bookmark_borderToll Of Self-Control

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)

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

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

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?

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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_borderExtreme Event Vent

LYRICS
Whoa oh oh
Woe oh oh
Listen to the wind blow
Through the cracks and crevices
Whistles and moans
Weather: the extreme theme
Weather the extreme theme
It’s now or never
Forever ever
The “nevertheless”es
Blowin’ in… whoa… listen to the wind blow
Whistles and moans
Rattles the bones
With a “shiver me timbers” timbre
An extreme event vent
Not whether weather
Weather
Extreme human being
Being extreme
Event vent

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment and extreme weather events.

Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em7(11) Em13 / D Em / Bm Em; 142 BPM Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderNotre Damn

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

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