Karl for 8/3/24

the light fades behind the sky
soon the darkness will fill your eyes
I'll show you places most would rather ignore
ten thousand years will pass before we are sure 
what to do with this life quickly passing by you
gonna do something crazy tonight
I got a feeling tonight
free all the thoughts I've been trying to hide from this world
in the back of my mind
who unheeded their warning her wrath aims at you
your lines are attached to a weight sinking under its too late now to break free try to stand, lose your grip and just laugh as you think about all the reasons you had not to smile well how ironic to find you're gonna leave like you never arrived in the dead of the night
your roof is caving your walls crashing in
still I'm the fool wishing you'd let me in
and I can sense it this feeling within 
I know its gonna be closing in

Mike Molino: Piano, vocals, lyrics;  Dave Ferrairo: Guitar;   Greg Scappicchio: Bass;  Doug Melanson: Drums

Closing In

Written in the days after the horrific events of 9/11/01, we will never forget
Live performance of this song via this YouTube link @35:39  https://youtu.be/vNWWxwTwmEo?feature=shared

don't try to figure out what she's whispering 
it's always all about what she's missing
a sweeter spice to taste a bitter life to waste
these walls you have outgrown now lock me in 
the place that you call home's without me its another space in time we left it all behind
go fly now you're home free into the night
can't help but feeling something ain't right
you're mind rejects believing a world of fright lingers in your head
but don't think twice, go, life is more beautiful in motion 
A smile to your eyes as I'm grieving
silent to your ears as I'm screaming everything is gonna work out, right?
I wrote a song after you left that day I called it beautiful in motion as a warm sun turned to shade and let the shadows drown
go fly now you're home free into the night
can't help but feeling something ain't right
you're just afraid of finding a world that might not be the same again
but don't think twice, go, life is more beautiful in motion
I wrote a song after you left that day I called it beautiful in motion as a warm sun turned to shade and let the shadows drown 
I wrote a song after you left that day I called it beautiful in motion as a warm sun turned to gray and let the shadows drown 
as it turned to gray and they drowned as it turned to gray
life is more beautiful in motion, motion, motion

Mike Molino: Piano, Vocals, lyrics;   Dave Ferrairo: Guitar, Bass, Drums

Beautiful In Motion

watch me play this song live on the piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP1tRu4sbKw
ooo crazy me again I find what I want and just set it free
you say go out enjoy have fun and live a little please
and don't come back until you're socially up to speed
A cold world a thirsting need
Can't set your mind on how to acquire your riches and fulfillment spiritually 
I walk alone window shopping lifting down a dead end street
Just empty shelves victims of a local access world where people speak but very seldom meet in such a false reality 
how's it gonna be when I can't even find myself got no direction only see my best in your reflection I know all I'm gonna see with out you's misery
That's why I hold you to blame, I hold you to blame, I'm going insane 
I lost heart a faithful soul
as she described her idea of a perfect mate I recognized like someone I know
and now I don't really feel like dying I don't even want to go home
I think I finally found somebody think I finally found someone who finally found me
Live video performance of this song available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC41KqtVVCdC7L4zHRhUQksw

Mike Molino: Piano, vocals, lyrics;  Dave Ferrairo: Guitar;   Greg Scappicchio: Bass;  Doug Melanson: Drums

No Direction

Who's been lying in my bed I haven't been around
He's a liar 
He's a cheater
and I've been tortured myself
but I won't use excuses for raising such hell
I'm not trying to confuse you 
I know you much too well to believe in the heroes built up in the stories you tell
I crossed the winds of a hurricane with just the thought that you might come across my name beneath a bold headline about a man who went insane
Lived through the teen years without a tragedy and then the world closes in you're lost at 23 can ask the good lord why but life remains such a mystery, such mystery
Sick of trying not to need you just fooling myself
Still taste you still you feel you still crave your sweet love
If I raise up my hands as I fall to my knees wearing nothing but rags at seventeen degrees I can stand it as long as your love is with me
One touch of your hand used to make me believe that its not such a waste to waste what you need I can stand it as long as you're wasting with me

Mike Molino: Piano, vocals, lyrics;  Dave Ferrairo: Guitar;   Greg Scappicchio: Bass;  Doug Melanson: Drums

Sick Of Trying

An ode to veterans. Thank you for your service

Check out the live performance of this song here: https://youtu.be/1pmOA6X0RAY

come forth come hear I'll speak the truth
we're growing old within our youth
for a time lets celebrate and laugh
I'll speak the words hold up your glass
To all who fought and died for US, you're in our thoughts and in our hearts
We'll fight until the debt is paid, justice done and freedom saved
It's triumph to try on for everyday
Motivation is taken then given away
It was we who desired peace and would not retreat
When it's gone wrong we must be strong and defeat
There's cheer behind your eyes I say
It's good to know you turned out ok
I've yet to find my look of cheer but I'll smile to you as if I care
If too bold don't apologize, If too shy won't you sympathize
I'll make it clear both shy and bold then shrive and drink until we fold
It's triumph to try on for everyday
Motivation is taken then given away
It was we who desired peace but would not retreat
When it's long gone we must be strong and believe, I believe

Mike Molino: piano, vocals, lyrics;   Dave Ferrairo: Guitar, Bass, Drums

Triumphant Motivation

Watch me perform this song live on Metal Head Hippie W.A.R.P. show 11/15/22, time stamp 4:34 youtu.be/jcKIKlIJlyo
he was the only one who had a plan
nobody else knew where to go
care without fear of popular demand
that's what a leader's made of
now we're moving backwards
i can see it coming again
look around and soon you'll find your enemy's your only friend
does anybody remember laughter
was that carefree child really me? 
did you get what you were after? 
what was that and how did I turn to me?
We'll never reach our destination without a place to start
finger on the trigger back up against the wall
go ahead and take the first shot
or realize that my agenda benefits all
every destination needs a place to start
I'm not a destination but a place to
it would be so easy just to give up now
but I try, as I bleed, I must succeed
never could've done what I did if it wasn't for the ones I did it for
every destination needs a place to
every destination needs a place to start
hey mister sister why so much enraged
nobody wants to hear you...
spin like a twister pointing all this blame
when was the last time you did anything for someone else
one common goal one aspiration peace in all our hearts
we'll never reach that destination without a place to start
every destination needs a place to
every destination needs a place to start
everybody needs everybody

Mike Molino: Vocals, lyrics and music, Frank McCarthy: Drums
Mastered by Woods Studio - Check them out here on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/woods_studio

A Place To Start

Watch me perform this song live on Metal Head Hippie W.A.R.P. show 11/15/22, time stamp 2:39 youtu.be/jcKIKlIJlyo
Mastered by Woods Studio Free Mixing and Mastering. Check them out here on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/woods_studio
tired feet scuffing
all I see weighs on me catastrophically 
and the day turns to night 
then to day week month year its so clear so long as good as gone
crowded streets down in history
this can't be beat? must be fooling me
couldn't see the pavement through the crowd now an empty barren ground
who'd of thought that this would make it better's wrong as good as gone
let me take you for a ride
to forbidden places we weren't born to run and hide
vaccinate or lose your rights
block your toxic faces empty spaces locked in stasis to survive
"we are implementing a lock down for the entire global population"
"and what implications do you anticipate us facing if we do not take this drastic measure" 
"life as we know it could possibly be gone"
"With what you're suggestion we are as good as gone"
weighs on me catastrophically 
and the day turns to night
then to day week month year its so clear we are as good as gone
couldn't see the pavement through the crowd now an empty barren ground
who'd of thought that this would last forever's wrong as good as gone
let me take you for a ride to forbidden places run and hide
vaccinate or lose your rights toxic faces empty spaces locked in stasis to survive
let me take you for a ride to forbidden places we weren't born to run and hide
vaccinate or lose your rights break your stasis we weren't born to run and hide

Mike Molino: Vocals, lyrics, music, Eric Enos: Bass;  Performed on Roland Jupiter 80, endorsement please? No loops, everything played live

good as gone

Watch me perform this song live on Metal Head Hippie W.A.R.P. show 11/15/22, time stamp 3:07 youtu.be/jcKIKlIJlyo
And official video by Dominick Torregrossa: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZn_Xff2jVY
Mastered by Woods Studio Free Mixing and Mastering. Check them out here on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/woods_studio
Entire song performed on a Roland Jupiter 80 keyboard #endorsement. Written and performed by Mike Molino. 
jump in and save her
she's the one you've been searching for
every time you fell asleep wanting more
well feast your eyes on the door
under the starlit sky
the universe couldn't tell me why
every time I call and you pass me by 
my love spills all over the floor
yeah in the motor car
yeah I couldn't get that far
yeah I'll take an aeroplane 
to find you wherever you may be in the world
to find you wherever you may be
so jump in and save her
she's losing her breath in the drowning pool
even if I were there would you know what to do? 
I can't provide you with more
only takes a moment just to throw it away
after a lifetime all your searching goes to waste 
cause you think you've been hurt before 
well feast your eyes on the door
yeah in the motor car
yeah I couldn't get that far
yeah I'll take an aeroplane 
to find you wherever you may be in the world
to find you wherever you may be in the world
if I knew wherever you could be in the world
if I knew wherever you could be

Savior

Watch me perform this song live on Metal Head Hippie W.A.R.P. show 11/15/22, time stamp 4:40 youtu.be/jcKIKlIJlyo

Its not you Its not me adjust the scene
I’ve been on a chainsaw fantasy 
High and low extreme no in between
Just left side right side red or green
So long you tired blues
So long we got the strength to choose
Who to be what to see so set your scene
a teaser, pleaser whatever you want to be
Just not a full time lover, that’s much too clean I’m fixing on a whole new scene
Think I finally found my better song that’s what they called it that’s what they called it
How’d it take so long to get where you belong hate when I fade away love when I come back 
Not a crime to live out fantasies
She can eat your cake but save your pie for me 
Now we’re on the scene that makes you scream
There’s no restriction just keep coming back to me
So strong we’ll never lose
So wrong we’re breaking all the rules
All the things we want or thought we’d need
If less is more we’ll have it all so come with me
And be a full time lover who’s not that clean and beat me at my own damn scene
Think I finally found my better song that’s what they called it that’s what they called it
How’d it take so long to get where you belong hate when I fade away love when I come back
Think I finally found my better song 
How’d it take so long to get where you belong hate when I fade away love when I come back to you
I’m not a full time lover that’s much too clean I’m fixing on a whole new scene
Think I finally found my better song that’s what they called it that’s what they called it
How’d it take so long to get where you belong hate when I fade away love when I come back
Think I finally found my better song 
How’d it take so long to get where you belong hate when I fade away love when I come back to you

Adjust The Scene

Live performance of this song you YouTube: https://youtu.be/OJq2PmSBs2U
Mastered by Woods Studio Mixing and Mastering. Check them out here on Soundcloud - @woods_studio
Who’s losing now
Who’s passed out on the floor
So lost since we’ve been found
The love is here no more 
Dizzy over hang
The in between’s a blur
I swear I was not wrong 
The fruit we ate was pure 
She was an angel
She was an angel strangled tempted by the demons’ escape 
I can’t breathe I break with every move you make
I can’t breathe I break with every sip you take 
I can’t breathe I break each vile a mistake
I can’t breathe I break it’s all that I can take the demons escape
I know, where does time go walked for miles passed right by ohhh she was an angel 
Who’s losing now 
The love is here no more

Mastered by Woods Studio Mixing and Mastering. Check them out here on Soundcloud - @woods_studio

Demons Escape

Watch me perform this song live on GMAY's SHINEFEST www.youtube.com/live/fKb21owkOV4?…=FfrG-q582eHRw5si
This song is also the victim of my first video attempt - I have a lot to learn about making videos but you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/nTNOSvoCp1U?si=k23Rfdpvul4YtGbI
Take our time in the road
cause we ain't got nowhere to go
but only up from here after an all time low and if I thought you'd care I'd say I love you but we'll just close our eyes and let go
Leave me baby
Hold me maybe
Either way we'll learn to grow survive and find our road home and make it up from here
I'll lead the way and if you don't follow you'll still find your road home and make it up from here
Hatred breeding out of control
while blessed with what some will never know
Can't take that back after what you say when its in the past you'll regret someday and give anything to be here again
Leave me baby
Hold me maybe
Either way we'll learn to grow survive and find our road home and make it up from here
I'll lead the way and if you don't follow you'll still find your road home and make it up from here
Hold me baby you drive me crazy
I'm not going anywhere but if you want to leave you can go right now
Either way we'll learn to grow survive and find our road home and make it up from here
I'll lead the way and if you don't follow you'll still find your road home and make it up from here
Mastered by Woods Studio Free Mixing and Mastering: https://soundcloud.com/woods_studio       
All of the music on this song performed on Roland Jupiter 80 - endorsement please.

8/11/23

Up From Here

Watch my latest live performances on YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/W_YAGXXWTVg?si=qwBM9s-mue-ydj9O
Booking and info: mikemolino@comcast.net
Live performance: https://www.youtube.com/live/dhTbr78vvuo?si=lG5IQQnWHg6JZFum
My band: https://youtube.com/@mikewoodside-sv9gr?si=MDz_liAhdD5C9PZt
"My music hits the chords and says the words that are not allowed" 
Just want my songs to be heard, thank you for listening. 

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