An original song inspired by relationships and high energy physics.  Made on an iPad using MusicStudio Lite and an acoustic guitar.  Lyrics below.  Thanks for listening.

Elementary Charge
(1.602 x 10-19 C) 

Admiring the problem,
you and I are destined for destruction.
You're positively crazy
if you think you'll break away
with more resistance.

What it is and what it isn't
isn't ours to define.
Your motions pull me in
like nothing I could describe,
nothing Edison or Tesla 
could have ever designed.

Are these forces real?
I can feel your magnetism.
I've found my destination,
bound for you.
Don't you know, you and me,
we're a fiery combination
headed for our own annihilation.
Don't you know, you and me,
we're a fiery combination
headed for our own annihilation.

Forces like this 
were not meant to be pulled apart.
We're headed for collision
and the only real solution
is submission.

This attraction has momentum,
currents swirling through induction.
Gauss and Curie couldn't help me
fight the force of your seduction.
Iron and steel, our wills are worthless.
Our inevitable future 
is our ultimate destruction.

Are these forces real?
I can feel your magnetism.
I've found my destination,
bound for you.
Don't you know, you and me,
we're a fiery combination
headed for our own annihilation.
Don't you know, you and me,
we're a fiery combination
headed for our own annihilation.

Collision animations provided courtesy of ATLAS Experiment © 2012 CERN  http://www.atlas.ch/photos/copyright.html

e (1.602 x 10-19 C) Elementary Charge

Collaborative trance song collaboration with Michael Opolski.  He asked if anyone wanted to put lyrics to the song and I volunteered.  The lyrics were building for several weeks and the music seemed to be a perfect fit.

The underlying message is that if you follow your dreams passionately and with true commitment, they will carry you wherever you want to go.   Lyrics below.


Chase the Dream

Visions fill my mind. It's you and me.
I am the dreamer. You are the dream.
Arms around you, I close my eyes.
I'll lose this place, leave it all behind.

You say hold on, so I hold on,
fast enough to fly, fast enough to fly.
We break away. The world falls back,
back beneath the sky, back beneath the sky.

I've been chained for all these years.
With you, I lose restraint.
You're so real, so real, surreal.
Gone by the dawn, rushing speed,
you are the dream, you are the dream.

You say hold on, so I hold on,
fast enough to fly, fast enough to fly.
We break away. The world falls back,
back beneath the sky, back beneath the sky.

When you're here, time caves in,
space breaks down, but everything is whole.
There are no seams...
It seems there are no seams.
I am the dreamer.
You are the dream, you are the dream.

The boundaries all but disappear.
Upside down reversed, everything is clear.
Unspoken thoughts and words converge.
Hard lines melt into the curves.
You are the dream.

You say hold on, so I hold on,
fast enough to fly, fast enough to fly.
We break away. The world falls back,
back beneath the sky,back beneath the sky.

All I can see is the dream.

Visions fill my mind. It's you and me.
I am the dreamer. You are the dream.
Arms around you, I close my eyes.
I'll lose this place, leave it all behind.
You're so real, so real, surreal.

Chase The Dream - DJ Michael Opolski Feat. KC Sharp

Collaborative trance song.  Music by DJ Michael Opolski.  Lyrics and vocals by yours truly.  Thanks for listening!

Driven to Win

Knowingly, I took the fall,
driven within to achieve this goal.

Eager to reach my mark,
called into action by an inner spark.

Playing to win, I'm gonna get it right,
seek a higher place, fight the greater fight.
I won't walk away. 
It's just a matter of when.
I'm so ready to win.

Nights, all those nights, all those revisions,
each redesign driving higher ambitions,

Plans on the floor, obscure calculations,
slept in my clothes in my determination.

Driven to win, I'm gonna get it right,
make a better place, fight the greater fight.
I won't turn away.
It's just a matter of when
and I'll do it again.

Pounding the keys, silencing demons,
my progress is slow but I must always believe in
my ability, my agility,
my desire to be free, 
and it will be achieved.

Playing to win, I'm gonna get it right,
make a better world, fight the greater fight.
I won't shy away.
It's just a matter of when.
I'm so ready to win.

Fights, all those fights, all my frustration
slowly resolved through each and every iteration.
I'm going the distance, seeing the difference
my persistence has made.

Driven to win, I'm gonna get it right,
reach a higher place, fight the greater fight.
I won't walk away.
It's just a matter of when
and I'll do it again.


Driven to Win - DJ Michael Opolski Feat. KC Sharp

House of Wrong Clocks - performed with Don Karg (guitar) and Elliott Reed (bass)

It's never the right time
to be with my feelings
and solve you once and for all.
Recurring you, my villain and hero,
I never know which one you'll be.

We live in a house of wrong clocks.
No time for us, it never stops.
You're not mine,
never mine,
never mind...
Can't hear my thoughts through the gears
and the wrong goes on.

Open my eyes, another day lost
to the memory of you.
The things we do to survive...
Recurring you, my lover and friend,
I always knew you were the one.

We live in a house of wrong clocks.
No time for us, it never stops.
You're not mine,
never mine,
never mind...
Can't hear my thoughts through the years
and the wrong goes on.

Messed up me!
It's always tomorrow I'll fix today.
Too late to disintegrate,
recurring you, myself and I,
let's just call it a night.

We live in a house of wrong clocks.
No time for us, it never stops.
You're not mine,
never mine,
never mind...
Can't hear my thoughts through the tears
and the wrong goes on.

We live in a house of wrong clocks.
No time for us, it never stops.
You're not mine,
never mine,
never mind...
Can't hear my thoughts through the fears
and the wrong goes on.

House of Wrong Clocks

Collaborative house song with DJ Michael Opolski.  Music by DJ Michael Opolski.  Lyrics and vocals by yours truly.  Thanks for listening!

Magical Melody 

The stage was dark to start the act,
curtains drawn in red and black.
A brilliant spark, then he appeared.
I raised my hand. I volunteered.

Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Felt my balance shifted 
as I lifted off the floor,
levitating weightlessly, 
and then he pulled me through the core.

Gone, gone, gone, gone...

He took my hand and tipped me back.
He raised me up, my body flat.
He moved his hands above my core,
suspended me above the floor.

Beneath the covers all went dark,
then I saw the brilliant spark.
He held my center in his grasp.
He made my very soul collapse.

He sent me off with no return,
with no way back and no concern.
He waved his hands, the people cheered,
and with a spark, I disappeared.

Felt my balance shifted
as I lifted off the floor,
levitating weightlessly 
and then he pulled me through the core.

The stage went dark to close the act,
curtains drawn in red and black.
I'd raised my hand.  I volunteered.
He'd raised me up, I disappeared.

He took my hand and tipped me back.
He raised me up, my body flat.
He waved his hands, the people cheered,
and with a spark, I disappeared.

He sent me off with no return,
with no way back and no concern.
He waved his hands, the people cheered,
and with a spark, he disappeared.

Magical Melody - DJ Michael Opolski Feat. KC Sharp

Based on the 1957 novel by Nevil Shute and the 1959 movie by the same name.  The song was created with an iPad with MusicStudio Lite and an acoustic guitar.  Lyrics are below.  Thanks for listening.

On the Beach

Today the northern sky was red.
Across the clouds a new sun bled,
cityscapes reduced to ash
and the sand rained down as glass.

We heard it through the Twitter feeds
but none of us could quite believe
'til the videos... but now we know
they won't be coming back.
They won't be coming back.

There's a shrinking future with a frozen past.
It's the same as before, but the scale's collapsed.
If there's nowhere else you'd like to be,
won't you spend the day with me?
Would you spend the day with me?

Today the whimper will begin.
It'll catch the breeze and ride the wind.
For months the dust will fill the skies,
Cobalt-laced to sterilize.

The men uptown are sharing thoughts.
They're drinking up their finest scotch,
racing Ferraris and taking safaris.
They won't be coming back.
They won't be coming back.

There's a shrinking future with a frozen past.
It's the same as before, but the scale's collapsed.
If there's nowhere else you'd like to be,
won't you spend the day with me?
Would you spend the day with me?

Today they're saying there's still time
as they formed into an ordered line
for mortal pills to take with tea - 
one sip will set you free.

But knowing we could leave it all at any time,
I'm still optimistic with an open mind.
Stay with me and let's wait and see because
they won't be coming back.
They won't be coming back.

There's a shrinking future with a frozen past.
It's the same as before, but the scale's collapsed.
If there's nowhere else you'd like to be,
won't you spend the day with me?
Would you spend the day with me?


On The Beach

Inspired by the movie Cloud Atlas, existentialism, and quantum physics.  The song was created entirely on an iPad using Music Studio.  Lyrics are below.  Thanks for listening.

Wanting the Deep

In a state of uncertainty,
what does it matter?
Love hopes for all.
Take your infinite pick.

Every free choice
makes a change in your future.
Choose what you do
and become what you are.

Surrounded by absurdity,
wanting the deep,
diving for the singular truth,
choose what you do. The world mirrors you.
Choose what you do and become what you are.

Destructing despair,
what does it matter?
The Self breaks down
its misguided self.

Give yourself freedom
to feel what you feel.
Shift your perspective
and anything's real.

Surrounded by absurdity,
wanting the deep,
diving for the singular truth,
choose what you do. The world mirrors you.
Choose what you do and become what you are.

Throw out all your reasons.
What do they matter?
All it takes to be
is the will to exist.

Where you are now
is no less than perfect.
Love hopes for all.
Take your infinite pick.

Surrounded by absurdity,
wanting the deep,
diving for the singular truth,
choose what you do. The world mirrors you.
Choose what you do and become what you are.


Wanting The Deep

The Significance of Letting Go

Hey, I bet you didn’t know
I loved you so.
I loved you as you were,
I never meant to infer

that I could ever save you.
I’m caught between 
your past and my presence,
second only to your queen.

When you were sober,
you were oh, so real.
When you were sober,
you and I could both feel.
We could feel within our hearts
the significance of letting go…
the significance of letting go…

Hey, I bet you didn’t know
I found myself at home.
Within our written words,
we built the universe.

I called that space my home,
then I waited there alone.
You slept for many hours
while I found myself powerless,
anxiously awaiting your awakening.

When you were sober,
you were oh, so real.
When you were sober,
you and I could both feel.
We could feel within our hearts
the significance of letting go…
the significance of letting go...

Hey, I bet you didn’t know
I love you still,
against my better logic
and my own free will.

But even with this feeling,
I can see across the stream.
I see beyond the dream
with so much clarity…

You’re the only one to set you free.
You’re the only one... Can't be me....

When you were sober,
you were so, so real.
When you were sober,
you and I could both feel.
We could feel within our hearts
the significance of letting go…
the significance of letting go…

I could never save you,
caught between 
your past and my presence,
second only to your queen.

The answer seemed so simple…
but I couldn’t let it go.
Not even now, 
as I watch you drift away.
The answer seemed so simple,
but I couldn’t let it go.


The Significance of Letting Go (rough)

Collaborative alternative song.  Music by Eleusis Music (http://www.reverbnation.com/eleusismusic) 
(http://www.fandalism.com/eleusismusic).  Lyrics below.

Amsterdam

It was a dreamy day
outside the small café.
The clouds had gone away.
I was higher than an airplane.

With nothing left to lose,
you were the Delft-est blue
but I could change your mood.
A little shift in attitude
and you'd say,
"Hey, hey!"

There's kites above the park
where van Gogh used to walk,
windmills circling past the bicycles,
red light windows, gables, and canals,
and you'd say,
"Hey, hey!"

I stepped around, I took a chance.
I took a chair within the dance
across from you. I took a dare.
I took a chance. I saw you there.

Win or lose, I took a chance.
I took a chair within the dance
across from you. I took a dare.
I took a chance. I saw you there
and I said, 
"Hey, hey!"

Amsterdam - Eleusis Music feat. KC Sharp

Collaborative alternative song.  Music by Eleusis Music (http://www.reverbnation.com/eleusismusic) 
(http://www.fandalism.com/eleusismusic).  Lyrics below.


We Matter

Eyes unclosed, 
I see it all in the starlight.
I see long past the day.
These days, I wander
I wander...
amidst lost souls.

How many thoughts, 
thoughts without action,
acts without passion,
pasts coming back
in a moment's attack?
They render me feelingless,
seemingly meaningless,
empty inside.
I forget the sublime.
I forget we matter.
I forget we matter.
 
Eyes unclosed, I see it all,
distance removed between us two.
The tumblers turned
and the bolt fell through.
I know we matter.
We matter, you see
Distant interactions
moved the feelings in me.
I'm spinning off-axis
at a crooked degree.

So many thoughts, 
thoughts and actions,
acts of passion.
Leaving the past
brings the moments back.
Feeling my feelings,
I'm finding the meanings
within the sublime
and a love, divine.
I can see we matter.
I can see we matter.

Eyes unclosed, I see it all,
distance removed between us two,
the tumblers turned
and the bolt fell through.

I'm going to come back to earth
from my own rebirth.
I know we matter.

kcsharp

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