STARGAZING
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 1995/2017	Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

Pinholes on black paper
Are all that I remember
But now I see things
Through a child’s eyes again
	You never really know
	How much is locked inside you
	Until you open your eyes
	And let the world back in
		
		And now I know
		And now I feel it all
		I can see forever
		…but I’m still so small
		And now I feel
		Now I’m part of it all
		I can see forever
		…but I’m still so small

Mountains painted richer
In darkness than in light
In the fire of so many
Worlds we ignore
	Celestial voices call
	My eyes a part of heaven
	As stirring mists blanket me
	Against the cosmic shore

		Chorus
		
Sometimes I remember
The Pleiades above me
Still in the cold of winter
With my telescope I see
	With every breath I wonder
	Gazing at the stars
	How many might be out there
	Looking back at me?

		Chorus

It's Not What You Think

Stargazing - Rough Demo

CLOUDS ON MARS
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2015/2017	Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

Stardust falling across the seas
	A telescopic eye on the moon
Slowly moving Opportunity
	Captures and tells a brand new truth

Sometimes before the break of day
	As Orion hunts the southern sky
A drifting mind can’t help but play
	Childlike games as new worlds rise

	Through the camera eye – we see
	Through the lens of science – we believe
	Across the darkness – we cry
	Across the heavens – we will fly

Firmly rooted, I search the night
	Scanning the heavens for anything
A flash, a gleam; a hope, a spark
	A new dawn and the dreams it may bring

I want to fly, I want the sky
	To feel the Gs as we break our ties
I’ll kiss my Mother Earth goodbye
	And wake to an Arean sunrise

	Through the camera eye – we see
	Through the lens of science – we believe
	Across the darkness – we cry
	Across the heavens – we will fly
		
		I’ll cross the darkness and lay claim to the mystery
		I’ll watch the Earth rise in Marathon Valley
		The length of dreaming is never too far
		I’ll send back postcards of the clouds on Mars

			What wonders can my curiosity conjure
			As the days pass by just a little bit longer
                        I’ll stand among the solar wind-stripped scars
			And send back postcards of the clouds on Mars
				I’ll hold my breath at the edge of Endeavour
                                As Phobos and Deimos traverse the horizon
				Let me drive, give me the controls
				I’ll send back postcards of the clouds on Mars

Clouds On Mars - Demo

ONE SUBTLE CHANGE
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2017		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

The eclipse of hope
And the shadows have claws
That slice and drain the color from your day
The distance of time
And the seconds have fangs
That rip and shred the words that you pray

	In a new foundation
		A crack doesn’t mean the end
			Sometimes it’s just life shifting and settling down
In a game of inches
		A mile passes so slowly
			And progress is to smile as you look around
		
The chasm is wide
Between the heart and head
And building the bridge takes mortar and time
The science is hard
And emotion is dark
And the basis of reason is in the rhyme
	
	In the arc of arrows
		Raining through the winds of time
			The slightest breezes sweep against the tides of war
	In the currents we swim
		The tide is seldom our friend
			All we can do is keep our eyes trained on the shore

The river is strong
And the current rages
As we seek normalcy among the strange
The timing can’t wait
If you have words to say
Worlds can shift based on one subtle change

	In a new foundation
		A crack doesn’t mean the end
			Sometimes it’s just life shifting and settling down
In a game of inches
		A mile passes so slowly
			And progress is to smile as you look around
	In the arc of arrows
		Raining through the winds of time
			The slightest breezes sweep against the tides of war
	In the currents we swim
		The tide is seldom our friend
			All we can do is keep our eyes trained on the shore

One Subtle Change - Demo

YESTERDAY WAS A NEW YEAR
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2018		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

A blank, starless horizon		
And the echoes of passing days	
We’ve learned so many lessons
So many things to file away
Yesterday was a new year
We so quickly forget what to say

I am the pile of calendar days
Torn from the stack and thrown away
I am the damage and decay
Left here to remind you of yesterday

Lost your way after just one step
Turned around and afraid of the dark
The wisdom gained through the hours
Slips away with each new day’s spark

I am the dissenting view
I live to throw your lies right back at you
I am damage and decay
I live to remind you of yesterday

Flipped pages, standing in line
Eyes down, forgetting all but the fear
Every lesson left behind
Now an honored part of forgotten years

I am the pile of calendar days
Torn from the stack and thrown away
I am the damage and decay
Left here to remind you of yesterday

Yesterday Was A New Year - Demo 2

END OF THE ROAD BLUES
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2018	Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

Overcast days really turn me on
Rolling black clouds and a chilling mist of rain
A few stray birds sing a nomad’s song
October’s over and winter is on its way

Ain’t no sunshine in this state of mind
Took a ten foot walk on a five-foot pier
Scan the horizon for a new way to fly
Looking so good as I’m choking on my fear

	The map is torn, faded and aged
	Ambition, contradiction, blind with rage
	The north star is hidden from my view
	And I’ve lost sight of the things I once knew

I walked out to where the sidewalk ends
Saw the cat in the hat thumbing it on the road
All the good guys ran to Tijuana, man
Left me with a hundred hard rows to hoe

	The map is torn, faded and aged
	Ambition, contradiction, blind with rage
	The north star is hidden from my view
	And I’ve lost sight of the things I once knew

	One foot in front of the other
	Step by step, one more, then another
	Get up and move, can’t sit still in the rain
	So many variations, but the only path is through change

I saw my name on a headstone in a field
The sunset took the words I wanted to say
Sometimes it seems that your fate is sealed
I’d offer you wisdom if I had some to give away

	The map is torn, faded and aged
	I’m left with a pain nothing can assuage
	The only sound is of my own breath                   
	Working on life while I’m banking on death 
		The map is torn, faded and aged
		Ambition, contradiction, blind with rage
		The north star is hidden from my view
		And I’ve lost sight of the things I once knew
			The map is torn, faded and aged
			Ambition, contradiction, turning the page
			Just because it’s the end of the road
			That doesn’t mean there’s nowhere left to go

End Of The Road Blues - Demo

CAGES
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2018		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 


Compressed within a willing mind			
The hope of heaven and the terror of knowing	
Waves frozen on the water				
In the blistering chill of January				
	I know the fire of so many suns		
	I know the anguish of the tortured skies	
	I hold the chalice but can never drink		
	I hold the balance of so many lies			

And ego is a cage from which we watch the world
And ego is a cage from which we watch the world

Tomorrow’s sun is setting now
Within the hope of all we pray and sacrifice
Laughter glitters on frozen tears
We gamble, yet we fear the rolling dice
I know the thoughts of all your yesterdays
I know the strangled love you miss today
I feel the pummeling heartbeat of time
I feel the real thoughts behind what you say

And expectations are a cage from which we watch the world
And expectations are a cage from which we watch the world

Lush waves blanket the hills of my home
Life awash in the mists of the new day
Beauty so easily culled from nothing
Sifting miracles of life from the birth of pain
I will hold all you may care to give
I will hold my truth as fiction binds me
I will be your angel and stand alone
I will be the sentinel of your lost dreams

And envy is a cage from which we watch the world
And envy is a cage from which we watch the world

The doors of the cages are locked with the thoughts we harbor
The doors of the cages are bound by the lies we design
The doors of the cages are sealed with the dreams we betray
The doors of the cages are opened by leaving our fear behind

Cages - Demo

TO THE LOST
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2018		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

I hear my own cries as I’m falling asleep
I reach for a hand but keep hitting my own reflection
Lost in a room with windows I nailed shut
Feeling all I can do is spin without ever changing direction

And here’s to everyone lost like me
Here’s to the rest of you caught in this raging sea

I watch my own reflection as I wander back
I keep taking steps just to avoid my accusing eyes
And every touch seems to tease at a connection
While I’m left alone under these cracked and broken skies

And here’s to everyone lost like me
Here’s to the rest of you caught in this raging sea
Here’s to the maps that we never found
And here’s to our ships, ready to hit ground

I held the future, but I threw it away
I wrote the past, but the pages of the book felt so cold
So I broke the windows in my lost room
I cupped my hands, caught the rain, and laughed as the thunder rolled
	
And here’s to everyone lost like me
Here’s to the rest of you caught in this raging sea
Here’s to the springs slowly coming unwound
And here’s to friends that can always be found

To The Lost - Demo

THE INNER STORMS
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2018		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

The unexpected happened today			
And the skies opened wide			
Sending rivers to flood and washing away	
Any hope of an ebbing tide			

Grinding gears gave way to weariness		
Torrents of rain, a song
Of the shivering memories rising up 
Refusing to leave me alone

Everything I see is the 
			Shade of a storm-ridden sky
Lightning creases the face of a god I can’t believe in
And it’s a bruise that never heals
Violent black, a matter of fact
That keeps me from believing it’s real

No more voices or laughter today
Yet the silence rings true
Imaginary smiles light the memories
Casting golden pictures of you

Everything I see is the 
			Shade of a storm-ridden sky
Lightning creases the face of a god I can’t believe in
And it’s a bruise that never heals
Violent black, a matter of fact
That keeps me from believing it’s real

		Through the rain
			I touched the face of faith
		Through the rain
			The tears in which I bathe
		Through the rain
			My strength was given form
		Through the rain
			I became the storm

The Inner Storms - Rough Demo

HOW MANY TIMES?
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2018		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

The sun-heated concrete				
Soaked in the blood so that it glistened 		
Dark, muddy crimson, awash in pain		
The church bells rang sweetly
Breaking the murmurs and anguished hearts
Of those left behind, praying for the rain

	How many times do we have to relive history?
	As reruns show those mown down, under the gun
	A blood-whetted scythe whips across fields of grain
	While we wring our hands about what might be done

The blistering headlines
Crawl past with every new deception
We hold fast to how it’s always been
We walk the city streets
And so many days pass blindly by
Chained to the stupor of our purchased sins

	How many times do we have to relive history?
	As reruns show those mown down, under the gun
	A blood-whetted scythe whips across fields of grain
	While we wring our hands about what might be done	

And we watch the repeats and reruns, again and again
		And we watch the repeats and reruns, again and again
		And we watch the repeats and reruns, again and again
		And we watch the repeats and reruns, again and again

Money for commercials
And cash to build a candidate
But no spare change to seek out the facts
We tear a person down
Just to find a way to steady ourselves
And keep an eye on points to redact

	How many times do we have to relive history?
	As reruns show those mown down, under the gun
	A blood-whetted scythe whips across fields of grain
	While we wring our hands about what might be done

How Many Times? - Demo

TOMORROW’S SHADOWS
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2019		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

Blankets of stars
Recede with the dawn				
And the heat of the day starts to rise		
Cutting the line
A circle of one					
And the gears of the world improvise		

We’re all a shadow of tomorrow				
As we slowly move across the lake of our days			
And as the currents move beneath us	between us on 2nd
We balance time, we balance love, we ride the waves	

Handling truth
And carrying guilt
Behind war paint and somber disguise
Walking away
And slicing the air
Into one more day and parts we despise

We’re all a shadow of tomorrow				
As we slowly move across the lake of our lives			
And as the waves ripple beneath us
We balance time, we balance love, we dance with flailing knives

		And we keep chasing the sun
		Driving for the light in a game that can’t be won
		And we keep chasing the sun
		Dying for the light and battling on and on and on

Then the dusk rolls
Comes with the fog
And the stars return to paint the night
Taking deep breaths
Removing the key
Gathering strength and moving to take flight

We’re all a shadow of tomorrow				
As we slowly move across the lake of our days			
And as the currents move between us
We balance time, we balance love, we ride the waves

                And we keep chasing the sun
		Driving for the light in a game that can’t be won
		And we keep chasing the sun
		Dying for the light and battling on and on and on

Tomorrow's Shadows - Demo

THE ORBITS OF TEARS
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2018		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

So many tears
Have splashed upon
The memories there in your mind
Surrounded by
So many lights
But darkness is all you could find

	When the lights fall and you think you’re done
	Recognize the stage, the play’s just begun
	Even if you can’t save everyone
	Everyone can save someone

Through every day
The sorrows fell
And eroded your way back home
Here in a crowd
A stranger’s stare
Surrounded, but still so alone

	Chorus

Casting our lots
Out in the sky
For the orbits of our tears to align
When all is lost
Action is life
And all but love is a waste of time

	Chorus

The Orbits Of Tears - Demo

WRITTEN IN THE SAND
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 1/12/2019	Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

I see the walls we’ve built				
Mighty cenotaphs 					
Of our many insecurities				

I see the lies we’ve held
Close within our minds
Drowned in the light of reality

	And we are the lost
	We are the damned
	We are the chosen
	Mocked for where we stand
	And we are the hope
	We are the damned
	We are the beauty
	Notes of life written in the sand

I see the time we’ve watched
Planning an escape
Breathing aspirations once locked inside

We see the mirror’s lie
We reverse our minds
Leave the false worlds where we used to hide

	Chorus

		And time will expose the lines of treachery 
		And history will judge our memories
		Open minds with open eyes provide harbor for us all
		Love cannot be bound within the confines of a wall

We watched the towers fall
Standing in ruins
As the smoldering ashes came down

We held the sky again
Cleared the clouds away
Watched as blooms of life burst from the ground

	Chorus

Written In The Sand - Demo

NOTHING LIKE A NUCLEAR WINTER 
TO CURE GLOBAL WARMING
Lyrics:  Scot Kaeff
Music:  Scot Kaeff / Tim McNally
© 2006/2010

Bandage the cut while the razor
Is slicing
Look to the future while the present
Is dying
Cry for your freedom as you walk
To a cage
Pretend to know the truth while you’ve never
Turned a page

Pull the trigger when you can’t see
The target
Hail the next distraction and move on
Through the market
Mutually assured of our own
Damnation
As we stoke the fires and beg for
Absolution

	And there’s nothing like a child for a president
	And there’s nothing like a congress made of miscreants
	And there’s nothing like ignoring all the warnings
	And there’s nothing like a nuclear winter to cure global warming

Bandage the cut while the razor
Is slicing
Silently complicit while the present
Is dying
Mutually assured of our own
Damnation
As we become death and beg for
Absolution

	And there’s nothing like a money-hungry dissident
	And there’s nothing like a congress made of miscreants
	And there’s nothing like ignoring all the warnings
	And there’s nothing like a nuclear winter to cure global warming

Dave Songs

Nothing Like A Nuclear Winter To Cure Global Warming

EASY AS YOU GO
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2020		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

We’re running in circles and slicing the sky to pieces	
In our desperation to get away from the noise		
We’re a point of connection to all that has come before
Feeling so neglected as we scream into the void
	Carelessly running

	Take it easy as you go, my friends
	Eyes fixed on the path ahead
	Like the willow in the wind is bent
	With faith we’ll find our solace in the end

Faced with the terror of walls growing on every side
We cast our nets into oceans of anxiety 
To boldly dare and strive amid the chaos of mourning
We lose our way, caught in these webs of complexity 
	Rigidity down

	Take it easy as you go, my friends
	Eyes fixed on the path ahead
	Like the willow in the wind is bent
	With hope we’ll find our solace in the end

Turned in circles trying to follow sunlight past the moon 
As soon as we run, we forget what we’re running from
Following behind ideas, but never reaching the end
Seamless is the knowing of the path from which we’ve come
	One more circle drawn

	Take it easy as you go, my friends
	Eyes fixed on the path ahead
	Like the willow in the wind is bent
	With love we’ll find our solace in the end

Easy As You Go - Rough Demo

AS THE HOURS PASS
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2020		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

As the hours pass
Like drunken tears
Cascading down a face

As the hours pass
Like headlights burn
Through the fog-covered race

	A rate of change, passing money through bars in a cage
	A rate of love, trying desperately to save one more day
	A rate of heart, masking emotions with the words we say
	A rate of change, reaching for more as the seconds tick away

As the hours pass
Like poet’s words
Lay strewn about the place

As the hours pass
Like candle flames
Flickering out in space

	A rate of change, passing money through bars in a cage
	A rate of love, trying desperately to save one more day
	A rate of heart, masking emotions with the words we say
	A rate of change, reaching for more as the seconds tick away

As the hours pass
Like a cat’s paws
Pad quickly ‘cross the floor

As the hours pass
Like the night moves
It’s gone almost before….

	A rate of change, passing money through bars in a cage
	A rate of love, trying desperately to save one more day
	A rate of heart, masking emotions with the words we say
	A rate of change, reaching for more as the seconds tick away

As The Hours Pass - Rough Demo 2

THE GHOSTS HAVE ALL DESERTED ME
Lyrics		Kaeff  		
Music		Kaeff  		
© 2018/2020	Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

I woke with a start as the moonlight crossed my pillow
My eyes still closed as the glistening ice threw rainbows across the room
The middle of the night is no place to be alone
The middle of the night is no place to be alone

	But the ghosts have all deserted me
	Every anchor pulled out to sea
	And the ghosts have all deserted me
	Left wondering who I may turn out to be

I crossed the river as the sunlight woke the best of me
My mind was a storm and my whirlwind eyes were searching for a way home
The middle of the road is no place to seek freedom
The middle of the road is no place to seek freedom
	
	But the ghosts have all deserted me
	Every anchor pulled out to sea
	And the ghosts have all deserted me
	Making make memories of who I want to be

The cloak of the past is another change of scenery
Harboring tomorrow while the seas are calm and rendering a new dawn
The middle of the dream is no place to remember
The middle of the dream is no place to remember

	But the ghosts have all deserted me
	Every anchor pulled out to sea
	And the ghosts have all deserted me
	Racing away from who I’m not meant to be

The Ghosts Have All Deserted Me - Demo Mix 2

THE SINGULARITY
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2020		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

If I could reach in between your thoughts		
And pull the strings of your mind,			
Is there common ground for us to share,		
Or is division all I would find?				

And all the days of our passing shine
Like snowy hills in the sun
We blind ourselves to our ignorance
And pick the bones of battles not won

	All the time we waste in looking
	So many paths to endeavor 
	In the singularity we know
	The one touch we remember

Fraying ends of the rope I clung to
Dance in the winds of my mind
As each one passes by my eyes now
I turn away from them all in kind

Monsters we create are beautiful
Displayed in colors we grow
Allowing everything they’re made of
To blind us to the truth that we know

	All the time we waste in looking
	So many paths to endeavor 
	In the singularity we know
	The one touch we remember

		Writing all these complexities
		Out of hope-woven simplicity
		Startling ourselves as we look in the mirror
		At who we are versus who we could have been
			Wrapping ourselves in complexity
			A mask to keep out the light
			Dropping our guard we realize
			How blind we were to what is right

The Singularity - Demo

My name is Scot Kaeff and I'm a bassist, songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, poet (with five published collections at present), safety professional, social critic, voice actor, actor, and aspiring novelist. When playing music recently, though, I've been working under the name Reasons For Moving.  I'm also a former member of Dr. Kevin Holm-Hudson & The Adjuncts, where I played bass and still contribute from time to time.

Reasons For Moving Biography:  Reasons For Moving began as an acoustic duo in 2009 and, through the course of one CD release, Consumption Of The Fittest, and a variety of talented musicians passing through its ranks, has taken form again in 2017 with original member, Scot Kaeff, at the helm. 

Scot began playing bass and writing songs at the tender age of 14, cutting his teeth mainly on heavy metal.  His influences range across a wide expanse of music, but some key elements include Iron Maiden, U2, Manic Street Preachers, Peter Gabriel, Our Lady Peace, Queen, David Bowie, King's X, Genesis, Heather Nova, Kaiser Chiefs, Wolf Alice, The Tragically Hip, The Joy Formidable, Savatage, and Midnight Oil.  Always in original bands, seldom was a cover played, which made gigs somewhat infrequent, but honed the writing to a coruscated edge. Two members of the mid-nineties progressive metal band Scot led, Feelin' Crystal, Tim McNally and Jessica Palmer Banish, also did time in Reasons For Moving and remain active collaborators, along with keyboardist/pianist, Dave Crowe.

Reasons For Moving is a project, first and foremost, dedicated to intelligent, soulful lyrics (Scot has five poetry collections in print, the most recent being Rendering The Impossible, Finishing Line Press, 2014) and grooving, bass-driven rock & roll, sometimes acoustic and wistful, sometimes aggressive and brazen. Only demos are posted currently, but as 2018 continues, look for final products to be posted in their finished forms.

Reasons For Moving...as Mark Strand wrote in his poem, Keeping Things Whole, "We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole." The music, the lyrics, the band are all an attempt to do just that.

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All Songs Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP)

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