Tag: alternative rock

bookmark_borderLove Can Rule

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LYRICS
When things are slowing
You’ve got to keep going
Got to keep showing
Nice being done twice

Done being the fool
Being the tool
The victim of cruel
Show ’em that love can rule

If life strays
… not going your way
It’s time to say
This is a new day

You were not born
To bear Man’s scorn
It’s time for you to see
The meaning of liberty
Head the call
Justice for all
Life — the pursuit of happiness
Yes, that’s what this is

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

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderLater Gator

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LYRICS
I can wait til later
To wrestle an alligator
I can wait for a while
To mess with a crocodile
Forget about destiny
It won’t get the best of me

I will gladly wait
To witness the pearly gate
Pray tell, my philosophy? Well,
Is to avoid hell
Forget about destiny
It won’t get the best of me

No, I can not wait
To participate
Pay no mind to fate
We can set our date
Forget about destiny
It won’t get the best of me

So, with the time we have left
Do you think that it’s best
That we partake and give
All the life there is to live?
Forget about destiny
It won’t get the best of me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Em7 Am7 Em7(11) / C B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderBombed

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LYRICS
I don’t get it
Everything around you
Looks like a bomb hit
It’s true
Yet you shine through
Like a tower of flower
Your colors shine on
In a place you don’t belong
See the beauty

And, can you tell
Oh ohhhh that smell
Can’t help think about stink
Yet you shine through
Like a tower of flower
The scent you’ve lent…
Glad the stench went
Pray tell the smell
So glorious
You’ve brought to us

A taste so foul
Empties your bowel
Please close the sewer hose
Yet you shine through
Like a tower of flower
The way you taste
Shouldn’t go to waste
Savor the flavor

ABOUT THE SONG
A song written at the corner of Market and High Streets at the end of the West Chester Restaurant Festival.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# B C#; 100 BPM 8-beat Adria
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderThe Fear Is Gone

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LYRICS
The fear is gone
There’s nothing wrong
We’re all going to live
Dreamcatcher
Sky watcher
The mind is a sieve
If you’re ever feeling down
Feel free ’bout coming ’round
Magic fingers
Cure dead ringers
Don’t give up
You’ve come this far
Don’t give up
You’re under par
You can see
Where you want to be
(Of course for the course)
You’ve made it through the “worse”
You deserve the purse
Feeling fine
Crossing the finish line

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A / G A / A E A B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderLong Time Coming

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LYRICS
It’s been such a long time coming
Feels like I’ve been waiting all my life
It’s been such a long time waiting
Getting you into my life
Somehow
Do you wish you knew now
Do you wish you knew then
When
Is your life rife
With growing knowing?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E E7 Bm / E / B7 A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderSneak Up

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LYRICS
I’m thinking
Without blinking
Better come on slow
(Ya know?)
In your mind
Sneak up from behind

Out flank their flank
I thank
Think, thank, thunk
Royal flunk
Need to access how they flunk recess

I’m thinking
Without blinking
Better come on slow
(Ya know?)
In your mind
Sneak up from behind

Sneak Up.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em13 Em Em7(11) C Cadd9
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderCalamity Of Man

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LYRICS
The point-of-view
You’re seeing through
Is it stressing you?
High anxiety
Testing sanity
You better run for cover
Run while you can
Shun disaster
[faster]
The calamity of man

The point-of-view
You’re seeing through
Is it pressing you?
PTSD
Testing sanity
You better run for cover
Run while you can
Shun disaster
[faster]
The calamity of man

The point-of-view
You’re seeing through
Is it messing you?
Bureaucracy
Testing sanity
(System syndrome doom0
You better run for cover
Run while you can
Shun disaster
[faster]
The calamity of man

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

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderHave A Few

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LYRICS
Hane’t seen these guys
In a long, long time
Hope you don’t mind
If I drop the dime
Overdue
To have a few
How about you?
(I don’t know if you’ve been there, too?)

Another year’s gone by
Now please don’t cry
Sooner of later
We’re all gonna die
Overdue
To have a few
How about you?

It’s been so long
Since I set my eyes on you
Time it’s put to song
And maybe more than two
Overdue
To have a few
How about you?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A C A / C E / E C A; 99 BPM Ambient #1
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderDensity

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LYRICS
Let’s see
Perhaps it’s the density
Whatever floats your boat
Maybe refrain from so much grain
Find the meat of the beat
Feed your brain
Please, start carvin’
Stop! The starvin’
Slice the meat
Treat the beat
Let’s see
Perhaps it’s the density
Whatever floats your boat
(But sometimes thick
Will sink the ship)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G G7 Cadd9 Asus4; 101 BPM Polka
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderLandfall

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LYRICS
When you look into the eye
Of a hurricane
You can feel the pain
Of starting to wane
After all
You fade to small
Upon landfall

The wind and driving rain
Of a hurricane
Starts to fizzle and fade
Once the shoreline is made
After all
You fade to small
Upon landfall

Not much will remain
Of a hurricane
Once it comes ashore
It’s not there any more
After all
You fade to small
Upon landfall

Landfall.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Bb A / C A
Recording: digital 4-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderDisturbing The Peace

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I’ve had my fill
OF nice and peaceful
So nice and peaceful
I must be dead

When you have to strive
It makes you feel alive
So if there’s something to dread
It’s 6 feet under in bed
(chorus)

When you have to fret
About what you need to get
It makes your heart beat
So they can hear it down the street

Swinging from a tree
Like a chimpanzee
Nothing like being free
If you were to ask me
(chorus)

The best part to live
Is when you get to give
So before your cold and stiff
Give yourself a lift
(chorus)

Disturbing The Peace.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E G D / A E A B7
Recording: digital 4-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderYet To Be

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LYRICS
I bet they never forget
How it was
Just because
The fuzz
Between is and was
Me, I like to see
More future
The is
That’s yet to be

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Bsus4 Bm Em G9 Em9; 176 BPM Quickstep
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderDreamgirl

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LYRICS
It would seem
If you become my dream
The illusion confusion
Will become shattered
Can’t say
It doesn’t matter
No way!
Shattered
Tattered
I’d rather
Keep dreaming
Streaming
Heaven
Again

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F#add9 F#m D#m7; 174 Foxtrot
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderA Little Bit

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LYRICS
Why don’t you
Have just a little bit
A little bit of humor
A little bit of color
A little bit of flavor
And make a habit of it

Why don’t you
Have just a little bit
A little bit of passion
Thrown into your fashion
A little more glamor
Let’s clamor for it

Why don’t you
Have just a little bit
A little bit for fun
Before your time is done
A little bit to savor
Before it’s all over

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E7 hammer on the e / E G A C / E G A E / E G A C E; 121 BPM Swing
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Climax

bookmark_borderSearching

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LYRICS
If I only knew what I was looking for
Maybe I could find it
Then, find some more
If I only knew what I was looking for
Maybe I could find some more
And be sure
If I only knew what I was looking for

If I only knew where to look for it
Maybe I could find just a little bit
If I only knew where to look for it
Maybe if my light was lit
I’d find a bit
If I only knew where to look for it

If I only knew it’s in front of my eyes
Realize there’s no color or size
If I only knew it’s in front of my eyes
Surprise! There’s no color or size
Realize the prize
If I only knew it’s in front of my eyes

Searching.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E7 E7sus4 A7 A7sus4 B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
From the album Climax