The Song of The Morning Breeze

The Song Of The Morning Breeze

We chase the transient
We love what brings us pain
We want what doesn’t last
It’s sad 
And juvenile
We are addicted 
To fleeting things
We just want more
The games that we play
To get status in life
To deserve our peers’ affection
Well I refuse to play
it’s a son of a bitch
And y’all are full of shit
And tomorrow we may die
And I’d much rather move on
Than to spend another lifetime
Doing it all again
The wheel of samsara
With me it ends!

Don’t go chasing love
You won’t find it out there
It’s been with you the whole time

The Wheel of Samsara

Spine erect I’m on the lightning path
I’m in the ether now
With one breath I can shake the earth
Rosary beads I count
My identity is not of race, color or creed
From these classifications I’m freed

I am who I am, I’ll do as I please
No one can tell me how to be
Traversing the planes causal
Don’t care about earthly clout
I once had self doubt but now I’m self’d out

Beat that ego to a pulp and hang him on cross
Watch him make the leap of faith
If you want salvation you must learn to be a killer, yeah
And have no mercy for what’s better off dead

Self'd Out

Enter into the star of no return
A black hole sun will make you feel small
Until you completely disappear
And become what you have pondered all along

Is it what you imagined?
Is it greater than that?
An Emptiness so profound
You can't remember yourself
Nothing can explain it
There’s Nothing to explain
‘Cause nothing…
How can you explain nothing
Without mentioning things
There’s nothing to utter
Complete silence 
This is real death
But do not fear
Do not falter
Cause there's no pain here

Laying in my bed
I saw it in the night
Five pointed star 
Encircled and In blue
Was it just a dream 
Or was I seeing it for real
I may never know

There’s no return from this portal into lord knows what
Where’s dreams go to die
But angels sing it’s praise
It’s god 
Holy holy!
The lord of hosts
The comforter of ills
There is no sin
Only life
Be not perturbed 
This is real life

Schizophrenia

What’s for sure is that all things change
But right now everything seems to be in flux
Not knowing where I stand I’ve concluded 
this brave new world really sucks
That’s why I go within
To find my beloved

I guess that this is
The new norm 
Where instead of
Love your neighbor 
You fear him
And suspect him
I wish I 
Had the will to
Be the light that
Warms everyone’s hearts in the darkest of nights

In The Darkest Of Nights

Build a ladder to heaven
Climb it up and down again
And again using your deep breaths
It’s the crème de la crème

It’s the story we’ve all heard
It’s the words that we’ve all slurred
But only a select few
Are prepared to see it through
It’s the key to live forever
It’s a simple endeavor 
Vitalizing the life force
We can be free from the cycle of birth and death

Build a ladder to heaven
Climb it up and down again
And again using your deep breaths
It’s the crème de la crème

It’s the story we’ve all heard
It’s the words that we’ve all slurred
But only a select few
Are prepared to see it through

A Ladder To Heaven

Maybe it’s not so bad
Perhaps it’s not so sad
All the suffering in the world don’t compare to eternal painlessness
It’s not that bad
Even though it seems so sad
If you focus on you
It’s evident we get what we deserve

And behind it all Is the consciousness of love
Non conditional
Our birthright from above
Give up your life
And you might just find it
On the inside
Keep the fire lit

There are no others
There is only one 
One force that is everything
And all in one
There is no I in the real
There is only presence
Unified

Maybe It's Not So Bad

Summer Is So Boring

Todays a new day, nothing is grey
Everything is ok
I am capable of anything I put my mind to today

Time just flies when You’re having a good time
There is no hill in sight You couldn’t climb

I feel the best I’ve ever felt in my whole life
Time just flies when You’re having a good time


The day is bright, the sun is out
This is what it’s about
The temperature is just right
In my head there’s no doubt
I’m about to seize the day
And the day is now
So many possibilities await
Nothing can stop me now

Time Just Flies

Try to ignore me
Try to postpone me
But you cannot decide
The hour I arrive
Don’t worry darling
Don’t worry darling
Although I’m meant to take you 
You’re how your maker made you

Even the girl with the prettiest face
Will turn to compost at the end of her days
Dust to dust, ashes to ash
Human beings
Gone in a flash

Do you feel uneasy
Like you could be queasy
When you think of me
When you try to picture me
There’s no need to fear me
All generations know me
I have many names
But most know me as Death

Some reach old age, but all must die
Remember it, it’s in your design
Your identity will not last forever
remind yourself, and forget it never
Take not the flesh as an idol my friend
One thing’s for sure, it will meet its end
But consciousness is what will live on

Nothing’s meant to last

Memento Mori

Traveling through space
An astronaut named Ace
Found something strange 
A great wormhole
An artifact of some event
long ago

He witnessed the birth and death of stars
He experienced heavens near and far
He could see three-hundred-and-sixty degrees
He felt like he touched eternity

As he journeyed even farther
Time broke down
And he dissolved
He was no more
But was aware
Of it yet

That’s when he reached the singularity
The realm of every possibility
From the nothing the everything is born
The great at-one-ment, now here, nowhere

Back on earth his kids await
The return of their dad some day
Ace remembers and starts to wake
“How long was I gone?”
“Sir, just a few minutes”

And when they pulled the IV from his hand
It all came rushing back
He was debriefed
And the data was collected
For the experiment

An Astronaut Named Ace

You don’t have to look to the core of the earth
‘Cause the devil lurks beneath the crust
Under the thinnest layer of your skin

It’s 6 PM now
And I’m feeling anxious now
Looking for a way out
Looking for something…

The evil courses through your veins turning you restless
The venom bites in your blood till you feel reckless
It’s an uphill battle against your own tendency
It’s a war you’re fighting inside your own flesh and bones 
It’s tempting to try to drink the sorrow away
Or for some they like to get lost in the smoke
But It always leaves you feeling blue
“Why do I do this?” Is what you’ll ask you

Sip of things make me feel better
Do you see? It falls on you and it falls on me
It will be the death of me
Catastrophe of self annihilation

Gustation
Temptation 

It’s not easy
to resist
It feels so hopeless

It’s so easy to just drink

It Falls on You and it Falls on Me

Hybrid Moments

Dad's Bad News

I'm Going to Hell for This One (NOFX cover)

Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? (Green Day cover)

Punk Rock Elite (NOFX cover)

Because Drake and Josh got me through rough times. Song written by Drake Bell and Michael Corocan.

Drake & Josh Theme Song

Jacob Sandoval- bass, guitar, vox 
Recorded and mixed by Jacob Sandoval
“Helena” by The Misfits

If I cut off your arms and cut off your legs
Would you still love me anyway?
If you're bound and you're gagged, draped and displayed
Would you still love me anyway?
Why don't you love me anyway?

Cutting with the knife, blood is spilling everywhere
She will be my wife
Secondary spine
Incisions must be accurate
I know just what to do
My hands are trembling
I can't spare to slip up with this knife

Her beauty so illogical
The beast come gliding in
Hideous chameleon stripped down to her skin
Dance to the burning flame
Pleasure exhumes the pain
The night bursts into flame
Dance Helena... Dance

If I cut off your arms and cut off your legs
Would you still love me anyway?
There's a spot on the floor where your limbs used to be
And I close the door on my fantasies
Why don't you love me anyway

Helena (The Misfits Cover)

Bad Reputation (Joan Jett Cover)

I am not hardcore
Don't own a patch jacket
I'll be in the mosh
But only for a bit
Not very punk-like
I just like the music
Easy to play songs
Is what I'll do with it
Know how to play a chord
Know what notes the strings are
I follow metronome when I record guitar
Can sing a note or two
But mostly out of key
See how substandard
I am at punk rocking
Never had mohawk
Don't have any tattoos
Do you know how to punk?
Cause I don't have a clue
I like a couple songs
From the 1960s
But don't get me wrong
I'm no fucking hippy

Half-Assed Songs

I'm Hardly A Punk

Encapsulate the soul and enslave it
Advertise and sell it
All my dark magic spells that I recite
There's ghosts in all these bottles boy I'll show you one
But you gotta pay me or I'll show you none
All these bottled spirits'll be inherited by my grandson
I've got the ghost of a women who died while giving birth
You can hear her lullabies inside this bottled earth
The ghost of a man who died sucking on a gun
This poor man was fed up with everyone
Some of these ghosts will scare you to hell and back
They've got sharp scary teeth, they'll eat you like a snack
I've got a single ghost from every sign of the zodiac
Some call me a wizard, some call me the dark priest
I've got a set of skills dealing with the deceased
But now I'm getting older, it's time to find some peace
This is my collection boy let's have a feast
Don't pay attention to the ghost in the bottle
There's a boogie man that lives inside my head
And he wants me dead
All these demons
All these demons
Whispering in the night

Ghost In A Bottle

To me it was real, every thought just made sense
The aliens come and they mess with your head
My mind wasn't safe, all my thoughts being read
In a paranoid place, your personality's
Dead men come you better fear for your life, man
The things they do will keep you up all damn night, man
The waking day is when you'll have all your nightmares
Everyone but you is in on it, better beware
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna know
What they have in store, for me this is a state of war
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna go
Through that open door, this ain't what I paid for
My life had been cursed, I faded away
My bones and my flesh were all that remained
My essence was gone, my life force was drained
Had doubt in my heart, had death in my
Brain not working the way that you want it to
Hard drive broken, you lost all your files too
Recovery's far away, there's not much that you can do
But give it some time and hope that you'll make it through
Don't go through that door, you won't like what's inside
A lie is what you'll trust, the price is your whole mind
Goodbye to thinking straight, don't make the same mistake
That I made when i played the game

The Price Is Your Whole Mind

No I'm not okay 
I'm pissed off and I'm tired so people please stay away 
Anger like wildfire 
No, today is not the day 
I will not be buyer of your righteous cause okay 
so just leave me alone 
I'm taking heed 
And smoking more weed 
I'll rest my shoulder on the wall outside 
Call me whatever 
A poseur or worse 
I just make this music to pass the time 
I do what a loser does 
I don't work I stay inside 
In the hole that I have dug 
I don't really identify

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BANNED FROM CRUST PUNK

Intoxicated society
Come on and show me your piety
The flying saucers
The thought police
Internet forums and drafted tweets

And now You gotta decide
Who to be
Sadness can’t be your identity
You know we all gotta live life
Can’t you see
We gotta cherish the times when we’re happy

And now it is the time to recognize where You went wrong
Maybe in the end you landed
Just Right where you belong
You’re feeling all tied up inside
Cause You can’t get along
With the voices in your head they’re so hard on you
You must stay strong

Don’t cry

DON'T CRY

Albuquerque 
Is a shithole city
According to Chris Delia 
Los Angeles 
Smeared with feces
But entertainment people want to live there 
I have zero problems living in the 505
I feel like I’m in the right place at the right time
People on electric scooters getting DUIs
The land of enchantment entices any mind

Don’t walk down central at 2 am 
Are you asking to lose your life
Be careful of the drunk drivers at night on the Fourth of July
Don’t leave anything in your car
Remember to turn off your lights
And in this city don’t get dropped tonight

CHRIS D'ELIA V. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE

Tattoos on his face, body, arms and legs
He carries a gun to defend his name
A thief in the night, his father’s to blame
He’s a life taker, the earth he’ll reclaim

He drives a white mustang
His eyes are like a flame
Nobody knows his name
And he’ll strike the nations down

Woe to those who are his enemy
He’ll drop them dead while drinking Hennessy 
His beloved bride is the city
Wearing gemstones and gold ain’t she pretty

NOBODY KNOWS HIS NAME

I had a dream about you again
This time it hurt real bad
This time I woke up sad
And I don’t wanna think about it anymore
But it keeps coming back
What do I do with that

And I just wanna sleep dreamless forever 
Where I can’t suffer Without your presence in this world
Cause Herkster you were everybody’s everything
Your were smoking the feds indeed
In heaven please Rest In Peace

Documenting your journey you took the fall
You warned them at city hall 
These cops are dirty y’all 
They must’ve finally got you and it’s so unfair 
Cause you were the one who dared
To put them in their place

The smoker of feds, he’s the smoker of feds, and now he’s dead
He’s the smoker of feds, he’s the smoker of feds, he’s in my head

Conald Eugene Peterson we will never forget you
Cause we know the truth
You were our coolest guy and now you’re gone
But you’re still in our hearts
Ta ta there retard
How do you even get a job here anyway
Is the first thing you’ll say
When you meet all the saints
What’s up there chomo you just lost your life
I’ll pull my tooth out with a knife
Fuck with me, I’ll bite
Fuck with me I’ll bite!

Smoker of Feds (Fedsmoker Tribute Song)

Collect 200 but do not pass go
We disregard logic
Some of our feelings might be hurt
By factual rhetoric
We crucify those who question our
Ruthless ideology
If you're not in our crew then fuck you!
We worship falsity

No chill
I feel
More ill
Than you

Poisoning teenagers' minds
Will fuel the outrage
Who can feel the most aggrieved
Is the most engaged
Making things worse every day
Burn the effigy
Of peace and love
None of the above
There's no fucking way

Sometimes I feel like it's me versus the world
I'm always fighting some kind of war
The kind of war where you already forgot
What the hell you were fighting for
Is it just to prove that human life is absurd
With The politicians, the professional men
I'll never pretend to be something I'm not!

More ill Than U

Johnny was a splendid man
He was just starting to get his life on track
He’d been sober about a year
His battle with addiction was severe 
When liquor stores are deemed essential what are you to do
When they mandate a shutdown and close down your AA group
Johnny called his sponsor, joe
But joe was failing to pick up his phone
Johnny had no place to go
No support group, nothing, he was on his own
When liquor stores are deemed essential what are you to do
When they mandate a shutdown and close down your AA group
And you don’t have nothing else cause they took your job from you
Johnny left us on his birthday
They found his body on the bedroom floor
With fire Johnny always played
He couldn’t help himself from wanting more
When liquor stores are deemed essential what are you to do
When they mandate a shutdown and close down your AA group
And you don’t have nothing else cause they took your job from you

Non-Essential Johnny

I fell in love with the sound of bands like Rancid, blink-182, and Green Day when I was 11 years old. At 13 I started writing my own music on the guitar, albeit very amateurishly. I quickly realized how much fun creating my own songs was. My recording skills and access to equipment were virtually non-existent until I was about 18 years old. I am now just starting to get the hang of recording and producing quality sound. Currently I am trying to become better at the instruments I play including my singing voice. My favorite instrument to play is bass, which I first started playing at 15 years old.

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