©2021 Chris Pendergraft for Off-Planet Record Co. 
words and music written and recorded by Chris Pendergraft

SLIP TOO LOW
I know you know
that these times 
they are as hard
hard as stone,  
I know you know

sometimes we all get
down so low 
so very low
deep down 
to our bones 

	Before I slip to low
	please just let me know
	i'm the one you're needing
	i'm the one you're needing

	Before I slip to low
	please just let me know
	i'm the one you're needing
	i'm the one you're needing

We all get the feeling 
when the wall keep closing in
that this world it is ending
some say so be it 

But we got half a chance
to make it out alive
 But when we're fighting  
we  get paralyzed
When up is down and 
confusion is our bride
WE just sit around and think

Torchfireheart - Slip Too Low

for all of my friends who are feeling alone and down

I love you all, we will get a better world from all of this chaos.

Torchfireheart - Impossible Deal

©2021 JC Pendergraft
words and music by chris

Torchfireheart - Above Water

Torchfireheart - Burn It Down

©2022 Chris Pendergraft

What kind of world
is this world 
coming to?
Got no time for love 
gotta hussle on through


Wakeup  
The nation is waiting 
anticipating 
make the bacon
Ham and eggs 
Get through our day
make just enough rent 
to make our way


Everybody Knows
We in that Hussle 

aint nobody 
need that money
more than they need
to find somebody

aint nobody needs that money
more than they  need
to find somebody

 write that down…in your heart

That Hussle

This song is about all the lost night we spent back then.

Up All Night(Hope)  - Rootbeer - 'Waking Up From the American Dream' 2005

©2022 Chris Pendergraft
demo track for new record.
We Are Starlight words and music by Chris Pendergraft

We Are Starlight

So a friend said I could not write a 'happy' song - I said 'All my songs are happy', he replied 'and not sarcastic!' I'm like what sarcasm? Here is the result so I hope you all like it. Was walking with my kids to get a smoothie and it was just an amazing day, and I said something to the effect of "If this were the last day on earth, it would not be a bad way to go out" something my mother would say when I was growing up. So I was like hey, f-you dude- I can do this- so In your face- dear friend. 


Last Day On Earth
words and music by Chris Pendergraft

Last day on Earth
I guess we could do worse
The sunshine is shining through
These clouds of gray
Nothing could change
This perfect day

I Guess I've had a good life
I hope you can say the same
Take today, as if it was your last day

Its so easy to get so caught up
In the things that we need
We can never have enough
We walk on through these
Turnstile days
There must be more to this last day

I Guess I've had a good life
I hope you can say the same
Take today, as if it was your last day

I Guess I've had a good life
I hope you can say the same
Take today, as if it was your last day

Last Day On Earth (see detail)

This song is from the heart-inspired by a dear old friend, and a life-altering post on Facebook by a new friend, that made me rethink healing. No matter who you are at some point you will or have gotten hurt, in some way by this world. Sometimes, even often, we create this damage with our own actions, but not always; sometimes we are victims of the actions of others. When you start the healing process, as you were designed to do, things, life itself may seem different, I have always felt those moments in my life I could actually taste the hope, the promise that I would be better off tomorrow then I was yesterday, or today. Life is a constant healing process. The most important thing is not to close off to the world, but to open to the world and all that is waiting to be discovered in life when we do engage it. Never easy, but the reward is unmatched when you tap in to your potential as a person and as a connected being, not a master of your craft, but as master of you life; that life, shared with all the other souls, in this traveling circus of Earth. All of us together, healing each other and ourselves. Not a dream, just a necessity and really our true destiny.

The Difference in The Day (see detail)

I am 100% Girl Power!But- I write this for every person male or female that struggles with the faith to work towards their dreams. But for my mom, my daughter, and my wife  this is an anthem of faith that you can, and have showed me, how to believe in your self and work to making your dreams a reality. I love you all- and this world needs more women in power sharing and in the leadership roles all over this world. 

She's A RocketShip
words and music by Chris Pendergraft

She stops just shy
oF hoping
But inside something's growing
A thought that she could 
make her way if she could
Find the faith
Inside
Her faith is glowing 
Such a pure light 
The world can not deny

She is a RocketShip
She Is Blasting off
She Headed For the Moon
Gonna Take it all off
Take off the Fear
Take off the doubt
Show this whole world
What its all about

Dreams are
Made of stars
And So Are we
And So Are we


She's A RocketShip (See Detail)

Barry Snaith 
https://soundcloud.com/barry_snaith
and I are working on some songs together and this one just got out of control- I know everybody is gonna dig this. Barry is a madman on the guitar, as well as a fantastic writer and producer, it was really fun getting this track together. We have a few others in the works so stay tuned,


Love Star
Based on concept by Joni Allen
Words  by Chris Pendergraft and Joni Allen
Music by Barry Snaith and Chris Pendergraft and Joni Allen

Why pull the stars from the sky
You know the reason why
The milk way could not compare
You were born to shine
Bath me in the warm glow 
of your light
you're the only star
in the sky
Tonight

Buy Song

Before I Had Your Love

Final Mix by Michael Blodgett 
at Electric Sparkyland Studios (Oakland,CA)
http://electricsparkyland.com

Stardust and Ashes 
Words and Music by Christopher Pendergraft
and string arrangements with Thomas Brunkard

Cello & vocals - @faerytale - Lisa West 
Viol - @thomasbrunkard - Thomas Brunkard
Lead guitar- @sparkyland - Michael Blodgett
Rhythm guitar - @man-on-a-grill MOAG
Drums - kyle personen 
Bass, vocals, Piano and arrangement- Chris Pendergraft

We are Stardust and Ashes
Memories of Tomorrow 
Know where you came from 
If not where to go
Once we were angels
So give fear no place in your breath
Once we were demons
So give fear no place in your breath

Across the Evening Sky
It is time not space in which 
We Fly

So don't spend your pay
on Drowning your pain
You'll miss the bliss
Along the way
For Apathy is 
The beast of the day
The beast of today

EC & The Royal Chamber-Psyche Orchestra - 'Stardust and Ashes'

©2015 EchoCosmic Records
Music by BATU KURA KURA (Indonesian for Stone Turtle)
"Mars is Rising"

EchoCosmic is stoked to release this introduction to Batu Kura Kura. Hold On! 

BATU KURA KURA- Mars Is Rising

©2016 EchoCosmic Records 
Words and Music by Chris Pendergraft
For a dear, dear friend whom I have massive faith in. 

Dare to Dream
It takes a lot 
to pull it off
to hit your mark
when no one is looking
It's harder still 
to not lose your will
when your strength is fading

And I know you try so hard
Each and every day
Trying to pull it all off 
so you can find your way
but if you could just see you
from behind my eyes
you'd see it's your time
Life is waiting

Simply Dare to Dream
Sometimes we must just believe 
There are mysteries
Each One waits wishing 
to be free
In each question an answer 
wrapped inside
to life unfolding of each day
It's not our to know
but just wonder why
But what we do 
is only ours to say

DARE TO DREAM 
TO RISE ABOVE 
TO SEE THE ROAD
THAT IS IN FRONT  
TO FIND THAT PLACE
DEEP INSIDE 
THAT TAKES YOU PAST
THE FEAR THAT 
BINDS
DARE TO DREAM
TO RISE ABOVE
THAT PLACE OF FEAR
YOUR RUNNING FROM
DARE TO DREAM 
TO FIND 
A PLACE OF PEACE
LIFE IS WAITING 


Wings of Wax

Dare To Dream

Dare To Dream (download open)

©2016 EchoCosmic Records
Words and Music by Chris Pendergraft
main account for the mystics(my local band)
@cowboy_mystics

For my best friend, lover and wife of 17 years Kimberly. You are always where I want to be, even if I am not with you. I adore you. 

Maybe you got to want to leave
So that you can see what you need
Out of time
and out of breath
I've missed the damn bus again
And if I left would anyone even see
There I go 
I'm down again
waiting for the train again
Waiting for someone to gently
change my way

Well I guess I am still trying 
just to find my way
I got a half-chance feeling 
I'll make it someday
It doesn't really mater 
as long as I got you 
You count on me baby 
like the wind and the sun
I can't see why I 
deserve all your love 
and that is why I will always
find my way
Home

Waiting for the lock to turn
Can't stand another day
and I know that it is my turn
my turn to come home to stay
I know i ain't nothing without you baby
and I know you are everything I need

Well I guess I am still trying 
just to find my way
I got a half-chance feeling 
I'll make it someday
It doesn't really mater 
as long as I got you 
You count on me baby 
like the wind and the sun
I can't see why I 
deserve all your love 
and that is why I will always
find my way
Home

Cowboy Mystics - My Way Home

©2016 EchoCosmic Record Co.
words and music by EchoComic

Wings Of Wax And Feathers
why light a candle in this room
what shadows will take shape
is there comfort in the darkness
when t he day fades away  

Well I guess 
I never knew
what I was supposed to do
so I’ve    made it up
each and every day     
It may seem that I live
In a world of make-believe 
But I’ve have my feet have been grounded everyday
And if you can’t belive
in a world we can concieve 
Where war is just a distant memory
Well want the point in trying 
just to change the future 
If all we have is all we want
and all that we can reach

There must be some way out
a way to go around
With wings of wax anf feathers 
will climb as high as the sun
as high as the sun
as high as the sun
as high as the sun


EchoCosmic - Wings Of Wax And Feathers(see detail)

©2016 EchoCosmic Record Co. 
written and performed by Chris Pendergraft
painting 'soft crash' by Chris Pendergraft 
Dedicated to all who have lost and learned to live on.  
music dedicated to Roger Waters. 

what's gone is gone
what is black is black 
what we’ve all lost
we will never get back

ain’t all about heart break
more about the memories 
think about all the days
think about how they 
made you feel

Sorrow 
passes 
over 
no one 
in this 
middle 
world
and 
Loss 
is
Love 
and 
Life
is
quite 
mixed
up

We pray
for a soft crash
we pray
for a soft crash


All truth is of loss
or so its been said 
but I just think about
all the days that I've had
I think about the sunshine
about the cold cold nights
About the love and the life
and the light of your smile

Sorrow 
passes 
over 
no one 
in this 
middle 
world
and 
Loss 
is
Love 
and 
Life
is
quite 
mixed
up

We pray
for a soft crash
we pray
for a soft crash

EchoCosmic - Soft Crash

©2016 words music and art by Chris Pendergraft
a dedication to the artist who taught me to sing, in a way my first real 'fan' band that I followed. 
During his last show, Prince told the audience "I am okay, don't waste your prayers on me"  This really struck me. I heard this melody the day he died, and I sat down today and tracked the drums and everything else. Van Jones was Prince's friend, and he spoke about him in very personal terms the other day, and it move me to tears. Prince was a philanthropic person, and did his work under secrecy. This really moved me, he was so ON and still he looked beyond him self to help others. I hope Van and his other close friends can find the peace that passes understanding.

So the song is about all of our loss, and the idea that maybe for a moment Prince would get to see, like his impact on the world, because the music he brought us made us think and feel, a myriad of different feelings, because he reveled his inner struggles and victories through each beat, note and lyric. He was a fucking master. There can not be another Prince. Right now all over the planet, people are dancing, crying, laughing, going crazy; because of his courage to find himself in his music and encourage us to find our inner rockstar, even if its just when we are in the car, pumping the jams. God Bless Prince Rogers Nelson. 

The World You Taught To Sing (For Prince)
Now that you’ve gone
You know this world
it is a harder   place 
But you’ve left so much behind
We’ve been 
blessed 
each and 
every day 

Now you rise up
Above the clouds
For now you are Free
yes you are 
to see 
the love that 
you bring
To all those 
in the world
that you
have taught to 
sing 
and tonight they 
sing
Don't Waste No Prayers,
No Prayers on me
Cuz now I am free
Don't Waste No Prayers,
No Prayers on me
Cuz now I am free

The World You Taught To Sing (For Prince)

©2016 Chris Pendergraft for "Torchfire Heart" ACT 2

What would you sacrifice?
For the path of love
Could you endure the price
of the path of love
So strong this ancient light 
it cuts so deep in my bones
and through a thousand lives 
this light it guides me home

And in the beginning 
Jus like now,
Love is the way


The Royal Chamber-Psyche Orchestra 'Sacrifice'

©2016 Chris Pendergraft
From TFH, act 2, previously unreleased because I found it too dark. Decided to release it today. 

City Of Forgotten Dreams

©2016 Chris Pendergraft.
Rework on 'light the night on fire'
really loved the ending of the song, so I had a rethink.

Hope y'all can dig it!
peace and love, Chris 

Feel Good

Last weekend my friend and old bandmate came into town and we worked on this song together. We kinda cut our teeth together, wrote many records together and I hope we can make a full album together in the future. Danny is one of my closest friends and although he lives in so cal, we stay in touch and always have. I was fantastic to see him and play together again.  If you know my playing you can hear his influence in every note on the bass and how I approach arrangement and feel. 

This song is heavy duty Rootbeer, our original band, and when I wrote the original arrangement I had Dr. D in mind. So cool he showed up when he did. 

©2016 Chris Pendergraft music and lyrics. 
bass arrangement and performance by dr. danny simon. 
Lyrics to come. 

"Endless Gasoline"

Torchfireheart -  Endless Gasoline ft. Danny Simon

©2016, 2008 Chris Pendergraft
remastered in 2016.
words, composition and arrangement by CP. Music by Oakland Horns of Fire. 
CP: Bass and vocals
D. Gilligan- vocals
Michael Blodgett- Vocals and guitar
Kyle Pesonen - drums
Big dog - trumpet
Ken Rogers - alto sax

This song dedicated to the ongoing process of change that must bring us all together. 

Oakland Horns Of Fire- Make The Change

©2016 Chris Pendergraft
words and music by Chris Pendergraft

When the days seemed like forever

I can't count all the cracks
in the sidewalk 
I guess it must be
a billion lines
I walking with that 
summertime feeling
like everything
is gonna be alright 
alright 

Do you remember 
when the days seemed like forever
and the sun
never ever went down
Those summer feelings 
they are not behind us 
Then are waiting for the new dawn

Yes this world
gonna try to bring you down
Don't give into it
When it does  
got to turn yourself around
we must 
lean into it
who ever said it was going 
to get better
Unless we get together
who ever said it was going 
to get better
Unless we get together

Do you remember 
when the days seemed like forever
and the sun
never ever went down
Those summer feelings 
they are not behind us 
Then are waiting for the new dawn

When The Days Seemed Like Forever

©2016 Chris Pendergraft
words, music, performance, and cover art by 
Chris Pendergraft

Uptown man
never really
gave a damn
no bones at all
just a film flamm man
What you need son?
I got it
I got all the shiny things
shiny things
I got all the shiny thing
shiny things

What do we
even know
at the end 
of the day
we’ve been
lost in 
market speak
and we’re 
running out 
of run way
If we really need
all the 
shinny shinny things
Then we may 
have to choose
between them 
and breathing 

Lizards and Androids
Oversized deltoids
Corruptionon a cosmic scale
Wizards with backpacks
Bus driving sleestacks
I just took a ride 
on a flying squirrel 
Where is the outrage
Of the unpaid interns
As thier bosses expense 
all the strippers’ tuition 
but nothing else changes
when strange is the normal
We’ve all got our secrets 
When We all live sedated 

Torchfireheart - Strange Is The Normal(FlimmFlammMan)

performance and arrangement ©2016 Chris Pendergraft
lyrics and music ©1967 Bob Dylan. 

For my soundcloud family, my first cover, ever.
I was raised in a house where bob dylan was gospel. As crazy as things have gotten as of late in the United States and around the world this song has stuck in my head like a mantra. I hope you can dig the more modern arrangement and I hope to not offend anyone in that way, as some consider this sacred. 
I also paid homage for a few measures to Jimi Hendrix, as he is considered to have the definitive version. I must agree, but I also love Dylan's original, but my generation needs this track as much as any previous, and I imagine that it will be covered from here till the end of time. 
Much love and respect and I hope you can all dig it. 
Recorded August 4th 2016, in Echocosmic studios. All instruments recorded and performed by myself. 

All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan Cover)

©2016 Chris Pendergraft, words and music, and performance.
Lost Is Lost
This is a song about letting go of what is lost, and appreciating the moment we live in. I'd rather not dig any deeper on lyrical meaning here. I think that we have these moments, that define who we are in the end, but if we look to hard at the past, we miss the moment we are in, and we get into a routine of life. It's a certain comfort we have, but we need to be open to the world, and that may require going out of our comfort zone, to explore the world.

they used to have something
that was perfect
in every way
not because 
they were strangers
because they always knew 
just what to say

and we
wonder in silence
where will time take us
Now that we’ve given up the wheel
for there
Once was a time when 
all that we needed 
was here

what’s lost is lost
it is smoke in the air
The perfect note  
that hangs just right
that fills the midnight air
what’s lost is lost
it is smoke in the air
The perfect note  
that hangs just right
that fills the midnight air

I must tell you something
cuz I want the whole
world to know
Aint no one 
in this big big world
Who could give me
such a  perfect love
and we
wonder in silence
where will time take us
Now that we’ve given up the wheel
for there
Once was atime when 
all that we needed 
was here

Lost Is Lost

©2016 CHRIS PENDERGRAFT
ALL LYRICS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE AND ARTWORK
BY CHRIS PENDERGRAFT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 

Some days
We moving backwards
We  past this place 
just yesterday
Some days
The storm 
is hatred
We walk away
from  peace
To save our pain

There is but one love
There is but one world
There is but one tribe
We must find our 
way back home


Build a wall
Half a mile high
Big enough to
block out the sky
You’ve got yours 
and I’ve got mine
Stay on your side
For This is mine
side

In it 
to win it
the payline
He’ll play it
he pushes 
his chips in
and raises
the steaks as
All of the others
feel quite dizzy
as   look for a tell
it seems that
he bluffing


What noone kmows
Is Such a  same
He lied his way
Into the game
iif he wins
he walks away
anyuthing 
to make his 
play 
anyuthing 
to make his 
play

Some Days May Move Backwards

Torchfireheart - Some Days May Move Backwards

©2016 Chris Pendergraft, ASCAP. 
Words and music by Chris Pendergraft
feel free to sing this track if it moves you-
original song with my vocals:
https://soundcloud.com/chris-pendergraft/sleeper-1
click download to get full wav file.

She sleeps the day away
as if the day had never came
And waits for something
that never will begin

So warm this summer morning
But the daylight 
never makes it  in

Shadows 
fold up all the corners
like blankets 
that 
cover up the bed
The light out side 
  is waiting
But you must rise
and let it in

	Sleeper 
	Dream this day away
	Sleeper 
	Nothing in this world 
	Will change unless you wake
So warm this summer morning
But the daylight 
never makes it  in

Sleeper (no Vox) open collaboration

Produced and mixed by Russell Sinfield @russell-sinfield- thank you Russell!
A few weeks ago I was thinking about if Jimi Hendrix were around looking at the political system and what he might have to say about it. He was a brilliant lyricist and found a cool way of telling storys about people and the inner mind of those people. I look at him living in a very divisive time and leading a very non-divisive existence. So with much respect do I put this track out, to Jimi and his fans, Jimi straight up taught me how to look at guitar, and think with songs.  So  much love to Jimi and to his family. I did the painting of Jimi last week as I messed around with  guitar work. I hope y'all can dig on it. 
Cheers
words, music, performance, and artwork
©2016 Chris Pendergraft

Look at all these jokers
Just trying to play that  game
They got Stuntmen , props and posters 
The politics of hate
Forget the children
Of the war on povery
They got can drives, 
Christmas cards and hustlers
The propaganda of today
each and every day

	Before you say it ain’t on me
	when you turn away
	we walk away 
	on chaging  

	What do you think 
	that hates gonna bring you
	when everybody knows 
 	it takes love 
	to make us safe
	Dont get your self all 
	caught up 
	and confused 
	the more things change 
	the more 
	they stay 
	the same

Look at all these children
just trying to make their way
they got airstrikes, morterfire
and carbombs 
the politics of hate
Forget Alepo
They say its gone
They say its gone
 today
They got  hospitals,
humans and bandaids
getting darker everyday
each and everyday 

	Before you say it ain’t on me
	when you turn away
	we walk away 
	on chaging  

	What do you think 
	that hates gonna bring you
	when everybody knows 
 	it takes love 
	to make us safe
	Dont get your self all 
	caught up 
	and confused 
	the more things change 
	the more 
	they stay 
	the same

Look at all these people
just trying to have their say
They got voter fraud, supression, 
and harassment
The politics of change
Forget tomorrow
We got to deal with this today
We got shooters, hackers
and con-men
Taking our voices away
each and everyday 
	
	Before you say it ain’t on me
	when you turn away
	we walk away 
	on chaging  

	What do you think 
	that hates gonna bring you
	when everybody knows 
 	it takes love 
	to make us safe
	Dont get your self all 
	caught up 
	and confused 
	the more things change 
	the more 
	they stay 
	the same

Caught Up And Confused (Tribute To Jimi Hendrix)prd.  Russell Sinfield

I wrote this today about the Oakland ghost ship fire, that took at this point some 36 confirmed lives. This district I came up in, still have our recording studio in. Its a live work community of cool ass folks trying to make life a little closer to art then reality. Me and my folks threw tons of parties and we just lucky and blessed very few people ever got hurt. What happened this weekend really hit me hard. I hope that we can learn something and find some comfort in the love that we have for each other. We all have so little time, and to me it is especially tragic when young people are lost. 

Music and performance ©2016 Chris Pendergraft

SOLACE (Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Tribute)

©2017 Off Planet Record Co.
words and music by Chris Pendergraft
Outro guitar performed by Russell Sinfield @russell-sinfield
Produced and Mixed by Russell Sinfield 
part of a full tribute to Jimi Hendrix.
Illustration by Chris Pendergraft http://torchfirelabs.com/

Mother Earth
Your a strange, strange girl
your garden grow so green
but lately your children cut it all down
It's like they just don't see

We have everything we need 
we have what we need
We have everything we need 
we have what we need

And siste moon shines on
but she ain't no
Jealous girl
She been around long enough to know
The children of earth will kill that world

Father Sun you're a 
groovy old king
You're morning light makes the birds 
want to sing
Your children fight over your
tears of gold
Killing each other it must get old

We have everything we need 
we have what we need
We have everything we need 
we have what we need

Mother Earth,  Sister Moon, Father Sun prod. Russell Sinfield (Hendrix Tribute)

words and music ©2017 Chris Pendergraft for EchoCosmic
on Off Planet Record Co.
For my dear friend. I am so proud of the woman she has become.

She Paints the Life She Made
----------------------------------------
She spends her days just bending light
On canvas that once was white
She puts on her favorite tune
And paints her dreams in red and blue
She’s filled with such gratitude 
Because she  once dreamed of this life

Not everyday is so great
somedays   
she trudges through the rain
No matter what we do
We can not avoid such days
These days 
we can not shake the grey

Run and breath in the air
You can smell the rain
but it wont rain today
take in the sun
take in the sun
take up your brush
before it goes away

take in the sun
take in the sun
take up your brush
before it goes away

EchoCosmic - She Paints The Life She Made

Dragonfly - A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

Awake In Tomorrow

That's Alright -Hendrix Tribute

©2020 Chris Pendergraft for Batu Kura Kura

Another one from the lockdown. This is all about the distance we are all feeling right now, My mind is a flood of memories and fear, my wife lost her job, I got put to half time, our government is a joke. All kinds of reasons for people to drink and stay high, but that shit dont work for me and its all about getting past the mind-fuck that is fear. Been married to my girl since 1999, and we have worked through some shit, kids, jobs, deaths and health issues. 
But this is a crazy kinda shit we have never seen, personally, so we just deal with it like I did my 1st of my 13th back surgeries, or how panicked I was about my first kid, the unknowns are real, but you all made it through every first trauma. So fuck it,  be real about how you are feeling, write a song so you can say what it is you fear, and then let the fuck go of that shit. So shit is crazy-beyond measure, and we need to know what we can and can not control, or fear will take over our minds. Peace be with you and may we lose as few people we can. The Earth is some serious shit, its not all MALLS and CAFEs, sometimes its all about just surviving the evil of the day that is here and now. 

love,
Chris

Torchfireheart - Mind On Disaster

Never Been More Beautiful
Words and Music ©2020 Christopher Pendergraft

For my wife of 21 years, Kimberly, same last name. She is a true kind-hearted inspiration to me, who has been there for me like I could not even imagine. When we started, we were juts dreams and will, and to see that get shaped into a family is more than this guitar player could have ever dreamed of. Now having a family is not an easy task, the luckiest people still deal with stress, as the Buddha said, life is suffering, but as a  young man, I saw no way forward as both an artist and a family man, and thank God I was wrong about my own capabilities. 
Last night my son told me he wanted to minor in art, he is already teaching himself music now, and that is how it goes, we pass our dreams down like we do our virtues and failings and that is life. 
So the other day,  while working on our front garden next to my studio,  I was sure that Kim was more beautiful than the first moment I saw her, because now there is so much more, so much trust and a willingness to take chances, explore options and see the next stage of our lives and our love open up. Same team, same bad, dark sense on humor, same friendship.
We are both shit out on work, because of covid 19 and I dont think we have ever spent more time with each other; and its really good. So take a chance on love if it presents it self, It works out if you bet the right horse, it pays out triple. Tripple!!

Never Been More Beautiful

Words and Music by Christopher Pendergraft
for Torchfireheart

You and I 
traded in our youth
for a child
then there was 
another
Out of the whole cloth
of dreams and perspiration 
we carved a life
with each other
We left the envy 
and the smalltalk
at the door
so we could learn
each other 
And on this fine spring day
It this warm clear light
Its so clear to me    
You are like 
no other

You've Never been more beautiful to me
take a minute wont you sit by my side 
You've Never been more beautiful to me
take a minute wont you sit by my side 

I know where I was before
I was not lost 
but you brought more
More than my life could ever hope to be

You were what I was searching for
We built a life
Who could need much more
more than anyone could ever need

You've Never been more beautiful to me
take a minute wont you sit by my side 
You've Never been more beautiful to me
take a minute wont you sit by my side

Never Been More Beautiful

Hey, I know its been a while. 2020 is BS! I have been using my time to finish a novel, to paint and to spend time with my kids and my wifey. I am struggling just like this earth, but in my country 50 million children are food insecure. This really kills me, because my country has no shortage of wealth. This song is about how the current government is burning down the government as they leave. We spend 50% of each tax dollar, and future dollar on defense of the country, yet we don't see this as a national emergency. FEMA will not help, even though this is a natural disaster, that is compounded by some of the worst misinformation that one could imagine coming straight from the top down. ITs INSANE. to live here, now, to watch people refuse to mask, to avoid aggregation, is insane. 

FAT CATS
fat cats, in double dark glass
smoking in the dasrk, cuz they know it won't last
burn it down
down to the ground
by the time they put it out we'll 
be half way out of town.

this is the end of the beginning of the world 
there is no time for us to walk away

These are the children
see how many mouths that we must feed
These are the children 
We act as though we can't even see

Fat cats
making off with your stash 
shaking hands making friends
with the money you paid in
Can’t win no matter if you grin
your teeth are falling
out like uncle sam  he is a sin

Fat cats with double dark glass
they smoking in the dark
they know it
won’t    last
burn it down 
down to the ground
By the    time they put it out 
we’ll be half way out of town

Torchfireheart - FatCats

Funny time for all if we remember we are alive;.

Zombies roughCut

Torchfireheart - January 2021 (A Dose of the truth)

©2021 Chris Pendergraft for Batu Kura Kura

So it starts. New album  inbound. 
this song is about LOOOOOOOOVE.
https://youtu.be/nQ0NFOauM_M
shitty video we did.

Torchfireheart - You Can Feel It

©2021 Chris Pendergraft for Batu Kura Kura

written for the country that bore me, and the world it must become a part of.  

Revolution Love 
-words and music by jcpendergraft, offplanet record co.
CAN YOU BE READY
FOR A CALL SO STRONG
THAT IT CHANGES THE 
SHAPE OF YOUR SOUL 
CAN YOU BE READY 
WHEN LOVE CALLS YOUR NAME
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT 
YOU’VE GIVEN CONTROL
SOME PEOPLE WAIT 
FOR A SIGN  
FROM A MAN 
WITH A GUN 
WITH BLOOD ON HIS HANDS
 
SOME PEOPLE WAIT 
FOR A SIGN 
THAT NEVER COMES
AS ALL THEY LET
THE DARKNESS
MARCH IN

LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE 
MARCHING IN THE STREETS
NO ONE IS FR  EE 
UNTIL EVERYONE IS FREE 
FROM MANY THERE IS ONE
A PROMISE WE MAKE TRUE
WE CANT TELL OURSELVES
THERE IS NOTH  ING WE CAN DO


The tyranny of this moment can not be overstated
As these  men throw gas on the fire of hatred
They say America was meant to be free as 
They take our breath, 
But when we can breath,
It is liberty’s death 
And the fat cats just keep 
Counting the stacks, 
Stacks of bones, stacks of cash
But we are more then just stats, 

yah man

And as the dead pile up
We see that leadership
Is not just absent
But absence is the plan
Absence is the plan 
And in the absent of a plan 
we are left on our own
Yet we are together in need


To fill in the gap 
that hate could not fill

For love is our path
For love of our brothers
our sisters
that is a revelation
a light 
of change 
OF LOVE
to guide us
Through this valley of death
We will not wander
FOR LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION     
FROM MANY 
WE ARE ONE

Torchfireheart - Revolution Love

Thank you for your support-
 Chris Pendergraft of the bands:
BATU KURA KURA
EchoCosmic (electro-garage)
Torchfire Heart (Space Rock)
@cowboy_mystics(mystic garage)
@earthmother-one(deep funk)
@the-night-kitchen(night music)
@the-lovable-reprobates(progrock)
@batu_kura_kura (stoner-doom rock) 
@imperialhoney (electro pop)

I am lucky to have music in my life, as well as art. I hear music in my head and give it voice. Its just that simple. So as you go through my cloud, you will hear music from many genres, because I feel many things. We are all the same. We are all working this all out in different ways, from different places. That connection to each other can be felt, like the wind, but it is unseen, so if a song reaches out to you, reach out to me. I am just a person trying to work it all out.
All my music is free, unless you find it on iTunes, but some albums are only there so if you dont have any money let me know what record you want and ill send it to you. 
So I paint, and I do the art for all the bands I write for, and a whole lot of other bands, so I am blessed because art is divine. Anyway, if you want to book one of my bands, or whatever, want to sing one of my songs (they are all open to that) just reach out to me on Facebook or instagram. Send me a mail if you need me to support your track here on soundcloud, or if you need art for your music. Bless you.

Chris Pendergraft

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