I see you covering - covering your skin
I see you covering - cover up innocence
I see you showing - show enough to make them like
I see you showing - you know jelly makes jenny right

All these clowns scaring kids in town
All these clowns making kids feel down

You see this new drug, new drug, new drug
You see this new drug - new drug in everything
You see this new thug - creeping under my skin
You see this new thug - creeping up once again

All these clowns scaring kids in town
All these clowns making kids feel down

All these clowns scaring kids in town
All these clowns making kids feel down

Michael Cybulski - Vocals, Guitars, Bass
Mike Shannon - Vocals
Dmitry Strakhov - Guitar Solo
Glenn Welman - Drums

Written and produced by Michael Cybulski
Mastered by Widek

All These Clowns

There's a god in my head who wants us all dead
'Cause how we treat one another just turns him red
And he knows we're all diseased
We need to be purified from above by stone and fire

Asteroid, come!
Asteroid, come!

There's a beast inside me who wants us to bleed
And I wish he'd leave but he's so sick of our stupidity
And he knows he should let it it go
But what he wants, and what he desires
Is a storm from above of stone and fire

Asteroid, come!
Asteroid, come!

Asteroid, come!
Asteroid, come!

Come take us home

Michael Cybulski - Vocals, Guitars, Bass
Dmitry Strakhov - Guitar Solo
Artem Koryapin - Horn Section
Rick Ludlow - Guitar, Vocals
Glenn Welman - Drums

Written and produced by Michael Cybulski
Mastered by Widek

Asteroid, Come!

My heart bleeds
It will forever
I drown in sins
Oh how I suffer

I feel nothing
But despair
There's no hope
Nothing is fair

My heart bleeds
It won't stop
Oh my sweet
Sweet suffering

Michael Cybulski - Vocals, Guitars, Bass
Dmitry Strakhov - Guitar Solo
Glenn Welman - Drums

Written and produced by Michael Cybulski
Mastered by Widek

Sweet Suffering

You never wanted a friend
You just needed a slave
You wanted to be the center of it all
Now there's an empty stage

But now this is is me
Beautiful and free
Perfectly flawed
Broken and complete
This is me

You never wanted a friend
You just needed someone to kiss your ass
You want to be queen?
How long do you think that would last?

But now this is is me
Beautiful and free
Perfectly flawed
Broken and complete
This is me

I've beaten myself so much
Now there's not much left
But there's enough to know
That I can give up the rest

This pressure finally gives away
And now I stand straight
I can see everything
But was it worth the wait?

No!

No one's gonna do it so I do it myself
No one's gonna do it so I do it myself
No one's gonna do it so I do it myself
No one's gonna do it so I do it myself
No one's gonna do it so I do it myself
No one's gonna do it so I do it myself
No one's gonna do it so I do it myself
No one's gonna do it so I do it myself

Michael Cybulski - Vocals, Guitars, Bass
Mike Shannon - Vocals
Dmitry Strakhov - Guitar Solo
Glenn Welman - Drums

Written and produced by Michael Cybulski
Mastered by Widek

I'll Do It Myself

Michael Cybulski - Spoken Word, Guitar, Bass
Mike Shannon - Vocals
Dmitry Strakhov - Guitar Solo
Joseph Beaty - Percussion
Irina Markevych - Violin
Rick Ludlow - SFX and Synth

Written and produced by Michael Cybulski
Mastered by Widek

One Beautiful Sunset

You no brain, me no brainer 
You, mistake me for hater
True you ate but didn’t savor
You a lame no brain no paper

Bring the mothafuckin ruckus ima thanos snap
Too crazy to have guns but I got some Ammo stacked
Hoping that y’all run up I’ll read a tarot pack
Showing y’all the future really don’t like that


Better Tuck your jewels like it’s ru’s drag race
I’m puttin out the smoke like y’all used ash trays
Weeding through the garden I smoosh mad snakes
Hoping they don’t bite yall will get a bad taste

Use a whack phrase like rizz man that’s for the kids
Yeah I’m 26 but I’ll swag forever bitch 
Got the drip like dicks with the sphyillis I itch 
To tell y’all little pussies that y’all really ain’t shit

Really not me kinda cringe you wanna be my twin
Get you dad to kill himself that’s how it did begin
Get abused until you move so how I keep this grin
Bill and Mandy never knew a life so fucking grim

You no brain, me no brainer 
You, mistake me for hater
True you ate but didn’t savor
You a lame no brain no paper
 

My night guard just a pussy, sweet dreams to all who sleep on me
But secretly y’all looking, to try and get some DoD
Dick on demand but please, remember not a piece of meat
But butcher every beat, I slice and dice the sample neat

I try to fight my inner demon but he knows jujitsu
I’ve been fucking feelin like y’all be really shitsues 
Little bitches every single one of you 
I gotta dunce for every single fuckin fool

I Never cap so No I never tuck a tool
But the bros I know will Charlie Chaplin dudes
Make em silent everyday we wildin 
Y’all rewinding everything I spit is timeless

Feelin childish make believe that y’all are grinding
But I e-clipse everything you make with lying 
I’m not buying any sale you tryna make
I’m off a bean so you can call me Lima Nate

No Brainer (Prod. PuiaBeats)

Flame

Somewhere In The Dark is a Rock Opera set in the not too distant future of a world that is controlled by a centralized authoritarian government called "The High Council".   This is the story of one man's struggle to find himself through a life of pain, fear and control and the choices he will make to find hope "Somewhere In The Dark".   

If you enjoy albums that tell a complete story, like Pink Floyd's "The Wall", The Who's "Tommy", or Queensryche's "Operation Mindcrime", then come take the journey.

Somewhere In The Dark

Conspiracy

Conspiracy (Track 6 of 15 from the Somewhere In The Dark Rock Opera)

Chain Breaker - Zach Williams (Sophie Johnson Cover)

This is a cover song, originally written and performed by Lee Clayton on his 1978 album 'Border Affair': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-I7UiMYUT8

The song appeared again in 1990 on the 'Highwaymen 2' album from The Highwaymen - a group comprised of  Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2KigPihmaw

There is also a well-known live recording from 1990 of the Highwaymen performing this song at the Nassau Coliseum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MMuB2_1324

Additional Information about this recording:
- Recorded: April 21, 2013 at Electric Barryland
- Guitars: Kenny Wayne Hollingsworth
- Bass & Bits: Cliff Wright
- Piano & Organ: Justin Pate
- Drums & Engineering: Jordan Richardson
- Vocals: Kerry Dean

Silver Stallion (Highwaymen Cover via Lee Clayton)

My name is Michael Shannon.  This page is to share 
my music.

I write, record and produce all of my own music.  I've been creating music ever since I picked up a guitar at age 16.  I admire musicians who constantly push themselves out of their comfort zone and challenge themselves to be better artists.  This page will document my attempts to grow as an artist.  Hope you enjoy the music.

You can reach me at birchstudiosglenville@gmail.com

Conspiracy (Track 6 of 15 from the Somewhere In The Dark Rock Opera)

Michael Jon Shannon

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