Tag: alternative rock

bookmark_borderBeacon

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Hope is a waking dream.
— Aristotle

LYRICS
Seems you’ve got a head start
If I snooze I lose
Bull’s-eye greeting your dart
Attention I pay to choose

No need for confession
I’m learning my lesson
Am I tortoise or hare
Awake and aware

Can I picture this
Hubris’ nemesis
Gotta let go of ego
Pretending that I know

The order is tall
Symbol for them all
Ray of hope I hope
Can I be the beacon
Can I be the be can

Beacon.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A D G E / E CM7 / Em7 E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Recorded and written at Lake Wynonah in Pennsylvania.

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderMandarin Tangerine Dream

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LYRICS
Mandarin tangerine dream
Is it all Chinese to you
Imaginin’ a knew view
Consciousness stream
Serene tangerine dream
Relate to what I mean?
Mandarin tangerine dream
Is it all Chinese to you?
True?

Citrus tangerina
Circus human mania
Supreme human being
Knowing, seeing
The fruit of our scene

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: B Bmadd9 A; 110 BPM Dance Pop #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Bass

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderAnyone?

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LYRICS
You say your dad was a veteran
I don’t hear you saying, “I am”
You say your mom was a lady
Yet, you seem a little shady
When it comes to the merit
Of your family
I don’t want to hear it
Quite frankly
What have you done?
Are you anyone?

You say your daughter is a virgin
Wondering if you’ll ever learn
You say your son is a hero
Yet to move you from zero
When it comes to the merit
Of your family
I don’t want to hear it
Quite frankly
What have you done?
Are you anyone?

You say that your grandpa
Was a crafter of modern law
You say that your grandma
Most beautiful thing he ever saw
When it comes to the merit
Of your family
I don’t want to hear it
Quite frankly
When it comes to your spirit
Is it lovely
Have you ever been near it
Embraced wholly
What have you done?
Are you anyone?

Anyone? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F G#M7 / C#/F A#/F / A#/F F
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderWild Horses

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LYRICS
Game time! The horse isn’t tame
Grab hold of the mane and hang on
Good time! Wild horse is the game
Stayin’ on is the game… and ride on
If you’re feeling meek
Your grip is too weak
You’re long gone
Ride ’em cowboy
Get up and ride
Ride ’em cowboy
Dust off your pride
Ride, cowboy, ride
Ride on
Right on

Wild Horses.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Country Folk
Chords: F# B F# / B B7 / C#7 B F#
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderThe King Is Falling

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LYRICS
Tried to explode
Spent his load
The overlord’s going under
Tried to explode
Spent his load
Is it any wonder?

I understand
Once this land
Was free… no longer to be?

Tried to ignite
Start a fight
Now the King is falling
Tried to ignite
Start a fight
Scraped knee and balling

I understand
Once this land
Was free… now, we’ve got to restore democracy

Tried to erode
Didn’t bode
Well there’s hypocrisy
Tried to erode
Didn’t bode
Well for humanity

I understand
Once this land
Was free… now, it’s up to you and me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Alternative Rock
Chords: CM7 Em / G A CM7 Em / A CM7 Em; 128 BPM Digi-Rock
Recording: live digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderOld Ball Game

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LYRICS
Candy coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize
Starting to realize
I don’t care if I never get back
If there is substance lack… there of
Need more love
Poor/pour on the love
’cause it’s 1, 2, 3 strikes you’re out
Been found about
Your’ old ball game is nuts
Not sane
Blood and guts

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Bb Dm Bdim / F Gm Am Bb; 120 BPM Rave with Techno Drums
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderGiant Baby Balloon

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Giant Baby Balloon
Giant Baby Balloon

LYRICS
What can you do for me
The answer, obviously
What can I do for you
To change your point-of-view
Public Servant Commander In Chief
Please give me some relief
Can not handle all your grief
Please make your duty brief

This giant baby balloon
Can not take flight too soon
Enough ranting, raging baboon
Be he moron… be he loon

Trump Baby Blimp
Trump Baby Blimp

What can you do for me
The answer, obviously
Go far, far, far away
And let the children play
Selfish negativity
Is really getting to me
Please, what do you say
Go far, far, far away

This giant baby balloon
Can not take flight too soon
Enough ranting, raging baboon
Be he moron… be he loon

Q: Are you saying Trump is a Treasonous Traitor Twitterer? If so, we’ve got both a tongue twister and a brain teaser… is he twitterdee… or twitterdumb?

Giant Baby Balloon.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: Bb Gm Eb F / Eb Gm / Eb B Bb
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderBeginner’s Luck

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LYRICS
I thought you said
You were a beginner?
You must be a very fast learner
’cause it looks like we’ve got a winner
You do realize there’s a prize?

Surprise brings a sparkle to your eyes
Dream and fact wed
Brings on the glimmer
Yes, it looks like we’ve got a winner
Don’t you love what we have?
We have a winner
Champion, again
Bringing home the dinner

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am Em Am / C Em Am; 96 BPM Trip-hop
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderYoung Buck

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LYRICS
I don’t know, Dear
Is that a doe?
And, woah
Is that a young buck?
What the ____?!?!
I look at him and him at I
Eye-to-eye
Me and he… he and me…
Eye-to-eye
Dear, a doe and a young buck

Getting to know, Dear
That is a doe
Now, know
That is a young buck
What the ____?!?!
Standing… her and he
Looking at me
Eye-to-eye
Run they don’t…
I don’t know why
Eye-to-eye
Dear, a doe and a young buck

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania after coming eye-to-eye with a couple of deer.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A Em / C Em A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderIs Or Was?

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LYRICS
Is that what it is?
Because if it is
It probably already was
If that is what it is…
It was…
Is was

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C Dm Gadd9; 115 BPM House
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderThe Knack

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LYRICS
Just like that
You’ll get the knack
Try and get
The rock and roll back
The toe tap
Finger snap
I concede what we need
Guitar that makes fingers bleed
Just like that
Blues kickback
Matter of fact
Nothin’ you lack

The Knack.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A D D A E / D A E / E G A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderUpon Reflection

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Hyper-terrestrial

Upon Reflection

bookmark_borderA Beauty

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LYRICS
Do you see the beauty in the entirety?
Do you see the entirety in the beauty?
Except for there where Killroy’s here
I’ve become aware of what I hear
I see the beauty [Do you? Do you….]
It’s found all around
In the sound
All around

Do you feel the beauty in the entirety?
Do you feel the entirety in the beauty?
Except for where man’s left his mark
The light overtakes the dark
I see the beauty [Do you? Do you….]
It’s found all around
In the sound
All around

Do you see the beauty in the entirety?
Do you see the entirety in the beauty?
Except for the scars of mankind
I kind-of love the beauty in all I find
I see the beauty [Do you? Do you….]
It’s found all around
In the sound
All around

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Em7+a / C D Em / A7sus4 Em7 Em7(11); 102 BPM Ambient
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderGolden Debris

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LYRICS
Penalized another time?
Did your toe go over the line?
Entertained by a mime?
Think this show is just fine?

(chorus)
One man’s used debris
Another would pay a fee
One man’s pain and agony
Another feels glee

In a tug of war with the world
Or in the corner… a fetus curled
On the bleeding edge of society
Or given up on sobriety

Does what I believe even matter
A positive attitude shatter
Climbin’ Wittgenstein’s ladder
To a place beyond clutter

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C D / G A D; 116 BPM Slow Big Band
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderIn the Twilight of the Light

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LYRICS
In the twilight of the light
Comes the night
Our closest star, the Sun
Becomes done (undone, done, undone)
The light before us
Too bright to be a star
Nor, that far
Is Venus
The planet of love
Shinning in from above

In the twilight of the light
Comes the night
Our closest star, the Sun
Becomes done (undone, done, undone)
The light before us
Too bright to be a star
Nor, that far
… Mercury
We see Mercury
The God of speed
Witnessing our deed

In the twilight of the light
Went the night

In the Twilight of the Light.mp3

In the Twilight of the Light Postlude.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A7sus4 Asus4 (Em7sus4 Emsus4) A7 A B7; 101 BPM Ambient #1
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Culminating