First section of a longer work in progress entitled “Dream Figure” - the theme of the song being someone or something who reappears in your dreams, such as the Jungian shadow that lurks in our subconscious, attempting to reveal a truth about ourselves and our experiences.

Dream Figure Tempo 1

Second section of a work in progress entitled “Dream Figure” - see the first section for more details. Expect lyrics here when the full track is completed.

Dream Figure Tempo 2

Third section of a work in progress entitled “Dream Figure” - so far this is the most robust demo of the entire work. See Tempos 1 and 2 for further context.

Dream Figure Interlude

This track is a rough mix. I’ve been sitting on this song for about a year now, which is one my only works to have gotten vocals put onto it (thanks, life). 
Try and guess the spiritual meaning of the lyrics, if you feel inclined.

Lyrics:

I’ve been following you
Along this track I’ve forged for you
On the path you’ve made some mistakes
But I’m here now to show you the way

I am the force
I am the will
I am the One
I remain still

Search deep for me
As I have you
And receive eternity
With gratitude

The Way (Rough Demo)

An instrumental demo of a song about falling in love. Feel the earthliness in the airy chords and harmonic shifts, as well as a portrayal of sexual tension in the heavier and more dissonant interlude.

Lyrics: 

Verse 1:
A first impression
Is a lasting one
Turns to obsession 
Love levy comes undone

By my concession
And my heart’s profession
I take a fall 
The green wherewithal 

Chorus:
Earth Woman
I ask you come in
Spend a while with me
I’ll sail across your sea

Earth Woman
I want your lovin’
The way you nourish
Our growth I will now cherish

Verse 2:
My life’s progression 
Led to this moment 
Time for confession
Release the torment

The river’s flowing
Her face is glowing 
Sun lights the ocean 
It’s time to jump in

Bridge:
My Green Goddess
You come to me to bless
I worship with patience 
And I’m gifted nascence 

My heart’s harness 
Where my spirit comes to rest 
I can give you what you need
If you can give your love to me

Earth Woman (Instrumental Demo)

The title of this track is derived from Jean-Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit” - the translation of the French title is “Hell is other people” 
Sartre was an existentialist philosopher and described the human condition bleakly, as well as giving us the term “to give someone hell,” as merely the gaze of the other that we have no control over is a feeling comparable to that of hellfire. 

The poem that goes with this tune:

Something now has gone wrong 
How can we remain strong 
When pitted against one another 
Impotent sputters 

Of thirst and might 
The time is right 
To pierce the darkness of night 
So maybe I could see you
I could see your side 

A fire between us
A fire within us
Hell is others
Hell is others 

You give me hell
So I give it back to you
Crossing the bridge from Heaven 
If only we could see through

L’Enfer, C’est Les Autres (Instrumental Demo)

The instrumental depictions of this track attempt to mimic the feeling of when things fall apart: relationships, finances, education and our way of living on the macro scale. The latter half of the song becomes even more frantic, becoming a sonic metaphor for the incessant bustle of work life - the rat race. 

The lyrics to be added at a future date:

Verse 1:
This is the tale of how it all fell apart
Even with beginnings so perfect and pure 
All things sweet have the potential for tart 
Only God knows if there is a cure 

(First) notice the disdain from a party of one 
This is where things start to come undone 
Try to fix all with your human love
But this ain’t the plan of the Spirit above 

Why were we led here, down this path?
Did we choose wrong just to feel the wrath 
Of consequences beyond our control?
We were moving too fast, we were on a roll 

Now the time starts to take its toll 
Kept the pace too long at a casual stroll
Ripped to shreds starting at the seams 
This we’ll call the Unraveling 

(Miserable we all become) 

Chorus:
Regressing to an era of dark ignorance 
Of what the other experiences 
Truth will be muddied by blabbering
Yeah this is the Unraveling 

Darkness overtakes my feeble mind
As I try to rebuild calamity 
The rubble is meant to be left behind
But now I’ve reached insanity 

Another twisted verse of a dialogue
That fails at communication 
Spinning wheels, soaked, water logged 
And Infinite frustration 

Verse 2:
I thought that my love was in its truest form
I was so wrong and I felt the scorn
Just as my world I was tattered and torn 
How I wish to be unborn 
My heart and soul were ripped away
My body and skin were severed and frayed 
Nothing left but eternal pain
When the God-man comes may my Spirit be Saved

Bridge:
We’re all trying to get ahead 
But we’re in our own way

We’re all trying to get ahead
But it’s a Rat Race

That’s how it ends, we all fall down

The Unraveling/Rat Race (Instrumental Demo)

Simply a song about my detest for Washington D.C. Namely, its economic demographics and the hell on Earth that is driving in the city. Quite possibly a future Trash Bin Stench tune. 


Lyrics as follows:

Verse 1:
Going to Washington
Gonna go and have some fun
Maybe I’ll meet a girl and 
She’ll understand 

What it took for me to get here
All to hear the people cheer
When we’re finished up our last song 
And she’ll want my dong 

But that’s just a fantasy 
As you can clearly see 
I’m stuck in traffic and
My car is dying 

Wow I hate this stupid place 
Whoever built it brings disgrace 
To anyone who’s ever set foot 
Inside this waste 

Pre-Chorus:
I don’t see monuments 
Just garbage piled up in tents 
About that girl, she’s a whirl-
Wind of things that make me hurl  

Look at all this history 
Buried between trash cans and weed 
I didn’t give that bum money 
So now he’s fricken pissed at me 

Verse 2:
Going to Washington
Gonna go and get it done
50 or 201?
To beat the traffic’s gun 

Oh wait, that’s just southeast 
Those poor people have the least 
Compared to the beltway brain rot 
Of capital street 

Passing by RFK
The metal there’s to my dismay
I really hope you’ve had your tetanus 
‘Cause it’s rusting away

Finally it’s time to park
In the fashion of parallel 
Thank God I’m driving an ark
We created hell

Pre-Chorus 2:
I don’t see monuments 
Just liquid fire-oozing vents 
Who could dare to drive these roads
To their row house humble abodes 

Look at all this history 
Shrouded in white knight irony 
The truth is pretty bleak
So just keep rolling down F street 


Bossa:
Oh your love is floating through the air
And oh your heart, it knows that I don’t care 
About your silly 
Ramblings on what your life may be
All your promises to me
Surely they were too hard to keep 

What debris can be salvaged?
What good things can we still find?
What debris can be salvaged from this rubble?
From this pile of…

Washington (Instrumental Demo)

A song I wrote back in 2017 while on vacation in North Carolina, inspired by some fictional captain who has an unlucky seafaring adventure. This song exists in its state thanks to my old friend Erich, who played guitar and did the mixing on this track.

Lyrics:

Let's set sail upon the open sea, 
so clearly - 
I have yet to make a golden discovery
Skin so raw, wind battering against me
Waves so blue, undertow wanting you

If I fail let her know I loved everything 
I can't drown I need to breathe -
Life's losing 


If I see sea to endless sea it's no dream
Blue and white fill the earthly sky -
I'm bleeding 

I'm losing feeling 
Life losing meaning 

Water filling my lungs
Salt and blood shrouding my tongue 

Blue darkens as I sink further down 
My crew all gone, time ticks - air drowns 
As I swim struggling to breathe, I see;
An angels light beckoning to me - fearfully

I approach with haste - no air left to waste
God's arm reaches down for me - collectively 

The hand untrue, letting go of you - human zoo 
Snap back into captains eyes - rolled inside his mind 

I'm losing feeling
Life losing meaning

Water fills my ships hull
Final chance - images fill my skull

I'm losing feeling
Life losing meaning

Wreckage lands like a beached whale
Only planks and sail live to tell my tale

Sail Song

This release is dedicated to my friends, their love encourages me to continue on.

Lyrics:

I think I have just about had it
With your silly games 
I think I just need a break from
The constant shame 

FUCK

I can’t redeem myself
I need some joy

I can’t even fathom the truth now
Why should I have to?
I’m burnt out 

I’ve just had it I can’t go on
Emptied out my soul to be a pawn

And I’ve had it!

I’ve Had It (Demo Mix)

Hello all. I’m a composer/bassist from the Annapolis area. I play in two projects: Trash Bin Stench and Bliss. This site will mostly consist of my solo work, the majority of which are instrumental demos at the moment. Enjoy - peace to your spirit.

Cory Mohler

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