 to 155 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderDrastic

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LYRICS
I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
That the soap fell on the floor
You might assume I’m spastic
The cause of blood and gore
Until you learn more
About slip and fall lore

I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
That I was swimming with the fish
You might assume I’m spastic
Screaming “I’m not the fish’s dish!”
Until you learn more
About great white lore / lure

I suppose it doesn’t sound drastic
The weather was very frightening
You might assume I’m spastic
The cause of blood and gore
Until you learn the lore
Of thunder and lightning

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: D F D / G F D; 120 BPM Epic Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderIs Something Burning?

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LYRICS
Maybe I’m thinking just a bit too hard
Careful I don’t leave my brain scarred
Smoke is coming from my ears
Memory bank is in arrears
Maybe I’m taking it a bit too far
Might cause a neurological scar
Smoke is coming from my ears
Memory bank is in arrears
Another day under the sun
Still can’t figure 1+1
Am I really the only one
… don’t you know it’s 2, too?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G Bb F G / C G D7; 100 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderKinesthesis

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Hyper-terrestrial
Kinesthesis

Hyper-terrestrial is a land based interactive experiment.
Questions? Is music a universal language? Can sonic experience transcend space and time?
Thus, the name of the band. Hyper-terrestrial

MIDI Files I and MIDI Files II

Also see Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderSheep Hearder

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LYRICS
A lost little sheep
Still really a lamb
Yet a spirit so deep
Makes me question
Who I am
Getting fleeced
By a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Causing loathing
At the suggestion
Of who I am
The clothing within
Is where/wear
Spirits begin
From there
The spirit’s shout
“Let me out!”
And, I begin showing
Exposing the knowing
Of your doubt
A lost little sheep
Still really a lamb
Yet a spirit so deep
No need to question
Who I am

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Prog. Rock / Progressive
Chords: Em Dm / C D E; 130 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderThe Calliope (I’m Age)

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LYRICS
They call that thing
The brass ring
You can have it
If you can grab it
Your transit
To a free ride
Yours to be tried
You get to be
Livin’ like royalty

The calliope of life
Carousel of living
Is your go-round merry
On the merry-go-round
You’ve found?
Here’s the thing
If you grab the brass ring….
(Imagine… image… I’m age.)
You can say you tried the free ride
Free of strife
Full of giving
Calliope of life
Carousel of living
Life circle
Life cycle
(Imagine… image… I’m age.)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Prog. Rock
Chords: Em Ebm Dm C Dm (Slide Guitar open Dm tuning); 156 BPM Heavy Prog. Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Slide Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderCutting The Cord

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LYRICS
When I was just a little bitty baby
Trying to learn to be born
I wondered… how… maybe…
I’d ever learn
Now, I’m cutting the cord
My first word
Cutting the cord

I was thinking
Before I learn blinking
Better learn to cut the cord
Gonna hit the ground running
No time for sunning
Now, I’m cutting the cord
My first word
Cutting the cord

Shoot, coming down the chute
Brain compute
Here comes birth on Earth
Umbilical, don’t hold me back
Surgical, my skills lack
So, before I learn blinking
I’m thinking
Cutting the cord
Now, I’m cutting the cord
My first word
Cutting the cord

Don’t want to cry like a baby
But, maybe…
Mama!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E+g E+f# E E7 / G E
Written and recorded live along Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Life After Life