Clarified [Demo]

not sure this will reflect the sound of anything on the album. let me know what you think!

Headrush

I was feelin' this one. sorry to leave you hanging with no ending... these are all just demos ! You'll have to wait until August / September to hear it all ;)

Out From Under [Demo]

the lyrics I wrote and the chorus are not present in this demo... thanks for your patience. 

Never Thought [Demo]

I wrote this song for a final project in my ethics of philosophy class. It's a song about John Stuart Mill's utilitarian theory. In short, J.S. Mill thought that our actions are motivated by pleasure and pain. Simply put, everything we do is to either seek pleasure or avoid pain. Thus, as a moralist, he believed we should choose our actions wisely. In any given situation, we have multiple courses of action we could take. In his view, we ought to take the one that leads to the most pleasure and the least amount of pain... but not just for ourselves. We should consider every person who will be impacted by our action. Once you have evaluated all of the possibilities and what the ramifications of your actions could be, you ought to act according to what creates the greatest net pleasure and the least net pain.

As a utilitarian, J.S. Mill was a consequentialist who thought that there are no inherently good or bad actions... rather every action is only good or bad insofar as it is found to be in accord with the moralist theory described above.

Arguably, his most famous quote is: "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is only because they only know their own side of the question."

The lyrics are:

Verse 1:

John Stuart Mill / was a man who thought you should do / what makes you happy / mmm / so long as everybody gets their fill / and when the pain goes away / that's when you know that you have made / the best decision for everyone / the course of action that was just..... 


Verse 2:

John Stuart Mill / said something like / it's better to feel / like a human being / or Socrates / dissatisfied / than a pig at ease / so when you go to sleep at night in your bed / and you ask yourself / "did I do what's best?" / did you weigh your options? / did you take the test / that Utilitarian's find best?


Breakdown:

When the moves you make / are guided by pleasure or pain / it's really quite simple / mmm / yet kinda complicated / uh huh

Oooohooh / the utilitarian / is just a kind of consequentialist / who cannot see past the end

Moves you make / are guided by pleasure or pain / it's really quite simple / mmm / yet kinda complicated / uh huh  x2

Moves You Make

Waves

HipFlow

Salty Coffee

"I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the universe, other stars, other planets, and eventually other life, a supernova, creation itself. I was there. I wanted to see it, and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull. With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum, with ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air."

Sweet Debrief