The Grinding Wheel

Written for the Nur Ein songwriting contest, year XX, Round 1. 

Title: Pyramid
Challenge: Use a repeating melodic phrase that gets shorter as the song progresses/builds.

Lyrics:
You say
denial is just a river
so you say, and so you say
You say
you were there
when aliens built the pyramids
so you say

but I've been listening
to the songs of the stars
and I'm hearing things
that you don't understand

You say
I learned nothing from
your college course
so you say, so you say
You say
secret teachings of ancient masters
are lost on me
so you say

but I've been listening
and I'm hearing things
that you don't understand

Credits:
R. Brookes McKenzie - vocals, Omnichord
E. Niveous Rayside - guitar
Eric Novak - acoustic bass
Jay Ackley - piano

Pyramids

Walk on Waves

Written and recorded June 2025

Smoke creeps throughout the room
The cancer that it gave us is a friend
A shadow of a doubt is all we can assume
Because everybody gets there in the end

You tell me not to cry
You tell me not to lie
That things can't be as bad as they seem
You say the dawn will break
But if I'm not awake
How could this be anybody's dream?

A thousand soldiers hit the street
The echo of their marching keeps the time
Better angels hear the rhythm but the tune is indistinct
And powder can ignite more than a rhyme


You tell me not to cry
You tell me not to lie
That things can't be as bad as they seem
You say the dawn will break
But if I'm not awake
How could this be anybody's dream?

Sleight of hand and pantomime
The hero of the spotlight entertains
When every trick is clear as day and the jokes no longer land
It's the story of the stumble that remains


You tell me not to cry
You tell me not to lie
That things can't be as bad as they seem
You say the dawn will break
But if I'm not awake
How could this be anybody's dream?
How could this be anybody's dream?
How could this be anybody's dream?

Anybody's Dream

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