Holt Rams Marching Band Official Cadence 2011
Holt High School

Written by Unknown
Revised 2011 by Steve Wulff

Holt Rams Cadence

Holt Rams Cadence 2011

here's a compilation of songs i ended up not finishing from the last two years and i am apathetic to finish them. some are outtakes from projects, some are unfinished ideas, so here they will hopefully continue to live on in peace. enjoy.

writer's block

light

snickerdoodle

day stay

rain

lhanx

kajon

i don't know what this is but i feel it

don't leave

A song about visiting Renaissance Italy as an American from 2020. 

Lyrics:

Verse 1
I come from America in 2020
Flying backwards to the 14th century
Pack my bags, head on out
I’ll be arriving shortly in Italy

Chorus 1
If I want to blend in with the royals
I’ll have to wear a brightly colored tunic
It’s not very pleasant to wear two-toned leggings as if I was a peasant
And I’ll take my credit card and see if the airport exchange has any florins
Cause my Visa won’t work there
But my American selfishness will

Verse 2
When I get there
I think I’ll hang out in the city square
Because fellowship only at home is becoming rare

Yes, the cities are flourishing
With marble on their walls
And every wealthy family
Glorified, tall

So they throw their hefty parties
One-upping one another
The festivals are the only time 
The rich and poor see each other


I think I’ll sneak into a wedding
The signing of a contract between two families
So love-less
Oh, I’ll have to let it be

Chorus 2
Cause if I want to blend in with the people
I’ll have to eat mainly bread and fish
And maybe some goat cheese with veggies 
But not much meat because the beliefs

And I’ll take all my knowledge 
There is more weight and value of music and art
And architecture, I’ll give them lectures
On the future, cause it’s all about me
Yeah, it’s all about me
It’s all about me

Verse 3
Where I come from, we have a real car
The thing that propelled Da Vinci to start
And he got pretty far, but out west
We have a much better printing press

It started the printing revolution
At that point, everything started moving
Cause economic progress and the press, I guess
Became a culture with new prosperity

I hope to see Michelangelo
And ask him he knows who he is
Or maybe I’ll talk to Francesco
Ask him what rubbed him the wrong way about medieval values and ways

And I hope to come across someone held high
Someone who built Florence, the center of a new life
Who built themselves from commerce and the sales

And the banks, I hope they take me along
Take me along while I sing

I’d take the techniques that they teach
I believe it’d help me in my endeavors when I go back and leave
But more than that, I’d like to see the start
From the hearts of the writers that they hired to focus on us, the humans
Humanism and realize what potential it had to become the best thing ‘til sliced bread

Chorus 3
If I want to blend in with the Renaissance 
I’ll have to make it all about me
Because it’s time we take hold of all that we are 
Let’s begin a new philosophy

And I’ll take it all the way back
And notice how it gives way to all that I see
‘Cause America lives like them
Let’s work towards progress — that I can’t guarantee 
I can’t guarantee

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A cover of The Marías' "I Don't Know You."
Recorded at Cornerstone University
Audio Production II Final
Grand Rapids, MI

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