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As a tribute to the utterly wonderful HBO series True Detective, this remix explores the similarities between the show's underlying theme of time being a flat circle and the Indian idea of Moksha, the release from that very circle of vicious repetition. 

So I took Thyagaraja's hauntingly brilliant "Mokshamu Galada" where he wonders if there is ever going to be Moksha without knowledge, and blended The Handsome Family's "Far from any road", the theme song of the show with it. 

Played on the following instruments
1. Yamaha C40 Classical guitar
2. Hofner beginner Cello
3. Electric violin

The raga is "Saramathi" which well into fits into the A minor key of the theme song

Far From Moksha

Ask Her:

I'm in a bar just thinkin of you
I want you as my lady
I don't care what I have to do
I'm gonna do it baby
And If you don't like it well I won't care
But I'll never know if I don't get off this chair

I'm walkin out and I see you pass
I try to greet you lightly
We talk a bit and then I ask 
Will you go out beside me
and to my surprise you said yes

I'm glad I got up off my ass
Or I'd have never seen you
It's funny how these moments pass
When you just sit there drinkin
If I chose to remain depressed
I'd still be in there thinkin
About the girl 
that I can now call mine

Recorded this all today, lots still needs to be done, but I like it enough to share for the time being

Ask Her (demo/bassless)


Perception, get your fix
and open up all your doors
Destruction, take your licks
and don't do it anymore
Denial, it's a bitch
for you and everyone
Just admit, you are wrong
It's the only way to move on

What do you think you did right today?
The thing that matters most is how we play
We'll never get it right it's just a fact
So just enjoy your life, and take this pact

Just admit we'll never get it right!

Perception (Demo)

Lyrics:

I didn't have clue about what to do
shoulda known not to mess with you
When you left him to go with me
He didn't really do anything wrong
But you left him for another arm
and that shoulda been my first alarm

Why'd I go and put myself between you two
When He and I were such good friends
Now the only thing in common is that you
Left us both for other friends

Why, did you say you had a crush on me
When you were going steady
With my best friend at the time
He didn't really do anything wrong
But you let go of his arm
and that shoulda been my first alarm

Alarm (Demo)

She keeps on glancing at him
He gets all nervous and leaves
I was once in his shoes
But now I choose to make moves

It's too bad I passed up the one
that has my heart, yea it is gone
Now relationships are just a game to play
Which is just plain wrong so I move away

Now shes glancing at me
I show her that i am intrigued
I once was in her shoes
Waiting for someone to make some moves

It's too bad I passed up the one
that has my heart, yea it is gone
Now relationships are just a game to play
Which is just plain wrong so I move away

I choose to make moves
When it's time to groove
Meddling round' is just wrong
Cuz you hold their heart and then your gone

Perception (Demo)

Kyle Koester