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Vultures:
There a strange and poisonous air in this town
And it’s blowing the garbage around
And I’ve been wasting away for days
Scratching lines in the walls and pacing my cage
No, you wouldn’t believe the change
that happened in a matter of days
Everyone fled the town in a craze
But the sheriff, he left me in this cage
Everything is not as it seems
A dozen vultures circling
And I’m waiting impatiently
For someone or something to set me free
So I’m staring out between the bars
Catch a nightly glimpse of the stars
And I dream of the days that have passed
And when my hunger will take me at last
There’s a lot of things I don’t know
When we dream where is it that we go?
Has it been days or months, I'm all alone?
and is my madness is starting to show?
Everything is not as it seems
One hundred vultures circling
And I’m waiting impatiently
For someone or something to set me free
Someday, I’ll be found here dead
But I will be last one to truly live
Out there, is blowing a deathly wind
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I Am At Least I Think I am:
Destiny, what a shame the state you’re in
You were everything, the sunshine and the rain
and all the in-between
What a day can bring, it can alter everything
Tear your world apart or blend a broken heart
It tore you apart.
Won’t you tell me where you’ve been
Trading hours for seconds
You’re alive and at least I think I am
Oh I am at least I think I am
Sing for me, remind me I should breathe
While I’m sleeping, When I’m drifting in between
Please won’t you sing
Honey I can’t let you in
See I’m scared of nearly everything
But if you should come around again
Oh I am at least I think I am
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Plastic Wolf Face:
Wolf face, up in the corner
You’re staring at me and I’m heeding your warning
Brittle old plastic with eye-holes cut randomly
No human face with features spaced properly
Could peer through your openings, see what you’re seeing
Hear all your thoughts or feel all your feelings
So, I’m not really sure what it is that you’re saying
It must be important, I know it will come to me
Someday, you’ll crumble away
But I couldn’t ask for a better plastic wolf face
Remember I wore you to the bullshit award show
Walked into the backroom, disrupted the photos
Hayden he wore you in a Future History video
Harmony ran from him, that was 7 years ago
Hunter was scared when he walked in the studio
He said you were creepy, I told him that you weren’t real
hope that I didn’t upset or offend you,
you know, in the off-chance that maybe you’re real?
Someday, you’ll crumble away
But I couldn’t ask for a better plastic wolf face
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I'll Give You All:
There’s a silver lining in everything
And it runs along the path from where we’ve been
No, I wouldn’t know the way and I wouldn’t have the strength
If I didn’t have you with me everyday
There’s a story of the things we have done
Since I rescued you from the man with a gun
And we never would have thought
That we’d meet again someday
But I’m thankful that life led us both that way
I’ll give you all of, everything
I’ll give you all of, the deepest sea
And when you wake up next to me
I’ll give you all of, everything
We opened up our souls by the lake
Learned that time was a construct we could change
And we ushered in the storm, a new life taking form
And we welcomed a new depth in everything
No, there’s not a whole lot that I would really change
just that I should have told you this yesterday
See these days pass by and I’m happy by your side
In a life that I would never trade
I’ll give you all of, everything
I’ll give you all of, the deepest sea
And when you wake up next to me
I’ll give you all of, everything
I’ve never known another…. There is nothing without you
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Magic Mystical Kitty:
Sitting there on the floor
Stalking silently
this ancient carnivore
that somehow lives with me
Running out through the door
You shake the human from your fur
Not quite sure where you are
Or where you ever were
Tell me your secrets
Won’t you teach me how to see
You’re a magic mystical kitty
You vanish into the night
You blend into the dark
Reflections in your eyes
Seem to speak of deeper thoughts
Where is it that you go
When you vanish from our home
Someone asked if I own you
I said he’s his to own
Tell me your secrets
Won’t you teach me how to see
You’re a magic mystical kitty
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Black Holes:
There is so much out there that remains unknown
Faint rings of light that surround black holes
and we’ll soon discover, or at least I’m told
With a future generation of telescopes
Now we’re so much closer to discovering
Beautiful things that have remained unseen
To the naked eye with a mind that dreams
Of telescope interferometry
In space…. Silence thick and cold
A sky of endless night
Surrounding us unfolds
A brand-new secret light
The event horizon first spotted the glow
It was the first seen image of a known black hole
Like a hall of mirrors, an infinite lightshow
Gravity so intense that it won’t let go
In space…. Silence thick and cold
A sky of endless night
Surrounding us unfolds
A brand-new photon light
Escaping from the hold
Before finally letting go
From a super-massive black-hole
Oh and when the light comes
It will enlighten everyone
There’s so much still unkown
Like gravity letting go
From an ominous black hole
Changing all we know
This circle shaped glow
From the m87 black hole
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Add More Things:
For Day 8, we need to write a song to make people laugh
But I’m not very funny and my songs are far from that
So, I thought that the ukulele may be whimsical
And if I sing in drawn out notes it might sound medieval
Then I figured while I’m at it I should add more stuff
Like maybe I could add some glockenspiel and that may be enough
So now this chorus has some glockenspiel and it sounds dope
But something still is missing and I will find it, at least I hope
So now I’m going to push my limits and maybe add more things
And though I cannot play viola I will add some strings…. Solo.
So, there you have it, I hope you like this song that I have made
You’ve probably noticed that I kept it simpler than the other songs I’ve played
Well you’re wrong because I still have one more part I’ve worked real hard on
And it goes… like… this
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhhh
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhhh
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GONE:
Hey there, maybe question everything that you read?
You know, once you peel back the layers it’s easy to see.
So, I question the newsfeed, like an IV in me
And I keep my thoughts to myself, they belong here with me
Now I’m gone, gone like the light at the end of day
Gone… Gone, yeah I watched me slipping away
And I wouldn’t mind, I’ll leave a part of me behind
And if it all goes sideways, one of us may survive
Now, I’m being followed by invisible men…
And I’ve been trying to catch them, but they’re so elusive
And the lizards are coming, we should think about that…
Maybe the curtain is collapsing
So I’m gone, gone like the light at the end of day
Gone… Gone, yeah I watched me slipping away
Gone… Gone dear, I’m already drifting in space
Gone... Gone, my mind peaced out today
And I wouldn’t mind, I’ll leave a part of me behind
And if it all goes sideways, one of us may survive
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Charlie and the Window:
I lay here in the dark, in a cold and stale room
Where I’ll spend my last days. Hell, I know I’ll be dead soon
and Charlie has a bed beside me, echoing the gloom
and he sits there in the window, and never leaves me any room
Charlie doesn’t talk to me and I prefer it to stay this way
He sticks to his own business and I stick to mine the same
But there’s something eating away at me and I need to make it right
So far Charlie’s got the best of me and it tortures me at night
La la la la la la la la la la, La la la la la la la la la la
You see when Charlie first arrived, I had been here for a year,
I had the bed by the window and I could smell the summer air
and the nurses they insisted that I let Charlie have the view
You see, they said his claustrophobia was a medical issue
So, they moved me to the corner near the restroom that we shared
And I swear that Charlie winked at me as he held a steady glare
And I knew right in the moment that something had to give
You see, Charlie was a piece of shit and he didn’t deserve to live
La la la la la la la la la la, La la la la la la la la la la
So, each night when Charlie fell asleep I would just lay there and stare
I couldn’t seem to fall asleep the rage was always there
And I knew I had to seek revenge, I had to make things square
So, I tiptoed over with my pillow and took away his air
Charlie didn’t fight back much, he quietly slipped away
My plan had worked out perfect and I would take it to my grave
And soon I’d have my window back with all the world to see
And Charlie he would rot in hell for trying to mess with me
La la la la la la la la la la, La la la la la la la la la la
It’s been a week here without Charlie and the strangest things occurred,
that I’m terrified to talk about but I think I really should
I don’t know If I’m going crazy or if my mind has finally gone
But each night I’m hearing voices and everything feels wrong
But the strangest thing of all that I just can’t seem to explain
Is not the voices or the shadows or the brand new aches and pains
When I opened up the shutters to let the summer air back in
There’s now a brick-wall in the window where the outside should have been.
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Dawn of Summer:
So baby, the summer is upon us
Let us start a fire underneath the stars
Because lately, I’ve been feeling down
From the winter through ‘til now
I’ve been buried in a shroud of darkness
So, maybe we could sleep outside
trace the movement of the tides
with the moon to be our guide
You know someday, it’ll just be you and I
and the drifting satellites
We should make this moment right
Ya, we should take this moment
Tonight, let our darkest moments say goodbye,
because we found ourselves in summer
So, we’ll drive. Drive straight through the night
until we reach the morning sky
right above the ocean, and we’ll dive-in.
Together we will find that everything is right
with the dawn of summertime
The dawn of summer
I know it’s crazy, but I’ve packed a few of our things
Just the bare necessities and the things we think we need
And I’m ready to put the car in drive
and leave this place behind
for the ocean and the sky
We should take this moment
Tonight, let our darkest moments say goodbye,
because we found ourselves in summer
So, we’ll drive. Drive straight through the night
until we reach the morning sky
right above the ocean, and we’ll dive-in.
Together we will find that everything is right
with the dawn of summertime
The dawn of summer
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Love:
So, you’re feeling low, and your heads not right, you’ve been tossing and turning, no you can’t sleep at night. Baby you know, it’ll be alright, if you take a little time and you give up the fight. Lady I know, one thing’s for sure, the love of another, well that’s the only cure. Baby let’s go, and make this right. We can brighten the day and we can light up the night.
Get yourself LOVE and don’t look back
Give yourself a shake and get back on track
You need LOVE and don’t look back
find yourself a love and make your comeback
It’ll be a lonely life you’re living
Until you get down to the bottom of it.
Somehow, I figured it out. I faced sorrow, and weakness, and crippling doubt. Now I’m sure, there’s one way out and I’m taking my chance ‘cause I can’t live without. And it took me time, you see. To uncover this mathematical mystery. So baby you see, this thing’s for sure. I’m gonna give you what you need, gonna give you the cure
Get yourself LOVE and don’t look back
Give yourself a shake and get back on track
You need LOVE and don’t look back
find yourself a love and make your comeback
It’ll be a lonely life you’re living
Until you get down to the bottom of it.
So, now that we’re clear and you’re feeling right, we need to put this aside and have a good night. Baby I’m here, by your side and I’m giving you love to make you take flight
Talking bout’ LOVE and don’t look back
Give yourself a shake and get back on track
You need LOVE and don’t look back
find yourself a love and make your comeback
It’ll be a lonely life, you’re living
Until you get down to the bottom of it.
Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love
It’ll be a lonely life, you’re living
Until you get down to the bottom of it.
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Surviving the Antidote:
Today they raised the gate up and then we all went home
Like nothing ever happened here and our lives were put on hold…
And nobody is talking, just walking silently
Ignoring all the rubble that was once our city
I never pictured this- seven hundred million or more remised
And we fought for less than this- on account of human selfishness...
At best
It was hard to count the time there, was it months or maybe years?
We all wore our best smiles to cover up our fears
We followed our assignments, fulfilled all of our chores
You know, now come to think of it- not so different than before
Now where do we begin, picking up the pieces to start again?
And it may be possible that the pieces belong in the rubble
We made a mess of things, I hope the future keeps on remembering
Maybe in the end we’ll see, we were the virus here,
surviving the antidote
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On Monday March 16th, 2020 we launched a 14-Day Self-Isolation Songwriting Challenge. We did this to help inspire and rally the community during the Covid-19 outbreak.
This album is the collection of 14 songs that I wrote and recorded during those 14 days...
I hope you enjoy
