Live Drum samples with recorded Bass, and Electric Guitars.

Returning Champ

Music by:  dan kivi
Vocals by:  HOBOCOP (@metrocityrecords)
Picture by:  dan kivi
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Happy b-day Abi.  His fave director is Stanely Kubrick. I asked him to rec me a film last year and he said “Happiness with Philip Seymour Hofman.” I thought it was creative and funny and sad. He has higher moral standards than me. Found his gf perverted.  I would have called it kinky. I was going to tell him to lower his standards but if someone said, “maybe you should cheat”to me I’d say “no” cos a)your gf is supposed to be one of your best friends and b)it’s disrespectful. If I treat one of my best friends with disrespect how can I treat my friends well?  So I think Abi should do Abi. Other than that Abi sent me a pic and I told him he looked a bit like Rami Malek. He wasn’t too fond of that but Rami Malek isn’t bad looking and Abi looks 16.

I thought the whole song was A Dorian but it’s actually A dorian b2 alternating with A dorian for the verses.  I came up with the riff and wanted to make it more complex so I used the same strumming technique for ‘Can’t Stop.’ First time I used hand clicks for a song and also first time I’ve kept an entire song all modal. Thought the vocal phrasing was quite ZZ Ward for the verse and I wanted to  make it more hard rock sounding like Soundgarden. So the verses sound quite ZZ Garden or Soundward (Squidward). The bass in the verses is playing a simplified version of the bass line in ‘Come Together.’ I do like the vocal phrasing for ‘yet in the mix I found joy’ for the chorus. First time I’m doing that much falsetto for lead which is inspired by QOTSA. Some counter melodies for the beginning of verse 2. Fave use of counter melody is probably the 2nd half of ‘Emotion Sickness’ from Silverchair. I added some congas and wanted the same rhythm as the percussion from ‘Roots Bloody Roots’ but I decided to keep things simple and accent the 2 vocal syllables.. Then, the last chorus I was going to copy paste my piano parts but accidentally copy pasted my lead guitar over and that improved the groove.

Lyrics: Written by SGOR. Some guy on reddit. Lost contact. If it sounds like it was written an angsty teen that’s cos’ it was written by an angsty teen. Terrific message about finding empathy. Not sure about how death fits into all this.  ‘There can be miracles when you believe’ is cheesy on paper but I don’t think it’s cheesy when you hear it. ‘If you squeeze my lizard I’ll put my snake on you’ is ridiculous on paper but badass when you hear it. Depends on vocal tone, phrasing, delivery, and melody.

Stranded on a desert planet, lost in my own curse,
As if I caused a cataclysm, but all I did was change.
I was Found in the mud, like a coin in ruin's dust,
Polished up, made to fake, like I hadn't seen the rust.
Hear a beating heart in the darkness,
I've been lost, I've been found, I've wandered so long,
I found myself in you, but in the end, it wasn't me I found.

Ride with me through the storms of life, (it was fly with me originally and I am not singing that)
Let our hopes shine bright,  (it was light shine bright originally)
Like we've been struck by lightning, 
Revealed 
As something in the night.
I came to life when loss became real,
Felt pain and sympathy,
Yet in that mix, I found joy, found a way to be.
Am I cursed? I'll never know, but I'll embrace it all,
Life is its own limit, 
perfection in its sprawl.
The final goodbye, the chill of death, it comes for us all,

Running through the lost ruins of an apocalypse. (I wanted to give some more sensory elements to a song that was very much ‘in its feelings. So I matched the idea of a cataclysm. Took about 10 secs to type out)
Found myself with spears and arrows and feeling generous
Smeared my face in mud, like an Indian warchief
I’ve been dead, I’ve come to life, I’ve wandered so long
I found myself in you, but in the end it wasn’t me that I found



Ride With Me

A timeless rocker cleverly written intertwining the hazards of driving with the ups and downs of love. Hank uses all 4 lanes of the interstate and them some with his steady classic rock n roll rhythm, chiming chorus guitar, and an out of nowhere guitar lead solo using open scales and his stock tremolo bar. Almost two songs in one, the climactic second half finale brings Hank's heartfelt pledge of love sung over a beautiful chord progression filled with lush string arrangement which seems to be echoing that steady clicking, humming sound of the lonesome interstate, Warning, this song stirs up emotions just below the surface of those who know love all too well.

The Long Haul

Well, He's got the highway to your heart
I got to come up the rocky way
He jumped ahead from the start
I'm right in second baby that's OK
Because, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby

He's layin' rubber in the top end
but it ain't all about RPMs
My eighteen are gonna keep on chuggin'
I'll get to you baby no matter what I'm luggin'
cause, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby, 

When you're in love you better not speed
You might pass by somethin' that you really need
You need somethin' baby built to last
to carry love's heavy load
Because a lot of things can happen baby
when you're out on that open road

You get your hopes up high but love comes down crashin'
You try it again but the same thing happens
Sooner or later you're gonna' get tired of bein' bumped around
That's when I'm gonna' be ready baby, just pullin' into your town
 
I know you're lookin' for Mr. Right
not those one-night romeos
Someday you'll see me in a different light
and that's the day I'll pull this rig off the road
Because, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby
Long haul, baby
Ohhh yeah, I'm in it for the long haul now baby

I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul 
I'm in it for the long haul now baby Ow

When the bridge is out, 
ohhh! there ain't no doubt
I'll find a different route
I'll be there by the mornin' yeah

Through the pourin' rain
No matter how steep the grade
I'm gonna' keep makin' my way to you baby

I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby
Baby, baby baby baby
Baby, baby baby baby
Long haul
Baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Hold on, It won't be long
Ohhh! I'm in it for the long long haul

The Long Haul

Count Me Out

Verse 1:
Alone, left in darkness,
Replaced, forgotten
There is no more kindness,
All inside me’s broken.

Run away from the fire,
Unleashed straight from my soul.
I swear you’ll suffer,  like you’ve never known.
There‘s no escape,  no control.

I’ll burn your souls to ashes,
Won’t spare you this time.
You thought I wouldn’t fight back,
Choke and , watch me climb.

Get out of the ashes , your world will burn 
Cut off the bridges , no return 
No turning back , no compromise
Will you make it out alive ?! 

( Brick by brick- Stick by stick)
( Get out my way i have some words to keep )

I’ll drag you to hell 
I won’t let you rest (not this time, not this time)
You‘ll feel real pain
No one gets away (see no light, see no light)

The dark pulls me deeper
This place is cold and dead
That’s where I’ve been hiding
That’s where I feel safe
Alone in the dark , no more kindness
You took all i had , the silence spoken

This rage inside keeps burning,
Stripping all that's left of me.
All the good that once remained
Is lost in flames eternally.

I’ll drag you to hell 
I won’t let you rest (not this time, not this time)
You‘ll feel real pain
No one gets away (see no light, see no light)

It’s too late to beg or cry
I remember every lie
No mercy will you find
You’ll pay for what’s been signed
We’ve crossed the final line
(There’s no way to rewind)

This is what you made of me,
Cold and empty, can’t you see?
And now, we fall so dark,
Lost our souls, no way back 

Lost inside the dark ! 


No Light In Sight

In this track in my series inspired by the journey of the Fool in the Tarot deck, The Emperor describes the profoundly deep and vital relationship between the ruler of day, the male principle,  and the ruler of night, the female principle, i.o.w. the harmony of the creator with the creatrix that the whole creation depends upon.

4. The Emperor

Echoes Through the Laughter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I dream of ravens, a vision a future
When Fenrir hunts the Aesir
When the wolf's amber eyes
Stare at Odin, death is coming

[Verse 2]
I dream of ravens, a vision a future
When Hel raises the dead
And the serpent will rise
From the ocean, death in Asgard

[Chorus]
Ragnarok has come

[Verse 3]
The dreaded wolf will sow terror
With fangs and claw has sought the prophecy
Fenrir comes for his revenge
Loki's children have brought their destiny

[Chorus]
Ragnarok has come

[Verse 4]
Fenrir the wolf cries
Fenrir the wolf bites
Fenrir the wolf so pissed
Fenrir the wolf will watch the world burn

[Verse 5]
I see the serpent, the undead, the wolf breaks his chain
I hear him howling for vengeance
And I see him hunting, he's coming for Odin 
(for Odin)
He becomes the nightmare, feared by gods in Asgard
(in Asgard)

[Verse 6]
Fenrir the giant breaks gleipnir
Raining terror down on Asgard
My vision, the omen, the serpent unleashed
They hunt for vengeance, their moment
The raven, the omen says Fenrir is coming for the Aesir

[Chorus]
Ragnarok has come

[Verse 7]
Jormungandr will sow chaos
A force of nature, angered by the gods
hel will wake the dead
Loki's children have brought their destiny

Jormungandr will sow chaos
A force of nature, angered by the gods
hel will wake the dead
Loki's children have brought their destiny

[Verse 7]
yormungandr will sow chaos
A force of nature, angered by the gods
hel will wake the dead
Loki's children have brought their destiny

Loki's Children

This is the official release of the 6-track EP, Showtime. This collection of singles provides a focused look at the sound and direction of my full-length album, No Love Left Behind, which I'm finishing now.

Creation Notes:
Lyrics written by me.
Music composed and produced by AI under my strict musical guidelines and composition.

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