Name: Ep 25 - John Connors by A Traveller & A Countryman
Duration: 1 h 57 min 40 s
Description: We're joined by John Connors for a warts and all chat about life and death and everything in between. This is a lovely conversation between two travellers and a country man. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

We're joined by John Connors for a warts and all chat about life and death and everything in between. This is a lovely conversation between two travellers and a country man. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Ep 25 - John Connors

Homoerectus, Homo heidelbergensis, homo sapiens
evolution from a planet of apes,
a big bang..Singularity began to expand
they called it inflation, the expansion of space..
It double sized a hundred times all energy and matter within it,
Deuterium formed in a matter of minutes
swell as Tritium, soon to form the hydrogen were made of..
The Big Bang made man in its image
cause when it chilled it filled with electrons and protons,
anti-electrons, neutrons and photons,
300,000 years still too hot for light to shine,
heat kept the atoms ionized, this kept the light confined,
in 400,000 annuls atoms were formed,
Adam was born, no atoms were formed..
The initial flash of light was then released in the era of recombination
before those photons were trapped and absorbed..
This the Universe was plunged into the dark
until clumps of gas collapsed forming the clustering of stars
and the galaxies, expansion slowed down due to gravity
but still expanding hastily, pulling them apart..
9 billion years, the first stars began to die, 
causing Supernovas and molecular clouds..
The Nebular Hypothesis, one formed a main sequence star
and 8 other bodies that circle around, sound familiar?

(Neil DeGrasee Tyson excerpt)


A Solar Nebula was left behind this cosmic blast,
dust drew together through accretion, formed a rocky mass
and birthed a Hadean earth..So called for its hellish conditions
consisting of lava and toxic gas.
What happened next in a long line of coincidences
earth collided hard with a planet 'bout the size of Mars..
this caused a tilt on its axial when it spun
forming four seasons due to its angle unto the sun
and from debris the moon was born
and both earth and moon uniformly
rotate the sun annually as one..
The surface then began to cool and harden as meteorites
brought the last ingredients for life through bombardments
the first living organism, chemoautotrophs
start to get their food using Carbon..
And Cyanobacteria, using photosynthesis and H20 too..
Released a waste product, O2..
Soon after prokaryotic cells formed eukaryotes,
cells that carried organelle..
Thus the first multi-cell red algae formed swell,
the sea diversified..And soon fish would traverse the tide..
Insects, then plants, then amphibians appeared..
and the first dinosaurs called Saurischians were here  
and the dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years,
until the comet hit.. Ancient apocalypse..Cause yo
Three quarts of all living things were now extinct
and hominids evolved, excuse the missing links..
Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens..
evolution from a planet of apes..
From the Big Bang a group of atoms gained consciousness
and eventually made their way back into space
Grand orderly Design, its in the golden ratio, Phi
Its what inspired both the Wright Brothers to fly..
Its how we becomes the first to leave from under the sky
all because we were wondering why…

But time flies.. On the grandest of schemes
its rapidly lost on this planet we trod
and were practically peas in a galaxies pod
due to laws of gravity, being carried across
get it, carry the cross? In actuality were all family
cause our anatomies made of atoms but we
have the capacity, thus the audacity
of thinking we happen to be actually.. GOD

G.O.D. (Grand Orderly Design [prod. by Gerryboy]

They said I was a fraud,
They said I was a sham
They said things that gnawed away and
made me feel like less of a man
They said I was a let down
They said I was a phoney
They said I only had to ask
Anyone who knows me
They said they'd eat their hats
They said to save my breath
They said the day I see success
Will be the day the sun rises in the west
They said I just don't measure up
They said I won't amount to much
They said i'd never cut the mustard
and my best just isn't good enough
They said in comparison I pale, may aswell not even try
you'll only feel embarassed when you fail
They said nothing when I fell, 
when I travailed to pick myself up
They said all they could to knock the wind out of my sails
They said I ruin everything I touch
They said they hate the way I talk
They hate the way I walk, 
They hate the way I look,
When I felt like I was on the up and up,
They said i'd struck a bit of luck 
it won't be long before i'm stuck back in a rut
And I believed what they said naively
the seeds of doubt they sowed 
had wrapped around my mind like vines
when i turned the other cheek
They laughed and said that I was weak
And when I took the bait
They said that i was a disgrace
A lost cause, a hopeless case
They said somebody would oust me
Only nobody cares enough about me
They even said this world would be better off without me
But when they said that
I said I have to answer back!

Chorus:
Sow your seeds of doubt,
say I won't, say I can't
say I don't stand a chance in hell
I must be mad, there's something I must lack
But now it's time to act yeah yeah yeah
I will answer back
Oh it's time to act yeah yeah yeah,
You'll see me answer back

I said I am flawed
But proudly tall I stand
and despite all the things They said 
I know exactly who I am
I said I am authentic
Look how They mirror me so closely
And none of them come close to me
So it's no wonder that They loathe me
I said They'll eat their words
I'll make them hard to digest
So long as I just give my best
I am guaranteed success
I said I am a tour-DE-force
That's just par for the course
Even if i'm holding court with no support
I do this of my own accord
I said in the crucible of doubt
is where my strength of mind was forged
let those words keep spewing from their mouths,
all They said lit a fire underneath me
and now there's nothing They can do or say
to douse that fire out
I said it's like i have a Midas touch
How I turn shit to sugar, lead into gold a minus to a plus
I strive for greatness now im on the cusp
holding a straight flush I made my own luck
i'll leave them in the dust
I mean every word I say, believe me
the seeds of doubt they sowed 
began to wither and untwine
when They said the chips were down
I said i'd turn this ship around
when They said to call it quits 
I said i'll give my all to this
the dark horse in first place
the nerve of them to even doubt me
wouldn't even have a voice without me
but wait now i'm speaking way too proudly
cause all the things They said
were the doubts in my own head

Chorus repeat

Look how they mirror me so closely
Lyrics by Paul Alwright.
Vocals performed by Paul Alwright. 
Drums by Benjamin Garrett.
Keys by David Prendergast.
Produced by David Prendergast. 
Mixed & mastered by Aidan Cunningham at The Forbidden Zone studio.

Seeds Of Doubt

Verse 1 (Paul Alwright)
Love is more than just chemistry
more than just a drug, more than just feelings and intrusive thoughts
It's more than just dependency
more than just symptoms of withdrawal we experience through a loss
It's unpredictable, irrefutable, immovable
a way of tryna deny our own decay
It's a kiss upon the face - an amorous embrace
tryna hold on tight as time ticks away
Love is a bond, above and beyond
to be loved is to belong 
but most of all love is blind
love finds, it can't be found
it can narrow down the whole world, 
place it into anothers eyes
love is the feeling of oneness one gets
seeing the sunset beneath the ocean
its a way to freeze time, 
a way to dissolve the self
and merge together for a fleeting moment..
But in a world that shuns depth
and loves shallowness
its no wonder that we're chronically dissatisfied
and why we suicide - we were taught to take pride
in concealing whats inside, what a pack of lies
Stone faced with a cold heart, 
the price to pay for false pride is to feel alone
but only love is real
let it free your mind from fear and make this cold world feel like home
 
Chorus (Maverick Sabre)
And I just keep it all love
And I just keep it all love, in my head
And I just keep it all love
And I just keep it all love, in my head
And I just keep it all x3

Verse 2 (Paul Alwright)
Self love isn't based upon possessions
it doesn't change according to wealth or means
it doesn't feel insecure or threatened
it doesn't depend on someone else for self-esteem
it doesn't need constant validation
a seal of approval or an applauding audience
it provides its own affirmations
with no need for wreaths, garlands or people lauding it
Self love needs no religion, it's stoic wisdom
It's having full bodily autonomy
It's feeling fully content in being left on your own
though just preferring not to be
and though love may come from somebody else
embrace it but treat it as a traveler treats an inn 
cause self love precedes loving another
cause nothing stands strong for long if it is weak within..
Understand that dark is just a lack of light
understand that hate is just a lack of love
understand it lies within your own heart
not in the hands of some invisible man above
give yourself the type of love you'd love to give
and I promise you'll never fear to be alone
Cause only love is real,
let it free your mind from fear and make this cold world feel like home

Chorus repeat (Maverick Sabre)

Lyrics by Paul Alwright & Maverick Sabre.
Vocals performed by Paul Alwright & Maverick Sabre. 
Bass by Twiggy.
Drums by Benjamin Garrett.
Keys by David Prendergast.
Produced by David Prendergast. 
Mixed & mastered by Aidan Cunningham at The Forbidden Zone studio.

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