WATCH THE SHOW
BY MADRE AND NOVA J

Sit back, watch the show (show, show),
Let it come and let it go (go, go).
No skin in the game (game), no bruises to claim (claim),
I’m just here to take it slow (slow, slow).
Sit back, watch the show (show, show),
Feel the stillness take control (control, control).
No need to fight (fight), I’ll be alright (right),
Let the silence softly grow (grow, grow).

Thinker, thinker, running free (free, free),
Pulling, pushing, chasing me (me, me).
Each thought fades, it slips away (away, away),
I’ll let it drift, I’ll step away (away, away).

(Ooh-oh-oh) Let it go, let it go.
(Ooh-oh-oh) Watch the show, watch the show.

Sit back, watch the show (show, show),
Let it come and let it go (go, go).
No skin in the game (game), no bruises to claim (claim),
I’m just here to take it slow (slow, slow).
Sit back, watch the show (show, show),
Feel the stillness take control (control, control).
No need to fight (fight), I’ll be alright (right),
Let the silence softly grow (grow, grow).

Talking, talking, fills the air (air, air),
Empty words go everywhere (where, where).
I don’t need to say too much (much, much),
Quiet moments hold my trust (trust, trust).

Step aside (step aside), let them play (let them play),
Close your eyes, it’s all okay (all okay).
Breathe it in (breathe it in), let it out (let it out),
That’s what peace is all about (all about).

INSTRUMENTAL

Sit back, watch the show (show, show),
Let it come and let it go (go, go).
No skin in the game (game), no bruises to claim (claim),
I’m just here to take it slow (slow, slow).
Sit back, watch the show (show, show),
Feel the stillness take control (control, control).
No need to fight (fight), I’ll be alright (right),
Let the silence softly grow (grow, grow).

(Ooh-oh-oh) Let it go, let it go.
(Ooh-oh-oh) Watch the show, watch the show.

Sit back, watch the show (show, show),
The thinker fades, the calm will grow (grow, grow).
No need to fight (fight), I’ll be alright (right),
Just let it go and feel the light (light, light).

WATCH THE SHOW

PAST LIVES by NOVA J

On a quest to find what’s haunting me.
Yoga at sunrise, rehab by the sea,
Searching for answers, what’s it all for?
They say I’m paying for lives before.

Karma’s a bitch and I can’t ignore
The price of the pain I caused before

Blame it on my past lives, ghosts I can’t escape,
My suffering tomorrow for my sins of yesterday 
Blame it on my past lives (past lives)
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Blame it on my past lives (past lives)
(Ooooh, ooooh)

Lost in my twenties, chasing the high,
Every thrill cut deep—never knew why (never knew why)
Life keeps spinning, but what’s the deal?
How do you heal when you can’t even feel?

Screaming through the pain, praying it away
flashbacks from the past keep ruining my day

Blame it on my past lives, ghosts I can’t escape
My suffering tomorrow for my sins of yesterday 
Blame it on my past lives
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Blame it on my past lives
(Ooooh, ooooh)

Karma can hunt me, but it won’t take me down,
I’m rising up now on this battleground.
No more running, I’ll stand up and fight,
The ghosts can come—I’ll take back my life.

Blame it on my past lives, ghosts I can’t escape,
My suffering tomorrow for my sins of yesterday 
Blame it on my past lives
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Blame it on my past lives
(Ooooh, ooooh)

Blame it on my past lives
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Blame it on my past lives
(Ooooh, ooooh)

PAST LIVES

ANALOG by NOVA J

In my dreams I’m back in ‘93
In the office, computer-free
Fluorescent lights and rotary
Full of vintage machinery

Oh, I long to be analog (analog)
Yeah, I long to be analog (analog)

Off the grid
Analog
(Off the grid
Analog)

Yes to corded simplicity
No to scrolling anxiety
TV static serenity
In my dreams I’m back in ‘93

Yeah, I wanna be analog (analog)
Oh, I wanna be analog (analog)

Off the grid
Analog
(Off the grid
Analog)

In my dreams I’m trauma-free
Blur the bad that happened to me
Rose-colored glasses, simplicity
In my dreams I’m back in ‘93

Oh, I long to be analog (analog)
Yeah, I long to be analog (analog)

Yeah, I wanna be analog (analog)
Oh, I wanna be analog (analog)

Yeah, I wanna be analog (analog)
Oh, I wanna be analog (analog)

ANALOG

I DON’T WANNA BE HAPPY by NOVA J and MADRE

Woke up in the woods again
Sky so still, no sign of wind
Your face in firelight fades
But I still hear what you didn’t say

Breathin’ in the golden air
Nothin’ moves, I’m barely there

I don’t wanna be happy
I just wanna be free
Don’t wanna be perfect
Just don’t wanna bleed
I don’t wanna be happy
I just wanna be free
Don’t need a reason
Just need to be me

Oh oh oh oh…
Just need to be me
Oh oh oh oh…
Just need to be free

City dreams, they blur and fade
Got no heart left to persuade
I used to wish for better days
Now I just want peace that stays

Built a shield inside my mind
To block the noise I couldn’t fight

I don’t wanna be happy
I just wanna be free
Don’t wanna be perfect
Just don’t wanna bleed
I don’t wanna be happy
I just wanna be free
Don’t need a reason
Just need to be me

Oh oh oh oh…
Just need to be me
Oh oh oh oh…
Just need to be free

River at my feet
Wind don’t speak
Sunlight fades
But I still seek

Do you feel it too?
That hunger we hide?
The one that never dies—
The one we feed inside…

Oh oh oh oh…
Just need to be free
Oh oh oh oh…
Don’t wanna bleed
Oh oh oh oh…
Just need to be me

I JUST WANNA BE FREE

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Sergio Parraga (from Spain) Featuring Alto Saxophone solo. Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Vibraphone solo. Flute solo. Fender Electric Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Horn Section Trumpet, Alto & Tenor Saxophones,  Trombone. Drums Full Acoustic kit set. Percussion Timbales, Cowbell, Bongos, Ago go Bells, Tree Chimes.

Quietly

IGOR USPEHOV

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