cranked in the Lab - vol 8

90's Inspired Rock made in Metro Detroit.

And now the times are changing, shifting back, leading us to Crow.
When the only fear is fear itself, uni-bomb with lethal stealth, familiar and unknown.

Then the "do or die" reaches us in short supply.
It's not outrageous. Safe to say it's quite contagious.
Chained to fear and broken time, selling us one more line.
It's not outrageous, find another way.

Change the rube that won't comply, throwing hope into the great divide.
When your soul is hard to find, Technicolor is color blind, familiar but unknown.

Then the "do or die" reaches us in short supply.
It's not outrageous. Safe to say it's quite contagious.
Chained to fear and broken time, selling us one more line.
It's not outrageous, find another way.

Fight the program, fight the program
So outrageous and contagious.

Then the "do or die" reaches us in short supply.
It's not outrageous. Safe to say it's quite contagious.
Chained to fear and broken time, selling us one more line.
It's not outrageous, find another way.

Contagious

Back to the alternative rock with this energetic guitar duo with piano, brass and sax.

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Fanning The Fire

Fanning the Fire

Cantucky - Robert Grigg & Combstead

Thanks to my friend Charlie for rocking this collaboration 
more of his music @ https://soundcloud.com/charliewillz
photo by Ashley_Minkus

Supper - Charlie Williams

Combstead (@markcombs-928282858) made this wonderfully whimsical and melodic track and asked me if I felt inspired to put any words to it. I said "yes, defo, if my dream fairies come through with them." And they did ... seems they couldn't wait... which was great ... except that it was at four o'clock this morning! 

Here's what came through:

WORDS:

I thought at first it was a dream, just a childhood fantasy that had grown and grown. 
But over the years, I realised .... it was real, it was my loved ones singing me home. 

When the day is dark, and the night is long...in the still, small hours I hear their song.
The road less travelled can be full of stones, but their song makes the journey seem not so long.
When I meet the devil, at the crossing, and I have to choose right, from wrong, 
I follow their attunement, and soon find, that where once I was weak, I am strong 

Now the sun is glowing red, and the shadows growing longer, their song is sounding out... even louder
Rising to a crescendo, as every sacrifice is cheered, every last injury and pain is honoured, 
Pulling me up the steep, craggy pathway of that last mountain I have to climb, 
Until I’m released from the valley of the shadow of death, ruled by Old Father Time. 

I thought at first it was a dream, just a childhood fantasy that had grown and grown. 
But over the years ...I've seen that it’s real, and that it’s my loved ones singing me home. 

© Lyrics and vocal, copyright Annie Dieu-Le-Veut, August 2024 
© Music and cover art, copyright Mark Combstead, August 2024

Our Way Home

Dizzy O'Brian's music encompasses everything from alternative rock to electro and ambient. A classically trained composer and performer, his major influences include classical composers such as Mozart and Beethoven as well as classic rock groups such as The Beatles, The B52s, Yes and Frank Zappa, to name a few.