It Was All A Dream

Remixed with a new vocal track and mastered January 11, 2025.
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I met a guy.  He had very extreme political ideas and seemed to believe in every conspiracy.  I asked him where he learned the things he was saying.  He told me he know of a guy in Germany who was a fantastic source.  Afterward it occured to me that the "guy in Germany" could be anyone, and that it was a pretty dubious kind of source for all his supposed knowledge.  Little by little the guy in Germany became the Random Dude.
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Lyrics:
Verse:
I recognize that look
I see it all the time
You probably think that I’ve lost the plot
You worry bout my state of mind
You think I’m lost in conspiracy
But I can see things you might never see
Cuz I’ve found a place where the actual truth
Is handed out to anyone for free

Verse:
I’ve been searching for the truth
For as long as I can recall
I was pretty young when I realized
They were lying to us all
The government, church and the media
Their lies are a complete disgrace
But I found a source for the real story
He been there a while, out in cyber space

Chorus:
He’s got a website on the internet
He’s the strangest guy that you ever met
Don’t know where he lives or his real name
Can’t say for sure that he’s completely sane
A chip on his shoulder and a bad attitude
But that’s my guy, he’s just some random dude

Verse:
I tried going to the library
Talk to some folks who had a pHD
Conversed with a government entitiy
Took a course at the university
I would watch the news or a documentary
But all of their lies never satified me
He doesn’t need evidence, science or math
To get to the truth, the dude found a different path

Bridge:
The dude told me some remarkable facts
Like world not round it’s completely flat
He says the deep state had JFK shot
UFOs are real, covid was not
Chemtrails are part of population contrl
With 5G & vaccines they’re killing us slow
When he told me 911 was an inside job
I kinda had to conclude
That he knows his stuff, the random dude

Verse:
You might trust your scientists,
Doctors and lawyers too
You might trust your experts and
Everything the media’s feeding to you
But I know better I know who to ask
I know someone who’s thought it through
I know a random dude on the internet
He always tells me what’s really true

Chorus:
He’s got a website on the internet
He’s the strangest guy that you ever met
Don’t know where he lives or his real name
Can’t say for sure that he’s completely sane
A chip on his shoulder and a bad attitude
But that’s the guy, he’s just some random dude

Outro:
I once did my own research very seriously
Looking for websites that agreed with me
But these days I hardly even bother to read
I got more answers than I’ll ever need
He knows a hell of a lot and he’s never been wrong
if you want to know more all you gotta do is go to random dude
That’s random dude dot com

Random Dude

Dying Romantic

Lyrics:
Jesus Christ, let me live
I've been around since Lilith and Adam wed
I've seen your wars, seen the things that I can't forget

We met in pre-Adamite paradise, before time
I knew when I saw your face, how your voice sounds
You cracked some jokes but didn't know why you were funny
I spent a thousand something years looking over my shoulder
And there you were, in the Hanging Gardens
Tigris shon off your skin in the moonlight
I smiled at you, you took a hundred second glances
Your name echoed

Jesus Christ, let me live
I've been around since Lilith and Adam wed
I've seen your wars, seen the things that I can't forget

(Jesus Christ, you bastards win)
(You left me broken, bloodied and all beaten in)
(Not wings, suspended on a shoestring)

(Jesus Christ, you bastards win)
(You left me broken, bloodied and all beaten in)
(Not wings, suspended on a shoestring)

Empires fell and the bronze age collapsed
We just lay in our house, and I read you the greats
In Alexandria, we saw the library stormed
And you cursed their bloodlines for ruining your bed time story

Now our hair dragged behind us for a mile or two,
And our nails were as long as addition arms
One night you fashioned your nails into sixty daggers
And slayed the Caesar but never came home
That place had too many memories, so I burnt it to the ground
I cut my hair in the ashes and left for a new world

In sauna, I saw her, a fading angel
I thought I knew her face and her voice, it felt like home
She opened the wrong doors and
Didn't know why I found her funny
I hadn't felt this way for someone since I met you
I read her the classics, by my definition
Even the lost ones she said, sounded familia
And finally came the conversation of "how old you are"
I couldn't get a straight answer
I finally knew.

Jesus Christ, let me live
I've been around since Lilith and Adam wed
I've seen your wars, seen the things that I can't forget
Jesus Christ, you bastards win
You left me broken, bloodied and all beaten in
Not wings, suspended on a shoestring

APOCORAX

Machine

Novocaine

Orchids


You're in the driveway
You were coming my way
On a Friday night
My little speed train
Could you refrain
From risking your life

But I feel you
When I'm not near you 
All the colors fade to light

But when you're here in my arms
Everything is true
When you're here, I tell my heart            
You can finally settle down, finally settle down

I know no other
That pulled me under
Quite the way you did
I feel I'm drowning
Though I'm counting
When I can pull you near

I want to feel you
When I'm near you
So the colors can burn more bright

But when you're here in my arms
Everything is true
When you're here, I tell my heart            
You can finally settle down, finally settle down

There is no reason for hiding anymore
No more mournful waves at my door
No sounds of your needing or me desperately pleading
Just our hearts as they go                                      
Bump bump buda bum
Bump bump buda bum                                  
Bump bump bump

But when you're here in my arms
Everything is true
When you're here, I tell my heart            
You can finally settle down, finally settle down
          
Finally settle down, finally settle down          
Finally settle down, finally settle down
Finally settle down, finally settle down now

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Free Yourself

A tale of a relationship coming to an end; it had been "heaven" but both parties beginning to recognise that they are now pretending. They "gotta get it right".
I quite like this but am wondering if I have used the title/hook just a little too often. I'll leave it open for now but may change the track if it doesn't grow on me a little more. Any comments will be welcome?

When We Got It Right

كلمات:أحمد فهد، ألحان وغناء: محمد صلاح الدين، توزيع: شادي عبد الوهاب

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Mafew Van de Maxville