New Boundaries

Experience 50

This is about what Christmas meant to me when I was younger.
It has a subtle reference to the real Christmas meaning.
It mentions many magical things about Christmas, and the music aims to match the atmosphere throughout.
There are some unique chord sequences and key changes in it.
Plenty of panning of high hats, cymbals and instruments, expressive chords, several sound effects, all with a Christmas feel about them.
Multiple vocal tracks are layered and blended together, with occasional echos enhancing the mood.
The vocal melody has many highs and lows, covering quite a range of notes, leading up to a final falsetto ending. There's a downwards jump of a ninth in there.
The chorus lyrics are a play on 'Candle Light', in reference to 'Holly Green'.

Holly Green
By Zak Blueslade

Lights are on, feeling's good
Nothing wrong with candy food
On the table, by the frosty glass
Crackers pop, baubles shine
Paper hoops come alive
and the tinsel is falling down so fast

There's so much more to believe in
It's everywhere you look
and I see all of it, written down here in this book

Filling up the stocking
Permanently shopping for the real thing
Angel made of glitter
Watching all the ribbons go high
I wonder why, Christmas is a candle light and Holly Green


Warm inside, snowing out
Fantasize, scream and shout
and it's all there, underneath the tree
Mistletoe, glowing ice
Silver spray, red and wine
Feeling cosy, by the fire place

But all those magical people
They sleep into the night
and I keep thinking of reindeer up in the sky

Jerky animation
Talking to the nation in the real world
Sheer determination
Perfect combination inside
I wonder why, Christmas is a candle light and Holly Green
I keep on telling you
Christmas is a candle light and Holly Green
I keep on telling you
Christmas is a candle light and Holly Green

released November 25, 2017

Holly Green

Isolating
By Zak Blueslade

I like isolating
Gives me time to do things

I can't win so I lose
Staying in to buy shoes

You look inside for something more
The door is wide and open
So deep in thought, you make a law
And then you follow it it till it's broken

I can't stand sitting down
Like a square going round

I eat edible food
or I leave it unchewed

The way ahead it's clear enough
You're breaking indecision
You're finding out, the life you know
is one long intermission

Instrumental

You can cut your own hair
But you've got to take care

I can't say what I do
But I do what I say

Instrumental

You don't plan to digress
But it's clear there's a mess

I can't wait to find out
If my faith is in doubt

I like isolating
With the joy that it brings

We should isolate more
Now we know what it's for

Isolating

Believe In, by Zak Blueslade

I don't like the world
Something about it bothers me
but it's crazy, walking down the road
Everything is easy, then your mind explodes

It's alright for some
Playing around with everyone
but it's danger in the middle of the day
Only time you'll see it is when she's gone away

You've got to believe in someone else x4
(Chorus)
You've got to be leaving someone else
leaving someone else, leaving someone else
Oh yeah you'll be leaving someone else
leaving someone else or you're
leaving someone else

I can't face the truth
Lying around with attitude
All I wanted was a reason to live
Dying for the answer, learning to forgive

You've got to believe in someone else x2
Chorus
You've got to believe in someone else x2

Instrumental

I don't like the world
Something about it bothers me
but it's crazy, walking down the road
Finding your religion, then your mind explodes

You've got to believe in someone else x2
Chorus
You've got to let youself go.
When you want it and you feel it more and more
And if they don't want to know
Take it easy, cos it shouldn't be a chore
You've got to believe in someone else x2
You've got to be joking
are you laughing, are you crying by yourself
And if you don't wanna love her
you should leave her,  you should love her and leave her.

Believe In

Apprehension

Alison
By Zak Blueslade

We were young and we were friends
You were someone I could to talk to
Walking home, no pretense
We would get to know each other more

(Chorus)
Alison, Alison
You were everything to me and there's such a history
Alison, Alison
We were there for one another, ready to discover ourselves
Alison
I can't say your name enough when I'm thinking of this stuff
Alison, Alison
You are all I ever think about

Time has flown, day by day
We grew up and went our own way
You found love without me
I was left to face reality

Chorus

Instrumental

I listen to Alison

People change, they come and go
But you'll always be the one I know

Alison, Alison
With your personality you take control of me
Alison, Alison
You know everything about me, more than I remember myself
Alison, You will never fade away, and I miss you every day
Alison, Alison, you are all I ever think about now

Alison...