1. |
Like a Rocket
02:41
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I'm gonna burn up just like a rocket
Take out a bullet put it in my pocket
Givin me a fork, stick it in the socket
Don't you know I'm burning just like a rocket
And I don't know where you're goin'
And I don't know where you been
And I don't know why you stay out late at night
Maybe I'll know when you're gone
I'm gonna burn up just like a pyre
Givin' me your fuel, add it to my fire
Losin' all your lovin' gettin' no desire
Don't you know I'm burning just like a pyre
And I don't know what you're thinkin'
And I don't know what's the plan
And I don't know anything at all
Baby why don't you give me a hand?
I'm gonna burn up just like a rocket
Take out a bullet put it in my pocket
Givin me a fork, stick it in the socket
Don't you know I'm burning just like a rocket
Editor's note: this is the first song I wrote on the guitar. I tried to write it like "Cut Like a Buffalo" by the Dead Weather but the guitar had other ideas.
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2. |
Labor Wall
02:16
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Stuck outside the labor wall
down the street and cross the hall
I can hear mothers call
to the unborn children:
"Where you goin now my son?
Soon you know we won't be one
Goes away but there it comes
All the way inside"
(Guitar solo)
On the streets the people cry
and I stop to ask them why
They don't know they only sigh
"Another one today"
And
On the streets the people cry
and I stop to ask them why
They don't know they only sigh
"Another one today"
Editor's note: this one has a weird dreamlike quality to it for me.
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3. |
Valley Song
05:05
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I went down to the valley
To see what I had done
I went down to the valley
Under the gun
I went down to the valley
All my life
I went down to the valley
Lookin for a wife
I went down to the valley
To see what was there
I went down to the valley
I was unaware
I went down to the valley
A chill was in the air
I went down to the valley
Bodies everywhere
I went down to the valley
Looking at the sky
I went down to the valley
Feeling rather high
I went down to the valley
Knowing I would die
I went down to the valley
For the time was nigh
I went down to the valley
Looking for a sign
I went down to the valley
And I spilled the wine
Editor's note: Lovecraftian vibes?
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4. |
The Hour of Darkness
04:18
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I am floating now
Everything's gone white
No more killing or death now
This is my only fight
Here in the hour of darkness
Everyone else has gone away
I alone will stay
Stay for the hour of darkness
I know why you're here
And you've nothing left to fear
Fear in the hour of darkness
Can't you see this night
Brilliant in shadow-light
Light won't serve us for long
Tell me if that's wrong
Light from the hour of darkness
Editor's note: Originally titled "In My Hour of Darkness" after the Gram Parsons song (that I hadn't heard yet). I changed it after hearing Gram's song.
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5. |
Alexandra
03:54
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My Alexandra
Your shield restrains me
Patience is a virtue
So you teach me
My Alexandra
The moon did brightly glow
Taking me away
To that place I always know
And I see you
And I hear you call my name
And I feel you
And you know I show no shame
My Alexandra
And when your ship
Did take me
I had no strength left
To flee
But when you learned, yeah,
To love me
It was then
I was free
My Alexandra
Callin out your name
Alexandra I feel no shame
There's nobody else
For me to blame
Editor's note: I don't have a note for this one, I just like the song.
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6. |
The Iceman Cometh
08:49
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The Iceman
Sleeps
In the Cave
Alone
I went
Outside
to flee
my home
We went
Beyond
To seek
New Life
But as
We came
We lost
Our way
Oh yeah
We ventured
Deeper
Into
The unknown
And then
We lost
All
Control
(Instrumental break I: In this part the Iceman descends upon the explorers and mercilessly massacres them)
I am
Alone now
All
That's left
The beast
He lingers
He torments
The deaths
I will
Not rest
Till one
Is done
That thing
Will be
The end
of me
Oh yeah
The end
Oh yeah
Traveller's monologue:
My body is frozen solid
I am alone now in a small cave
On the hillside
My friends and loved ones lay dead
Outside I hear it
I hear the Iceman Cometh
I can smell his horrible odor
It is the odor
The odor of my loved ones he has slain
Suddenly, he is upon me
And with his horrible claws and fangs
He tears
Into my flesh
In a horrible orgy of destruction and chaos
Only the consciousness remains
as the body
is torn
to pieces
(Instrumental break II: As the Iceman shrieks horribly, the last survivor's body is torn to pieces)
Editor's note: there's a 17 minute long version from around 2015 I have somewhere in the vault. Let that sink in.
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7. |
Technicolor Dreamboat
02:23
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An inburnt scream
Across the sea
Today nobody knows me
I have to make
The people see
Just what it means
To live free
I'm going on
A journey now
Why don't you come with me
Go sailing in my castle
All around the sea
In my
Technicolor Dreamboat
Sailing free through the sea
Technicolor Dreamboat
All through the see-ee-eea
Everyone is greedy
Lying to themselves
Doing what the people say is
The only thing that sells
I'll tell you all
About it now
What I think is fair
No more killing or evil now
The blood is in the air
Not in my
Technicolor Dreamboat
Sailing free through the sea
Technicolor Dreamboat
Sailing free, you and me
Technicolor Dreamboat
Oh yeah
Editor's note: I remember coming up with the idea for this when I was "vacationing" in San Francisco with the Boy Scouts in 2012. The title is a spin on "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
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8. |
Goodbye Moon
03:05
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Goodbye Moon
Sorry I had to leave so soon
Goodbye stars
Chased wealth in fancy cars
Goodbye wind
I'll miss you most until the end
No dogs to howl
No birds to cry
No moon to glow, no evening sky
No stars tonight
No people, uptight
Not even a gentle summer's breeze
Goodbye wind
You were once my closest friend
(Guitar solos)
No moon to glow, no eyes alive
Only shadows in the divide
Editor's note: I came up with the title for this one while I was on a cross-country run in high school.
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9. |
#99
02:31
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None, it's an instrumental.
However, the guitar goes:
do do do do do
dodododododo
do do do do do do do do do
da da da da da DA da da da da
da da da da da dadadadada
da da da da da DA da da da da
da da da da da dadadadada
Editor's note: the title for this one comes from a tascam portable studio. You could make new projects for songs and the projects would be saved as "untitled-001" and so on. When I went to record the demo for this, I was on "untitled-099" so I named the song #99.
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10. |
Red Lantern
02:25
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Out in the night
In the somber mist
Steal away
The thoughts you missed
Let em in
out from the cold
Bring em back into the fold
Dreams are your own
Dreams can come true
A red lantern will bring you light
In the foggy depths
Of a dim night
And as your memories flood you
Let em be the ones that soothe
All your life, you've waited for this
The final embrace of death's kiss
Dreaming of your home
Dream up something new
A red lantern will be your light
Thru the foggy depths
of a dim night
Red lanterns will light your way
And you'll see your dreams in the breaking day
(instrumental)
A red lantern will be your light
Thru the foggy depths
of a dim night
Thru the foggy depths
of a dim night
Editor's note: The title for this one comes from an unfinished Laura Nyro album. She was going to record it in the early '70s but she semi-retired. This track wasn't originally on the 2015 release of "One" but I included it here to replace "Bleeding Rose," since that song sucks.
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