it doesn't matter what the kids play
the music they say is rhyme and rhythm
well I've been thinkin' got me believin'
the ivory will have to wait

somebody turned off the rock and somebody turned on the roll

though it's a new game, the hustle's the same
they'll win you over with the shocking truth
before it's over you'll wanna go there
because the pleading, is the front page news

does anybody know why and does anybody care
how'd we get from there to here

well I've been thinkin' that the reason's gonna have to wait
something tells me when you believe it
that's all it is learn to roll

somebody turned off the rock and somebody turned on the roll

somebody turned off the rock and somebody turned on the roll

how i longed for silence
how i longed for more of less
all these truths we hold dear
old beliefs we forget

silence doesn't matter now
silence knows no care
silence doesn't matter now
silence will forgive and forget

it comes in waves
in slow waves
familiar as is silence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjLPCOXc29s

Michael Weber's Album

silence

10 seconds
the difference between everything and nothing
the thinnest margin
it was supposed to be beautiful
so hard to say goodbye
maybe the next time
maybe the next life
it was supposed to be beautiful
maybe the next time
maybe in the next life
it was supposed to be beautiful

as always, thanks to our dear friend Adrian :)
https://soundcloud.com/adrianhallam

supposed to be...with Adrian Hallam

you won't know 'til you know
you can't say that you know
'cause you never know
we live, breathe, eat, dream
regretting nothing in between
'cause you never know
no you never know
'cause you never know
right here
the best made plans can
lead to face plants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMsOyWMQNv4

you never know

the birds are chirpin'
the wind blowin'
the light in your eyes reminds you that you're alive
it's nearly summer

the world is turning
emerald jewel
flowers reach up for the sky seeking light
It's almost summer

https://youtu.be/Hhnk2pcGyLs

it's nearly summer

come back tomorrow

we've been told
the need to eliminate

machine 1
man 0

machine one.....man zero

1 monkey wrench, 2 brews, 3 blasts of grease

basement jam

hey ya, hey yo
we wanna go where the smoke don't blow
hey ya, hey yo
51 billion tons is enough for everyone

i'm not playin'
i'm just sayin'
there's a way out
there's gotta be a way out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Z7KEC_qgs

gotta be a way out

don't wake me up from dreamin'
the road so long to find
the direction of to and fro
there's no reason and no rhyme

inspiration it's said
will find you down the line

i don't recall where we're supposed to be next year
and i can't see it clearly from there to here

to and fro

there is no tellin' when the wind starts to blow
comin' in hot and comin' in cold
shadows and memories they come and go
wait it out

if you wait it out

sure as the winter time wind starts to blow
everything comes and everything goes
here by my side you won't get too cold
wait it out

oh how the leaves blow 'round
it's autumn's sound

that feeling that comes with the darkening skies
distant horizon, electrical lights
raining down everything, overhead 'n by
wait it out

autumn

it's dark outside again
the fog is creepin' in
november calls her name
the owl sings again
the misty evening air
the moonlit shadows there
sung throughout the night
ready to take flight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kogpx6dIKMo

chouette

if you were the king of the moon
what would you do
would you chose the light or the dark to stay

king of the moon

take everything that you thought you knew and throw it all away
that's what you call starting over
it's something you never learn in school
don't even learn from mom
call it the great uncharted truth

the great uncharted truth
might just find you

do you remember when we were kids
down by the old, brick school
fumbling 'round to break some rules
of course, there is another side
and you may find it too
call it the great uncharted truth

love, it can be disappointing
it can be lots of things
you usually know when it is mutual

the great uncharted truth

everyone has their time
everyone needs something nice to believe in
everyone needs someone
everyone needs to be loved

well you know it's nothing new
and you're ready to give way
you might just think it through 
before you

when there's not much more to say
when you're seein' only blue
you might just wanna get away
from you

everyone takes the ride
everyone hits the skids sometimes
everyone feels better outside
everyone contains a bright light inside

bright light inside

he dreamt of the day he would have everything, all his dreams, they would come true
with plans he had made, he would play the part, sing the songs, that everyone knew
well, he played anywhere, he could, and some would say, hey, you're pretty good, I wish I could, play it like you
what they didn't know was that he just did it too get away from all the confusion

there was something in the way, he took us all away
there was something in the mood, that got a hold of you
when he swore he had no gun, well, that part it wasn't true
but when he began to play, we all began to move

thought we knew you

well, as fate would have it, he wrote some hits, made it big and suddenly, we knew him by name
all of the scars that ran so deep didn't go away, you could say, they took him away

when he had it all, he just wanted it to be the same as it used to be, when he was a kid
...but it was too late

Belle on percussion :)

thought we knew you

it's a sweet surrender
groundhog day down
a warm reflection
natural

back to basics
with two feet down
having lost the premise
we simplify

it's not goin' away
everything changes
it's a beautiful day
when we rearrange it

you may get bigger
but no better
it's a curious game we play
by and by

everything changes

it's war that we abhor
it's more than we can take
the lies go on and on
so that you can take

it's war
that we abhor

put on your thinking caps
we know you can do it

there's got to be a way out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Acd773p11o

war we abhor

i wonder sometimes
how a chicken can run with its head off
'n i wonder sometimes
how the 🐙🐙🐙 got so smart

chicken or the egg

'n i wonder sometimes 
how the universe seems to go on forever
or is it just a tiny loop 
that brings us back to where we started

chicken or the egg
it all comes back
to where we started

'n i wonder sometimes
when i depart this place
will my ashes feed the fish
'n what're they gonna do without this old mess

chicken or the egg
it all goes back
to where we started

chegg

you don't know what you're looking for
until you find that open door
but when you do you see it's time for change
the darkening sky obscures your view
old sentiments take hold of you
your temperament suggests it's time for change

for change, through the open door
for change, cool the water down

some creatures of habit are we
when lost is permanence we seek
a way back home so weary of this change
the emptiness gives way
to colors painting morning skies orange and grey

for change, through the open door
for change, cool the water down

now we listen to the whisper of the breeze
the fear that lies behind the arrogance is seen
in these moments that can bring us to our knees
one door closes, another opens, we see

for change, through the open door
for change, cool the water down

behind the reason and the rhyme
could be somewhere you'd never find
behind the reason and the rhyme
could be someone you'd never find

change

goin' round and 'round again

movin' right along

ya get yer $
& take the train down
to Indiana
then you go to jail

don't let it get you down

movin' right along :)

https://youtu.be/IoD3Ta96uoQ

movin' right along

it started off like most any other day
the distant skies holding the dark clouds at bay
in ways unexpected
the turbulence set in 
a stunning twist of fate
marking a new day

first you hit the ground
then it comes around
full circle

what wasn't meant to be happened anyway
you couldn't hear a sound as the sun began to fade
a last breath of warm wind
a preview of no win
was running cold and pale
rights bought and sold away

full circle

just a moment's all I need to recover from the dream
scary monsters chase us down the street 
the illusion seems quite real

wish I knew more it's not like that
at the circus just like that
there's a freak show starring us
through the vapor jungle love

that's a drivin' us mad and a makin' us crazy

so there you go
it's just like that
some things are not
z z's and x
so there you have it
it's how it goes
and how it goes no one knows

they can tell ya anything they wanna

as you're fallin' through the air
ain't no safety net only fear
tell yourself to pull it out
but it's too late it's over now

they can tell ya anything they wanna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-9cP0l0Zs

the dream

Didier on the composition
Mike on the mic
https://soundcloud.com/didandco

STAY AWAY FROM ME
STAY AWAY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD
A LITTLE LOWER DOSAGE 
IS WHAT WE NEED

we try and we try to get away from what we can't escape and we don't know where to go but we try and we try to escape and we don't know which way out oh

oh ya look to the right, look to the left, down way
try to go somewhere but nowhere is open at all
so strange
everything is different all of a sudden
oh no we all run, run

runnin' in place

runnin' in place - blind session/cam-O

You don't know what you're looking for
Until you find that open door
But when you do you see it's time for change

The darkening skies obscure your view
Old sentiments take hold of you
Your temperament suggests it's time for change

For change, through the open door
For change, cool the water down

Some creatures of habit are we
When lost is permanence we seek
A way back home so weary of this change
The emptiness gives way
To colors painting morning skies orange and grey

For change, through the open door
For change, cool the water down

Now we listen to the whisper of the breeze
The fear that lies behind the arrogance is seen
In these moments that can bring us to our knees
One door closes, another opens, we see

For change, through the open door
For change, cool the water down

*Belle on flute :)

change with flute 'n uke

What can you say
Something's are better left unknown
Oh these dirty little secrets linger at the bottom of the pool
'n you wonder if it'll come to surface
Or will they dig and find what you've hidden
Oh, when they find what you've buried in the back under the trees
We're not talking trick or treat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeleylE4dxA

dirty little secret

https://youtu.be/eeawRI6DnkA

the final countdown
we haven't left the ground
an eerie silent sound
forces pounding down
heartbeat zero hour
10....9....8
the final countdown
rocket engines light
shake with violent might
accelerating might
we shoot into the sky
5...4...3
the weight has lifted
what a way to go
looks so beautiful
spinning to and fro
all systems are unknown

final countdown

so you thought you had it all figured out
yeah, you thought it was all understood
and it turned you inside out
when will you learn
when will the burn stop
when will you learn
so you tried a different stategy
studied and prescribed
it didn't work out as planned
and you waited for the next time
so you thought that you had it all figured out
the next time around you tried something different
everything went hunky dory then
the unexpected crept in
seemed quite a trajedy
and U put it in its place
and you woke up the next day
in a better way
log roll
some day we'll wake and find that it's all over
and the problems won't exist at all
maybe we'll have it right by then, I hope so
otherwise we just might fall down again
into the deep abyss
of our ever fragile ways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GOqyYJkKYs

trouble shooting on the fly

kinda funky - a bit 2021 meets the 60s lyric video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WySRs9v515E

Nothing better than having good musical chemistry with someone.
Didier on the instruments :) :)
Camo on the pipes :)
https://soundcloud.com/blindsessionproject

we go back to square 1, it's on us all and it's been said and done
we jump up to square 2, reciting promises, they're meant for you
we look to square 3, to break the monotony
we look down at square 4 and pick the pieces off the floor

can you see me, can you hear me, can you feel me, do you know what I'm sayin'
in the same time, in the same place
at the same time, in the same place

say there goes number 5 and all that jive
look to number 6, throw down those drum sticks
7, close your eyes and feel the light
well there goes 8 and then comes 9
9 is for cats, I don't have time for that
10, we hope to see you again, we don't have time for more
.....sorry 11

no time 4 11 - blind session 'n camo

i hear these voices in my head
i ain't tryin' to quiet them no more
i just give into them
there is no making sense of it
you just gotta go with it now
and Lady Luck may lead you to your destination now
it's only motion down below
you look above and see a million stars
it's hard to tell which way is up down in a hemisphere... 
don't you know where you're going boy
it seems that you have been a long time comin' to this place now
it seems so far but it seems so close
it's drawn me into the air
so hold on tight you never know
where you may know

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI3kuvpBLtE

voices

It's hard to ignore what goes on out there in this sometimes cruel world.
not so sure we really ought to, either
and then there's music
a great escape; a vehicle to express ourselves as we strive to get the balance right
☮︎

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