How Are Ya w G. Glen and Samara

words and music by tommy styhlz and G .Glen

i showed the bishops where the pawns drew from the start
i flew the planes into the paintings in the state of art
enticed the sites with sugar rains and salty skies in my eyes

i'd tell you anything 

i'd tell you anything

she's just walking along yeah
how are ya?

she's just walking along yeah
how are ya?

forged in two stealing smiles and styhlz changed with the turning of a dial
well i'd just rest a minute while you steal the moments while i
well i'd like to see you in a porno moving up and down the screen
it's dirty pink 
and i was sittin here just wondering...

she's just walking along yeah
how are ya?

she's just walking along yeah
how are ya?



How Are Ya w  g glen

ok this one was done after reading 'the screwtape letters' by c.s. lewis. there was a paragraph that really stood out for me and i'll say inspired me for lack of a better word at this time. so lyrically it's actually a paragraphical excerpt from this book and i don't know about any copyright infringement that may occur because of it. just know that i make no money from my music. it's done out of love and because i just can't help it. 

yet
words by c.s lewis music by tommy styhlz added spoken verse by a lady that spoke in a meeting i was in and loved her voice. i asked if she would read this excerpt and she complied... she never wanted a copy, nor did she ever say anything else about it but to pay homage where it's due, she makes the whole song! thanks! whoever you were...
you have not been anything like
long enough with the enemy
to have
any real humility
yet

what he says even on his knees abouthis own sinfulness
is all parrot talk
at bottom he still believes he has run up a very favorable credit balance
in the enemies ledger 
by allowing himself to be converted
and thinks that he is showing great humility
and condescension 
in going to church with these smug
commmon place neighbors at all

keep him in that state of mind
as long
as you can




so this was the first attempt at a demo for possibly collaborating with my mentor jeff svienson and yet another most talented lor dane. jeff had some music demoed up and sparked some inspiration in a time of my life that there was little. dealing with my own stuff and nobody to blame but me. you know, THAT old chestnut... hehhehh. anyway, lori had these tracks still after what, ten years possibly.. did i just say that... and everyone agreed that they should be listened to... listen...

collaborative = lor dane - jeff svienson - tommy styhlz

Going Round:

I miss your lips
Your teeth
And what you mean to me

How far is close?
It's near
enough to hear you breathe

You share
You shake
About the room with me

Your eyes
Your mind 
in mine
keeps the world

Going
Always going round
Silent secrets found
and then brought to ground
There's only one way
you can take me to the one place
we can go and find a sun
and we will see
and believe

I guess this mess was best
and what was good for me
Unless the past had chance
Why weren't you safe for me?
Forward in time with wine
And in the forest trees
I missed your kiss
And this
It made the world keep..

going
Always going round
Silent secrets found
and then brought to ground
There's only one way
you can take me to the one place
We can go and find a sun
and we will see
and believe

Only in my dreams
Inside I believe
you are here with me
You are safe
with me

Going Round

i dont have to go into a big thing with this one... same deal.

words tommy styhlz and lor dane- vox lor dane - music and production jeff svienson


I Miss You:

Thought you were found
in and about
always somewhere else
Saw you around, 
signing in/out, inside of yourself
In deep
Called out for the dead of sleep
Somethin's always happening 
and I miss you

Hear me
I belted out
I shouted out
I tried to make amends 
to all of my friends

I never traded any money
for the time that wasted
Never lost the colours
of the life that faded
All these thoughts in my mind
are so sacred

All these highs
taking over
Dropped in lower
All this time
I tried to help you fly
free of everything
Free of everything
Free of everything
but me

In deep
Called out for the dead of sleep
Somethin's always happening 
and I miss you

Hear me
I belted out
I shouted out
I tried to make amends 
to all of my friends

I never traded any money
for the time that wasted
Never lost the colours
of the life that faded
All these thoughts in my mind
are so sacred

All these highs
taking over
Dropped in lower
All this time
I tried to help you fly

free...only what you see
and believe
Free...only what you see
Free...only what you see
Free...only what you see


I Miss You

and another

words - tommy styhlz vox- lor dane - music and production jeff svienson


Looking Through:

Talk'n forward
about nothing
Three shots into
out of something
I've been somewhere else

Just a...one thing
Always something
Wish it wasn't 
all for nothing
I still have myself

Seen through 
the white light
Change is everything
It's all right

Looking through these eyes
I could start to cry
I can't change you
I don't need you
I won't feed off everything
But looking through these eyes
I could start to cry
I can't change you
I don't need you 
I won't feed off everything
you do

You don't show;
won't grow
into light;
a brighter life
You say you're
somewhere else
But I just see you
living in your
hell

Looking through these eyes
I could start to cry
I can't change you
I don't need you
I won't feed off everything
But looking through these eyes
I could start to cry
I can't change you
I don't need you 
I won't feed off everything
you do

Walked in slowly,
hearing knowing,
Sensing one thing,
tension growing,
silencing yourself

Seeing through
the white light
changes everything
It's alright

Looking through these eyes
I could start to cry
I can't change you
I don't need you
I won't feed off everything
But looking through these eyes
I could start to cry
I can't change you
I don't need you 
I won't feed off everything
you do

I can't change you


Looking Through

this was the first song i wrote for the 'dirty pink' project i was working on in toronto. most of the songs were recorded on the fly, jumping around to various locations to use instruments or record vocals or drums or whatever. this project was inspired after seeing 'dragonette' open for 'u.s.s.' at peace dot love in toronto i think 2010ish. kind of had an industrial/ disco idea for this project but it morphed into something else as things tend to do. the project barely had a start before it fizzled...

love my ways
words and music tommy styhlz   vox- samara

i'm all in love with you
our hearts are plugged into
you have a cigarette
i'll take a drag from it

on the dot
you forgot
i know what you want
and i can get it for you

we don't separate
forgive the lies and anger
i'l set a spot for tea
if you'll have a drink with me

on the dot
you forgot
i know what you want
and i can get it for you

i know what you want

a teeny tiny dose would?
a) bind me
b) hypnotize me
c) sanctify me
d) all of the above

the simple sighs of love

it's so easy
don't you see me
i'm only trying to keep this thing alive and
well
in my mind
i've got so many reasons
i keep telling myself
and thinking

don't you
love
my ways 


Love My Ways

Wow... I totally forgot about this song and it's one that has to be heard. Recorded at The Black Lodge in Vancouver with two of my most inspiring and super talents I've EVER had the pleasure to have worked with. I wrote the verses and chorus after an amazing mushroom night at wreck beach and Dang and I started the music journey soon after. We recorded layers and layers of guitars and pianos and had a really great start before we got lori in the vox booth to add her magic. Really though, working with Dang is such an amazing experience because there's no rules and NOTHING or NO idea that can't be done. Those two filled that song out lyrically and once those amazing vocals were laid down, Dang could finally add his brilliance and I say that in the absolute English sense of the word. He created the whole sound that is the essence of this song. The intro breathe s the life into the explosion of sounds that follow. There's two very neat ideas that stick out for me. #1 is in the intro there's morse code going on underneathe that says 'billy says bacon is good'. why that was funny is because when we sampled a billy graham record, we accidently played a portion of it backwards and it totally said 'bacon is good! we just thought that was pretty funny and had to add that... #2 is the roullette or 'wheel of fortune' like spinning wheel nearing the end just before the final explosion of sound. i just love that for some reason and thats just my point with what i was saying that NO idea can't be done. we had that idea and he performed the task and executed with precision. the timing is impecable... and thats just one part. There's an amazing positive vibe to this track which may or may not exit in a lot of the music that i've written since. I haven't had that creative network with anyone since, and I miss it more than anything... so shut me up and have an amazing listen...

Im in awe
Chris Dang, Lor Dane, Tommy Styhlz

Ah look up and see
Out there
A path that leads
Right to the moon
Ah look out and see
Up there
A star it breathes
Energy
In ultraviolet ways

Im a bursting fountain
A roaring flame
Cant control you
Cant contain

Im feeling so amazed
Ive never felt this way
Im in awe
Im in awe
Ive never been so free
Emersed in ecstacy
Im in awe
So in awe

Bow and
Lead in styhl
Leave you
in whirlwind
While
She creates
So naturally

Awe look
Inside me
Out through
Our eyes meet
Will you be here
If I lose my way...

Can you feel it
Can you feel it through your veins
This crazy energy
To touch the end of space
Can you feel it
Can you feel it through your soul
As it starts to ignite
What you cant control... 

Lyrics and Music -  tommy styhlz - vox samara

The Call

Heavy
Hard to see you 
Waiting for the Call...

Eyes  have dried right up...

Tired...

Tired of thinking
What it all about...

Any second now...

We'll all be finding out...



Any second now...


Any second now...

Any second now...

Any second now...

Any Second...

Dirty pINK's Album

The Call Testmix 7 1

Words and Music by Tommy Styhlz

F U I Choose

If you could ask yourself the question why?
Why wouldn't you want to?
If you could take something away from this life...

What would you want to?

I choose...
I choose... 

Love
love
Fuck You i choose
Love 
Love 
Love

So many times I've told myself I'm done...
With all the things I haven't won.

I find that days stretch on and on...
Without you...

i can't go on.
i can't move on...

and i don't want to...

i can't be strong,
I know I'm wrong...
And I hurt you... But

Love
fuck You i Choose

When your worlds at stake it's taken me a bit to come to light

I can't read the futuristic turns that wrestle in your mind...

Nervous as I've felt before...
i don't want to feel that way no more

Is this the first time not the first time it's the first time no it isn't...

Love
takes you higher
Love 
Wears a wire
Love
it's Desire...

F U I Choose

Words by K. music, Vox and Arrangement Tommy Styhlz

A GOOD SONG

saved me once
saved me twice
with this love til the end
i made you my best friend

when i see RED
i sighed out what you said
when i feel BLUE
you help me see it right through

and the colors in between
meant to be so seen

and with every life that comes

makes your heart drum

makes your heart jump

makes you hum...

and the colours in between...

this is actually A GOOD SONG

this is actually A GOOD SONG...

Tommy Styhlz

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