"Obelisk" the 1 of 2 title tracks bookending the "Obelisk & Dome" album by The Rainbow Mandrills. 
A song about freedom & Liberation. No doubts holding you back anymore. A true AWAKENING. 
Obelisk © Pete Richardson 
My destiny is dreaming
For I have never seen
Your whole body screaming
Quivering so keen
Like a marble statue
Tied to an obelisk
Offered to break the taboo
Why don’t you take the risk

I'm finally finally free
I finally finally see
That i can be me
It's only up to me ---

I dream in frequencies
Encoded and unknown
And all the sequences --- are
A jumbled wild cyclone
Swirling with no restraint
Up and down my spine
Ten foot high in red paint
I read between the lines

What are you talking bout?
What are you talking bout?
What are you talking bout?
What are you talking bout now?

I don’t know and 
Should i even care?
I don’t know and 
Should i even share?
I don’t know and 
Should i even care?
I don’t know and 
Should i even share?
It's coming fast oh ---
It's coming fast oh 
It's coming fast
Feel it in the air

And obelisk and dome
Ought to be as one
Wont you take me home
And be my setting sun
Start again at sun rise
And hold forever more
And the glint in our eyes
Will let our souls explore

Oh let our souls explore
I'm up for so much more
Show me what you’ve endured
Oh let our souls explore


Obelisk by The Rainbow Mandrills

This a Blues Rock song sung by my great mate Tony Pappas, this is "Pre Studio " days. Pete on the Isle of Wight in England , Tony singing at that time in Chicago & the lovely Stella singing from Romania, great time. It will be nice to give this song a Live drummer one day & maybe some Tom on Piano & get a bit of Sax on it, one day, we will see, but for now The Rainbow Mandrills presents "Opportunity" 

Opportunity

Woah ho ho la la la la la
(i love you in vocoder underneath same melody)

you told me this
but now you’ve gone and turned it around
you really meant it for someone else
you’ve returned me to the lost and found

well thats ok
do whatever’s going to make you happy
for in time you might find
you’ve thrown away the best you’ll ever see

opportunity --- knocks, for just one time
don’t lose yourself coz im sick of your changes of mind

you did me wrong
but i won’t resort to back bite bitching
when i said i love you for all time
i meant it with no conditions

im there for you
but in-between the real and the make believing
you changed your course to bring
shadows on my sunshine summertime

seeing,  opportunity --- knocks, for just one time
don’t lose yourself coz im sick of your changes of mind

it’s not too late
you can turn it around
it’s not too late
you can turn it around

Woah ho ho la la la la la

opportunity --- knocks, for just one time
don’t lose yourself coz im sick of your changes of mind




Opportunity The Rainbow Mandrills With Tony Pappas TONYBLUESTONE Home Demo Collaboartion

This is a Funky Rock styled song on The Rainbow Mandrills "Obelisk & Dome" album. 
Singers are Joe Driffield, Georgie Elkins, Brad Barnley & Imogen May
Guitars & Keyboards Pete Richardson 
Bass Carl Perkins 
Piano Tom Barker
Drums Chris Austin 
Saxophone Gary Plumley 
Music & Lyrics Pete Richardson
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A consciousness awakening song in support of Russell Brand and The Trews
Cosmic Leaning Dreamers 

Intro

Verse 1 

We’ve come,

Such a long way, Far more to go

The hundredth monkey, Will let us know

Things forgotten, Like purity

And kick out rotten, Like poverty

Hook 1: 

We are golden just life’s dirt won’t let us shine

Verse 2 

Our minds are shook, But our spirit’s strong

We’re a fresh new book, And a brand new song

We’re bravery, In a cloak of scared

Our soul is ready, Minds are ill prepared

Hook 2: 

Cosmic leaning dreamers of our time


Chorus:

We want you, Everyone of you

Come on dreamers, Let’s wake the sleepers

There’s madness in this world

The beauty’s left furled

Let’s coax it tenderly

And bloom to greatness

Whoooo, yeahhhh whoooo yeahhhhhhhh 

Verse 3 

We’re a flower, All are gracefull

We persevere, In spite of ridicule

The bomb’s all blow up, Still the flower’s grow

We’re millions strong, So let the masses know

Hook 3: 

Crush us down, new shoots will spread around

Verse 4 Solo  

Hook 4: 

Cosmic leaning dreamers of our time

Chorus: sung 2 times

We want you, Everyone of you

Come on dreamers, Let’s wake the sleepers

There’s madness in this world

The beauty’s left furled

Let’s coax it tenderly

And bloom to greatness

Coda sung 4 times Played 8 times 

bloom to greatness


Cosmic Leaning Dreamers by The Rainbow Mandrills

Together Again by The Rainbow Mandrills from the album "Obelisk & Dome" 
If you like it you can buy the whole album that comes a full 90 minute DVD as well by searching "The Rainbow Mandrills" on eBay ... the support will be imensely appreciated and proceeds will go straight into recording more songs 
Love from Pete & The Rainbow Mandrills 
Together Again 

Well 
Storms are a raging across the road 
Just drive 
We’re for the long haul—
In time 
We’ll gather the harvest while we’re alive 
We’re young 
And we got it all – 
In my eyes
Watch the troubled skies 
Fall 
The storm is swallowed by the deep blue sea 
And peace 
On the breeze is so gentle 
See 
What in the world this all means to me 
You know 
It nearly drove us all mental 
In these eyes 
Love resides 

For it won’t be long til we’re together again 
Riding the writing puffing 
White smoke on blue skies 
The paints melted like the tears of the sun 
Oozing profusely this 
Madness from your kind eyes 

Dreams
Come at me so vivid and mystical 
But sleep 
Is taking me nowhere 
Respect 
Is filling the room all reciprocal 
And now 
We’re headed for somewhere 
Who knows when? 
But... there’s no end 

And it won’t be long til we’re together again 
Singing sweetly to a 
Crowd we’ve never seen 
One thing’s for sure if we don’t try / so hard at love 
We can rub our eyes raw but we 
Won’t ever see the dream 

One eyes the sun and the other’s the moon 
This theories hanging by a string 
We all may crash soon 
But one thing’s for sure is if we’re all pure of heart 
The light of love will seep 
Until the dark explodes apart 

It won’t be long til we’re together again 
Riding the writing puffing 
White smoke on blue skies 
The paints melted like the tears of the sun 
Oozing profusely this 
Beauty in your eyes 
Soon---- we’ll be together again 
Singing sweetly to a 
Crowd we’ve never seen 
One thing’s for sure if we don’t try / so hard at love 
We can rub our eyes raw but we 
Won’t ever see the dream 
Won’t ever see the dream 
We’re gonna see the dream  And live---- 
Music & Lyrics by Pete Richardson © Pete Richardson 
Vocals Georgie Elkins & Joe Tranæs Driffield  
Guitars Pete Richardson & Carl Perkins 
Piano Tom Barker 
Drums Ollie Grant


Together Again (Radio Edit) The Rainbow Mandrills

Hello Please take a look at this and Vote in The Mandrillvision Song Contest Round 1. 
Please VOTE for your 3 favourite songs in this video (audio on Soundcloud video on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmIglM-1saQ 
After 4 Albums now its time to prepare a 1 CD "Best of" to send for Promo/Casual Fans to get a taste/Learning what a Set List be if we had to prepare for an impromptu live show. So Over the Next week or 2 I would greatly appreciate your input of the best & easiest to get into songs of The Rainbow Mandrills . 
Round 1 is "Obelisk & Dome" in this video is a list of eligible 10 songs from that album , 1 minute clips of each
Please Pick your Top 3 favourite songs in the comments below. I will keep a database and tally up the results. 
Songs to choose from here are 
"Dome", "Cosmic Leaning Dreamers", "A Peaceful Dove", "Baffled (Let Us All Be Beautiful)", "Perfectly Clear", "Share Our World Tonight", "Arms Around", "Will You Be Ready?", "Together Again" "Obelisk" 
Please Listen & Vote 
Every song means something to me (else I wouldn't have made it) so I really need The LISTENERS viewpoint here instead of the Writers viewpoint ;-) 
Love Pete & All The Rainbow Mandrills and Yes I want ALL performing Mandrills votes here too and their friends and family's and strangers a like ;-) Its time for a Mandrill Land Consensus :-) 
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MandrillVision Song Contest Round 1 Obelisk & Dome PLEASE VOTE your fav 3 songs

Hello Please take a look at this and Vote in The Mandrillvision Song Contest Round 2. 
Please VOTE for your 3 favourite songs in this video for the 2nd album "Diaspora Dilemma"
After 4 Albums now its time to prepare a 1 CD "Best of" to send for Promo/learning a live show. So Over the Next week or 2 I would greatly appreciate your input of the most Fan Favourite songs of The Rainbow Mandrills . 
3 off each Album making a 12 song Best of CD
Round 2 is "Diaspora Dilemma" in this video is a list of eligible 11 songs from that album , 1 minute clips of each
Please Pick your Top 3 favourite songs and leave them in the comments below. I will keep a database and tally up the results. 
Songs to choose from here are 
"Bastard", "Mama Lumea", "Tall Glass of Water", "Cracks", "Life Lessons", "Dappled Sunshine", "Precious Dream", "I Couldn't Be Happier", "Space Vibrations", "The Undying Love Blues", "Success"

Round 1 is "Obelisk & Dome" and is here https://www.facebook.com/TheRainbowMandrills/videos/1095511567152398/ 
Please Listen & Vote 
Every song means something to me (else I wouldn't have made it) so I really need The LISTENERS viewpoint here instead of the Writers viewpoint ;-) 
Love Pete & All The Rainbow Mandrills and Yes I want ALL performing Mandrills votes here too and their friends and family's and strangers a like ;-) Its time for a Mandrill Land Consensus :-) 
http://www.therainbowmandrills.com/rm_shop.html


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