ExperiMental Music http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter Singer / Songwriter / Lyrics / Music = Songs Sat, 29 Dec 2018 20:07:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Merry Me? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/29/merry-me/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 20:04:40 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21373 LYRICS
Oh, yeah, just a little wound-up
How ’bout some more
Oh, yeah, just look where you wound-up
Need I say more?
Oh, yeah, glad that I found out
Less stress no doubt
Oh yeah, get a little wound-up
And then some more
The dog’s in the dog house
What “quite as a mouse”?
Found out wound-up is where I want to be
Will you merry me?

Capture a glimpse of civilization
A bit too late for procrastination
Maybe you better sweat it a bit
Before we all take a hit
The dog’s in the dog house
What “quite as a mouse”?
Found out wound-up is where I want to be
Will you merry me?

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

From the album 365 And A Quarter

]]> Lucky Day http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/28/lucky-day/ Fri, 28 Dec 2018 15:40:24 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21361 LYRICS
Stray right this way
For today
Is your lucky day
Gifted
Your dark cloud… lifted
Alive!
To live to see another day
Alive!
To live to be another day
Arrive on the scene
Scene 1 of the play
Relax
Haven’t missed the climax
Lights on
Curtains yet to be drawn
Alive!
To live to see another day
Alive!
To live to be another day
Arrive!
On the scene of the play
Arrive!
On the seen…
Scene 1 of the play

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F G A G B A; 128 BPM Polka Oberkrainer
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

]]> Grin Again http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/28/grin-again/ Fri, 28 Dec 2018 15:01:01 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21359 LYRICS
Bear a grin
Just the medicine
Whatever’s ailin’
Relief begin
Remedy within
No need to bleed it out
Doubt that’s what this is about
Bear a grin
Medicine
For thin-skin
Laughter the cure-all
Now you know who to call
Cough up the grin within
Be the save-your
Doctor some humor
I need a fix
In part, due to broken heart
Have wound. Need licks.
Fix….

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em G Em Dm Em / G F G F G F Em; 180 BPM Country Waltz
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

]]> Irony Butterfly http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/27/irony-butterfly/ Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:39:43 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21355 LYRICS
Irony butterfly
In flight of blue sky
I wonder why
The blight didn’t die?
None too soon
From cocoon
Metamorphosized
Feel realized
Float like a butterfly
Sting life — a be
Beauty
Reflecting light
I see
Irony butterfly
In flight of blue sky
Beauty out of pity
Is to deity
(Oh, my God!)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Bdim F / F G A F G D / F D; 224 BPM Gypsy Swing
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

]]> We’re Blur http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/26/were-blur/ Wed, 26 Dec 2018 21:16:59 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21352 LYRICS
What if it all were
Just a blur
A mere smear
In the atmosphere
Music as fabric
For the tapestry
Of said,
Space-time continuum
I see through to you
As we weave
The tapestry
Us wed
With you I am
Soul’s blood bled
Said,
Space-time continuum
Void of vacuum
I am

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Cm G Fm; 164 BPM Entrance
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

]]> Whence Do You Hail? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/26/whence-do-you-hail/ Wed, 26 Dec 2018 14:58:10 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21349 LYRICS
Far, far away
Far, far a way
From whence I hail?
An ancient and dusty tale / trail
Rather reveal
What’s in store
Reveal the deal
If there’s more
From whence I hail
… too much detail
I’ve come to know
“Come to the show”
Try to survive
To be alive
You choose your path
Wrath… or baptismal bath
You choose destiny
For your mortality
Your relevancy
In eternity
Far, far away
Far, far a way

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C G F / F Em Dm C; 78 BPM 8 Beat Soft
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

]]> On The Western Front http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/25/on-the-western-front/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 16:00:27 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21347 Hyper-terrestrial
(All Is Quiet) On The Western Front

MIDI Files

]]> This Little Fish http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/25/this-little-fish/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 15:57:20 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21345 LYRICS
This little fish
In the school…
… is…
(Little fish don’t be a fool)
Fishes
This fish is
Swimming in the sea
… of love
Tranquility
Sublimely
(I’m me)
Undertow
From the rainbow
Above
In the undertow
To know
This little fish…
… is.

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# D#sus4; 102 BPM Piano Ballad
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

]]> A Fine Shine http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/25/a-fine-shine/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 15:40:31 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21343 LYRICS
Troubling times
Trolls and mimes
Don’t let some scary clown
Be the one to take you down
Deliver delight into the twilight
Of man
(If I can!)
Collective conscious (ness)
The light in us
Time to redefine a fine shine
Time for the brightest lights
Ignite (Ignite)
Among billions
The shines combine
And I find I’m…
We’re more than minions
The billions
For a fine shine combine

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G D E / B A G D E; 67 BPM Jazz Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

]]> Wherefore Art Thou http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/24/wherefore-art-thou/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 22:02:27 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21337 LYRICS
Sloppy or nearly
Close to perfection
Art not thou art?
Our creation
Wherefore art thou, art
Be you the tile in style
The style in the tile
… the missing peace
Hand still grease pencil
Trace
… the missing place
Still, hand, still
Release
… the missing piece
Cut to the groove
Remove
The missing piece
Perfect fit
Is it
Sloppy or nearly art
… isn’t this where we’d start?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: F# E F F#; 118 BPM Hard Rock
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Power Tools

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

]]> Fuel To The Fire http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/24/fuel-to-the-fire/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 21:48:57 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21335 LYRICS
Adding fuel to the fire
Energy transformed
(You’re getting warm)
To make time transpire
To awake time… transpire
How much “would”
Would a dumb-#uck chuck
If a dumb-chuck could
How much “would”
Would a would-chuck chuck
How much fire will transpire
See the reality of the energy
Burn in front of me
And yes it does reside
Inside
Of me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: A7 E / Am E7; 68 BPM 16 Beat Ballad #2
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Chainsaw, Wood Stove

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

]]> Mixitup http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/23/mixitup/ Sun, 23 Dec 2018 21:24:59 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21324 LYRICS
Mix it up
You say the same thing, same thing
Buttercup
Mix it up
You know I love you, baby, maybe
Mixitup
Fix it up
Take it out
Walk it about
Walk it out
Mix it up
Up, up, up

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: A D E A / C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Power Drill and Mixer

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

]]> If’s And Can Be’s http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/23/ifs-and-can-bes/ Sun, 23 Dec 2018 18:58:23 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21328 LYRICS
When there was
“Could have been”
Then,
There was when
Now, only
If and can be
From see to shining see
Out from under
The overlord
Just short
Of overboard
Shy to the sky
Out from under
The shadow
No more know knowledgology no
Now, only
If’s and can be’s
Can my mind’s-eye foresee
Come to be

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: Dm Em / F C Dm Em; 85 BPM Handbag
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Hammer, Pry Bar, Mud, Trowel

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

]]> This Is Heaven http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/22/this-is-heaven/ Sat, 22 Dec 2018 19:54:15 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21325 LYRICS
Peace on Earth. Goodwill toward men.
Amen.
Say it again, again and again
Make it win-win-win-win
Earth is heaven
Heaven on Earth

Since the first Noel
Went so well
We will gladly
Do it annually
Solstice bells
Fare-thee-well

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E / E G A / G A C / C D E
Recording: digital stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Watch Your Fingers http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/21/watch-your-fingers/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:34:26 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21321 LYRICS
Still the question lingers
Should I watch my fingers?
After all,
What about “keep your eye on the ball”?
Watch you might poke an eye out?
What are you talking about
I’m just having some fun
(When all’s said and done)

Let’s hear you cry “live and let die”
After all,
So what if you fall?
You might poke your “I” out, kid
Big deal… so what if I did?
When all is said and done
… just having a little fun

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: F# B C#7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Power Tools

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

]]> Cut It Out http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/21/cut-it-out/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:27:56 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21319 LYRICS
You turn me on
And cut to the quick
You turn me on
And bet I’ll be quick
Thin cut or think?
Shaved from the sharpest blade
Diamond, the hardest made
Wet, try not to overheat
Let’s spin and repeat
Start
Cutting through to the heart
Teeth
That bite from beneath
Power
My will devour
Willpower devour
Will power devour
Devour our our

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: Em G F#
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Wet Saw

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

]]> Cease For Peace http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/21/cease-for-peace/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:13:05 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21317 LYRICS
Thinking good and thinking plenty
Everybody’s ready
To cease the battle for peace
Everybody’s release

Thinking good and I’m thinking plenty
Everybody’s ready
Cease the war to enforce peace
Everybody’s release

Everybody’s been getting ready
Increase in pressure is steady
Everybody’s been getting ready
Dead on course and holding steady

We share this same ship
Shipshape or deep shit
Hitchhikers on rock #3
Blue due to sky and sea
Hurling through time and space
Wondering who stays in place

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: Em7 Em / G Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

]]> Slippery http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/18/slippery/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:29:41 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21311 LYRICS
It’s a little slippery
A fine line
Between (the seen/scene)
Myself, I and me
Slippery
I see
On the back of an envelope
Slope
Slippery slope
As easy
As A + B
Double dared… squared
E = em… I see
E = mc2
Now, I see
Time/space continuum reality
Now, on the curve
Too late to survive?
The chaos within us
Slippery… I see

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Eaug Am / Am G F Em / Am; 62 BPM Blues Ballad
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> The Shepherds Herd It http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/17/the-shepherds-herd-it/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:04:14 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21308 LYRICS
Raise your cup
Joy’s what’s up
Can you hear it
In the spirit
Can you feel it?

The shepherds herd it
And they all came ’round
The angels heard it
And they all came down

Wisemen foresaw it
So they all came to town
The heaven’s saw it
So they all shined down

Joseph and Mary
Bore more than just Merry
Giving birth
To Peace On Earth

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

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Come Down To Earth http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/16/come-down-to-earth/ Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:17:06 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21303 LYRICS
The was light
The night was dark
On a lark
Thought I might
Have come down to Earth
Home of my birth

World spinning round
Ain’t slowing down
Hard to tell
If she’s doing well
Have come down to Earth
Home of my birth

Hand of man
Does all he can
TO get his thrill
From “Kill, kill, kill!”
Have come down to Earth
Home of my birth

Mother Earth
Please forgive
For we know not
What we did
Have come down to Earth
Home of my birth

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

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Man Eat Man World http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/16/man-eat-man-world/ Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:09:18 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21301 LYRICS
I was about to say
That canine of mine
But maybe
It’s the other way
Around
Who found who?
Tell me true
I love you
Who found who?

A better friend than any man can
Never run and hide
Always by my side
Wanna go for a ride?
Who found who?
Tell me true
I love you
Who found who?

I’m told
It’s a dog eat dog world
How bold
They scold
Yet fulfill the roll
Who found who?
Tell me true
I love you
Who found who?

Man Eat Man World.mp3

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

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> No Walls (Nor Balls) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/14/no-walls-nor-balls/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:20:04 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21295 LYRICS
No castle walls nor cannon balls
Invade the space
Of freedom’s place
No king reigns over (Be the lover)
Freedom rains down (On our town)
Discover minds blown (Seeds sown)
Inner peace release
The last is first (Quenched thirst)
Meek inherit the Earth (New birth)
In the eyes of skies
The glorious “why’s”
Absorb the wise

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# F E / E G; 125 BPM Rock #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Christmas Party http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/13/christmas-party/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:39:34 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21289 LYRICS
After all
This is the Holiday Ball
Christmas Party
To see
Us into the new year
Do you hear?
Sleigh bells ringing
Children singing
Do you hear
All of us here
All of us
Partake in solstice
It’s a give-and-take
Partake
Solstice
All of us
That’s how it is
The 12 Days
Celebrated in so many ways
A Christmas Ball for all
Holiday dance
For any circumstance
Solstice justice
From the darkest day… away
Into the light
Into delight

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Gbm9 Gbm Gb; 123 BPM 70’s Disco
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Miss Christmas http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/12/miss-christmas/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:02:11 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21287 LYRICS
Now I know
How much so
I would miss
Christmas
Relieve those
Let them believe!
Embrace the race
Amen human
[jam / blend / bridge /take-off]
Leave the mean scene
And find relief in belief
Embrace face-to-face
The Christmas kiss
A special feeling
Sends you reeling / real-ing
The worth
Of peace on Earth

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Dm Dm7(11)9 / A4 G4 F4 E4 D4; 130 BPM 16 Beat #3
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Not Fade Away http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/12/not-fade-away/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:53:35 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21285 Not Fade Away.mp3

Coversong written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty
Also made famous by The Rolling Stones and The Grateful Dead

E                               A   A D A
I wanna tell you how it's gonna be
E                      A       E   E A E
You're gonna give your love to me
E                            A   A D A
I'm gonna love you night and day
E                    A     E   E A E
Love is love and not fade away
E                    A     E   E A E
Well love is love and not fade away


E                                A   A D A
And my love is bigger than a Cadillac
E                          A        E   E A E
I'll try to show it if you drive me back
E                              A   A D A
Your love for me has got to be real
E                         A     E   E A E
Before you'd have noticed how I feel
E             A     E   E A E
Love real not fade away
E                  A     E  E A E
Well love real not fade away
Yeah
A D A  (A D A)   E A E (E A E)  A D A (A D A)  E A E (E A E)
I wanna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
Love that lasts more than one day
Well love is love and not fade away x3
E         A
Not fade away

Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Unbelievable

]]> About About http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/11/about-about/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:08:33 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21280 LYRICS
Is this really what we’re talking about
So, if, and or but…
What about about?
If we should be
If we would be
If we could be
Talking about… “about”?
Is that what we’re really talking about?
Did I get lost?
Am I at a loss?
Is this what we discuss? Thus…
Or am I at a loss, dazed and confused
Brain abused?
All this time I thought it was obvious
For the both of us

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A Variety of E; 120 BPM Handbag
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Found My Way Home http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/10/found-my-way-home/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:15:55 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21276 LYRICS
Avoid getting lost
Avoid at all cost
Roaming ’round all day
Trying to find my way
Out of zone into roam
Finally found my way home

Hate going astray
Nursery rhyme and pray
Avoid the panic
It’ll make ya sick
In the zone how to hone
Finally found my way home

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A Am7 / C A C A C E A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> The Favor http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/10/the-favor/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:04:52 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21273 LYRICS
Toss of a coin
You pro or con
Flip of the coin
Head and/or tails
I’m setting sail
To a place where there’s space
For the human race

I don’t want hate encroaching
On the habitat
Please the favor of approaching
Love, imagine that

Through a dense forest
A jungle at best
Don’t want to have to claw
Don’t want to have to gnaw
Tooth and bone, let alone
When you get to the heart of the heart
Feel free to start….

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Esus4 G7(13) Em7(11) Em7; 176 BPM Rock & Roll
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Tweedle Dum Founded http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/07/tweedle-dum-founded/ Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:49:58 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21267 LYRICS
How come?
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Were sitting on a fence
Tweedle Dee fell off… hence
Dumb was founded
Dumbfounded abounded
It seems to me
Tweedle Dee’s destiny — one with Humpty Dumpty

All the King’s horses
And all the King’s men
All the King’s horses
Know where men have been
All the King’s horses
And all the King’s men
No never put together again
No never put together
No matter the “whether”
… never
Free dumb’s brain forever restrained
Banned from this land wrought with free thought

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive EDM
Chords: Bm D C6 D; 83 BPM 16 Beat #3
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

]]> Get It! http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/06/get-it-2/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 15:26:24 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21264 LYRICS
I don’t know if i’m starting to get it
If you help me out, I’ll give you the credit

What goes around comes around
I guess I’ll wait/weight
A heavy burden
Anticipate
What is certain

I don’t know if i’m starting to get it
If you help me out, I’ll give you the credit
Back to the wall
Hammer will fall
Carry the wait/weight
A heavy burden
Anticipate
What is certain

I don’t know if i’m starting to get it
If you help me out, I’ll give you the credit
Seven year itch
Karma’s a bitch
wait/weight
A heavy burden
Anticipate
What is certain

Only one rule to hang with me
Everybody’s got to be free
Eternally
To infinity

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

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> March In The Name Of Time http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/05/march-in-the-name-of-time/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:56:58 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21261 LYRICS
Marching in the name of time
Because you know
Time marches on
As you were
Turns to blur
At ease, please
’cause I reckon
Time marches on
Knowing…
… it just keeps going
Rowing…
… I dream…
Gently down the stream
… down
… gently, I dream
Through the rapids
I did
Hitting…
Rapid eye movement
Where the marching time went
Spent
Sent

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: C# D D# E / E D# D C# / F E; 137 BPM Rock Shuffle
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> A Star Is Born http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/04/a-star-is-born/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:49:00 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21253 LYRICS
A star that bright
Had never been seen at night
Let alone, they say
During the day
As if figurative
… or literal
Let it roll
Encompass all
Total
The brightest star
By far
The brightest star
And forever more
The brightest tail
The brightest tale
Shinning down
To the ground
Shine on
Human
Given from heaven
To the Earth
The birth
You are
The brightest star

ABOUT THE
The Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas Star, appears only in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew, where “wise men from the East” are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem. “For we have seen His star in the East [or at its rising] and have come to worship Him.”

There they meet King Herod of Judea, and tell him they are heading to Bethlehem to pay homage to the newborn king of the Jews. Herod calls his scribes and priests who confirm to him that a verse from the Book of Micah interpreted as a prophecy, states that the Jewish Messiah would be born in Bethlehem to the south of Jerusalem. Secretly intending to find and kill the Messiah in order to preserve his own kingship, Herod invites the wise men to return to him on their way home.

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em; 68 BPM to 88 to 97 Slow Ballad
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Something To See http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/04/something-to-see/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:38:31 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21255 LYRICS
Something to see
Or something to be?
Really?
And/or is a possibility
A or B or all the above?
Then… maybe…
Grace and love

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative EDM / Progressive Rock
Chords: Ebm Bbm Ebm7; 129 BPM Rock #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Believing http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/03/believing/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 22:02:54 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21249 LYRICS
You never need to feel lonely
There’s always somebody near
You never need to feel lonely
Your presence is always here
Believing in believing
Goes a long way in relieving
Believing in believing
Goes a long way in achieving
For dreams to come true
The dreams first come from you

You never need to feel helpless
If you hope, there is more
You never need to be heartless
Where there’s heart, love’s in store
Believing in believing
Goes a long way in relieving
Believing in believing
Goes a long way in achieving
For dreams to come true
The dreams first come from you

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Bb A / C A / A Bb A
Recording: live
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Into The Fire http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/03/into-the-fire-2/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:59:19 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21247 LYRICS
Into the fire
… looking into the fire
Does time transpire
When you look fire
… in the eye?
The devil’s ire
When you look fire
… in the eye
Belligerence aroused
Espoused to be exposed
I suppose

Into the fire
… looking into the fire
Fan flames higher?
Hubris is dire
Is that your desire?
Belligerence aroused
Espoused to be exposed
I suppose

ABOUT THE SONG
Definitions of ire: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E13 E E13 A7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Christmas Lullaby http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/03/christmas-lullaby/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:34:33 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21243 LYRICS
Hush now baby don’t you cry
Gonna save us all before you die
Singing you a lullaby song
Under the star with a tail/tale so long
Close your eyes it’s time to sleep
Pray “Dear, Lord, my soul to keep”

Hush now baby don’t you cry
Hear the angels singing on high
Happy birthday! Today’s your day
Born to show us the way
Sleep tonight tomorrow’s light
Shine on insights in sight

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Americana / Folk
Chords: F9 C G / Em C
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Fold Me http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/12/01/fold-me/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 15:27:23 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21236 LYRICS
You might say that you told me
I don’t recall you ever showed me?
It’s sure that you talk a lot
Even if you don’t about
Go ahead and scream and shout!
What strikes a lightning rod?
Oh, my God!
Maybe it’s best
If you put it to rest

You sure know how to scold me
Sign, seal and fold me
You sure do boast a lot
About what you know not
What strikes a lightning rod?
Oh, my God!
Maybe it’s best
If you put it to rest

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E CM7aug / A Asus 4 / E / B7/B A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Puzzler http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/30/puzzler/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:58:59 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21233 LYRICS
Making sense of it all
Beyond the crystal ball
The jigsaw saw
The cut-up awe
Puzzle pieces
Mystery ceases
Ain’t it clever
How they come together?

In retrospect
I do suspect
Puzzle pieces
Mystery ceases
Ain’t it clever
How they come together?

Come take a gnaw
Eat logic raw
Puzzle pieces
Mystery ceases
Ain’t it clever
How they come together?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G E / C B7 (3 and 4 120 BPM Hard Rock)
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> The Spirit Of Christmas #7 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/29/the-spirit-of-christmas-7/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:07:46 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21231 LYRICS
That’s one fearsome wind
Blowin’ in
Leaving the flow
Of an icicle
You know…
Where tears of joy have been
Moving out of reach
From the Reaper’s sickle

Soon we’ll discover
The storm’s blown over
Soon the winds will calm
And the threat will move on
To once again enjoy
Our tears of joy
Moving into reach
Of the owning of each

Now we found out
What life’s all about
Feelings that giving makes
Out-weighs those from the takes
Getting what you deserve
Depends on how you serve
Knowing we won’t miss
The spirit of Christmas

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Fm Bb9 / C7 Bb Fm
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Circumference Dance http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/28/circumference-dance/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:38:20 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21228 LYRICS
Doing the dance
Along the circumference
Of the circle of life
Don’t know where to begin
Then, again
Don’t know where to end
Round and round it goes
Where it stops… nobody knows

Doing the dance
Along the circumference
Of the circle of life
Keep it low on strife
Keep it high ’round the bend
Don’t know where to begin
Then, again
Don’t know where to end
Round and round it goes
Where it stops… nobody knows

Searching for the part
Where does it start
Getting a little skittish
’bout finding the finish
Round and round it goes
Where it stops… nobody knows

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

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Get ’round http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/27/get-round/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:15:49 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21221 LYRICS
As one that has always marveled
At a road less traveled
I love the pace of a race
Blasting off in outer space
Time to get ’round
To our countdown
10,9,8
Too late to wait

Bored to death here on Earth
Ready for interstellar birth
Fly right on by
Our blue sky
None to soon
Zoom past the moon
Time to get ’round
7,6,5
Into overdrive
4,3,2,1
It’s how the race is run
It’s how the race is won
It’s how the race is one

InSight Lands On Mars

InSight Lands On Mars

ABOUT THE SONG
On November 26, 2018, NASA landed the InSight on Mars. “On Nov. 26, NASA’s InSight spacecraft will blaze through the Martian atmosphere and set a lander gently on the surface in less time than it takes to cook a hard-boiled egg.”

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F#m Bm / F# G# A F#m; 128 BPM Pop Rock #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Frost http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/26/frost/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:28:07 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21216 LYRICS
Are you sleeping
Jack Frost’s creeping
Jack Frost’s nipping
Your nose knows
And, we don’t want Jack
To bite tonight

North wind’s blowing
Winter’s coming
Sky is clearing
Stars are shinning
And, we don’t want Jack
To bite tonight

Painting patterns in vain
On our window pane
Grace with lace… icing
As angels sing

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

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Greener http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/26/greener/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:41:00 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21214 LYRICS
Not sure
There’s a greener pasture
No, I’m not sure
Hence
Then on this side of the fence
My circumstance
The date to appreciate
The date is immediate
The rate we’ll accelerate
Before it’s too late

Turning green
With an envy sheen
Know what I mean?
Cries and moans
Keeping up with the Jones
Cries and moans
Just for fun
Bet you can’t eat just one
One and done
Eyes will bake
More than tummy can take
The date to appreciate
The date is immediate
The rate we’ll accelerate
Before it’s too late

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

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> ’tis The Season http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/24/tis-the-season/ Sat, 24 Nov 2018 19:40:26 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21198 LYRICS
No more coming back from war
With a battle scar
Battle scarred
Rattled n’ marred
No more raping and pillaging
Going back for more
Coming back from afar
Forget who you are?
Trying to find our way
To a pure and peaceful day

’tis the season
To find a reason
Find our way clear
To spread some cheer
’tis the season
To find a reason
Keep searching till
We spread goodwill

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

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> The End Game http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/23/the-end-game-2/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:38:09 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21195 LYRICS
Can anyone tell me
What this is?
Entertainment
… some sort-of show biz?
Can anybody tell me
Is this the show?
Can somebody tell me
I want to know
Somehow
I thought there’d be more
Than Sodom and Gomorrah
Alt-right and spite
Blood and gore
If I might…
If it’s alright
… I thought I might
Write
… a better ending:
Love and the message sending
If complete, something sweet
You join in, too?
The End

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# D#sus4 / F# F#6 D#sus4 D# D#m; 232 BPM Gypsy Swing
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Delightning http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/23/delightning/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:29:48 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21193 LYRICS
Delightning
Enlightening
Put my eye to the keyhole
Put my ear to the rail
Want to see the part and whole
On the head, hit the nail
Never fail to see the light
Seal the deal and wrap it tight

Hold my finger to the wind
From which direction has it been?
Will it pass n’ keep on going
Will I grasp a sense of knowing?
Never fail to see the light
Seal the deal and wrap it tight
Delightning
Enlightening

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

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> The Belief http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/23/the-belief/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:17:42 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21190 LYRICS
What do I feel?
Can it be real?
Can not be sensed
Yet… existence
Taking relief
In The Belief
Heavenly seal
It is for real
A feeling of love
Descends from above
Now to begin
Transcending within

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F C / F Bb F C / Fsus4; 114 BPM 8 Beat Pop #1
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> Telekinesis http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/22/telekinesis/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:00:31 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21187 Hyper-terrestrial
Telekinesis

]]> Cryptics’ Mix http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/22/cryptics-mix/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 15:45:26 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21185 LYRICS
Please don’t let it be a tragedy
You crying over me
Needn’t be the destiny
You, too
Aspire to travesty?
Fix the cryptics’ mix
In the mind
Kind
In the body
Kindly
In the spirit
Hear it
Here
It

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# Bb; 87 BPM 8 Beat Pop #1
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Land-e-scape http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/22/land-e-scape/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 15:37:42 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21183 LYRICS
Did I create the landscape
From which I can’t escape
Now to feed
On tumbleweed
And for dessert desert
(… and then desert
For dessert)

Is the solution to the pollution
At the source?
… ahhh of course
Coarse
Rubbing me the wrong way
Hey!
Coarse
Gotta live abrasive
Now I lust
For a mouth free of dust

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E minors; 8 Beat Pop
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album On The Off Chance

]]> Waste Not http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/22/waste-not/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 15:28:41 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21179 LYRICS
Might be a waste
If you’re going to space
In search of monsters and aliens
They might already be
Where you’ve been

Take me to your leader
The King “Human Rights Beater”
Space monster you want?
Space monster you got!
Go get? You wont want
What you’ve already got

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C Db D Eb / Gb Db Eb; 90 BPM 60’s Soul
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Casio WK-3500, MicroKorg, Korg 364, Ableton / Vortex)

From the album On The Off Chance

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

]]> More On! http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/21/more-on/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:03:09 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21176 LYRICS
Come on!
More On!
More on, less off
Let the first to scoff
Cast the first rock
Throw the first “cast in stone”
Stand alone
Did you check… is it plugged in?
Might want to check again
Has the power light been lit
… for a bit?
What have you got
Is the outlet hot
Come on!
More On!
Do you know fortissimo
… pianissimo?
I don’t know
Disregard…
Fade and retard. (Ritardando)
>

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# F G / G F Csus4; 160 BPM Twist
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Pick http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/19/pick/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:14:28 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21172 LYRICS
What’s your best pick
From your bag of tricks?
Seems over packed
Pulling at the seams
How about some vanishing creams
I’d love to disappear from here

What’s your best pick
From your bag of tricks?
Tired of “what the heck”s
And the bouncing checks
How about some x-ray specks
I’d love to see clear from here

What’s your best pick
From your bag of tricks?
Making the motion
For the solution
I’ve the notion it’s a love potion
I’d love to love near to here

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G Bb / Eb Bb G / C Eb G / C Bb G; 100 BPM and 102 BPM Pop Rock #1
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Caress Finesse http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/18/caress-finesse/ Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:31:34 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21168 LYRICS
No not again
Already been
Oh, can’t you see
It’s not for me
Or don’t I know
How to say no
Caress some finesse
I think it’s best
… put it to rest

More brevity
Entirety
Got what it takes
No same mistakes
For after all
Pieces will fall
Caress some finesse
I think I’m best
… put it to rest

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

From the album Unbelievable

]]> We Are Free http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/17/we-are-free/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 15:06:57 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21165 LYRICS
A little too cold
A little too hot
Not exactly sure
As to why not
We can get this right
Right is in sight
Out of the shadows
Saved from the gallows
We are free

A little too soft
A little too hard
Not exactly sure
Why our touch’s marred
We can get this right
Right is in sight
Out of the shadows
Saved from the gallows
We are free

A little too short
A little too long
Not exactly sure
How we got it wrong
We can get this right
Right is in sight
Out of the shadows
Saved from the gallows
We are free

A little too new
A little too old
Not exactly sure
If the story’s been told?
We can get this right
Right is in sight
Out of the shadows
Saved from the gallows
We are free

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

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Obliterate The Weight http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/16/obliterate-the-weight/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:12:02 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21162 LYRICS
If you’re showing up late
I’ll just lay it out straight
If you can’t wait
To obliterate
The weight
For certain
The burden
Shed the dead
Alleviate the wait
Whether
Light as a feather
Or even better
In-time
For the finish line
The finish disk
Come and get it!
It’s a “never regret it” it

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# B C#; 148 BPM Country Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Your Number http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/16/your-number/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:00:34 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21160 Goblins, ghouls and boogie men
Comin’ round more often
Baggaged closet skeleton
Need to leave behind what has been
No you’ll never (no you’ll never)
Never ever (never ever)
Have to watch your back again

You are the 12, 24
Before, now and evermore
But if you’re ever in a fix
Rest assured I’ll be your six
No you’ll never (no you’ll never)
Never ever (never ever)
Have to watch your back again

From ever ’til eternity
You can always count on me
Tick-tack-toe and pick-up-sticks
Rest assured I’ll be your six
No you’ll never (no you’ll never)
Never ever (never ever)
Have to watch your back again

To what shall be from what has been

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am F Am Em Am / C E Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Share The Love http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/14/share-the-love/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:04:10 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21151 LYRICS
Are you feeling very merry
Dear,
Please spread the cheer
At years end
People tend
To share the love above
Call it what you will
But right up until
Christmas Day
Hey!
People’s Day

Maybe snow?
I don’t know
Oh, I sure hope so
Maybe the chill
In the air will
Let your heart be still
Call it what you will
But right up until
Christmas Day
Hey!
People’s Day

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: BbmM7 / Bb Dm / D Bb; 68 BPM Modern 6/8
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> ASpHigher http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/14/asphigher/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:37:22 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21149 LYRICS
Aspire
Are your pants on fire?
Desire
Are your rants all dire?
Damn the straight straits
Won’t let ’em irritate
Go get ’em!
Won’t imitate
Out of the gate
Nooo… just can’t wait
Shed the weight
Aspire
On fire
Desire
May my rants inspire
Take us higher

ASpHigher Instrumental.mp3

ASpHigher.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Esus4 D6 Em; 150 BPM British Pop
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Gold Rush (There’s Gold In Them Thar Hills) http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/13/gold-rush-theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 15:59:13 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21145 LYRICS
Minors never grow old
Panning for gold

Find life is a gold mine
Vein of golden mind
Hope not to be daft
And get the shaft
Minors never grow old
Panning for gold

Forget about regret
Finding your nugget
Digging for dreams
In all the “seems”
Minors never grow old
Panning for gold

Start to be bold
With a heart of gold
Cloud’s silver lining
Timing of the rhyming
Minors never grow old
Panning for gold

You say none in sight / insight
Try dynamite
You’re sure to find
It’ll blow your mind
Minors never grow old
Panning for gold

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

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Great! http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/12/great/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:24:56 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21142 LYRICS
How are you doing?
I can’t complain
How is it going?
I can’t complain
If you’ll let me explain
Wait…
I’m feeling great!
My mom and dad did the best they could
To raise me the way they should
And, now, I’m doing fine
I can not whine
Staying sane…
And, I really can’t complain

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E Em7 E / E A / G A D A / B7 E / B7 A G E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Still Civil? http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/11/still-civil/ Sun, 11 Nov 2018 17:02:27 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21133 LYRICS
Ummm…
From the top to the bottom
I’m…
Avoidin’ crumble
The atom tumble
Chain reaction
Revitalization
Of civilization
Still civil?
Humans humane
Do any remain?
Understanding…
Is there a “last man standing”?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Csus4 G / G F D / D E F D / C’s; 126 BPM Pop Shuffle #2 and 126 BPM Techno
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Is There A Doctor…. http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/11/is-there-a-doctor/ Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:50:53 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21135 LYRICS
Too old school droll
To drop and roll
When they throw some more
Hit the floor
Is there a doctor in the house?
We need to stop the bleed
Are you Man or mouse?
Encourage your courage

With your back against the wall
In awe… full of Man’s great fall
Is there a doctor in the house?
We need to stop the bleed
Are you Man or mouse?
Encourage your courage

Have a funny feeling
Going to raise the ceiling
That’s when it’s found out…
No getting out
You may never get out?
Is there a doctor in the house?
We need to stop the bleed
Are you Man or mouse?
Encourage your courage

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

From the album Unbelievable

The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

]]> Factual Fractal http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/10/factual-fractal/ Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:30:21 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21128 LYRICS
As a matter of factual
Fractal of truthful
You did split it
Where’s the rainbow?
Who wants a black hole / whole

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk Protest
Chords: C D Em / C D E / C ? E; 80 BPM 16 Beat
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

]]> Loaded Guns Are Dangerouse http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/10/loaded-guns-are-dangerouse/ Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:25:59 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21125 LYRICS
Loaded guns are dangerous
You can bet your ass
Shoot yourself in the foot
The odds
Draw fasssst
Through the boot
At odds
Ohhhh the toll on soul
[break guitar string]

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Em E7sus4 Em7; 116 BPM Soul
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Can’t Keep A Good Man Down http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/10/cant-keep-a-good-man-down/ Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:21:54 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21123 LYRICS
Took a look around
Guess what I found
You can’t keep a good man down
Knocked around
Gagged and bound
But, you can’t keep a good man down
No matter how hard you try
He just won’t die
No, you can’t keep a good man down

Opened my eyes
Awoke! Surprise!
You can’t keep a good man down
Time I start
n’ open my heart
Give the man a hand
’cause you can’t keep a good man down
No matter how hard you try
He just won’t die
No, you can’t keep a good man down

Said, “Lend me an ear.”
What did I hear?
“You can’t keep a good man down”
We’ve nothing to fear
As long as you’re here
We’ve nothing to fear
As long as you hear
You can’t keep a good man down
No matter how hard you try
He just won’t die
No, you can’t keep a good man down

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A G E / C B7 E; 94 BPM 16 Beat
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Out On A Limb http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/09/out-on-a-limb/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:27:54 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21119 LYRICS
Go out on a limb
Live a simple whim
When the bow breaks
Do whatever it takes
Yearn to learn to fly
No better time to try
Found your wings… bye-bye

Peer over the edge
Long walk, short pier
Once over the ledge
Hold on to your life, Dear
Yearn to learn to fly
No better time to try
Found your wings… bye-bye

If Man is going to do to you
Whatever Man can
Buffalo over a cliff
Until you’re dead and stiff
Buffalo over a cliff
Until board-like — stiff
Yearn to learn to fly
No better time to try
Found your wings… bye-bye

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# E B F# / D B F#
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Questionable Motive http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/08/questionable-motive/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:24:17 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21116 LYRICS
What are you plans
What will you do with me?
Are the plan’s man
You call this destiny
Lawwwwww…
Set me free

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em(9) B7sus4; 184 BPM and 88 BPM Reggae
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Matter Of Principle http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/08/matter-of-principle/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:20:08 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21112 LYRICS
Will the wolf pack
Have a heart attack
when they have to come clean
’bout being obscene
Want my money back
’cause your service lacks
Official my ass
You’ve got no class
An upheaval
It’s the principle
Of the matter
That matters
A surprising uprising

When you lay down with sleaze
Are you going to get fleas
Leave ’em the keys
And monkey flees
What are you going to do
Animals running the zoo
Watch your step
Poo up to your hip

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: D7 Am C / C E C E C Am D7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Prey For The Day http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/07/prey-for-the-day/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:56:59 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21109 LYRICS
Are you still the same
Or going more insane
Membrane getting lame
Growing more insane
Take a step back
Catch the breath you lack
Prey for the day
Capture the allure
Be the cure
Rest assure

Are you growing old
A story never told
Has your heart grown cold
As you sold your soul

While I still can breath
Going to believe
There is no better way
Than living for today

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F G D / G C D / D Db C C Db D; 86 BPM Pop Rock #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Jill Came Tumbling After http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/06/jill-came-tumbling-after/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 19:37:10 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21105 LYRICS
One in a long, long time
Once in a blue moon
I’m falling into some childhood nursery rhyme
Coming again so soon?
Once in a “upon a time”
Once in a cartoon
I’m falling into some childhood nursery rhyme
Coming again so soon?
Once in a century’s crime
Once the cow jumps the moon
I’m falling into some childhood nursery rhyme
Coming again so soon?
Once in a lifetime
“Once” begins to loom
I’m falling into some childhood nursery rhyme
Coming again so soon?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em G6 / C D Em; 124 BPM 60’s Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Head For The Hills http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/05/head-for-the-hills/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:31:05 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21102 LYRICS
Storm clouds blowing
A cold wind chills
Best start running
Head for the hills
Thunder rolling
A storm cloud spills
Best be running
Head for the hills

The land starts to slide
Grand landslide
The rocks start to roll
Where’s my hole/whole
God will tan my hide
No place left to hide
Heads are going to roll
Where’s my hole/whole

Hard rain’s falling
Up the spine chills
Best start running
Head for the hills
She’s outgunning
A look that kills
Best be running
Head for the hills

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A D G E / D A G B E; 120 BPM Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> All Choked Up http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/04/all-choked-up/ Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:36:40 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21100 Hyper-terrestrial

presents

All Choked Up

]]> Monstrosity http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/04/monstrosity/ Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:30:31 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21098 LYRICS
What is this monstrosity
We’ve made out of me?
Because this is not my destiny
(No, this ain’t my destiny)
Surely
Moving up
To a higher vibration
Moving up
To a higher elevation
Gonna shed this monkey suit
It’s time I “do it”
Time to wring
The monstrosity out of me
Take wing
From your destiny
Is see
It’s time to be me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# F#7 F#m; 94 BPM Pop Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> at-Large http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/03/at-large/ Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:08:53 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21094 LYRICS
You’ve outgrown the Grinch?
Am I alive… give a pinch
Ouch! Outgrown the Grinch?

Can you feel your chest expanding
Love growing large
Can you feel your heart pounding
Let’s love at-large
Go ahead shoot your load
Let your love explode

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Em Em9 / Am G Esus4 Em Em9; 90 BPM Pop Rock #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> A Better Boo-boo http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/03/a-better-boo-boo/ Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:34:32 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21090 LYRICS
Where does it hurt
Will a kiss make it feel better
Return you to a real go-getter
Off my back, take my shirt
Pick you up from the dirt
I think I see a break in the clouds
Prepare yourself for out loud crowds

It’s getting better
Soon you’ll be feeling like you should
Move up to great from fair-to-good
They say your time is going to come
Just can’t wait ’til their time is done
I think I see a break in the clouds
Prepare yourself for out loud crowds

Your time has come
All of the waiting is over
It’s a new chance to discover
Actualize the apple of your eyes
Get a load of your surprise
I think I see a break in the clouds
Prepare yourself for out loud crowds

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Bm E / G D E / D A E; 90 BPM Pop Rock #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Inside-Out-Upside-Down http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/02/inside-out-upside-down/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:15:27 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21087 LYRICS
Turning the inside-out
Turning the upside-down
As the down-and-out
Get driven out-of-town
Turning the inside-out
Turning the upside-down
If there’s any doubt
Just look around
[jam]

Will they all find out
They’ve become the clown
The more they scream and shout
The more they pout and frown
Turning the inside-out
Turning the upside-down

Did the id get full of clout
Turning verb to noun
Soon the last will be en route
… first to wear the crown
Turning the inside-out
Turning the upside-down

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C Bb A / F#m Am; 67 BPM –> 111 BPM 8 Beat #3
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Ablaze http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/11/01/ablaze/ Thu, 01 Nov 2018 14:46:40 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21084 LYRICS
The bridge is burning
The bridge is burning
The bridge is burning
Behind you
Whatcha gonna do?
Burning bridges behind you
Behind… feel like an ass?
Then, you said,
“Burn the bridge ahead!”
Watch gonna do
Your ass is on fire
Then, your desire
“Flame what’s ahead,”
You said.
What a shame…
Flame
Burning bridges
Now, where are you going to go
Do you know
Nowhere to run
Your road is done

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic Folk
Chords: Eb Gb Ab Bb / Db Eb; 111 BPM Bluegrass
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> A Moral http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/31/a-moral/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:51:06 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21080 LYRICS
If you try and try again
Fall and fail and try again
It really is not a sin
To end up where you begin
With murder and rape
There’s no debate
The hangman’s drawin’ near
If I have my druthers
“Help others!”
Music to my ears
Maybe its not too late
To appreciate
A more moral all

The deal with your glory
It’s hell in overkill
The moral of the story
Don’t steal God’s goodwill

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

From the album Unbelievable

]]> By Christmas Eve http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/29/by-christmas-eve/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:23:37 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21076 LYRICS
Setting sail for a distant shore
One I’ve never been to before
Don’t know if I’ll make it for sure
If you don’t hear from me by Christmas Eve
Don’t even bother to worry about me
’cause I’m going long gone

Waiting for the four winds to blow
Which direction I don’t know
All I know is I’ve got to go
If you don’t hear from me by Christmas Eve
Don’t even bother to worry about me
’cause I’m going long gone

This isn’t the same sad ‘ole song
I can’t wait to be moving along
Set my sight for right left wrong
If you don’t hear from me by Christmas Eve
Don’t even bother to worry about me
’cause I’m going long gone

If days and nights should turn to years
Please alleviate your fears
Love can be dear no matter how near
If you don’t hear from me by Christmas Eve
Don’t even bother to worry about me
’cause I’m going long gone

(Lord, relieve me!)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am7 E7 Am7 / B7 A7 E7; 80 BPM 16 Beat #4
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas holiday album of music AD / BC

]]> File Under Love http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/28/file-under-love/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 20:13:11 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21072 LYRICS
On the cusp of utopia
A panacea for all’s ailment
Meant to alleviate
And elevate
To know knew highs
Realize
Real size
Relativity
Compared to me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am Gm Gm Em; 152 BPM Techno
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> A Song About Love http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/28/a-song-about-love/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:18:32 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21069 LYRICS
This is a song about love
If you love love let it out
This is a song about love
This is a song about hope
If you hope for hope just look about
This is a song about hope
(Hope you love it)
This is a song about happiness
Are you happy to be happy? Shout!
This is a song about happiness
(Makes me happy you hope for love)

This is the day for dreams to come true
This is the day to bring it out of you
’cause a beating heart is fleeting
(The beating is fleeting)
So I’ll strive to keep love alive!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: A D E A / E A / E G A; 100 BPM 16 Beat #6
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Pain Of The Vain http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/27/pain-of-the-vain/ Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:39:59 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21063 LYRICS
Ohhh the pain of the vain
All their nonchalant whatnot
For crying out loud
Thinking you’re God
Ohhh so proud
Smile in the mirror
Wink and nod
I want to whine
I look so fine

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electric
Chords: G F# F E; 112 BPM Jive
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> A Situation http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/27/a-situation/ Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:09:52 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21058 New York Times Photo of a Starving Child in Yemen

New York Times Photo of a Starving Child in Yemen

LYRICS
We’ve got ourselves one hell-of-a situation
One nation… divided….
Where’s the God? (How odd)
Are the children all invisible
How is it possible
Without a single care about their air
While the yes-men are starving them in Yemen
Amen?
Giving up on that is where I’m at
A women
I concede is the touch we need

What about the grandchildren?
The massive debt we’ve left for them
Shot our load watching bombs explode
Stubborn fools burning fossil fuels
While the yes-men are starving them in Yemen
Amen?
Giving up on that is where I’m at
A women
I concede is the touch we need

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about children… and Facebook removing a New York Times picture of a 7-year-old girl named Amal that is starving to death due to the war in Yemen.

“Photo of a Starving Girl in Yemen Prompts Facebook to Remove Posts of Article”

For a few hours after The New York Times published an article about conflict and hunger in Yemen, Facebook temporarily removed posts from readers who had tried to share the report on the social platform.
At issue was a photograph of a starving child.

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C G A / Em A / C Em A / G7 C
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

]]> Master Of Destiny http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/26/master-of-destiny/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:50:33 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21055 LYRICS
Does it appear to be too far away
Far from near
Completely our of reach
Long fro freedom on a reigny day
Be the waves crashing on the beach
Free the slaves
Living in my heart
Given freedom as they depart

Being the master of my destiny
As all demons are set free
Taking control of what is my soul
With the goal
To be free
From agony

If I harbor ill will still
Cast it out and set ‘er to sail
Goodwill fills the void
And calms the wail
As the year draws near
To shed a tear
I’ve come to learn there’s nothing to fear
So long as love I endear

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G9 G D D9 / G F# E / E G; 80 BPM 16 Beat #4; 112 BPM Jazz Rock; 120 BPM Hard Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Aliens! http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/24/aliens/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:54:09 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21049 LYRICS
Have you heard about the aliens
With their baggage of alien sins
They say they’re coming this way
They say get out of the way
Have you heard about the aliens
Foreign language of alien sins
I hope they don’t say
In some foreign way
“Take me to your leader”
For I’ll have to convey
“You mean the bottom feeder?”
O.K. are you for real
Hey, hey what is your deal
They said you were coming this way
They said get out of your way
They said You’d have alien ways
And rob all of our days
Please don’t take me to task
And be so bold to ask
“Can you take me to your leader?”

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about immigrants and the “migrant caravan”.

In 2014, there were about 600,000 immigrants that became citizens. There are no numbers under the new administration but the forecast is bleak. In any event, adding 1 new worker for every 500 existing workers is better than nothing; however, it is still inadequate to compensate for our aging population.

An even bigger problem for the economy are the “other” migrant workers, such as, “H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers” and other low paid workers… right now the USA has millions of low-pay jobs we can not fill. Mostly work that had been performed by migrant labor (that US citizens do not want to do.) The current administration has all but eliminated these types of immigrants. So, now that we can not fill the jobs with taxpaying, SS paying, etc. migrant workers, businesses suffer losses and our economic system suffers losses. Perhaps we will find a few US citizens to take jobs they don’t want to do (though the 6 million jobs have gone unfilled for many months.) More likely, the jobs will be eliminated altogether by AI and robotics. Either way, it is a loss and cost for the US economy in the short and long term.

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Bbm F / F# F
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

]]> Fade Into Yesterday http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/23/fade-into-yesterday/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:52:56 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21044 LYRICS
You’ve got to break the habit?
I don’t like the sounds of it
You say, “in the bud… nip it!”
I don’t like the sounds of it

(chorus)
Fade away
Into yesterday
Memory
Abandon me

You say the turtle will beat the rabbit
I don’t like the sounds of it
Zorro with a lance stance, stab it
I don’t like the sounds of it
(chorus)

Going to start a new habit?
I don’t like the sounds of it
Sedimentation nation wake to riot
I don’t like the sounds of it
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: B E Em7 / A E A B7 E; 106 BPM 8 Beat Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

]]> Do The Math http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/22/do-the-math/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:10:21 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21040 LYRICS
This is not about being political
It is about being analytical
The argument is bullet ridden
Should have been left hidden
Under the rock
From whence it crawled
Flabbergasted and appalled

Do the math
Go figure
Logic bath
Claim your

How do you account for it
If it doesn’t add up?

ABOUT THE SONG
This is a song about immigration.
Old, unhealthy… in fact, “dying slowly” demographics are/our not the soul-ution to your economic problems.
[hint: immigrants (both documented and undocumented are a substantial benefit with little to no cost.)]

As our population ages, we need young and healthier people joining the work force. They are the ones we need to fund our pensions, social security, medicare, health care, national debt, etc. Unfortunately, the people my age have squandered our savings. Now, we need population growth to save us. (e.g. Germany and 1,000,000 immigrants to help solve their problem.)

And then, there is the problem with low paid workers… right now the USA has a millions of low-pay jobs they can not fill. Mostly work that use to be performed by migrant labor that US citizens do not want to do. so, now that we can not fill the jobs with taxpaying, SS paying, etc migrant workers, businesses suffer losses. Perhaps we will find a few people to take the jobs they don’t want to do… and under-perform. More likely, the jobs will be eliminated altogether by AI and robotics. In any event, both a loss and cost for the US economy in the short and longterm.

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Rock
Chords: F# G A B7; 98 BPM Heavy Metal
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

]]> Birth Canal http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/22/birth-canal/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:09:50 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21042 LYRICS
Come on lady
Having a baby
Is this any time or place
For such a display
Messing with my dismay
Try and bring life
Interrupting my strife
You make wallowing in self-pity
Feel real shitty

Bring new soul
To a withering sole
Creating knew soul
Where there was a hole
Is now whole

Maybe shady
Wallowin’ in shadow
Might just feel right
Stepping into the light
A bright insight
Come out of night
Into delight
Born in the realm of reality
The ability

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C / E / G A / A C E C E A; 94 BPM 16 Beat Ballad
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Stuck On The Roof http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/22/stuck-on-the-roof/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:57:58 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21038 LYRICS
With the words so think
I’d better think quick
‘fore they stick
To the roof of my mouth
Before they’re stuck
Turn to muck
Come on tongue spit it out
Of course
No excess force
I don’t want to shout!
No! You know
Let ’em flow

Before they stick to the roof
Get ’em past a tooth
‘fore they stick
To the roof of my mouth
With words so thick
Better give ’em a kick
Quick
Before they stick
To the roof of my mouth
Come on tongue
Let those words be sung

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em7 E7 E Em13 / A G E / D A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Catch Your Breath http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/22/catch-your-breath/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:45:13 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21036 LYRICS
Maybe you should take a little breather
And then start again
When you are feeling better?
Perhaps you’re standing
Under the weather

Maybe you should take a little chill pill
A break from the drill
Of kill, kill, kill, kill!
Perhaps lack of goodwill
Is causing you ill

Maybe we should think a little harder
Try again
’til we are are feeling better
Perhaps we’re standing
Under the whether?

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

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Look Into My Eyes http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/19/look-into-my-eyes/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:27:00 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21033 LYRICS
Look at me slowly
See me wholly
Look deep in my eyes
Look deep in my I’s
They say
When I play
You can hear it
Through spirit

Just for a start
Look deep in your heart
Then try to listen
They say
When you play
You can hear it
Through spirit

Let’s make a fuss
’til they look at us
Dance in the street
With all that we meet
Too often forgot
It’s all that we’ve got
Why not?
Dance in the street
With all that we meet

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em E7sus4 / A7 E7sus4 Em / D6 A7 E7sus4 Em; 80 BPM Pop Ballad #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Kill The Devil http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/19/kill-the-devil/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:19:38 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21031 LYRICS
Prince Of Peace where are you going
Leaving us without knowing
What we’re doing

The devil left us ill
Insists on serving a cease and desist
On our lease for peace
Satanic release

What in the devil are we doing
This civil war is hardly civil
Just what we dread
The left and right are dead
Trampled everything that’s growing

Guess it’s time to kill
That devil
… better still
Will love that devil’s hate
Make it evaporate

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Rock
Chords: F# G A F# / F# D#sus4; 109 BPM Modern 6/8
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Color Blinded http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/17/color-blinded/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:23:34 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21027 LYRICS
What if blue wasn’t really blue
Would it be possible to be true blue?
Hello! Add a little yellow
Scaredy-cat turns green
Can you see the envy
Know what I mean?

See his face turning red
Just because of what I said
You can add some blue
If it makes you sad
That he turned mad
Royal purple clad

If it was only black and white
It’d be easy to see what’s right
It’s apparent it’s not transparent
Until we’re all color blind
We won’t be kind

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

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Whatever I Have Left http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/16/whatever-i-have-left/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 18:26:01 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21024 LYRICS
What has it come to
Reboot overdue
When everyone you know
Wants to turn into foe
Seems it’s getting mighty thick
With the modern hypocrite
I just don’t get it
No not a bit
Human habit
Oh take me to a place
With a humane human race
These cats have turned to dogs
And the greediest of hogs
[interlude]
So with whatever I have left
I will offer as a gift
Hope to give a lift
I love you
And hope you make it through
I do

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C Em Am Em / C B7 Em / D Em / C Em Am / Em Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Sordid Past http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/15/sordid-past/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:33:55 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21020 LYRICS
1 step forward
2 steps back
Ahh but I digress
On how we regress
The past — sordid
The future black
Ahh but I digress
On how we regress
(chorus)
Come lay your hands
We can fix this mess
One understands
The ultimate test of tests

Running in circles
Searching for miracles
Ahh but I digress
On how we regress
De-evolution
Hardly a solution
Ahh but I digress
On how we regress

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am Bb A / G Em A / D Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Define That Which Cannot Be Defined http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/14/define-that-which-cannot-be-defined/ Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:43:08 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21013 LYRICS
Talent will receive no award
Talent will receive no reward
No participation trophy
For your participation
In your creation
They are trying to define this distribution
They are trying to control this distribution
They are trying to rule this distribution
They are trying to define our distribution
That can not be defined
Far from “fine”
More like “fined”
[Call] Find
Justice for us
[Response] (We know it’s yours,
But now it’s ours)

ABOUT THE SONG
This is a song about the Music Modernization Act and the industry’s attempt to define what they want to control — “streaming music”.

Ever since the 1920’s when the mafia would shakedown speakeasies for royalties, the music industry has attempted to control the distribution of music. In the 70’s, they tried to control the “taping” of music. In the 2000’s, they tried to control music downloads with lawsuits against NAPSTER and little old ladies.

“On September 8, 2003, the recording industry sued 261 American music fans for sharing songs on peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, kicking off an unprecedented legal campaign against the people that should be the recording industry’s best customers: music fans. Five years later, the recording industry has filed, settled, or threatened legal actions against at least 30,000 individuals. These individuals have included children, grandparents, unemployed single mothers, college professors….” (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Now, they are trying to control “streaming” music. What does this mean? Radio stations that stream their programming? Musicians that stream their music to videos?

The ongoing problems and lawsuits of trying to define what they control will likely be detrimental to musicians and music for decades to come.

Also see “MMA MIA“

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Reggae
Chords: Eb / Bb Ab Gb Eb / Ebsus4; 107 BPM Reggae #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (MicroKorg, Korg, Casio)

From the album Unbelievable

]]> The Weight of the Wait http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/14/the-weight-of-the-wait/ Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:28:39 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21011 LYRICS
Keep on letting it go (Letting it go)
And before you know
It’s too late
The weight of the wait
Gone. So long.
No, I won’t go wrong
Grab the bull by the horns
Going to see if he learns
Before it’s too late
The weight of the wait
Gone. So long.
Hey, now Miss… missed her (Mister)
What should I infer
It’s too late
The weight of the wait
Gone. So long.

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A A7 / E G D A / G A G A / C E A; 140 BPM Rock #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Harmonica

From the album Unbelievable

]]> Rodeo Clown Hero http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/13/rodeo-clown-hero/ Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:48:47 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21008 LYRICS
Mr. Rodeo Clown,
Can you help calm things down?
You know
This bucking bronco
Dropping the bomb
Like Yoko
And the Beatles
Until the Beatles
Are beatless
Know no
No-no
Na, na
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
It’s killing me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive EDM
Chords: F# F#7sus4 Em; 112 BPM 16 Beat Funk
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

]]> MMA MIA http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/2018/10/13/mma-mia/ Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:42:35 +0000 http://idea.membrane.com/songwriter/?p=21004 LYRICS
Can I believe my eyes
The pie’s the same size
I’m starting to realize
… they’ve cut my slice twice

They say they have to pay
Someone to count the pie
Scratchin’ my head… why?
… er, a… say…
Why do I have to pay
The pie/per
With a slice of my slice?

Your answer does not suffice
No dice!
MMA MIA
DOA
Say why’s my money MIA
Hey!

ABOUT THE SONG
For years, the music moguls, executives, record companies and other middlemen in music have been trying to pass this law – MMA

The new law creates a “modern” music management company [Collective Management Organization (CMO)] staffed mainly by existing music management.

All artists must pay the new entity.

The new law also creates royalties for producers… even if you don’t currently pay a producer, you do now. Even if you are a musician that produces your own music, you will pay these other producers.

There is no increase in gross income. There is no increase in revenue.

All existing artists that get a share of the money will now have to give royalties to music companies that weren’t getting paid for music recorded before 1972. Though they will be paid by you, you will not be allowed to cover their material without paying them again.

In conclusion:
Out of all artists/musicians share of the existing gross income,
artists will pay these other people… BY LAW.

(As a result, all independent artists will see a decrease in their net income/share.)

Meet your new boss. Same as the old boss… unless you are… I mean were an independent artist. In that case, meet your boss. You are no longer independent.

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Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive EDM
Chords: Dm Dm7(11) Dm9 (and maybe a BbmM7) / Bb C Dm; 100 BPM Funky Pop
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Korg, MiniNova, Yamaha)

From the album Unbelievable

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