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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_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_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

bookmark_borderWish For Wings

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LYRICS
Among other things
Do you wish for wings?
With a choice voice
The way a bird sings?
Spread my wings and fly
Soaring gets me high
Seeing things from a bird’s-eye-view
Clear from here exactly what to do

Are you afraid
To take the leap
Well, my mind’s made
I’ve got dreams to keep
Spread my wings and fly
Soaring got me high
Seeing things from a bird’s-eye-view
Clear from here exactly what to do

Ready to try
To fly up high
Now, you’ve got wings
Voice your choice
The way a bird sings
Spread your wings and fly
Soaring gets you hig
Seeing things from a bird’s-eye-view
Clear from here exactly what to do

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Bb A Bb+e / C E / E C A
Written and recorded live along Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderGrasp

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LYRICS
In the fritz of the fray
Foray
Will focus stray
In the midst
Of the grasp of the grip
Won’t drip toward slip
Flip
The grasp into grip
Mental fist
Grasp fast
Slip into grip
Grasp
Betwixt the fray
Rebound decay
Will focus stray
Beyond gist… just
In the grasp
Grasped
Get a grip?
Got a grip
Grasped

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: Em Dm/Em / G F Em; 178 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderCitizens’ Pop Quiz

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LYIRCS
After…
A long time coming
It’s a short lived life / life lived
America’s dumbing
Rife, it is
Hey, now citizen a pop quiz:
Tell me since when
Is it hers or his?
All the while
A total population denial
Why hesitate to participate
The harder it gets the longer we wait
Jump right in start at begin
Set ’em straight… we ain’t beggin’

All the while
Gullible salvation is the style

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F Bb Eb F / Bb C7 / Bb F; 140 BPM 8-beat Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderNotre Damn

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LYRICS
Damn, Notre Dame damned
Hell’s fire on the spire
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Pour on water
Poor on water
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Dire! Dire! Dire!
Situation
Damnation
Scorn of the crown of thorn
Sear Mother dear
Will the smoke clear?
When the smoke clears
Our eye’s realize our fears
Our greatest fear
Crown of thorn burn
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Pour on water
Poor on water
The deadliest sin… burnin’!
Crucifix Phoenix
Ashes, ashes we all fall down
In France, flames dance
Gargoyles frown
The deadliest sin… burnin’
Fire flarin’ higher
Transpire to dire
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Pour on water
Poor on water
All shout:
“Put it out!”
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Pour on water
Poor on water

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Prog. Rock / Musette
Chords: Cm Eb Bb; 200 BPM Musette
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderUnhinged

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LYRICS
What do you way
If along the way
We can see
How far we can get
Life let…
Off her leash
Her release
Life let…
Out
Cage of doubt
Unlocked
Set free
The door’s wide open
Free to run
Turning when into then
Over and over again
A perpetual motion machine
Within your skin
Through the eyes, the souls sheen
Through the “I’s” the soles team

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Gb Bb / Gb Gbm Gbsus4; 148 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderBlack Whole

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Grind Until Ground
LYRICS
Push all the meat into the funnel
Put it all
Push it hard
Trim the lard
Turn the handle round
Pound for pound
Grind until ground
A mind found?
I mean
There’s no ghost in the machine
Across the horizon
Making the scene
More than a zillion
Yet, none to be seen
You know… show me the soul
You no… no soul… not a sole
Sole soul hole
Black whole

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

From the album Life After Life