About to begin sitting face to face
On the edge of a checkered land
Life laid out in perfect squares
King and queen behind their hoards
A skin of squares of black and white 
landscape still, waiting to begin
Opening move breaks the seal
Your clock stops and mine begins
A ticking clock 
black then white
Back and forth
pendulum smile
Trying to see the space in between
In a wonderland
Medicated
Meditated
Falling to pieces
Sacrificing
Orphan pieces
Spreading out across all pieces
Where does the board stop
and where do I begin
Where do I begin
marching on, puzzling on
Tiny delicate decisions
An endless moving staircase maze
An endless moving stalemate
Around the world in 64 squares
Spotlight on. Symmetrical style
Heels pinning shiny tiles
On echoing floors for miles and miles
A spider's web
black then white
Back and forth
Pendulum smile
Trying to see the space in between
In a wonderland
Medicated
Meditated
Falling to pieces
Sacrificing
Orphan pieces
Spreading out across all pieces
Where does the board stop
and where do I begin
Where do I begin
How do I begin

The Queen´s Gambit

Dissonance - SoftTop (REMIX)

The High Priestess -- https://soundcloud.com/alena-slee

Lolipops In My Hair -- The High Priestess (Remix)

Nick Hakim performs "Cold" at the Billboard NYC office.

Nick Hakim - "Cold" (Billboard Acoustic Performance)

Winter Is Howling, Don't Let It In (my cat is meowing, don't let her in)

In the clouds

so nothing can get in the way of the magnetism between you; of the forces of nature

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| Written & performed by Barrett Staples
| Prod. Kyo-Ken
| Mixed & mastered at The Ruby Room in Seattle, WA

Oceans (High Tide)

Axolotes Mexicanos - Estanquero

Axolotes Mexicanos - Vaga

Ruth-Anne Cunningham - A Girl Like Me (prod. By RedOne)

Kiwi (ft. Luvall)
featuring guitar by Elan Wright

Recorded at Le Grove & The Ruby Room

Mixed & mastered by Randy Ross at Undercaste Studios in Seattle

The Queen´s Gambit

Sean Teahan

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