A few years ago I built a kithara lyre.  This is a recording of the first test of that lyre.

Lyre Test

I let me down 
Idon't know what is wrong with me
just watch me drown
in my mediocrity
I am a fool
who'll fuck up with half a chance
a disaster
a toxic waste avalanche

It's no trick this
that is for sure
I am the sickness
and you're my cure
ground my static
light up my dark
feel erratic
going berserk

I am a shit
in the toilet bowl of life
a breechfire bullet
a rusted broken knife
I'm a crack
at the bottom of the dam
a heart attack
a raging fire's what I am

It's no trick this
that is for sure
I am the sickness
and you're my cure
ground my static
light up my dark
feel erratic
going berserk

Promise breaker
I let everybody down
great big faker
I'm a not-so-funny clown
emotion blackmail
I will suck the life from you
if you set sail
I just don't know what I will do

It's no trick this
that is for sure
I am the sickness
and you're my cure
ground my static
light up my dark
feel erratic
going berserk
feel erratic
going berserk
feel erratic
going berserk


Down

When you left last June you were my pal
but since you got home you're a femme fatale
Now you might think you're a movie star
but we both know now just who you are

You've got the
same
brain
makes me go in-
sane
shame!
'cause you just ain't no damn movie star

You have always made my heartbeat miss
ever since we shared that clumsy kiss
We were two kids playing in the dark
underneath the playset at the park

You've got the
same
brain
makes me go in-
sane
shame!
we were only two kids in the dark

Now you're back I know just what comes next
you're gonna send me a hot sexy text
I will R  O  F  L  L  O  L
and then I'll drive there as fast as hell

You've got the
same
brain
makes me go in-
sane
shame!
and I'll come to you as fast as hell


Same brain 2

I hereby release this recording of an original performance of a public domain work of literature into the public domain.

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

I'm living in a lonely little paradise
By myself, but things here sure are nice
Games and music and cinema
but it's all single-player
You're having plenty of fun,
but you're the only one there

Oh, it's a lonely little paradise
It's a lonely little paradise,
but it's sure nice
It's a lonely little paradise
It's a lonely little paradise,
but it's sure nice

My paradise has room for two,
and I'd like to share it all with you
So why don't we see what we can see,
I'd love it if you could come along with me

Oh, and make a little paradise for two
And make a little paradise for two
I think it would be nice to do
Make a little paradise for two

Paradise

Free falling in a Hohmann transfer orbit
Been out here a long time in this stinking can
Faint blue light from home drifts here in one minute
Then you call me while I run a routine scan

You tell me that it's lonely there at home
And I can sympathize, believe you me
You say you met someone from Tycho Dome
You'll move together to Tranquility

A minute past the moment
your words come through
A minute past the moment
it all sinks in
A minute past the moment
I'm signing off
A minute past the moment
over and out

We're a full year out from Phobos Station
I think there's too much starlight in my eye
There won't be a welcome home celebration
I guess that's just the price I pay to fly

Our orbits took us far too far apart
The Inverse-Square Law in this case applies
Your gravity's still pulling on my heart
Remembering the Earthlight in your eyes 

A Minute Past the Moment

Instrumental number one point two

An Instrumental only recording of my previous song, Starlight.

Instrumental Starlight

Francis the Talking Energy Cloud played the Atomjack Saloon one night and dropped this Spoken Word piece in-between songs.  His voice and his accompaniment both come from a large pile of obsolete magnetic loudspeakers dumped rather haphazardly onto the stage, and Francis simply applies his own magnetic fields to the speaker coils directly.

On the Table of Elements

This is a remix based on feedback I received from my local songwriting group after I showcased the original draft at a recent meeting.
 
Lyrics:
 
I Died
--------
I died
Just yesterday
and the sky
it turned all gray

I died
Just tomorrow
people cried
in abject sorrow
 
I died
Just 'other week
Lord I pray
my soul you keep
 
I died
in your doorway
That's OK
You had it your way

You lived, now you carry on
Remember, aim for the head
Don't mourn me, I'm already gone
I'm now one of the Living Dead

I died
then I arose
the earth was
staining my clothes

I died
Just this morning
No one gave
me a warning

I died
Little while back
Butterfly
with wings of black
 
I died
I'm moving on
Don't look now
I'm already gone
 
You lived, now you carry on
Remember, aim for the head
Don't mourn me, I'm already gone
I'm now one of the Living Dead



I Died - Remix

And So It Goes
--------------

He's always pushed that button, and he always will
The moment is structured that way
Only on Earth do they talk of Free Will
They live their lives from day to day

It's all just a string of beautiful moments
the way we experience our lives
I'd like for all of you to hold your comments
until the laserbeam arrives

Are you mating yet? And will you be mating soon?
Are you mating, in a dome, out there on a faraway moon?
Unstuck in time, are you still spending time in the War?
"And so it goes," is what we say on Tralfamadore

Controlling history's like controlling weather
Stopping war's like holding back the tide
Gotta string those moments beautiful together
In the Fourth Dimension we abide

He's always pushed that button, and he always will
The moment is structured that way
Only on Earth do they ever talk of Free Will
They live their lives from day to day

Are you mating yet? And will you be mating soon?
Are you mating, in a dome, out there on a faraway moon?
Unstuck in time, are you still spending time in the War?
"And so it goes," is what we say on Tralfamadore 

And So It Goes - Remix

Crazy Crazy

This brain this brain this brain
is all full of confusion
This brain this brain this brain
labors under delusion
This brain this brain this brain
is making some big plans
This brain this brain this brain
I'm afraid is a madman's

Every time I think about your face
you're illuminated by the stars
looking all the way out into space
planning out you your honeymoon on Mars

This brain this brain this brain
is all filled with feeling
This brain this brain this brain
it finds you really appealing
This brain this brain this brain
is gonna burn out in the end
This brain this brain this brain
is gonna break before it bends

Every time I hold you close to me
I am freaking out so much inside
and our feelings hold such potency
on this scary roller coaster ride

This brain this brain this brain
it used to be so smart
This brain this brain this brain
is breaking all apart
This brain this brain this brain
is get-ting on my nerves
This brain this brain this brain
is plotting out some curves

This brain, oh yeah
this brain 

This Brain

                                          
                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                             
                                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                 
                                                                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                         
I don't want your chicken hate
keep your baggage off my plate
I don't want no damn milkshake
that tastes like peaches and heartache
 
I
don't want
to rain
on your celebration
But
Wednesday
I won't
show my appreciation
For
all the
ways you
impose superstition
I
don't hate
you, I
hate your disposition

Keep your own damn waffle fries
smelling so badly of your lies
Don't you know that families come
in every color, shape, and size?
 
I
don't want
to rain
on your celebration
But
Wednesday
I won't
show my appreciation
For
all the
ways you
impose superstition
I
don't hate
you, I
hate your disposition

I don't care if it's got a pickle
a bigot like you don't deserve my nickel
why you want to keep some lovers down
keep your chicken hate out of my town


Chikkinh8

I'm sorry
So sorry
I could have been so much better than I am
 
I'm sorry
So sorry
I could have been an extraordinary man
 
I'm sorry
So sorry
You did your best when you were dealt a bad hand
 
I don't know quite how to explain
I've always been this way
I've always been more than half insane
Living from day to day
 
But you know that the
the fires inside will just keep on burning
No cold winds can put out that flame
The dark thoughts that keep returning
The ones that try to tell me you're to blame
 
I really love you
I hope you love you too
I really love you
I hope you love you too
I really love you
I hope you love you too


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