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Lazybones

Can You Hear Me

A song about taking pictures

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Though my shoes are worn
Down these streets I go
Catching glimpses of
Shuttered conversations

Quality of light
Through these people I flow
We’re all the sum of
Our misplaced devotions

I remember when 
These pictures meant something
Forgotten scenes but not by me
Or the quality of light
Is it too late yet?

Though my shirt is torn
Down these streets I go
Hearing whispers of
The exposed foundations

Quality of light
Through these people I flow
We’re all the product of
Emotional projections

I remember when 
These pictures meant something
Forgotten scenes but not by me
Or the quality of light
Is it too late yet?

The Photographer

Written, recorded and produced at Cat Box Studio, Metro Detroit.

Lyrics:
My mind is floating on a sea of "running out of time".
I survive, barely getting good at barely getting by.

And our heart has spoken, but you see the words are broken.
You can't take another day.
Set aside dreams of wealth, your way of life, and mental health.
You Don't hear a word I say.

Fall out from the navigation and a proper destination, pushing it aside.
Pause, rewind, reflect, refine. It doesn't work that way.

And our heart has spoken, but you see the words are broken.
You can't take another day.
Set aside dreams of wealth, your way of life, and mental health.
You don't hear a word I say. You won't listen anyway.

It was wrong from the start.
Add it up and multiply. Set the bar, I'm still not getting by.

And our heart has spoken, but you see the words are broken.
You can't take another day.
Set aside dreams of wealth, your way of life, your sense of self.
You don't hear a word I say.
Stack them up on broken walls. Throw the stones and watch them fall.

You don't hear me, you won't listen, I can't take another day.

Pause, Rewind

How Do You Sleep? [John Lennon Cover]

Time dies

Can't feel my touch or the lust inside of me, am I drying ?, like a dead tree
Why am I so hard, my mouth is so dry, I can´t even see , my brain is branchin out of me and dying

I feel my nerves are growing branches out of me
Its like that they dont know what´s my place on earth

I feel my nerves are coming out of my brain

My mouth gets dry, my hair falls out
What´s this disease
Is Fear of the dark taking over me

Time dies

Can't feel my touch or the lust inside of me, am I drying ?, like a dead tree
Why am I so hard, my mouth is so dry, I can´t even see , my brain is branchin out of me and dying

I feel my nerves are growing branches out of me
Its like that they dont know what´s my place on earth

I feel my nerves are coming out of my brain

My mouth gets dry, my hair falls out
What´s this disease
Is Fear of the dark taking over me

Will I ever reconsile my soul
will I ever be the same I was
I can´t even recognize myself
Should I keep myself away from you

Away from you
Away from you
Away from you

Time dies

This is a tribute to the armed forces and veterans that have served and sacrificed. I e can never say thank you enough for the blood you shed and the friends that were lost.

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Jason Quackhees

Break The Chain

This is my new, and possibly final, album. I consider it the best work I've ever done and if I never make another album I would be happy to say that it all ended on this particular note.

Though I obviously have my own distinct sound and musical identity, I would say that major inspirations during my recording of this album would be David Bowie's Blackstar, Peter Gabriel's UP and Kate Bush's Ariel...at least in terms of all of those albums being eclectic studies in contrast and juxtaposition. Like those albums, each song has its own set of feelings and meanings and imagery...and I only hope that this album hits anywhere NEAR the level of artistry of those works. My goal is always to take the listener on a journey through dynamic peaks and valleys and leave them feeling well-traveled by the end of the experience. I want the experience to be impacting on deep emotional, intellectual and spiritual levels, and not just be aural wallpaper to serve as a mere backdrop.

I hope I have accomplished that goal, and I hope that people will take the time to actually LISTEN to this album...but that DOES take a certain level of commitment and an actual interest in music as art. If you have that, you may find this work gratifying. Many have said that it takes a couple listens to “get” what I do...and you may find that to be true as well.

I have made this album available on YouTube as a full album video with lyrics for free listening, as a free download on Noisetrade (link in comment below), and as a paid download on Bandcamp (also in comment below). I had planned on making some videos for some of these songs and to roll it out in a more commercial way, but given the times it seems wrong to me to do so. Above all else, I would would like my work to be heard and remembered. If something happens to me, I would like to know that people listened to and enjoyed my work on some level.

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Reedy