Lofi instrumental made with Ableton Live.

Warning Star

This is a cover of "Beat Generation" by Rod McKuen. I've slightly changed the lyrics. I'm still working my way through Ableton tutorials, so this is the more "primitive" version with vocals and drums. Lyrics below.

Troubled New Mind
by Elektra Flowers / Rod McKuen

I looked over the mountain
and saw a lamb insane
With seven eyes and seven horns and tongues of writhing flame
The same old ancient story
The same old ancient song
The central holy fact is that the weak should fear the strong

Come alive in the regeneration
brand new body and a troubled new mind
Come alive in the regeneration, and everything is gonna be fine!
 
I cannot hear the music
I cannot stand the smell
As little baby's little souls fall screaming down to hell
It does not have a moral
It's never ever fair
When babies cry forevermore while angels darn the air

Come apart in the degeneration
soul on fire with a troubled new mind
Come apart in the degeneration, and everything is gonna be fine!

a crowd came to the mountain
it seemed to be the place
they saw a stranger standing there, a mask upon his face
The softness of a serpent
The wisdom of a dove
enthralled with holy terror at this great unholy love

And people fall like pebbles 
And people rise like smoke
forever up to heaven like some great eternal joke
The punchline leaves you gasping   
The rhythm's out of joint
With God of this you can be sure the cruelty's the point

Come alive in the regeneration
brand new body and a troubled new mind
Come alive in the regeneration, and everything is gonna be fine!

You wonder what the game is
it can't be just for fun
As angels build a castle in the center of the sun
A million stores deep
A million stories tall 
And that's about the only thing they really dig at all

Burn in hell, call it heat generation
brand new body and a troubled new mind
Join the band, call it beat generation, and try to hit the right note on time...

Come alive in the regeneration
brand new body and a troubled new mind
Come alive in the regeneration, and everything's gonna be fine!

Troubled New Mind (Drum Version)

A poem from my latest book, "The Tarot Cycle."

The Empress

The first song I ever made in Ableton, using samples from Splice. In time, who knows? It could be perfect...

I've Been Dreaming

Lyrics:

another missed appointment
another deadline blown
another friendship wasted and i find i'm all alone

can't say i don't deserve it
can't say that i'm surprised
just wish that i controlled the thing that lives behind my eyes

not quite stable
not insane
only the owner of a fucked-up brain

it looks like i'm just lazy
or maybe i don't care
i'm never really crazy but i'm never really there

the angels watch me, laughing
and place another bet
i'm losing but i haven't been eliminated yet

not quite stable
not insane
only the owner of a fucked-up brain

not quite stable
not insane
only the owner of a fucked-up brain

Troubled New Mind (Drum Version)

Elektra Flowers

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