Livin in the north

Emotional Prerequisite 

take 2

solemn in it’s own way
fruitful to the ear
capturing the essence 
of what you like to hear
powerful yet smooth
kind of like an ocean wave
beating ‘gainst your bows
and flowing thru your veins

I know you need to keep them
all inside your self
I know you want to keep them
upon a dusty shelf
and it maybe out of boundaries
but that’s all right with me
just keep it on the right time
the General strikes on 3

and the sunshine obscured by the clouds
all these people surround themselves with doubt
when the flame grows who’s suffering now?

and presidentially truthful
it’s evidently clear
that you can’t tell from one thing
the other things you hear
so here’s my impression 
of just another score
just another piece
of what you’ve never heard before

I know you need to show them
all outside yourself
I know you want to show them
from the net you dwell
and you may keep peace in boundaries
but that’s all right with me
I just made some new ones
wanna come and see?

when emotion is held on high
and devotion is all but a sigh
you’ll discover and say goodbye

After being inspired early in 1990 by a band called Jellyfish, I was playing drums in cover band in Denver at the time, I wrote this song explaining the difference between classical music and rock music and making a subtle comparison with the way people are. . .It's one of the 1st songs i ever written

01 Emotional Prerequistie

Winds of Solace

take 2

sitting on a rooftop waiting for the wind
but it’s never gonna change
you can redefine it any other way
but it all turns out the same

when you’re feelin' outta touch
you can only change so much
so you stand up, brush the ashes from your shirt
and watch the wind stir up the dirt

thought you were in heaven, found that it was hell
but it’s really hard to tell
you can learn it all over, but it helps to listen
if it’s worth your soul to sell

when you want it oh so bad
you’d give everything you have
so then you decide it’s best to wait
and live for chance instead of fate

don’t stop to question why
‘cos you’re gonna live a lie
just expect it all the same
with no one but yourself to blame

lead

so just remember when it’s over
you’ll have to start again
but who knows what, where or when
and it’s really up to you, decide on what to do
live it up or just not sin

when you’re feelin' outta touch
you can only take so much
so you stand up, brush the ashes from your shirt
and watch the wind stir up the dirt

2nd song I ever wrote, highly inspired by Jellyfish and hooks from the Beatles. This song is definitely about me and the things I was going through at the time and concludes that a spiritual force at work in all our lives wether we realize them or not. . .Recorded using a Simmons SDX sequencer driving an old cheesy Yamaha keyboard and using drum samples from the Jellyfish Bellybutton CD and bouncing tracks between two hi-fi VCR's, using an Audio Technica PA mic. . .

Phil Tesone