An original song about escape. Put together with the Reaper DAW and a variety of instruments. Music and lyrics by me, with vocals created by my brother Dann Parks (https://soundcloud.com/synergyv), using the Natalie voice with SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

LYRICS:
Verse 1
Come ride among the clouds, We’ll fly to London Town. Then drive beneath the sea, Spend a night in gay Pareé.

-Chorus 1-
Leave the past behind, who knows what we’ll find. Sometimes we’ll walk, sometimes we'll run!
Travel the world, won’t it be fun!?
We’ll fly, you and I.

-Verse 2-
On the lam in London could be hard.
Lying low, hiding out from Scotland Yard.
In Paris we stroll the streets, arm in arm. Adore the lights, avoid the French gendarmes.

-Chorus 2-
Leave our past behind, leave nothing to find. No time to walk, no time for fun.
Travel the world, we’re on the run!
We’ll fly! You and I.

-Interlude-
It's the cops, man. We gotta get outa here!

-Chorus 3-
Leave the cash behind, there’s not enough time. Lost in the crowd, we’ll find our souls.
Travel the world, it sure takes a toll.
But we’re free! You and me.

-Talk out-
In Budapest we’ll get some rest.
Take a train to Berlin, ride a bus if we must. We’ll Fly!

We'll Fly!

An original song about romance and butterflies. Put together with the Reaper DAW and a Garritan Personal Orchestra piano for the music, with the vocals created using the Natalie voice and SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

LYRICS
VERSE 1
Oh, fluttering creatures, dance in the skies.
Butterflies floating, their wings whisper secrets of love.
With delicate grace, like love's delicate embrace. 
Each passionate flight, guided by destiny.
Some flights of reason, sometimes flights of fantasy.
We cherish every touch, it seems.
Love colors every dream. 

CHORUS 1
Open your heart, come with me.
We’re always going to be free.
Taking wing their laughter fills the air.
So fair, delights our sight.
Reaching out to touch, to hold in your hand.

VERSE 2
Through fields of flowers, see the paths they weave,
A ballet in silence. The melody whispers, their songs we sing. 
With beauty fragile, they show the world life becomes art. 
Visions and colors, etched in my heart. 
When wings surround you with their spell, love’s essence is clear.
A rush of tender moments which we hold dear.

CHORUS 2
Open your wings, come with me.
We’re always going to be free.
Taking flight our laughter fills the air.
So fair, delights our sight.
Reaching out to touch, to hold in your hand.

VERSE 3 (outro)
So treasure these creatures, true magic we find.
With hearts unbound.
In the realm of butterflies, love’s secrets are found.

Butterflies (Secrets Of Love)

An original song inspired by my brief exposure to Fado music during a recent vacation to Portugal. Music and lyrics by me. Put together with the Reaper DAW and a variety of instruments for the music, with the vocals created using the Natalie voice and SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

VERSE 1
You asked me once if I knew what longing was.
I told you I didn’t know.
But, I’ve learned.
Now I’ll tell to you what I know.
It’s both light and darkness.
Happy or sad.

CHORUS
It’s lost nights.       		(It’s new days warm and light.)
Defeated souls   		(Futures bright.)
Jealousy               		(Love.)
For all that we want, 	(For all that we have,)
This longing for…		(is longing for…) 

VERSE 2
To dream of what you don’t have,
Is that happy, or is it sad?
Sadness longs for happy things.
Happiness dreams darker dreams.
‘Cause longing for, it’s not the same as wanting.
It won’t drive you mad. 

CHORUS
It’s lost nights.       		(It’s new days warm and light.)
Defeated souls   		(Futures bright.)
Jealousy               		(Love.)
For all that we want, 	(For all that we have,)
This longing for…		(is longing for…) 

INTERLUDE
It’s both mine and yours, this song
Destiny that ties us together,
No matter how we deny it,
Like the singing of the guitar strings.

(Bop ba-dop bop)
When I sing this song,
(Bop ba-dop bop)
Now I understand.
(Bop ba-dop bop)
Where I get this longing.

If you want to be together,
Have me always by your side,
Don’t talk about love only, 
Tell me also what you long for. 

(Bop ba-dop bop)
Leave me feeling lost,
(Bop ba-dop bop)
In what you say,
(Bop ba-dop bop)
And in what you don’t.

VERSE 3 
I told you once that I knew what longing was,
It’s whatever you need it to be, you see.
It can bring you to light or dark,
Give you joy and laughter .
Or ashes and pain.

CHORUS
It’s lost nights.       		(It’s new days warm and light.)
Defeated souls   		(Futures bright.)
Jealousy               		(Love.)
For all that we want, 	(For all that we have,)
This longing for…		(is longing for…)

Longing for...

An original song put together with the Reaper DAW and a variety of instruments. Music and lyrics by me, with some vocal fine tuning by my brother Synergy V (Dann Parks), using the Natalie and Solaria voices and SynthesizerV Studio Pro. I was hoping for an avant-garde jazz feel, my first piece in Locrian mode.

LYRICS
Cool, which way to cool, Which way to - 
stand up, get down, what’s up, this town.

Cool, this way to cool, this way to -
Low heat, back beat, slow start, big art.

Groove, we’re in the groove, into - 
Blue note, at night, it’s pure delight.

Beyond the rhythm.
Saxophone!

A cool, cool breeze sweeps through in the night.
It carries melodies, feels just right.
With every note, my heart beats and I ride this groove.

From crowded  halls the music calls, 
Sharing stories, writing tales on the walls.
Voices blend, harmony bends,
Creating magic where the music transcends.

Cool, which way to cool, Which way to - 
stand up, get down, what’s up, this town.

Cool, this way to cool, this way to -
Low heat, back beat, slow start, big art.

Groove, we’re in the groove, into - 
Blue note, at night, it’s pure delight.

Beyond the rhythm.

Cool, this way to cool. 
This way to cool. 
This way to…

Which Way To Cool

An original song about life’s choices. Music and lyrics by me. Put together with the Reaper DAW and a variety of instruments for the music, with the vocals created using the Natalie and Solaria voices in SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

**LYRICS**
VERSE 1
Sometime. Sometime.
In good times. I’m on cloud nine.
Peacetime. Breaking the ties that bind.
High crime. Working overtime.
Swing time. The rules don’t apply.
Night time. Time for goodbyes.

CHORUS 1
Daytime. Wake up at the edge of creation.
Sunshine. Close my eyes and feel the sensation.

VERSE 2
Sometime. Sometime, but not today. 
In hard times.  We’ll take a leap of faith.   
Fine line. Fine lines, crossed!
Just in time. Find what we lost.
Night time. Hold back, afraid to fall.
Life line. Chance is the sweetest of all.

CHORUS 2
Daytime. Staring at the end of creation.
Sunshine. Close my eyes and pray for salvation.

VERSE 3
Sometime. Let’s take a stroll, you and me. 
This time.  Find the door and turn the key.
Coastline. Past left behind.
Borderline. See what we find.
Night time. The moon at midnight.
Life line. Ooo what a sight. 

CHORUS 3
Daytime. Reaching for the edge of creation. 
Sunshine. Close my eyes and wait for damnation.  

INTERLUDE
Moon at midnight, what a sight.

VERSE 4
Sometime. Sometime, but not today. 
In hard times.  We’ll take a leap of faith.   
Fine line. Fine lines, crossed!
Just in time. Find what we lost.
Night time. Hold back, afraid to fall.
Life line. Chance is the sweetest of all.

CHORUS 4
Daytime. Staring at the edge of creation.
Sunshine. Close my eyes and hear the ovation.

Sometime

Touch the Ground
An original song about the seasons and the ups and downs of life. Music and lyrics by me. Put together with the Reaper DAW and a variety of instruments for the music, with the vocals created using the Natalie and Solaria voices in SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

LYRICS

CHORUS
Down and down, feel the sounds, round and round, touch the ground.
See the sky, bye and bye. I don’t know why, I feel so high.
Down and down, feel the sounds, round and round, touch the ground.
See the sky, bye and bye. I don’t know why, you say goodbye.

VERSE 1
I hear you calling me, just like the whispering breeze, through the summer leaves.
And when I hear that call, just like the turning leaves, I fall.

CHORUS
Down and down, feel the sounds, round and round, touch the ground.
See the sky, bye and bye. I don’t know why, I feel so high.

VERSE 2
Oh when the seasons change, the feelings rearrange, the world becomes so strange.
So when snowflakes kiss the air, the love and sorrow spills, into the winter chills.

CHORUS
Down and down, feel the sounds, round and round, touch the ground.
See the sky, bye and bye. I don’t know why, you say goodbye.

VERSE 3
And when the new world blooms, awakened from its gloom, life begins anew.   
On and on, the cycle plays its song, I chase the melodies, I'm the wind in the trees.

Touch The Ground

An original song about perception and reality. Music and lyrics by me. Put together with the Reaper DAW and a variety of instruments for the music, with the vocals created using the Natalie voice in SynthesizerV Studio Pro. Vocals tuning by my brother Synergy V (Dann Parks).

LYRICS

VERSE 1
Come child, come close your eyes.
Everything is fine, say your goodbyes.
To the world you think you feel, nothing is real,
It’s part of the grand collage.
It’s a mirage.

Now, as you come of age, 
Is it only love that makes living easy?
Does happiness free me?

And do you see the people?
How are they to know,
Know that we each live inside,
One lie or another.

Vision’s up side down,
How do you believe your eyes,
Your feet in the skies?
It’s all confusion.

CHORUS
All that you feel, all that you see.
Your reality, it’s an illusion.

VERSE 2
As you live your years,
As you turn the gears,
Don’t believe your ears.
Don’t feed your fears when you see,
See the picture fade, memories unmade,
So many days behind.

Come what may, don’t look away,
Or watch the world go by.
Paint your own picture,
Sharper and richer.

So hold your world inside,
Know it will be fine,
There’s no grand design,
Not yours not mine.

As you close your eyes, 
Wait for the surprise,
Of where you’ll wake and rise.  
Keep this in mind, you may find, 

CHORUS
All that you hear, all that you see.
Your reality, it’s an illusion.

BRIDGE
Trade your confusion for this grand Illusion.  
Trade your confusion for this grand Illusion.
Trade your confusion for this grand Illusion.

VERSE 3
So hold your world inside,
Knowing that you will be fine,
There’s no grand design,
Sleep, but as you close your eyes, 
wait for the surprise,
Of where you’ll wake and rise.
Keep this in mind, you may find,

CHORUS
All that you know, all that you see,
Your reality, It’s an illusion.

FINALS

Grand Illusion

An original song about walking in a graveyard. Music by me. Lyrics adapted from several poems by Jean Elliot, former Poet Laureate of the State of Virginia. Put together with the Reaper DAW using a variety of instruments for the music, with the vocals created using the Natalie voice in SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

-- LYRICS --

VERSE 1
I walk on these graves, the dead beneath my feet.
They rest in silence so complete, 
That none can ever hear, hear their sighing.
They who escaped from the noise, they need never listen anymore.

CHORUS 1
I know I envy them this quiet, this silence.
This garden eternal, call it heaven, heaven beneath the grass.

VERSE 2
I’m oh so careful of the flowers in this grass, 
So my feet don’t bruise them as I pass,
Through this verdant island of paradise.
The angels guarding here will find
No other blossoms more fair.

CHORUS 2
That’s why I envy the dead this quiet, this silence.
This garden eternal, call it heaven, heaven beneath the grass.

INTERLUDE
What a beautiful place to be dead.

VERSE 3
Shall I walk in this place the whole night through?
If I grow lonely should I think, my sweet, of you?
Nestled in this graveyard.
But when daylight blues the sky and negates the moon,
The space between us remains, will I join you soon? 

CHORUS 3
Till then I envy the you this quiet, this silence.
This garden eternal, call it heaven, heaven beneath the grass.

Beneath The Grass

An original song lamenting excessive consumerism. Music and lyrics by me. Put together with the Reaper DAW and a variety of instruments for the music, with the vocals created using the Natalie voice in SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

--LYRICS--
VERSE 1
I’m always always on the go, no I never stop.
I never stop to think what I do it for.
Do, do, do, I always gotta do.
Like a kid in a candy store, I only want some more.
More than I need, I concede.
More than my fair share, but do I care?
So when desire calls, can’t be without.
Who knows what the future’s all about.

CHORUS 1
Two steps forward, one step back, 
Until I have a heart attack, that’s progress.
Two steps forward, one step back, 
See me drive that Cadillac, that’s progress.

VERSE 2
I never learned to stop, when to say when.
I always wanted to be High Society.
Free, free, free, nothing comes for free.
So I pay the price and I don’t think twice.
More than enough. (Too much stuff.)
Way beyond need. (Call it greed.)
So when wanting calls, gotta shut it out.
I need to learn to do without.

CHORUS  2
One step forward, two steps back, 
Until I have a heart attack, that’s progress.
One step forward, two steps back,
Makes me an insomniac, that’s progress?

INTERLUDE
(Too Much Stuff) What’s the point?
(Too Much Stuff) So many things.
(Too Much Stuff) More than I need.
(Too Much Stuff) Call it greed.

(Too Much Stuff) Still I want it.
(Too Much Stuff) Gotta have it all.
(Too Much Stuff) Makes me happy.
(Too Much Stuff) Or so they say.

(Too Much Stuff) It’s time to learn to say no.
(Too Much Stuff) Take my foot off the gas.
(Too Much Stuff) Shouldn’t be about getting there fast.
(Too Much Stuff) Can I make it last?

VERSE 3
So no more shop-'til-I-drop, that’s gotta stop. 
Why buy something new when I’ve already got two?
More, no more, I don’t need more.
Now I ask myself, what do I need it for?
Bigger is not always the way.
You can go faster, sure, but, why the race?
Smaller, slower, softer, words for today.
Go gentle on the Earth, we’re here to stay.

CHORUS  3
Small steps forward, small steps back.
Finding that I’m back on track, that’s progress.
Looking forward, thinking back. 
I still want that Cadillac. 
Oh well, that’s progress.

That's Progress

An original song about love. Put together with the Reaper DAW. Music and lyrics by me, with vocals using the Natalie voice with SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

LYRICS
-verse 1-
Like the wind and the rain,
Thoughts of you come again.
I thought it was love, That’s why I trusted you so.
Now, when you go, I don’t know.
I remember every word that we said, 
Now we’re silent instead.
But I know it was love.
Was it love? I don’t know.

-verse 2- 
Your eyes, they were brown,   
And your mood, always blue,
Like the sea, and the sky. You need be free, I always knew.
You look in my eyes, And tell me your lies aren’t meant to hurt me.   
In your arms I’m light as air, But when we kiss, you’re not there.
Please stay. Don’t go away. Won’t you say you’ll be true?

-verse 3-
Seems so cliche. I pursue, you refrain
So many stories told, False feelings unfold.  
With every promise made, I felt my heart betrayed and broken.
We both lie, in bed , Were lies all you said?
I don’t care now if you go, We both know I love you. 
Say it too!

(Interlude)

-verse 4-
Thoughts come of you,  Like the winds in the rain.
I lie in my bed  And the dreams come unbidden.
Looking back, was I blind?  Was it all in my mind?  
Could it be? Did I see what I wanted to see? You and me.    
But I know it was love. Was it love?

Sepiatone (Was it Love?)

Don't Call Me

I entered the world of music through accordion lessons in elementary school. Had a mini-Moog and a few other keyboards in high school. Now I've been playing with the digital workflow for around 5 years, purely for my own amusement.

Keith Parks

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