Second Skin

Sanctuary

Obliodrivers by Aedos Cluster of the Waterfall

Shapes Form

This track is about when you start seeing a new perspective in life by starting with a new day by letting go of your hurts , anger and make a positive change. People can be cruel and you need to let go of these people and surround yourself with people who lift you up and encourage you. It is about excepting what cannot be changed and moving on and transforming to a more fulfilling life.  A new day for a new beginning for the rest of your existence.

A New Sunrise

Thanks to my friend Chris for shredding on this track

Track construction - Combstead
lead guitar - Chris
mix - Combstead / Chris
mastered - Chris
artwork - Chris

Voice of reason - feat. Chris

I once overheard a conversation. A friend was saying "we're just women with too much rope".  I wasn't' entirely sure what she meant, but the phrase stuck with me.

Lyrics
Everything’s been easy at every turn
Too much freedom we never had to earn
Too much money, too much sex
Too many things going the way you’d expect

The light is bright, The day is long
We always had plenty of adequate dope
I never complained about what you did
When you gave us too much rope 

Too much coffee
Too much time
Too many options
To keep in line
Too much youth
In early days
Too much time and money
For the current craze

There were questions we didn’t need to answer
That was something that we never had to do
When things went wrong like they always tend to
There was always rope and it would pull us through

You must have made some choices in those empty days
Running up expenses that nobody pays
Did you think about it, was it something you planned
I'm not complaining I just don't understand

You gave us so much, thought we could do without hope
You kept us supplied with plenty of rope
Now it seems we're finding it harder to compe
With the bumpy ground and the slippery slope 

Too much nonsense
Too many rhymes
It's hard to hear
At the best of time
I never want to question
Who I'm talking to
Cuz the answers don't even sound
Half way true

There were questions we didn’t need to answer
That was something that we never had to do
When things went wrong like they always tend to
There was always rope and it would pull us through

All that rope seemed like a gift
I figured it would help me feel free
But I didn’t understand that rope weighs a lot
It’s weighing me down, it’s not letting me be

There came a time when it seemed to me
That this rope became a liability
Things that used to come so easily
Became tangled in their  complexity

For what you gave I felt gratitude
Now things have changed and now I have to conclude
Mabye we’d be better living day to day
If we didn't have this rope getting in our way

There were questions we didn’t need to answer
That was something that we never had to do
When things went wrong like they always tend to
There was always rope and it would pull us through

Too Much Rope

I Believe

Blood Red Skies

Bloodspire — Throne of Ruin
Debuting with their first full-length album, Bloodspire delivers a powerful fusion of heavy metal and melodic intensity. Throne of Ruin spans 12 tracks of thunderous riffs, driving drums, and commanding vocals that explore themes of power, conflict, and defiance. With a sound that’s both aggressive and epic, this album marks Bloodspire’s arrival as a force to be reckoned with in the modern metal scene.

Warborn

The Last Of The Earth

Many birds use intermittent flight which consists of flapping phases interspersed either with flexed-wing bounds or extended-wing glides.

Jerred Seveyka: Rhythm Guitar
Bret Tobalske: Lead Slide Guitar, Bass and Drums

Intermittent Flight

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