Wake me, wake me, wake me...  I wanna Die, Die, wanna Die,  wanna Die.  
Come and wake me in the night
When the Moon is shinning bright
The fire's high in the sky tonight.  Have you been in a bad dream, been in a bad dream, I've been in a bad dream, in a dream...  
You can't drink enough tonight
To make yourself feel alright
About the things you did last night.  Have you been in a bad dream, been in a bad dream, I've been in a bad dream, in a dream...
Wake me, wake me, wake me...  I wanna die, die, wanna die, I wanna Die.
All Music, lyrics and vocals, written, performed, recorded and mixed By:  Robert Hunter

Of Ruin and Rising

Wake Me (I wanna Die)

Composed, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter
Instrumental

...Of Ruin and Rising...

Addiction Affliction

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

I've been a hypocrite 
And a coward filled with
Ignorance and Greed
I'm just a strawman
No Brain
Only Shame

Purging my soul
Purging my soul
I've been a self involved
Superficial asshole
I'm just a strawman
Purging his soul
No Brain
Only Shame
No Brain
Purging my soul
Purging my soul

Purging My Soul

My rendition of Gordon Lightfoots'   "If you could read my mind." 
All music and vocals:  Performed, recorded, and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

If you could read my mind (cover) Gordon Lightfoot

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

There was a man
Who set sail
For foreign land
To make his way through life
He got caught in a storm
That took him 
Down
Down
To the bottom of the sea

Now he's laying there
And it's better it seems
To be there
Without a care
In the World
He can see the setting sun
Shining
Down
Down
To the bottom of the sea
And laying there he can be
Free
From the storms from above 
On the surface of the sea
Down
Down
Seems the man is me

At the bottom of the sea

Rhythm Guitar:  Robert Hunter
Lead Guitar:  Jeff Classen

Instrumental Demo

Instrumental Contemplation 2

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

Beginning with the Son/Sun
What's lost can be won
Forward with my mind
Through space and time
To bring to you something true
Life, brings us all to an end
And salvation comes from
Within
And if you find yourself
Becoming someone else
A place where death smiles
In ruin of what remains
Remember that you are
Subject to 
Change
For all that cannot be
undone
Both good and bad
Your not the one
To take all the blame
Or credit for
Be responsible for what you can
The limitation of being
Human
To begin again
With the Son/Sun
All that ever was
Is yet to come
To give to you
The circle of truth
That may not be the end
That it may just be a place to
Begin
Everything under
The Son/Sun
Is common to everyone
Forgive yourself for what you've done
To brake on through and be as one
In the Son/Sun
And if Thy Kingdom falls
Rise and be reformed
All that can be known of life
Least for the course
That virtue is it's own
Reward
And if life is lived
For virtues' sake
Perhaps death will be
The release 
Of our senses
To a warm place
All knowledge and truth
As one
As we all are in the 
Son/Sun
As one

GODS' Son=GODS' Sun

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

Now, I've been recalled to life
Nothing more to fear
You've wiped away the tears
Tears that I have cried

Now, that I see the lies
Nothing more in my life
Nothing but the truth
And truth will set you free

Now, I see wrong from wright
Everything in my life
All that I've ever known
I can see it all

Now, not just black and white
All the colors in my sight
All the colors in the world
I can see them all

Now, that change has come
Nothing more to do
Except to carry on
And this is how I'll carry on...

All the Colors

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

I am just a slave
In a cage I've made
Waiting for the grave
And the setting sun
Falling down

And I cannot be free until it falls on me

So let it fall on me
And my hypocrisy
Let me bleed
Until the bitter end
My only friend

I'm just waiting for the end

And in this cage I've made
I wont be afraid
To watch the setting sun
Falling down

Let it fall on me

And the journey now
Is over past
As I lay my head
Down at last
In the setting sun

I know that I'll be one
To be free
When it falls on me

Let it fall on me

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

Going into yourself
Finding out what it's all about
Your in the Muse, somehow
Lymbic System is enlarged
Frontal Cortex still in charge
Amigdula, quite now
Your in the Muse, somehow

Your in the Muse right now
All neurons and dendrites
Leading to receptor sites
Synaptic Gap, flowing Well
Your in the Muse, Right Now!!!

All we are
If you break it down
Tetrahedrons floating around.

In the Muse

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

Softly Spoken are Her words
Laying next to me
On an empty bed
I'm a ghost that She can't see
She needs something I can't give
As She gives to me
She says set me free
She says set me free

Softly Spoken are Her words
Laying next to me
On a broken bed
As She weeps, for me
She needs something I can't give
As she gives to me

Set me free
Set me free

Softly Spoken are Her words
To me

Softly Spoken

Rhythm guitar, lyrics, vocals:  Robert Hunter
Lead guitar, solo and drums:  Jeff Classen

All that we were
All that we are
Is, drifting toward the sky
As we are 
Finding out
Gravity was only a lie
Gravity was only a lie
All that we were
All that we are
Is, drifting toward the sky
As we are 
Finding out
Gravity was only a lie
Gravity was only a lie

And we a drifting toward the sky
Finding out 
Who we are
And we are only here for a while
We are only here for a while
All that we were
All that we are
Is, drifting toward the Sky

Drifting toward the Sky (gravity was only a lie).

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

I hope that you
Think of me
The same way that I
Think of you
Knowing it's true
I meant no harm
And neither did you
Past is gone
What's done is done.

If there could be 
Hope for us all
No more blame or shame
To hold us down
And never again
To knock on Hells' door
Forever free
NO MORE WAR

No More War

Rhythm guitar, lyrics, vocals:  Robert Hunter
Lead guitar, solo and drums:  Jeff Classen

She casts a shadow in the moonlight
A silhouette of beauty at night
She brings with Her the falling leaves 
And dances in the Autumn breeze
She's all I know, all I want to see
And She brings out the best in me
Cause She's my Autumn Queen
She's my Autumn Queen
Yeah, She's my Autumn Queen
And She, Brings, out the best in me
She, brings, out the best in me

Without Her I'm in misery
Cause Her embrace is Extacy 
She brings with Her the falling leaves
And dances in the Autumn breeze
She's all I know, all I want to see
And She brings out the best in me
Cause She's my Autumn Queen
She's my Autumn Queen
She's my Autumn Queen
And She, brings, out the best in me
She, brings, out the best in me
She, is, My Autumn Queen
She casts a shadow in the moonlight
A silhouette of beauty at night
She brings with Her the falling leaves
And dances in the Autumn breeze
She's all I know, all I want to see
She brings out the best in me
Cause She's my Autumn Queen
She's my Autumn Queen
She's my Autumn Queen
Cause She, brings, out the best in me
Cause She, brings, out the best in me
Cause She, is, my Autumn Queen

Autumn Queen

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

I shot the bird who brings the southern wind
Not the bird who brings the fog and mist
I alone shot the Albatross
Instead of the Cross the Albatross, 'bout my neck was hung
Where do we go when it's all been done?
When will it all fall away?
This beautiful insanity

When will I be set free?
From the ship without a breeze
I shot the bird who brings the southern wind
Not the bird who brings the fog and mist

Instead of the Cross the Albatross
When will it all fall away?
When will they rise to set me free?
From this death I've made
Where do we go when it's all been done?
I alone shot the Albatross
Instead of the Cross the Albatross 
'Bout my neck was hung

When will it all fall away?
This beautiful insanity
Someone please set me free

The Albatross

Rhythm Guitar, lyrics, vocals:  Robert Hunter
Lead Guitar, solo and drums:  Jeff Classen

There is a new seed of hope
Within the Muse we evoke
Power of the Universe
Journey back to where we are from
Journey back to where we belong

How could we have known
We'd travel so far 
Into the unknown
Journey back to where we are from
Journey back to where we belong

We have crossed ocean's of time
Only to return here in our minds
Back where we began
So long ago
What's done is Done
The past is Gone
Journey back to where we are from
Journey back to where we belong

How could we have known
We'd travel so far 
Into the unknown

Journey Back

Instrumental
All music composed, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

The Trance

Instrumental
Guitar and piano arrangement composed, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

Instrumental Contemplation #1

Please forgive what can only be an inferior rendition of Neil Youngs' work.  All credit to Neil Young.
Music and vocals performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

(Cover) Don't let it bring you down (Neil Young)

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter
Rising from the ashes of
What remains and what's to come
Out here among the stars
We can Reach So Far...
So Far...
The light that shines our way
Finally made it here today
From a trillion miles away
From the past
To ever last
We can Reach So Far...
So Far...
Out here among the stars
We can be free from harm
From the world
Below
From below
Let it go
Cause We can Reach So Far...
To the Stars...
Now we can reach for heights
Unknown before to Humankind

Reach So Far...

Rhythm guitar, lyrics, vocals:  Robert Hunter
Lead guitar, solo and drums:  Jeff Classen

On Angel Wings
We were born to fly
On Angel Wings 
We were born to fly
At first we rise
And Then we fall
And we've fallen for the last time
We've fallen for the last time
Awakening 
From Within
First we begin
And Then we fall
And we've fallen for the last time
We've fallen for the last time
On Angel Wings
We were born to fly
On Angel Wings
To the sky
First we rise 
Then we fall
And we've fallen for the last time
We've fallen for the last time 
And now we rise
And now we rise
To the sky
On Angel Wings 
We were born fly
First we rise
Then we fall
And we've fallen for the last time
We've fallen for the last time
Now We Rise

Now We Rise

All music, lyrics, vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter
Point break on horizon 
It's the turning of my mind
Some things are black and white
While others you will find
Come from all the colors of the spectrum in our minds
Gazing at the sea
As the tide rushes in
It's the Turning Point, within, me
Point break on horizon
It's the struggle to be free
Some have wealth and power
While others have misery
Is our sin too much for the Cross to redeem?
Gazing at the sea
As the tide rushes in
It's the Turning Point, within
Point break on horizon
It's the turning of your mind too
Is there someone out there for us all to
Find?
Or is it just a fantasy of all Mankind?
Gazing at the sea
As the tide rushes in
It's the Turning Point, within, you
Gazing at the sea
As the tide rushes in
It's the Turning Point within...
It's the Turning Point within.

Turning Point

Rhythm guitar, lyrics and vocals:  Robert Hunter
Lead guitar, drums and keyboard:  Jeff Classen

Into the Woods
Voice commanding you
Darkness surrounding you
Only the light of the moon
Never to turn back again
Or a coward you will be
Into the Woods
Into the Woods
Voice commanding you
You are only a child
Going into the Woods
And only the light of the moon
Guiding you into the Woods
Shadows in the trees
Spirits guiding you
Shadows in the trees
Spirits guiding you
Into the Woods
Into the Woods
Voice commanding you
Darkness surrounding you
Only the light of the moon
Guiding you into the unknown
Into the Woods
Shadows in the trees
Spirits guiding you
Shadows in the trees
Spirits guiding you
Into the Woods
Into the Woods
Voice commanding you
Darkness surrounding you
Only the light of the moon
You're only a child
Going into the woods
Only a child
Into the Woods
only a child
going into the woods
Never to turn back again
Into the Woods
Only a child
going Into the Woods
Only a child
Into the Woods
Only a child
Into the Woods

Into The Woods

Rhythm guitar, lyrics, vocals:  Robert Hunter
Lead guitar, drums, keyboard:  Jeff Classen

Coming Home

All music, lyrics and vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter

It's not wrong

All music, lyrics and vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by: Robert Hunter

Winter Solstice

Lead guitar, solo guitar and drums:  Jeff Classen
Rhythm guitar, lyrics and vocals:  Robert Hunter

Gone

Flying so High...

All music, lyrics and vocals;  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter 
Without drums.  Different guitar solo.

I had a dream when everything was fine
Flying so high waiting for you
don't you know? waiting for you
I had a dream when everything died
Why? Must everything Die
Why? Must everything die

Then I floated in...to a clearing above

Now I dream that everything will be fine
Flying so high waiting for you
Don't you know?  Waiting for you

The Clearing Above

All music, lyrics and vocals:  Written, performed, recorded and mixed by:  Robert Hunter
I had a dream that everything was alive.
Flying so high...  Waiting for you.
Don't you know? Waiting for you.
Then I dreamed that everything died.
Why?  Must everything die
Why?  Must everything die
Then I floated in
To a clearing above

Now I dream that we will never die.
Flying so high...  Never to die.
Flying so high...  Never to die.
I had a dream.

The clearing above

Rhythm guitar, lyrics, vocals and bass: Robert Hunter
Lead and solo guitar, drums, keyboard effect and remastering:  Jeff Classen

Would you rescue me
With your sympathy 
For the devil in me
Blinded eyes do see
That you would be my friend
If I was at the end
Hanging by a thread
Close to being dead
Would you rescue me
With your sympathy
For the devil in me
Blinded eyes do see
That you would be my friend
If I was at the end
Hanging by a thread
Close to being dead
Come on...
Feeling strong...
Choose to follow you and I
Choose to follow you and I
Choose to follow you and I
Choose to follow you...
Would you rescue me
With your sympathy
For the devil in me
Blinded eyes do see
That you would be my friend
If I was at the end
Hanging by a thread
Close to being dead
Come on...
Feeling Strong...
Choose to follow you and I
Choose to follow you and I
Choose to follow you and I
Choose to follow you...

RescuE RemasteR 1

Lead guitar, keyboards and drums:  Jeff Claassen
Rhythm guitar, lyrics and vocals:  Robert Hunter

There was a time
All I wanted was you
When everything was coming down
How sweet the sound
The sound that set us free
It's in the memory...
There was a time
We wanted to be free
Free of all the pain
When everything was coming down
How sweet the sound
The sound that sets us free
Is in the memory...
It's in the memory...
All I know is true
I still want you
Do you want me now?
When everything is coming down
How sweet the sound
The sound that sets us free
It's in the memory...
It's in the memory...
I still want you
I still need you
Do you want me now?
Do you need me now?
When everything was coming down
How sweet the sound...

Coming Down (Melody of Memory)

Hello, I'd have to say my best characteristic is my Passion  for Art and Music.  

     I'm no stranger to addiction and mental illness.  However, I've learned that I can be a productive member of society by giving back through my Art and Music.  It's my greatest hope and goal to produce my latest Album, titled:  ...Of Ruin and Rising...  As well as many more...  Not for financial gain or public approval, but for the sole intent of raising donations for the NON-profit organization, of which, I'm a member.  My Sound Cloud account is public, but if you wish to follow, download or receive copies, please make a donation of at least $10.00.  All donations will go specifically and directly to help support and empower individuals and families affected by addiction and/or mental illness.  
    I'm fairly new to this recording and mixing process with Mix craft.  So, please be patient with some of the mix downs.  There will be improvement...   Also, anyone who can help with promotion or marketing strategy and would like to offer services or even just friendly advice, please do not hesitate to contact me at:  bhlewis30@gmail.com      -Thank You   -Robert Hunter                                                                                                         

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