In memoriam Nick Kulukundis
Music written and performed by Nick Kulukundis
Vocals and guitar: Chris Floyd

Music ©️ The estate of Nick Kulukundis
Lyrics ©️ Chris Floyd

We're made up of the sacred and profane
We seek the shadows to escape our pain
But sometimes a higher light breaks through
And we stand inside the fire of what is true

I don't know why you had to go, my friend,
before the wheel brought round your natural end
From the dawn of time to the last thing that will be
There's no answer to the riddle of mortality

Like Sappho, our themes were love and death,
the caprice of the gods that haunts every breath,
The whispers of madness along the river shore,
And the innocence that lingers deep inside the core

I've seen every structure that sustained us
fall into the dust
And the dissolution of my heart into
something I can't trust
But I'll remember our long journey
into the rhythms of the soul
And the fires we lit in the endless night
to keep away the cold

May you be transposed into another key
Something bright and joyful, dancing free
But if darkness is our portion, friend, then
we'll let it be
They can't take away the signal that we sent
into eternity

Sacred And Profane (Nick Kulukundis and Chris Floyd)

A song born in Russia, from Tennessee songwriter Chris Floyd. Words, music and vocals by CF; music performed and arranged by Jordan Humber.

Blue Key

All Day Permanent Red

Music: Nick Kulukundis (all instruments)
Lyrics and vocals: Chris Floyd
Recitation of original lines from Sappho: Frances Martin
For more recitations of ancient texts, visit Sister of Iris at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1x5qOrhrm6_xn-t7PUkTeQ

Sappho Is Gone (Chris Floyd/Nick Kulukundis/Frances Martin/Sappho)

Guitars, organ, vocals: Chris Floyd
Percussion: The Turner Young Beat Ensemble
Words and music ©2018 by Chris Floyd
Digital painting by CF

Sweet is the Fate

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Vocals, guitar: Chris Floyd
Words and music ©2019 by Chris Floyd

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A pulsating power-pop spiritual featuring the big-band sax attack of the Turner Young Beat-Down Ensemble.

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