Acoustic Demo "This Century" 1999 but recorded to my cell phone middle of the night on my visit to friends in Norway 2024. Knowing its over but it still hits you in the gut and feeling helpless to stop it with nothing to say but this...


THIS CENTURY 
. 
By Brander Raven Bear McDonald copyright 1999 

MAYBE I WANTED ...TO CRAWL UPON THIS GLASS 
... YOU TO HIELP ME GET SOME REST ... MORE THAN I COULD GET 
... WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT ... THIS CENTURY

 
MAYBE I WANTED ... YOU AND NOTHIN' MORE 
...YOU TO BREAK DOWN MY DOOR ... YOU TO SAY TO ME ... TO NEVER LET IT BE ... THIS CENTURY 


MAYBE I WANTED ... TO LOOK INTO YOUR EYES 
... YOU TO ACT LIKE YOUR SURPRISED ... TO HOLD YOU AS YOU BREAK 
... YOU TO MAKE THE FIRST MISTAKE ... THIS CENTURY 

MAYBE I WANTED ... TO HOLD YOU TIL I DIE ; 
... TO BLOW OUT THE CANDLELIGHT ... TO COME BURNIN' DOWN MY HEART ... FOR YOU TO TEAR IT ALL APART ... THIS CENTURY 

MAYBE I WANTED ... TO ACT LIKE I DON'T CARE 
... TO PRETEND THAT IT'S NOT THERE ... TO GIVE YOU ALL I'VE GOT 
... TO TAKE THE FINAL SHOT... THIS CENTURY 

MAYBE I WANTED .. TO HAVE YOU IN MY DREAMS 
TO HOLD YOU IN MY SLEEP ... TO BLUR THE GREYS TO BLACK ... TO NEVER HAVE YOU BACK ... THIS CENTURY

This Century- written 1999 brander raven.m4a

2024 sleeping in a tipis in Norway w dear friend's hagstone in hand and come to the knowing revelation of deep affinity.

FREDRIKSTAD - Brander Raven Bear McDonald - Norway 2024

Somebody should have warned me
As I Saw You Lie sleeping there in my arms
Sitting barefoot in my Lodge and watching your breath reach the Stars


With the rustling of the breeze on this windy kind of love 
I felt like I knew you when
like that time down the line in Fredrikstad

 somebody should have warned me
 that you'd follow just to show respect
 like two Souls with a simple wanderlust
 for the things you least expect
 or the rustlers of the heart
 just trying to catch that Midnight Dance
 I felt like I knew you when
 like that time down the line in Fredrikstad

 somebody should have warned me
 that this knowing would reach my very soul
 and place it in your front coat pocket
 next to your heart of gold
 and the rustling of the leaves
 on this cold ground mixed like glass
 I felt like I knew you when
 like that time down the line in Fredrikstad

Frederikstad 2024 July.m4a

demo track to cell phone... describing the turning of a page and the loss of affinity and the need to move forward to healing

You get down the road- by Brander Raven Bear McDonald 2024 Norway


She went West and I went East
Searching for trinkets long past the feast 
she made a promise and I made a vow
I sat with the Vikings she sat with sacred cows

Spice trade of love and feeling forlorn
she came home with a heart like a stone cold storm
And boarding that junket and off to the sky
I wondered aloud why she ever did fly

Chorus

2.  so by the water side and a promise of love
Had me wonder why it come crumbling down
As the Wind brings the pain  like the ships of the past
I drew up my sail like a viking mast

Chorus

3. As I turn my head to see if she stood there
All I could see was the waves on the shore
And no one to wave or love me goodbye
I knew this love was no twinkling eye

Chorus

Well my dreams are made to bewitched
It's a wonder I ever stepped out on this ledge
Somebody warned me about the trembling dawn
That you get down the road if you just keep moving on

Get down the road. Brander raven.m4a

Movie soundtrack release 2024... a rebellious glimpse at the misplaced tenets of the nationalism in Merca and the what if from a so called gawd

"TEXAS" (Jesus went down to Texas) by Brander Raven Bear McDonald - Norway/Chilliwack/Abbotsford 2024

1. Apparently Jeebus went down to Texas... / to buy himself a gun... He said it was the hypocrites... / that "kept him on the run"... he said he needed protection... / from that gospel that they called "peace"... he was tired of all the violence... / that their theologies would release... 
2. he said he longed for fishing... / just like his cousin knew... but Jabez his lawyer reminded him... I of his contract falling through... and when Judas stole the cashbox... / he knew he had release... he said it's time to leave this all behind... / this god... this king...this priest... 
3. so now he's out there walking... / on that lake of old... nobody there to see those miracles... / so called... and he is digging in for the long haul... / to see how it will unfold... all those so called dogma... / based on his baring out his soul... 
4. he thought it would be nice... / You know to go and find some sun... he was tired of being crucified... / and "always on the run"... so I cannot say I blame old Jeebus... / for getting out of Dodge... cause he knew that Penn 'n Teller...) They were sitting on the job...

Jesus Went Down to Texas - Master

Demo to cell phone. Written during visit to San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico June 2024

Lover town- by Brander Raven Bear McDonald

You got the bricks on the floor
You got the bricks on the wall
But the way she made love
It just tore it all down

And with eyes like the sky
She burned into my soul
I swore to my gods
I would never go home

Someone take me home we will be just fine
Pass me on to Ruby with her Strawberry Wine
With her locks so red it could burn you down
But what do you care and this lover town

She looked deep at me
With a flame in her heart
I knew I was done
Right from the start


And when the bird it called
In the morning sun
She done blew my mind
When she put the coffee on

Lover Town- boogie woogie style.m4a

G Dorian Minor Latin jam track with my lead guitar over top- recorded with cell phone April 2024 by Brander Raven Bear McDonald

G Dorian Latin Jam.m4a

Late night jam... all analog guitars.  Drums n bass AI from Duckie Doos Production Studios, Campbell River. All guitars- Brander Raven Bear... Dec 23, 2024. Song Title: HERE YOU ARE 1980 Inspired with Nick Chursinoff, Castlegar, BC @Churzi Studio Loft, Brilliant, BC 1980. 

Brander Jam_V2.mp3

Warrior Woman- original song(audio clip)by Brander Raven. All guitars by Brander Raven. Bass by Douglas McDonald. Drums AI. Produced by Douglas McDonald @ Ducky Doo Productions, Campbell River, BC Dec 24, 2024. 

Warrior Woman_Brander.mp3

Reggae demo on classical guitar live... to encourage the love of our Indigenous teaching and healing worldview of being connected.

Warrior on Up.m4a

You Lift Me Up-You my Rock - By Brander McDonald July 2019
"In the morning and in the evening too
I will set my heart and mind on you
When the sun come up and the sun go down
I will serve you my love you with all I know how

Ch: when i am so far away
You are always there for me
When the road seems too long
In my life your love picks me up
Set upon a rock

In this life there can be trouble too
But our promise of love to keep us through
I open my heart and mind to you
You just bring the sunshine you know its true

You Lift Me Up.L 2

Bigga Bigga Power

By Brander McDonald July 2019

1.Bigga bigga prairie big big sky it come and dry your crying eyes
and when you walking dat lonely street that vision be the medicine you need
And when you be feeling so all alone it be the spirit dat a keep you going
It be the grass and the burning sky gonna lift you up to dance the pow wow flight


CH: Big big prairie/mtn/water, big big sky repeat 3x it be the power in my life tonight

2.
Bigga big mountain big big sky it come and take you by surprise
you never know just when they might give you that look dat a seems so bright
And when you be sitting all alone it be the spirit dat a keep you going
It be the sun you been a looking for when we you dancing on dat longhouse floor (CH)


3. Bigga big water big big blue sky it come and dry your cryin eyes
And a way way out in that a misty blue you gotta smell da waves come a crashin through
And when you be a drowin in dat pain dat big grand sky come and bring dat rain
It be the cool breeze a for ya soul when dat bigga big water come to bring you home (CH)

Bigga Bigga Power

A LOVE LOVIN' WOMAN
by JIl & Brander McDonald
1. IT'S A FINE FINE MORNING MY GIRL SHE SAYS TO ME
IT'S JUST ANOTHER FINE DAY IN PARADISE TO SEE
YA THE BIRD'S UP IN THE SKY AND THE WATER'S ON A GOLDEN SHORE
IT COMES A LAUGHIN' TO THE ROCKS TO SHARE THIS DAY WITH YOU

CH: MY MY OH MY JUST A HAPPY TO BE ALIVE
AND WHAT'S A LITTLE BOY HE GONNA DO 
WITH A WOMAN AND LOVE LIKE YOU
MY MY OH MY JUST A HAPPY TO BE ALIVE
AND A WHAT A LITTLE BOY HE GONNA DO 
WITH A LOVE LOVIN' WOMAN A LOVE LOVIN' WOMAN LIKE YOU!?

2. IT'S A GOOD GAWD MORNIN' JUST TO SEE WHAT TODAY WILL BRING
IT'S A GOOD GAWD MORNIN' JUST TO HEAR MY BABY SING
SHE BE DANCIN' DOWN DA BEAT WITH A LOVE JOY PERFUME
JUST A HAPPY TO BE ALIVE AND WAITIN' FOR DAT SUNSET MOON

3. I GOT DAT GUMBO BOAT JUST A READY TO MAKE A SAIL
IT'S A BOAT FULL OF LOVE TO PULL AWAY THIS GALE
AND WHEN I GET BACK TO SHORE SHE BE A WAITIN' JUST TO SEE
WITH A LOVE SO BRIGHT AND A SMILIN' BACK AT ME

A LOVE LOVIN' WOMAN

Cree Indigenous Singer Songwriter, Artist, Reluctant Empath.

Brander Raven McDonald

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