Please pardon my yucky ducky diarrheeee… but(t) I believe my faith in the ethical principles of democracy matters. I believe in win-win games that require a common, fundamental understanding of “liberty, equality, and fraternity” as civic values, and maximum transparency—basic principles (clearly) not shared by the current Felon Nation leadership, who is now openly spreading flabbergasting fascists ideas from the last century! This is no joke, and so, yeah…  my emergency DUCKsutra mode is now fool-ON, and this is basically a panic attack therapy intervention, literally! #politicsmatter (pray for murica ha ha not funny)

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Creepy Con Meme (Pre-election 2024) @bananasutra lyrics:

You wobbled in like a con meme  
Squawking on whacky bold lies  
An orange creep, a felon scheme  
Just a strange scam, baby cries  

'Cause you're just a weird Duck  
Yeah, you're such a creepy Dick  
A waddling fraud, a lame quack  
Your nonsense is so damn whack  

How’s your crowd size, little ducky duck, who's in line?  
Can we make jokes great again, all you do is whine  
You squawk, you flap, thinking you’re slick  
But you're just a slimy prick, a dirty old trick  

You croak on about the great, all we hear is quack (quack quack)  
A slimy dumb duck you are, a scam on crack (quack)  
"You're fired!" so get off our back (quack)  
Okey ducky, it's time to pack (quack)

'Cause you're just a weird Duck  
Yeah, you, a creepy little Dick  
A prick, a greedy soul, felon in a gold suit  
A hack, a fake, a shameful fool to boot  

Aw chuck, you old Duck  
Definitely not the one  
You’ve outrun your luck  
Okey ducky, we’re done  

Creepy Con Meme • Dicky DUBsutra

This is another revolution song, inspired by my letting Bertrand Russel's logic on religion, aka the "riddim of reason", & Bob Marley's magic of rebellion f👀lfill my soul, all at the same time, heh :) 

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@bananasutra original lyrics title was "reason over reverence", but the ragga version goes like this :

“Dem seh hush, but mi mind nah quiet—
Riddim of reason? It can’t stay silent!”

Dem build a temple high, seh it ah divine,
But mi ah climb over wid reason in mi spine.
Dem seh, “Bend yuh knees, chant di hymn inna rhyme,”
But mi seh, “Truth nuh need no scripted line!”

Reason fi di win! Doubt fi di groove!
No dogma pon mi, ah di logic wi move!
Shake dem chains, mek yuh mind dem spin,
Wisdom ah di riddim weh di freedom begin!

Dem call it sacred, but mi call it control,
Rules from di sky nuh fulfill mi soul.
Guilt fi yuh heart? Nah, mi nuh comply,
It’s love and curiosity weh mek wi fly.

“Ah fi wi choice, ah fi wi vibe,
Question di script, let di riddim collide!”
We nuh follow blind; dem truths unravel,
We ah di rhythm kings fi dis conscious travel.

Reason fi di win! Doubt fi di groove!
No dogma pon mi, ah di logic wi move!
Shake dem chains, mek yuh mind dem spin,
Wisdom ah di riddim weh di freedom begin!

“Oh, stardust soul, come reason again—
Truth ah di dance, and love ah di flame.”


[3] Question Di Kingdom (2) • RAGGAsutra

♾️🤳 "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  ;)

[01] Mass Media Freakshow • udio PSYcircus BURLESQUE

Vol. 02 EP (*) ❤️‍🔥 An N.P.D. Tale, one of the soundtracks of my life I could hardly escape... a compassionate journey with 8 tracks, traveling from DUBsutra to JAZZsutra, with some yummy FOLKsutra jam in the middle hehe #ohm #staysafe #staystrong #stayfair #stayfree #beyoutiful

* i.e. I still owe this one to Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire), and my deeply empathetic existential daddies…


Where Hope Expires - Queen of Authentic FOLK

In France (where I grew up), there's a wise, old saying that goes "a glass of wine a day keeps the doctors away"...  Chez #bananasutra it's the same, but(t) with songs, hehe ✌️😽🍷🎶 #meow
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Piano EPx5 @bananasutra #lyrics

[Intro]
We know drama begets drama,
We know trauma begets trauma.

[Verse 1] 
If we let pain justify cruelty,
If we let fear multiply tragedy,
If we let facts deny kittens die,
Woes of war will only amplify.

[Chorus]
We know drama begets drama,
We know trauma begets trauma…
Round and round the pain parade,
Different mask, same old charade.

[Verse 2]
Why do we choose not to ask but to fight?
No one wants children to suffer, right?
What happened to leading by love, not might?
And where the freakin’ fck is this going, right?

[Verse 3]
I’ve hurt, been hurt, denied my part,
Built a cage and called it “heart.”
But pain’s not truth, it’s just a clue,
To heal myself, I must heal you.

[Bridge]
Beyond the wounds, it’s the walls we build,
Beyond the loss, it’s the blame we wield…
Why preach revenge like a holy skill,
Then wonder why the world won’t heal?

Your cynicism sure beats mine…
But(t) where’s the cruelty victory line?
A rabbit hole of self-foolfilled prophecy,
Vengefool honor, endless atrocity.

[Outro]
We know drama begets drama,
We know trauma begets trauma…
Silence begets silence, too, 
'Til someone breaks the loop… maybe you?
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#savethekittens (damn it)?!


[04] Trauma Begets Trauma • KNOWsutra Whimsical Gipsy Peace Kitten Dream Piano INDIE

When did (soundtracks made of) lies became the new normal?  When did reason and consent became nothing but(t) a meme? When did gaslighting became fair play?... I'm asking because (I promise you, kids!) the music of life wasn't always that fool-on openly rotten bananas ftw 🃏🍌🎶 #revoltnow

EPx12 flows psychedelic DUB ❯ INDIE ❯ LOFI ❯ BURLESQUE ❯ ROCK

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@bananasutra #lyrics (variations):

[Intro]
We live not by lies…
We rise where truth lies.

[Verse 1]
Kings built ballrooms on ego fume,
Shameless doofus duck dick gloom & doom,
People watched ‘em orange mimes,
And laughed with ‘em memes of times...

[Chorus]
But we live not by lies, 
We know what one denies,
And we question the whys,
with our wide-open eyes.

[Verse 2]
Some preached in suit, and sold us fear, 
Some gilded God, oh Jesus, dear.
But angels warned of holy fraud, 
And sprinkled divine on the flawed.

[Chorus]
Know we live not by lies, 
We blow what one denies,
As we outgrow the whys,
And flow, wide-open eyes.

[Bridge]
Maybe they sold their souls for real,
Maybe they bought what they can't feel,
But truth ... she cares and hums akin,
True salvation’s under our skin.

[Chorus]
Outgrow what one denies,
Let us live not by lies, 
We must question the whys,
with our wide-open eyes.

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[04] We Live Not By Lies - GROWsutra Psychedelic Piano Cello INDIE

[01] We Live Not By Lies - GROWsutra Gipsy Poetry DUB

This is Volume 2 of "What's It's About" (because Revolution sure ain't happening and god knows the kids will pay the price...), EPx6 flows from Burlesque to Jazz, à la sauce Piano with a banjo cherry.

This song started as heartfelt social media comment… In response to a young talented disability attorney and hard-working diversity advocate basically apologizing for making one post about increasing hardship for disadvantaged people, and those who advocate for their basic, human rights. Sigh, American positivity is such a weird hypocritical superficial vain thing to me, especially in the freak context of neo-fasc!st history #ahem 
 
+++ here's my original stream-of-consciousness comment:

This is not about you, or me, it's about documenting the truth. It's about the integrity of American history. It's about exposing the abject lies and cruel actions of an authoritarian regime with no conscience nor accountability. It's about helping each others understand what(tf) is actually happening, ever since a convicted rap!st and recidivist fraudster felon "rigged the elections" (sic). It's about helping each other fight greed and corruption. It's about educating the people, equally. It's about justice, and the importance of transparency. It's about honesty. It's about being brave, and discussing the reality of fasc!sm in this country. 
It's about being kind, and that means being clear. Speaking up is the very least you, and I, and everyone MUST do.
So please, please, DO speak up! Why Not? We must, while we still can… Mass-incarcerations haven't started yet (ha hahem). 

+++ @bananasutra song #lyrics 

[Verse 1]
It’s not ’bout me, it’s not ’bout you,
It’s about the wounds that never heal through.
It’s about pages torn from time,
Truth in exile, buried in rhyme.

It’s about the silence, cold and wide,
Where history’s ghosts are forced to hide.
Not for glory, not for clout,
Just for saying what it’s about.

[Chorus]
What it’s about…
Is the truth they drown.
What it’s about…
Is the breaking down.
What it’s about…
Is the cries unheard.
What it’s about…
Is the weight of words.

[Verse 2]
It’s about a felon crowned in gold,
Feeding lies like they were soul.
It’s about greed with a mask of grace,
Selling fear to stay in place.

It’s about schools that never taught,
And cages built from every “ought.”
It’s about naming what they shout,
Then whispering "that’s what it’s about"…

[Chorus]
What it’s about…
Is the ones they chain.
What it’s about…
Is the hidden pain.
What it’s about…
Is the smoke, the screen.
What it’s about…
Is what freedom means.

[Bridge]
It’s about the cost… of keeping still.
The hush that bends a nation’s will.
It’s not a choice to speak or not,
It’s breath, it’s blood, it’s all we’ve got.

They laugh and call it overblown,
While prisons fill and hearts turn stone.
But kindness cuts the deepest way,
And truth, my love, don’t look away.

[Final Chorus]
What it’s about…
Is the love that stays.
What it’s about…
Is the darker days.
What it’s about…
Is the voice inside.
What it’s about…
Is the will to rise.

[Outro]
So please…
Speak while we still can…
Before the silence
Takes the land.

That’s what it’s about.
Yes…
That’s what it’s about.

[end]
 
Made in the USA #circa2025 with much empathy, hope, #sunomusic and my #aivoice

[04] What It's About • Vol. 02 • BLOWsutra Revolution Ring Psychedelic Piano Trip Hop Blues JAZZ

“Synthema Sutra” is a nerdy banana philosophy explainer song, with no hooky hook, no catchy catch, no morale of the story even... It just asks what if Sutras were ancient Greek Synthemas, and strolls through each Sutra, one by one (KNOW, BLOW, SHOW, GROW, FLOW, GLOW, and BOW). One song, seven guiding principles, and a bunch of gods who totally would have benefited from #musictherapy :) Enjoy the melodic wander. Or don’t. Whatever works for ya. The gods won’t agree about it anyway, haha #truestory

EPx8 flows Indie (1), LoFi (2-3), Dub (4), Burlesque (5-7), and psychedelic Indie Punk Rock (8).

And if you're a Greek mythology nerd, or just curious about the ancient wisdom of musical storytelling gone bananas, or both, here's the split 🍌🏛️
1. KNOWsutra : Prometheus ➵ Gave fire (knowledge) to humans; punished for empowering truth. A true win-win rebel.
2. BLOWsutra : Hydra + Medusa ➵ Hydra: corrupt systems that grow stronger when attacked wrong. Medusa: demonized femininity + misunderstood power.
3. SHOWsutra : Dionysus ➵ God of ecstatic joy, chaos, music, and theatre. Shows the sacred side of silliness and subversion.
4. FLOWsutra : Hermes ➵ Trickster god of transitions, language, and messages. A master of in-betweenness.
5. GROWsutra : Persephone ➵ Her cycle (abduction and return) teaches growth through descent and rebirth. Feminine resilience myth.
6. GLOWsutra : Apollo + Hestia ➵ Apollo = light, art, and healing. Hestia = the hearth, peace, inner warmth.
7. BOWsutra : Orpheus ➵ Music so beautiful it moved the gods. Journeyed to the underworld for love—faith, failure, and awe.

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@bananasutra #lyrics 

[Verse 1 – KNOW : Prometheus]
Every truth you KNOW  
Flickers soft and low  
Like a stolen flame  
From a god of shame  
He gave us fire, paid the toll  
To free the know from control  

[Verse 2 – BLOW / Hydra + Medusa]
Every cruel BLOW  
Feeds the beast below  
Cut one head, three rise  
In the name of lies  
And still we cage her rage and grace  
To fear what dares to blow this place  

[Verse 3 – SHOW : Dionysus ]
Every mask you SHOW  
Hides the pain you stow  
But the sacred jest  
Is a truth confessed  
He laughs through wounds the wise won’t see  
To show what dares to set us free  

[Verse 4 – GROW : Persephone]
Every time you GROW  
You descend below  
Like the seeds she sows  
Where the silence knows  
That roots need dark to rise again  
And grow through loss, not just through gain  

[Verse 5 – FLOW : Hermes ]
Every word you FLOW  
Is a place you go  
Past the borderlines  
Of the gods' designs  
Hermes walks where logic ends  
To let new meanings flow through bends  

[Verse 6 – GLOW : Apollo + Hestia ]
Every time you GLOW  
Through the ache and slow  
You become the spark  
In the temple dark  
He sings the wounds she warms to heal  
They glow in silence, soft and real  

[Verse 7 – BOW : Orpheus ]
Every time you BOW  
To the here and now  
Like Orpheus did  
For the love he hid  
You trust the gods to give it back  
But some truths die when we bow to lack  

[Outro]
Synthema… Sutra…  
We know… we blow…  
We show… we grow…  
We flow… we glow…  
And sometimes… we bow…  

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[02] Synthema Sutras - SHOWsutra Banana Tzigane Conscious Soul Fusion Indie LOFI

This is Vol. 02 of one of my oldest peace prayer blues song (which I released as a single many months ago), about war history that repeats again and again and again... as if our foolish lill' goldfish brains were forever bamboozled into believing long-term "winning" means "beating" others, as if Blaise Pascal was an idiot and the ends always justified the means, as if ego power was more important to nurture than breathing in peace, as if taking brought more joy than sharing or giving, as if caring was too much to dare  #dontbeafoolishgoldfish

This EPx15 flows Cello INDIE (1-2) ❯ Psychedelic DUB (3-5) ❯ Gipsy LOFI (6-10) ❯ Dubby Banjo FOLK (11-13) ❯ True Soul BLUES (14-15) ... and I know I'm biased, but I thinks it's a beautiful one #enjoy

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@bananasutra "Foolish Goldfish" @songlyrics

[Intro]
Breathe in slow… 
Hum the truths we know… 
Shadows rise… 
Blessed be whys…

[Verse 1]
Take a moment, take a breath, 
Let it settle in your chest. 
What is fair, what is right? 
Why do nightmares shape the night?

Stalin, Putin in disguise, 
Same old hunger in their eyes. 
Not the red, not the blue, 
Just the ego breaking through.

[Hook]
Ohhh… round and round we go,
 In a world we barely know… 
Bananasutra helps you grow, 
Truth is a river in the undertow.

Why chase ‘em turds made of gold? 
Why trust the fake news we’re told? 
Foolish goldfish in the cold… 
Swimming through the lies we hold… ohhh…

[Verse 2]
Oh humanity, so blind, 
Wearing veils around the mind. 
Dumbed and numbed and growing growl, 
Like foolish goldfish in a bowl.

Contrarian skies crack and cry, 
Storms repeating, don’t ask why. 
Encore echoes at the door, 
Here we go to war once more.

[Hook]
Ohhh… round and round we go, 
In a world we barely know… 
Bananasutra let it flow, 
Truth is a river in the undertow.

Why chase ‘em turn made of gold? 
Why trust the fake news we’re told? 
Foolish goldfish in the cold… 
Swimming through the lies we hold… ohhh…

[Bridge]
Are we tangled in some pride? 
Lost and drifting with their tide? 
Can we learn, can we see? 
Can we break the loops and be free?

[Verse 3]
Think deep now, take it slow, 
Let your inner lantern glow. 
Freedom’s not an outer fight, 
Ego is the cage inside.

Look within, let it shine, 
Light the shadows in your mind. 
Every ism, every blow, 
Is a mask that just won’t glow.

[Hook]
Ohhh… round and round we go, 
In a mind we barely know… 
Bananasutra, take a bow, 
Truth is a river in the undertow.

Why chase the glitter and gold? 
Why trust the stories we’re told? 
Foolish goldfish in the cold… 
Swimming through the lies we hold… ohhh…

Ohhh… loops beneath the sky… 
Ohhh… never asking why… 
Ohhh… chasing every lie… 
But I try, please let’s try… ohhh…

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[06] Foolish Goldfish (Forever) • KNOWsutra Peace (Not War) Psychedelic Tzigane Soul Fusion LOFI

“No Fear, My Dear” is a new bluesy humanist piano jazz kinda psychedelic soul torch song EPx19—a love letter inspired by and dedicated to the one and only Nina Simone, all strong women, and to the simple, not-so-radical idea that freedom only begins when fear ends 🕊️

EPx19 is a no BS BLOWsutra (Revolt Now) meditation, an agnostic prayer hour for truth, justice, & solidarity (for a world gone mad bananas)... yet another empathetic and courageous pep talk of light for dark times, to help our guts know, our hope grow, and our hearts glow  ❤️‍🔥

Side A (1-10) honors Nina's love for timeless acoustic bluesy piano jazz magic 🪄
Side B (11-19) indulges my love for psychedelic dub + indie folk + banjo blues + gipsy lofi experimental genres fusion  🏴‍☠️

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@bananasutra song #lyrics
 
[INTRO]
“I’ll tell you what freedom means to me…
No fear, my dear, freedom means no fear.”
And if my voice should tremble,
Let it ring loud and clear.

[VERSE 1 — “I Had a Dream”]
I had a dream we woke as one,
No hearts undone, no souls outrun.
A world where truths walked side by side,
And no one had to run or hide.

[VERSE 2 — Strong-Women]
My mother said, “Stand tall, my girl,
Don’t bend your fire to fit their world.”
She taught me souls can crack and break,
But dignity’s our own to make.

[HOOK]
No fear, my dear, the light inside us glows.
No fear, my dear, true spirit always knows.
No fear, my dear, freedom grows from our spark.
No fear, my dear, bow out their goddamn dark.

[VERSE 3 — Sound-as-Salvation]
Some pray in halls of dust and stone,
Some kneel where tired saints have gone.
But I find truth in rhythm’s rise,
Where basslines pull the dark to light.

[VERSE 4 — Mirror of the Times]
We watch the days grow mean and cold,
Let’s join our hands, and break that mold.
Let artists shine where lies appear,
Hold a mirror against the fear.

[BRIDGE]
If sorrow’s got you by the throat,
I’ve walked that road, I know that note.
Storm winds can strip us to the bone,
And still we rise, don’t feel alone.

They’ll call the truth a threat, a scar,
They’ll twist the past to dim a star.
But breathe, my love, hold your own mark.
Let freedom burn their toxic snark.

[HOOK]
No fear, my dear, the light inside us glows.
No fear, my dear, true spirit always knows.
No fear, my dear, freedom grows from our spark.
No fear, my dear, bow out their goddamn dark.

[OUTRO]
If your voice should tremble,
Let it tremble to the light.
No fear, my dear,
Let’s sing it through the night…

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Side B [18] No Fear, My Dear • BLOWsutra Revolt Now Psychedelic Gipsy World Fusion Indie LOFI

… 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?

[06] Foolish Goldfish (Forever) • KNOWsutra Peace (Not War) Psychedelic Tzigane Soul Fusion LOFI

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