A nod to Sylvia Plath and Edgar Allen Poe. Recorded in 1984, when I was a lad, on a 4-track cassette. The first song I ever wrote that I thought, 'hey, that's pretty cool.  It'll be a big pop hit, and I'll be RIIIIIICHHHH!' haha.

Cows That Moo And Moo

Shawn Bisi Song Demo arranged and Played by Mark Nichols with Voice by Shawn.  Produced by Brian Herman and Mark Nichols.

Just A Breath Away

Live performance from the Everexpanding Experience Machine Tour, 2014.  The Mantra is a song by Mark Nichols from Joe Bean, the opera. 

Mantra (Went Down to the Market)

Song from Joe Bean, the opera.  Lyrics by Bob McAllister.  Music by Mark Nichols.  Performed Live by Mark Nichols as part of the Everexpanding Experience Machine tour, 2014. 

Wide Space Between Words

Song lyrics by Bob McAllister, Music by Mark Nichols from the opera called Joe Bean.  Performed live by Mark Nichols on the Everexpanding Experience Machine tour, 2014. 

Got to Get Down to Get Up

Poetry by Bob McAllister & Mark Nichols
Music by Mark Nichols
Latin translation by Mark Nichols
October, 2014

Translation: 
Rest, rest
Gently rest with peace
Or on the contrary,
Enjoy a big great time
After this life
Be a madman
Whatever you want

But always know in your heart
We are thinking of you
Missing you

CHILDREN:
The celestial heaven 
Wraps me in embrace
All life is one
Every breath is one We breathe this life together and the mask is the map revealing the deep meaning Incarnate
We're only human
And life is only
One of the mysteries

I heard him
Lung crusted voice,
If God is good, and man is God
Everything is as it should be Take the good, take the bad Blessed are those who love the world Because it is.

They love the soft breezes
Soft breath
Blowing, blowing

We are in the play as a play
But that is the story of us within us
The story within the story that is within us
We are in the play within the play
It's like theater
where nothing is as it appears 
And the left is on the right
And down is up
But that is the story of us within us

Flowers of summer
They have turned to seed
The winds from the north
A day of autumn
We play in the leaves
We're a spring phantom ghost
Kiss the earth
So cold, that the earth
Sings a song

Spirit, gods, demons
You are everything I ever imagined
They light the outer side
Of my body
Collecting insanity
Clearly they see me,

I can see without obstruction One curtain on the stage disappeared I see the workers uncovered
I see
Thread revealed
Which can not be extracted from me And it is always not far from me
The love of life
I thank the world for my
Love of Life

I give to the world
The love of life

The celestial heaven 
Wraps me in embrace

Go with peace And always carry in your heart knowledge
We are thinking of you, missing you

Mcallister Requiem

Toujours L'Amour - Version by Mark Nichols - Song by Procol Harum

From the show HOW TO SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE: A BURNING OPERA.  Lyrics by Erik Davis & Mark Nichols.   Music by Mark Nichols.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/how-to-survive-apocalypse/id482690247

http://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Apocalypse-Burning-Opera/dp/B0063TX6Q2

Burn It Up - From How to Survive the Apocalypse

Musician/animator from Ferndale, Washington. 

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