Reveal yourself is the title track of forthcoming debut album written, recorded and produced by Roger Pancake.

Reveal yourself

A remaster of title track Reveal yourself published in 2022.

Reveal yourself 

It could be much easier if you just say help me please
when you find yourself in a growing sense of unease. 
You might be better off learning how to say no
and to stay away from people who are not good for you. 

If you wanna scream it out
go ahead and shout out loud
but make it clear what it‘s about

Cool it down and appreciate the options you can choose
on what to do or to decline without excuse.
Get in to this groove, so you won’t be caught in a calm 
and let it clear your mind and make you move with aplomb.

It’s not about to scream it out.
You don‘t have to shout out loud.
Just don‘t let them leave you cowed
and clearly state what it is about.

Reveal yourself

If you wanna shout out loud
Go ahead and call it out
Just don‘t let them leave you bowed
Get it through their head what it’s all about. 

Reveal yourself
Reveal yourself

(Music and words by Mark Korthals)

Reveal yourself (remastered)

A call for courage, an unconventional kind of a psychedelic rock hymn, rolling and jumping through the circle of fiths and peaking in a choral and orchestral incantation. The second song by Roger Pancake lives from the congenial spirits of long-time fellow musicians Lautus (12-string, lead and solo guitar, string and brass arrangement) and Lily of snow (additional vocals).


Courage

No guts, no glory!                          
Your personal credo.                     
Doughty and dauntless                
So unleash your boldness           
and show off your mettle!            

No sweat! No worries!
Puffed up bravado!
Full of vim and vigor
all piss and vinegar 
Will you grasp the nettle! 


Then take heart! You know that it calls
for growing a pair of balls.
For valour‘s sake,
admit your mistake
and summon up the spirit
to apologise for it!


No risk no reward.                        
Do you feel the moxie?               
Audacious and temerous,           
as valiant as hercules,                  
made for a daring deed.                

All-out effort
cause you‘re not a wussy!
As robust as iron,
as brave as a lion,
prepared for the glaring feat. 


So take heart! Do you have the guts?
Will you grow a pair of nuts?
Are you game enough
not just to play tough,
but instead pluck up the courage 
to surmount that muddy ditch.

Put your heart to the test!
All you need is a quest! 
But who do you really want to be impressed?
Or is it just to distract
from the essence of your dread?
I can‘t believe that you‘re like that.
Come, offer me some more respect! 

So, take the plunge and brave it out, Dude! 
C’mon, gimme some fortitude! 
You know what you did.
Now show me true grit
to bear responsibility              
for who you’re meant to be!

And take heart! ...(transpose to E and solo...)


(Words and music by Mark Korthals)

Courage

A meme is an inheritable unit of culture as one follows the so called meme theory.. I wondered if there‘s something more ancient such as the origin of all ideas and feelings per se which nobody can remember of. but is a spooky, mysterious thing connecting all together. This song is a flow of images to create kind of a science fiction short film. Saying this I realize it might be inspired by Stanislaw Lem or Stanley Kubrick.

You will hear the song enwrought by different guitar tunes intermingling with an ocean drum and a Hungarian zither. Of course this track lives again from the beautiful additional voice of Lily of Snow ❤️. 

Somewhere hidden in white noise
there‘s a feeling inside
a hazy vibe in between the lines
waxed and waned by the turns of the tide. 

However we try to conceive it
We ain’t got no words for this
just a thought dispersing when you follow it
And all we talk is mourn the things we miss

Murmurs in the cosmic background
melancholia behind
encrypted somewhere beyond the void
it has always kept us entwined

However we try to behold it
We ain’t got no view for this
just a flash the moment when you blink your eyes
And all our talk is mourning for
And all we see is growing out of abyss 

It‘s the source but not the reason
It is all the doors standing ajar
It‘s the prospects but not the decision
You can evolve into whatever you are

However much we try to recall
we ain’t got no memes for this
just a dream that fades away when we awake
And all the talk is mourning for.      
(And all we talk is mourn the things we miss)
And all we sense is growing out 
(And all we see is growing out of abyss)
And all we do is fail to reminisce

But it’s a guide and not your leader
It‘s a map but it is not the course
It‘s a trip without a meter 
You can find a route and make it yours

And it is freedom without secession
It‘s the origin but not the fate
It‘s diversity but not dissociation     
Step in to whatever makes you resonate

Somewhere hidden in white noise
there‘s a feeling inside
a hazy vibe in between the lines
waxed and waned by the turns of the tide. 


(Words and music by Mark Korthals)

No memes for this

A call for courage, an unconventional kind of a psychedelic rock hymn, rolling and jumping through the circle of fiths and peaking in a choral and orchestral incantation. The second song by Roger Pancake lives from the congenial spirits of long-time fellow musicians Lautus (12-string, lead and solo guitar, string and brass arrangement) and Lily of snow (additional vocals).
(An alternative master mix which has a little more Wumms and is a little less schrill, you know, might be more pleasant for the ears). 

Courage

No guts, no glory!                          
Your personal credo.                     
Doughty and dauntless                
So unleash your boldness           
and show off your mettle!            

No sweat! No worries!
Puffed up bravado!
Full of vim and vigor
all piss and vinegar 
Will you grasp the nettle! 


Then take heart! You know that it calls
for growing a pair of balls.
For valour‘s sake,
admit your mistake
and summon up the spirit
to apologise for it!


No risk no reward.                        
Do you feel the moxie?               
Audacious and temerous,           
as valiant as hercules,                  
made for a daring deed.                

All-out effort
cause you‘re not a wussy!
As robust as iron,
as brave as a lion,
prepared for the glaring feat. 


So take heart! Do you have the guts?
Will you grow a pair of nuts?
Are you game enough
not just to play tough,
but instead pluck up the courage 
to surmount that muddy ditch.

Put your heart to the test!
All you need is a quest! 
But who do you really want to be impressed?
Or is it just to distract
from the essence of your dread?
I can‘t believe that you‘re like that.
Come, offer me some more respect! 

So, take the plunge and brave it out, Dude! 
C’mon, gimme some fortitude! 
You know what you did.
Now show me true grit
to bear responsibility              
for who you’re meant to be!

And take heart! ...(transpose to E and solo...)


(Words and music by Mark Korthals)

Courage (Master3)

HOLLOW ON THE OUTSIDE

The power shortage in our house has blatantly disguised
What was lurking in the corner of our eyes
Just before we‘d make it right
Then to tell it was surmise

Abbreviated our driveway seems to be by now
Leads to the gambrel roof‘s capitulating bow
Just before we‘d known somehow
Now to tell it is surprise

The corner of our sanctuary
Does not proof refractory
Emerald green, efficiency
Touted fancy plasticine
We gilded borroughs on a landslide

A day ago we gathered at the bottom of the stairs
Regroup to face another day of night repairs
Just to be completely fair:
Never were we wise

What to tell you elderlies and children of the sun?
Before we knew it we did know what we begun
So much fun to be undone
Now to tell is our devise

The glower of our hymnary
Unimproved itinerary
Rare earth sheen, efficacy
Clouded, chancy, contravene
We builded hollow on the outside.

(Words & Music: Benjamin Lauterkorn)

Hollow On The Outside

Lautus

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