Open tuning: DADAC#A
---
Oh to be like a tree
And have only one place to be
When Infinite divisions bloom
We fall and fall from some womb 	 to look for room	by the light of the moon
---
Half instru CH
---
Strong as savage bulls
Often gripped by th darkness full
Sacrifice don’t satiate
Don’t buy you a later date 	you must reach for fate	there’s no other way
---
	It proceeds that
You both slip
You can expect this
amidst glorious deeds
You fume and rage like beasts of the hill
With no escaping it, the sacred pill
-
The unknown is a predator & treasure
Where loss costs more than the equivalent win
So turn aside, once you see the crimes
And identify a losing game with no end
-
Make ready
Go at her side
Love’s labor never minds
Your shield’s heavy
The lightning flies
Dismount; kiss the ground
	It’s home you’ve found
-
When we’ve not been  logged in a while by
Ideals, gods, or forms of the one
We push the river & seek out the fire to
Possess our bones and blot out the sun
---
CH
---bridge: & how will you go into the unknown?  
--
Check the sky; it’s weather not clime
Let the exalted rise & check your might
Stormy heart for stormy heart
Trees of the forest fall, reeds of the swamp call
-
Make ready
Go at her side
Love’s labor never minds
The world’s heavy
Your babies cry
Dismount; kiss the ground
	It’s home you’ve found
--
Citylands sink in slumber
With walls breached; it’s no real wonder
That strong bricks prove only danger
& the woods sing sweet, tempting all with naked	 Nature	But you can be damn sure You’re never outside of her

Never Outside

The new pusherman
(DGDGBD) capo3

(Dm, Bb) <key of Bb>
The old pusherman
was waiting in the shadows
But the new pusherman
is on CNN and late shows
the old pusherman
Feared the hand of government
But the new pusherman
Just treats ‘em as subordinates
(G...Bb/G, Dm, C, A)
(C, Bb, F, Eb/Dm)
Well I believe in healing
But i’m seeing double-dealing
And on the holy ceiling
There’s a light revealing
a pusherman
Who ain’t even human
(C, Bb…)
----
The old pusherman
fed you just to cash in
the new pusherman
preys on your compassion
Says listen mister
if you care for your sister
You’ll get in line sensibly
There’s no denying my recipe

Well I believe in healing
And I have seen the green of the promised land
Yet on the holy ceiling
There’s a light revealing
a fearless fortune
And an upward motion
Yet i’m floating on the ocean
Of unflinching devotion

To a pusherman...
Who has a hell of a hunger plan

The old pusherman
Gave what you were needing
The new pusherman
keeps diseases just to cure them
He says take caution
And then every so often
Walks down among the dying
To makes sure they’re multiplying

Well I believe in healing
And I believe in being a better man
Yet up on the holy ceiling
There’s a light revealing
a fearless fortune
And an upward motion
Yet i’m walking on an ocean
Of unflinching devotion

To a pusherman

The New Pusherman

Human Sacrifice

Verse (key of Bb; F, Eb, Dmsus2, Eb…C
GUITAR: capo5 ;  C, Dm, Am, Dm…G ):

Chorus (key of F/; Bb, Cmaj, Bb, D/ Eb
GUITAR: capo5     Fmaj, G, Fmaj, Am/Dm)

I lived long with the look of a circuitous journey
grown green as light drained from a clean bright bulb
I lived long with a twisted stump, wasted where a mad world chewed a fine mind to a wretched pulp
I lived long with a leaking kindness, watching warm blood downed in sickening gulp after gulp
	It’s human sacrifice
Cutting loose a loved one
But you just can’t keep
A loose noose hanging around 
(Bb… to verse)
You opened up your heart and froze up 
unwilling to go forward, unable to go back
And you read between the lines til 
you began to miss the point 
And now you can’t even give up what’s already been burned black
In the fog of war you fell for
Your own encore
You fell down to family
Who couldn’t save you from
Your one way track
	It’s human sacrifice
…
	[Turn the ground
	Round and round]
(Bb, C…Bb G, to verse)













And i’ve loved so many
And so many let me down
I’ve buried bones in every single town
And I’m SO sorry to have let you down
And i’m SO SO sorry to see you drown
But it’s written the book that the ancients call the truth
It’s stained red and I’ve made my bed, I’ve made my bed

It’s human sacrifice
Cutting loose a loved one
But you just can’t keep
A loose noose hanging around 
[And i can hear the count down
to your final sound
Your blackened sound
Your dark damp final sound]
(Bb, C… G, to verse)
I forgive you

Human Sacrifice

(guitar: DGDGBD)

Pre v: G/D
Verse 2, 0 (A, G/D)
pre-CH 3, 5 // (F, G…G/D)
Chorus 0, 3 // 8, 7.. 5 hold, 3 (transit) (D, F// A#, A, … G)

Feel my fathers head in my hands
Squeeze my head in my hands
The river shimmers round my shattered feet
Still my quiver’s nowhere near empty
Father, what have we come to?
Where do we run to?

Twisting in the worldwide prism
Like it or not, you’re gliding with ‘em
Like it or not, we answer to an algorithm
Which has no heart to feel 
And no need to reel
In the damage

Land of the free
Free to do good, Free to do bad
Faces of the many
Stretched city to sea to shining sea
Red tape, forsaken needs
Patiently the patient bleeds

Twisting in the worldwide prism
Like it or not, you’re lying with ‘em
Like it or not, we answer to an algorithm
	(A#, C, D…D#)
We answer to an algorithm
We answer to an algorithm

Only a man can feel
Only a woman can feel
a need for this land to heal
A need to take the wheel 
The old way Can’t be THE true way when
The future forms a ray through today
	
Twisting in the worldwide prism
Like it or not, you’re dying with ‘em
Like it or not, we answer to an algorithm
we answer to an algorithm
	Which has no heart to feel
	And no reason to reel
	In the damage

The Algorithm is Broken

God Is Not a Person (Greater Later)
In 3
Standard tuning

Dm, Dm, Cmaj, G
–
A river of light 
Ripples inside
Dividing her sky from great father time
Husk and seed
Void and body 
Two sides to every i- 
	Bb9, C9/
-dea
I’m striving to see ‘em
—
She’s hoping you
Go become who
You're dreaming of when she’s burnt black & blue
I pray that she
Sees the best me
as i’m aiming not to be blaming the
	Worst parts
	On anyone else 

Transition C C Em
 —
F Em D F G//  Bb, C//
God is not a person
Each eye opposite
Somebody’s eye
I am a person
& the devilish shade in 
a greater
	later
—
Angels make friends
So they can transcend 
The pale mist of unending bliss
Now I’ll run for hero
But i need to know how
I'll never need crutches or spells to
	Shield me from
	The reality (that)
CH…

Greater Later (or God Is Not A Person) - FEAT. Doug Lee from RDL+

king of nowhere
(standard tuning)

Partial bar chord shape: starts on 13 (from low to high: 13, 12, 15).

V: 13, 12 \\ 17, 15…
(E, F \\ A, G, C, B)
CH: 8, 7 ||
(C, B )
—

In that distant land, where your currency did shimmer
You shined our light till the natives lift your litter
But that crescent moon outshone your morningstar
& so few could view you from out the western window where we are
-
So you raise your flag - they drag you cross our portal
Where your glimmer begins to wither - and so do your supporters
Your drop drips to the sea //

	Who did you mean to be.. Here? X2
	(chorus solo)

Then here on on the -endo it’s just you and us
The truth shines its size in spades & blows back black dust
There’s not one trace of your strong and willing soldiers
Your tires have run flat & your throne’s a jeweled boulder
-
You rise to your feet to find your spirit feeble
Your unearned income is worth little to these people
The beginning has come back for you //

	Who do you want to be here? x3

It’s ride or die here with the lion and the mouse
You can gaze upon what’s broken but never knew a doubt
I have half a mind to feed you, but little time to waste
If you’re looking for a holy grail son, I’m sorry but you have to hone your taste

King Of Nowhere

Everything Everywhere

standard tuning
Verse: (B, A)
pre-chor: ½ time; B, G#m, A, G#maj
CHORUS: C#m, G#m, A, G#maj
-
I’m sorry, but let’s be honest
The bar would rather hear CCR
One hour from sinking, proverbially
When the countdown’s blinking
Somebody say something
Before the handles melt
off the doors

	And everything is   everywhere

Malibu honey
Full act. Full fusion
-powered pace chasing 
my breath in this race
I had to kill a black widow
I didn’t wanna but she had to go
You know we’re just carving out 
Corners to call home

	<instrumental chorus>

Passed prizes and patio fare
Slipped threats of derailleur
But i promised to mail ya
The keys to our sailboat, Take Leave
I went to see Fatdog
But i only found Samuel
Son begat father
It seemed just as fair

	As anything anywhere…

Everything Everywhere

Spaceman Blues

Fm, Db, F, Ab //x2 Eb, Db
-
Eb, Bb, Ab, Eb/Db
-
By the river
Teenage dragonflies 
Sunny day
An unexpected haze
-
Water’s passing
Like I used to
Waves are standing
Like you always do
Like you always do
–
Do you remember when we
headed for the stars?
We left the world
When winter came to stay
-
But up in space
It’s just our radio
The time of day
Is always just the same
Always just the same
–
Eb, Bb, Ab,  Eb-Db-C//

Yeah there’s a thousand sighs to sigh
A million reasons why
But I wouldn’t pay ‘em any mind
Somewhere it is springtime

BRIDGE: Bb, Ab, Eb, Db / Eb-Db-C//

Let’s look at all that living
When we think about what’s dead
The confusions never ending
And conflicts of course, of course, of course..

Spaceman Blues (Feat. Doug Lee, RDL+)

Top Down

Capo 2

V: Am, Em, G?, Fmaj// Emaj…Fmaj

(piano: Bm, A, Gmaj// F#maj…Gmaj)
-
CH: Cmaj, Gmaj, Fmaj, [Am - Emaj]... riff thing

(piano: Dmaj, Amaj, Gmaj, [Bm - F#maj] … riff thing: B, E, Gmaj…Amaj) 

(When i was a boy)
I was thinking of next year
Now I’m fighting just to get back to here
Tried not to put my faith in disease
& all i want now is to make it back to the beach
-
(There’s always the danger)
Where was I supposed to be?
All these people, depending on me
My god, I’m stinking with fear
Here come winter again & how many next years?
-
I need to put the top down
I gotta let it go
And even as I’ve found out
	How to let the wind blow; i gotta let it blow
-
(The burning forest) 
Contradictory rules
“A representative will be with you soon
Please hold” - and coral’s crying
The work on my plate - is stupefying
-
CH
-
BRIDGE: F#, D, Emaj, F#/Emaj…D…A, Emaj
(piano: G#, E, G#/F#maj…E…B, F#maj)

	My, my universe
	The curse of time & the cosmic traverse
Lies, lies & scent of success
The whimper of slaves & the weight upon my
Chest

INSTR BR….end on D
















Top Down

Election Week

Liminality

Capo 2

CH: bar7+, bar9+, 9m, 5maj
(piano: Db7, Ab7, Ebm, Bmaj)

V: 4m, 2maj ||  Emaj, 2maj, Amaj, Amaj+
(piano: Bb, Ab || Gb, Ab, B, B)

In creatine dreams I’ve seen the puckering seams
Of Artificialand’s dark commandments
But i’m sleeping unsound with these clocks swirling around
And the 3 am angel invaders
Sing ‘better anger than fear' as the decision draws near
The great reversal’s nothing like rehearsals

You’re gonna find your way through that fray
To that great sunset at the end of your day

Your life will be the cost, whichever way you walk
By creating or re-selling things unchanged
Your referent pain points back to a golden mean
Where the hunger persists despite abundances
We are judged by what we give to all that which outlives
While the slanted Earth laughs us into dirt

	But you’re gonna…

Medusa me through the eye of a needle or two
Till sight returns to the blind spot in my mind
With head, heart, and luck, I have mined the veins i’ve struck
Never meant to make it hard on the aging guard
They gave me a fast life and a satisfied demise
No, android prisoners really are not miracles

Liminality


V: B, G, F#m, G
CH: D (Bar on 5th)...F#m, G
*power chords unless otherwise noted
 
(2x intro)

Distracted and unfriendly
In the city streets Afraid
You can’t change them You’re a stranger
And some people won’t rearrange, they’re
Disappearing into the prol feed
All jacked up on dirty fuel

why find the alignment?

(2 x verse instru)


What has been happening
With you my friend?
The things you say The things you don’t
As i’m fumbling for my light
They said don’t read the comments
I read the comments 
And they read just about right

I spy the alignment

(bridge: Amaj, G // Fmaj, Emaj):


	(2 x instru)
Unchain from the pain
relax the   your soul
Release the resentment
	Don’t let it get a hold

Do these trees feel a purpose? 
When will the stars notice their dust?
I got ideas; will you see ‘em?
There’s freckles on the morning sun
Labels lie, but i see you need one
& I’m dying to up and become

	I’ll find some alignment
 (3x,  end on B)


Alignment

Fountain of Youth

D// D, C/G // F, Em, F, G // D
 
Every day with you’s a fountain of youth
In every single way, in all that you do
Every day is a fountain of youth
You know it’s true, you know, you know, you 
know, you do
–
And I saw you coming at early dawn
I’d know you anywhere, in any crowd, I’d never move on
And all that you gave me was what wasn’t gone
It’s ain’t so much your grace, as your way to face what’s coming on

	Every day with you’s a fountain of youth
	In every way, in all that you say, in all that 
you do
Every single day’s a fountain of youth
It’s in your aim, it’s in your pain, it’s a prayer to truth
	(instru CH)
–
And now that you’ve landed, the cedars all ring and
Freedom ain’t for sale, but the kingdom remains in view 
And I see you’re not planning pyramids
But the work that you do is as old as it is new
–
	Every day with you’s a fountain of youth
	In every way, in all that you say, in all that 
you do
All of my days now, a fountain of youth
It’s in your name, it’s in your fame, it’s a prayer to renew
Integrating the narrow roads..
–







Fountain of Youth (feat. Doug Lee, RDL+)

Green Pilot Light (Settling for Less)

Capo on 2

V: Amaj, G, F, G / Am, G, F, G
CH: C, B, Am
 –

Fire up my green pilot light
The spiral staircase heats up tonite
We’ll weave a better version of our best
And there’s no way in hell we’ll be caught settling for less

When the stars all seem to  misdirect
We’ll climb on through, repair & protect
So come you who’d put us to the test
There’s no prize ‘neath your skies that will see us settling for less

	We won’t be settling for less

There’s an old king suspicious of his kind
There’s a shadow that steals little sips of his light
All he needed was hope for some real progress
But he’s stuck setting traps to catch us settling for less

	We won’t be settling for less

Now it’s one future versus the past
And we’re standing naked on a new middle path
If the world is really just a big game of chess
Here’s to ‘perpetual’ and we won’t be settling for less


We won’t be settling for less







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Settling for Less

GLUE

Riff is seated on 5th string between 6 & 8 frets. Moves to power chords which bounce along down 6th string
 –

INTRO: keyboard (B, A, G, A/B)

Keep on orienting     to the goal
It’s just that versus the    implack-able black hole
I was a feather before.     make me a burning sword
I can do better for sure.     I can live up to my word

Blue jay perched upon that       yellow-brown crown
Sees what’s up here is always       quite a long, long way down
I hear violin now       i hear my own vows sound
I’m transfigured.     I’ll feed myself to a crowd

	BRIDGE instru: Emaj, F, G, F/G // G, F, Emaj

<instrumental verse out>

Glue

No Grass is Greener [by Aled & Shilo]

Nothing occurs without the collusion of everything.

Shilo DeLay

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