how heavy lies this crown upon my brow
regardless of the majesty allowed
i own a robe with colors that confound
in your light the chroma can be found
you don’t seem to mind the tide
that comes rolling in behind
fourteen years won’t seem to stay
when a year is as a day
and my reputation, a respectable veneer
that never lets a confidant draw near
this counterfeit lies just beyond your reach
designed to hide the things that lie beneath
you don’t seem to mind the tide
that comes rolling in behind
fourteen years won’t seem to be
when my Rachel waits for me
my Rachel waits

Fortnight of the Soul - Final Mix 8-13

Barry McGuire - What Will She Teach Me Today

ask her and she’ll tell you things are different
photographs adorned in sepia tones
outside there’s a current flowing upwards
whirlybirds are searching for a home
lately i resemble more the statue
marbled to convey a stately pose
inside there’s a current flowing northern
whirlybirds are looking for a home
august, if you please, wake me when the maple bends
kindly do allow me some more time to mend
august, if it seems, that all is what it should have been
i’ll turn my collar to the wind
on the porch there lies an empty shoe
shaken of the dust that worried you
gliding forward, steady as she goes
whirlybirds are trembling in the throes
august, if you please, wake me when the maple bends
i hope you will allow me some more time to mend
august, if it seems, that all is what it should have been
i’ll turn my collar to the wind
we were always at the mercy of the wind

Whirlybirds (Final Mix)

click your heels, and think of home
we will stretch these arrows as far as they will go
now, don't look back from where we came
these rolling hills are calling out your name
and soon you'll see there there's nothing left to fear
now that Honeycutt draws near
you can't escape the feelings that permeate this place
hey, I don't mind if we drive on down this road a while
it's funny how these dots and lines can always ease my mind
until I see that there's nothing left to fear
now that Honeycutt draws near
oh you can't mistake the meanings that are found within that name
so let me please, won't you let me please
let me please be the one to change your name

Ron Vreeland - Honeycutt

I would tell you all the truth
if the timing was right
and my heart is on display
underneath this pastel sky
and all these words you speak
and the air that hangs between
what you said was true, all these words they ring true
the day I know you're mine
all the trains will run on time
now press with all your might
against the changing tides
my heart is open land
for these castles made of sand
what you said was true, all these words they ring true
you can leave at any time, just don't read between the lines
don't read between the lines

The Silver Lining - Final Mix

i had an extra spring in my step, all the stars aligned
i had all these cylinders firing in time
everything around me was so in tune
until i lost the sight of you
i had all these answers buried underneath
i could navigate these waters so easily
so tie this string around your wrist as a friendly reminder
if you don't resist you will just lose the attire, but...
why did i ever look away?
why did i ever lose that string?
if you don't look twice, to save a life
it never fails to prove your point
and now i am running short on lifeline
you know that there was a time when my life was tied to the wheel
and my course was charted left of what was real
so tie this string around your heart as an informal cue 
that you should always think before you speak as a rule but...
why did i ever look away?
why did i ever lose that string?
if you don't look twice, to save a life
it never fails to prove your point
and now i am running short on lifeline
as a token of my never-ending grief
you can always tie a lifeline to me

Friendly Reminder

Here is a solo piano piece that was originally intended for the full-length album "Whirlybirds and the Manifest Destiny". Recorded live at The Barber Shop Studios in Hopatcong, NJ.

Maritime Solution

in time, and by your own admission
these innumerable conditions will never fail to surprise
or by, your unfavorable position
we are throwing cosmic darts with absolute precision
for you, for you everything is so fine-tuned
i am here to admire all your beauty
and your force of gravity, pulling down on me
and my heart, my heart is crying treason
when all coincidence it contradicts my reason
for you, for you everything is so fine-tuned
i’m so precise, so precise
my location so precise
the apple of your eye

The Killer Jellyfish - Precision

stretching out your hand
you feel the earth beneath your feet and
pushing off from land
satellites are taking flight and

I refrain, from saying things that make no sense and 
you complain, we're worlds apart from taking part of

blowing out a breath
feeling airs upon my neck and
orbiting my head
satellites are taking flight and

I refrain, from saying things that make no sense and 
you complain, we're worlds apart from taking part of
something we can't quite explain

artifical objects that have no intended purpose but remain
worlds apart

Approaching Venus - Satellites (Demo)

measured by the drawing of your breath
the lovely lines that mark your divide
fourteen/four and true in time, you'll find 
a better way to breathe easy

and tested by the falling of the sand
holding things not made for humans hands
breathe easy
