Kindness • Universal Jazz Cabaret of Blues Chanson • Bananasutra(GROW)

Another cheeky song inspired by a wise philosopher, and what my bananasutra project really is all about: “Make your Own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.”--Ralph Waldo Emerson  ...  this EP x6  series starts with my respects to tradition with a good old Folk song, followed by a soulful Burlesque LOFI cruise on chill French accordion and jazzy HOP LOFI waves 🕊️ 📖 🎺✨

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@bananasutra lyrics + #aivoice on #sunomusic

Verse 1
I searched for God in the Holy Book,
But all I found was a preacher’s hook.
I built my church in my own mind,
No pews, no rules, just words that rhyme.

Chorus
Make your own Bible, take your own stand,
A trumpet blast, a marching band!
In the gospel of me, I’ll be my own man,
Dancing alone, but with the whole band.

Verse 2
I read Nietzsche and Sartre with a glass of red,
Hemingway and Camus in my bed.
Why follow rules from the days of old?
I’ll craft my truth in stories bold.

Chorus
Make your own Bible, write your own song,
Find where you’re right, admit when you’re wrong.
In the gospel of me, I’ll sing my own tune,
Howl at the stars, and laugh at the moon.

Bridge
Life’s a cabaret, a cheeky little dance,
Between fate and free will, a game of chance.
No need for a savior, no holy decree,
Just the jazz in my soul, setting me free.

Chorus
Make your own Bible, dance with your doubts,
Whisper your secrets, and scream them out loud.
In the gospel of me, I’ll find my own truth,
Lost in the rhythm, defying my youth.

Outro
So let’s write our scriptures, line by line,
In the book of our lives, it’s all divine.
No priest, no prophet, just the words that we speak,
In this holy cabaret, the strong and the meek.


[2] Make your Own Bible - pbgal Burlesque LOFI

The duck said his targeted tariffs hikes shenanigans were "punishments for being stymied" and I had to investigate what that meant.. and then, I just couldn't get the "Shimy Shimy Yay" song out of my head! So, voilà (silly silly teehee)  🏴‍☠️  #truestory 


[1] stymy stymy yuck • LOFI

[5] stymy stymy yuck • Arabesk DUB

When people ask "what would you tell your 20yo self?", I tend to snark a lill', and think "That most people are full of shite?"
To be fair, this is true, and one of the "harder to swallow" truths out there.  The good news is that many valuable life lessons such as this one can be learned by reading (ancient and modern) philosophers...  Nietzsche's quote (the inspiration for this song) makes it clear (to understand) and easy (to remember), so just remember this life-hack bc it's GOLD:  "They muddy the water to make it seem deep."  

This EPx5 is Release VOL.4 of this song (I love), and belongs in the BLOW chapter of Bananasutra, which basically includes songs about what's freakin' wrong with the world--you know, like wars, greed, envy, bullies, and liars, for example... For more info on the primary characteristics of those who have no qualms "Muddying the waters to make it seem deep" (I'm sure you already know many of 'em, statistically, and god knows they are replicating fast!) please look up Narcissistic Personality Disorder aka #NPD as defined in the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders aka #DSM 

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@bananasutra lyrics with #aivoice on #sunomusic 

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep
With words so hollow, the truth they keep
But I see through the veil, the shallow disguise
Nietzsche's wisdom, cutting through the lies

Oh, the pretense and the show
Where integrity fails to grow
With Nietzsche's gift, I stand tall
Against the false, against it all

Culture, religion, morality they bend
In the name of power, they pretend
Superficiality, the mask they wear
But the truth in Nietzsche's words, so rare

Oh, the pretense and the show
Where integrity fails to grow
With Nietzsche's gift, I stand tall
Against the false, against it all

Respect and gratitude, for his insight so clear
For cutting through the fog, for showing no fear
In a world so fake, his words remain true
A guiding light, for me and for you

Oh, the pretense and the show
Where integrity fails to grow
With Nietzsche's gift, I stand tall
Against the false, against it all.


[3] Muddy Waters (Nietzsche's Gift) VOL. 04 - Dreamy Folk BURLESQUE

I  don't have kids... but(t) I worry for 'em, and the future. you know? For example, how are kids supposed to learn and understand the difference between right & wrong, or the principles of "liberty, equality, fraternity", when the leader of the nation (in theory, a role model no? lol) is a convicted Felon driven by greed, cruelty, and zero ethical values? How?! Hoooow? Sigh... 

If only we could measure the true (tragic) cost of FOTUS Machiavellian Slaughter of our constitutional rights, and the law in general. Or at least educate the Great people of Murica, by publishing National and International #democracy dashboard index that clearly show this country is the class dunce in pretty much everything that matters long term? PRO-life people, for example, how about looking at a comparative infant mortality rate on the daily? Did you know Cuba, and basically most other countries (!) are significantly safer place to have a baby, i.e. keep the baby & mother alive as opposed to not...

I hear grandiose narcissists and Christian supremacist can't stand #accountability or any form of #SHAME 🏴‍☠️ So, I dunno, man, systematic data-driven comparisons may help wake a few bamboozled brains up, perhaps?! #argh

[0] How do kids learn • Destiny JAZZsutra (high)

[8] How do kids learn • DRUM FOLKsutra

♾️🤳 "Mass Media Freakshow" is a quirky @bananasutra EP, mostly made of burlesque and jazz quacks, and a quirky folk finish... #diy lyrics inspired by #terrencemckenna a silly hot pink ducky and my pussy (lol):   "Not to know one's true identity is to be a mad, disensouled thing — a golem. And, indeed, this image, sickeningly Orwellian, applies to the mass of human beings now living in the high-tech industrial democracies. Their authenticity lies in their ability to obey and follow mass style changes that are conveyed through the media. Immersed in junk food, trash media, and cryp-tofascist politics, they are condemned to toxic lives of low awareness.Sedated by the prescripted daily television fix, they are a living dead, lost to all but the act of consuming." #meow #freakshow #inbed #onair

PS: errata : cover says EPx16 but(t) there's only 13 tracks--this is not bc I'm superstitious, only bc I'm a bit stupid, and definitely lazy too lol  ;)

[05] Mass Media Freakshow - chanson encore oh boy BURLESQUE

Duck Gone MarLoco is a bluesy tragicomedy kind of banjo song, perhaps even a perfect murder  about a mighty nasty felon fool fond of fake news and (real) plastic straw true story, ha... #ahem #nocomment ... 

PS: please shout out if you seen some lost American constitutional rights round tho, yeah? Gracias, amigos ;)

Happy to share lyrics if anyone cares, just ask, please (I'll be in a bleached Florida pool, orhiding behind a coconut palm tree on a gold course, investigating the new kind of FAsharks crime that literally can blow minds ;)

[01] Ego Ain't Your Amigo (Fasho at Marlago) - oh hi salty honey bluesy JAZZ tempo

[02] Ego Ain't Your Amigo - Destiny Oh Hi Oh Hey Banjo Blues

Because #everybodyknows the answer to bonus piano kisses is always oui —especially if Leonard Cohen somehow contributed to the thing 🎹❤️🤓

Everybody Knows (Xtra) • Piano INDIEsutra .wav

… because life on earth is a Psychedelic Cabaret, and “music is the only religion that delivers the goods” (like Frank said). 

To be clear, all I really know is I dunno shit about fck (like Socrates said:)—music and songwriting included. But(t) I feel it, the music, so damn deeep in my soul! I’m just a humble existential fool, a silly banana who likes to play and share, to question and learn. Words are my oldest best friends, hearing myself sing is a freaking miracle (trust me on that lol), and I believe curiosity and #gratitude are the keys to happiness… So voilà, there’s that.

Also, (if you’re curious) BananaSutra is not just a made up BS brand kinda word, it’s actually the name of my DIY Bible—a collection of songs telling true stories of faith, to help me (and perhaps you) make sense of a world gone wild, like bananas gone foul in shallow ignorance and deadly malevolence… Think of it as an agnostic testament of sorts, an audio book of songs with quirky lyrics about things that matter, like the definition of right and wrong, and the meaning of truth, joy, justice, peace, grace, and awe 🕊️

Some call it Artificial Intelligence, but(t) I call Authentic Imagination, Alternative Ideas, Augmented Innuendos, Abstract Illogisms… hopefully, you get the gist? The point being, life is the story we tell ourselves and LYRICS matter—each @bananasutra song has a wondering root and a loving purpose, guided by one of (my) 7 (bananas) sutras: 
- KNOWsutra : is it fair?
- BLOWsutra : is it foul?
- SHOWsutra : is it fun?
- GROWsutra : is it fear?
- FLOWsutra : is it free?
- GLOWsutra : is it fab?
- BOWsutra : is it awe?

[02] Ego Ain't Your Amigo - Destiny Oh Hi Oh Hey Banjo Blues

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