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The Monolith
08:17
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THE MONOLITH
THE MONOLITH STANDS BEFORE COLDLY WATCHING APE BECOME MAN THE MONOLITH RISES ABOVE ME SUMMONING US TO AN ALIEN LAND AND EVERYTHING WE STRIVE TO BE JUST BEYOND OUR GRASP NAKED BEFORE THE OBELISK WE CREATE FIRE WITH OUR HANDS CLOTHED INSIDE THE MAINFRAME WE BUILD MACHINES TO TAKE US FROM THIS LAND AND EVERYTHING WE HOPE TO BE FORGOTTEN IN THE SAND FALSE DIETIES BLIND OUR EYES WHILE THE MONOLITH ONLY WAITS THEY CLOUD OUR PATH AND THEY LEAD ASTRAY EVOLUTIONARY DESTINY TAKEN TOO LATE AND EVERYTHING WE COULD’VE BEEN MIGHT BE LOST IN SPACE A CHILD IS BORN ON EARTH WITH ALL THE POTENTIAL THAT WE CLAIM THEY NESTLE AGAINST THE MONOLITH THEIR MIND IS OPEN TO THE FLAME AND EVERYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY BE COULD BE OURS AGAIN
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SLAPSTICK OF ANOTHER KIND
SISTER JOIN YOUR HAND WITH MINE AND TOGETHER WE CREATE A MASTERPIECE SISTER JOIN YOUR HEAD WITH MINE AND TOGETHER NATIONS TREMBLE AT OUR FEET HI OH! DIKSA! WE BUILD WORLDS FROM WITHERED RUINS WIND BLASTED SKYSCRAPERS RAVAGED JUNGLE STREETS WE CLOSE OUR EYES AND CIVILIZATIONS DISAPPEAR ALONG WITH ALL THE AUTHORITIES WE ONCE FEARED THE LOCKET IS TAKEN AND BROKEN IN TWO ONE PIECE IS BURIED SOMEWHERE INSIDE YOU THE OTHER WAS GIVEN TO ME BUT I FORGOT WHAT IT MEANS I TRY TO EXPLAIN BUT I CAN’T FIND THE KEY SISTER FOREVER PARTED NOW THE REIGNS HANDED TO THOSE WHO STARTED ALL OF THIS OUR IDEAS OUR TINY ATTIC THEORIES MANIPULATED FOR ANYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT CHOOSE NOW I SEE THE WORLD WE HELD SO DEAR NOW CONTAINS MY GREATEST FEARS MOTHERLESS CHILDREN ARE NOW COUSINS OF THE WORLD EVERY FORGOTTEN BOY EVERY UNASSUMING GIRL BUT WITHOUT YOU I’M A SLAVE TO THE SIMPLEST DESIGNS AND THAT TO ME IS SLAPSTICK OF ANOTHER KIND
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Carrion Crow
04:03
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CARRION CROW
OLD BLACK CROW GET AWAY FROM ME EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH IS HERESY EVERYTHING TAKES A PIECE OF ME CARRION CROW YOU’RE BETTER THAN ME WHEN DOORS ARE LOCKED YOU HOLD THE KEY EVOLUTION MAN DOES WHAT HE CAN BUT STILL A SLAVE TO THE RACE HE RAN CARRION CROW WELL WHAT DO YOU SEE YOU OUTFOXED THE BEST OF ME BUT WHEN IT ALL COMES BACK AROUND HERE I WAIT FOR ANOTHER ROUND
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Tell Me Something Real
07:13
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TELL ME SOMETHING REAL
WEARY FROM THE ROAD I CAME IN FROM THE COLD INTO A STOREFRONT THAT NEVER CLOSED RED EYES STARING AT ME TOLD ME WHAT HE SAW HE SAID SON YOU LOOK LOST I READ HIS SCRIPTURE I READ HIS TOME INCOURAGED OTHERS TO FOLLOW ALONG COULDN’T SEE REALITY FOR WHAT IT WAS THE MUSIC OF HIS WORDS I WAS ENGULFED TELL ME SOMETHING REAL C’MON AND TELL ME SOMETHING REAL WHEN HIS EMPIRE WAS BUILT AND UNCONQUERABLE HE ORDAINED ME WITH SACRED SCROLLS ASKED OF HIM WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME HE SAID YOU AND MY FLOCK MUST BE RELEASED I SAID RELEASED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND I COULDN’T BELIEVE MY EARS HE SAID THE WOLVES ARE AT THE GATE TAKE THIS PILL BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE HE TURNED AWAY I LEAPT ONTO HIM TOOK HIS LIFE SO THEY MAY LIVE THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND ME ON TOP OF HIM THEY PULLED ME AWAY THEY COULDN’T BELIEVE MY SIN STABBED ME BLOODY WITH THEIR KNIVES BEFORE THE FBI COULD EVER ARRIVE NEVER SAW THEIR FACES WHEN THEY WERE TOLD LAST THING I THOUGHT WAS HOW COULD I NOT KNOW HOW COULD I BE SO WRONG
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Divided Highway
04:53
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DIVIDED HIGHWAY
DRIVING UNDER VELVET SKIES AT NIGHT AND THE JAGGED LANDSCAPES OF THE DAY WHERE THE BAYOU CRAWLS AND MUDDY WATERS RISE AND HUDDIE LEDBETTER THUMBS OUT FOR A RIDE WHERE THE MONOLITHS OF REDWOOD STAND TALL AND THE THUNDER UNDER MOUNTAINS DEAFENS ALL CANYON ROCKS LIKE THE VALLEYS OF MARS VERICOSE VEINS POLLUTED BY CARS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ASSEMBLY LINE FOUR WHEELS AND STEEL MAKES A DREAM REAL BUT YOU MAY FIND THAT IN TIME YOU’RE ONLY WISHING FOR THE WAY IT USED TO BE LAWNS BOUND BY WHITE PICKET BOUNDS CROWDED STREETS WHERE YOU FEEL ALL ALONE SKYSCRAPERS LURCHING OVER AVENUES WHITE LINES THAT YOU CAN NEVER LOSE BEAUTY SO DEEP THERE’S A LOSS FOR WORDS IN THE DISTANCE A BLACKENED FOREST BURNS ODOMETER SPINNING BACKWARDS FLYING BY SO FAST THAT YOU CAN NEVER LEARN THAT’S DIVIDED HIGHWAY
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Harbor of Tears
04:59
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HARBOR OF TEARS
AND I LOST YOU BEFORE I EVEN KNEW YOU HISTORY ERASED BEFORE CIVILIZATION BEGAN RUINED CITIES WEEDS GROWING FROM ASHES AND WE WAVED GOODBYE FROM THE HARBOR OF TEARS IDYLLIC PICTURES IN YELLOWED ALBUMS NOT A SOUL FOUND ON A COUNTRY MILE AND MAYBE ONE DAY I’LL FIND YOU WHERE YOU’RE GOING BUT FOR NOW WAVE GOODBYE FROM THE HARBOR OF TEARS THERE’S NO WORRY FROM A HEART NOT BEATING THERE IS ONLY DUST WHEN THE WIND STOPS BLOWING AND I LEFT YOU THERE SOMEWHERE I’LL NEVER RETURN WATER IN THE SUN SHINING HARBOR OF TEARS SO PLEASE DON’T JUDGE ME DON’T CAST ME AWAY I KNOW WE’RE ONLY DOING OUR BEST TO FACE ANOTHER DAY SOMEDAY YOU’LL FIND ME AND I WON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT THAT’LL BE ANOTHER LIFE FAR FROM THE HARBOR OF TEARS
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Ocean Road
05:54
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OCEAN ROAD
YOU SEE SHE SAID TO ME I STILL DON’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE AFRAID TO DIVE IN AFTER ME IT’S NOT THAT I’M AFRAID IT’S JUST SUCH A FINE DAY AND I CAN SEE ALRIGHT FROM WHERE I AM I CAN WATCH YOU GLIDE FROM WAY DOWN HERE I KNOW I CAN KEEP MY EYES WIDE OPEN ALL THE TIME YOUR SHAWL BLOWS IN THE WIND THE PRESSURE SLOWLY GIVES AND I CAN SEE IT’S TIME TO BEGIN AGAIN ON THIS OCEAN ROAD IT WINDS TOWARDS THE SUN IT BRINGS ME BACK TO EVERYONE ON THIS OCEAN ROAD YOU CAN LOOSE A STEP YOU CAN TAKE A BREATH AND I CAN FIND YOU WHERE YOU FIND ME YOU TURN BACK TO ME TRYING TO TELL IF I CAN SEE THE MIRRORS YOU FOUND AT YOUR FEET CLOUDS ARE TRACING DOWN WHERE ONLY SMALL BIRDS CAN BE FOUND AND I WATCH YOU FLYING FROM THE GROUND
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Charyou Tree
07:00
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CHARYOU TREE
THE SKY GRAYS AS SUMMER FADES AWAY THE WINDS GROW STRONG AND IT’S HARVEST TIME AGAIN OLD SPLITFOOT AND THE HAYMAN IN THE STREET THE EERIE EMBERS IN THE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE MEET AND ABOVE ALL THE CHARYOU TREE CASTS ITS SHADOW ON ALL IT SEES ALL SUMMER LONG WE TOILED IN THE FIELDS AND NOW THE GATHERING TO SEE WHAT IT REVEALED EMPTY HANDS AS BARE AS NAKED SOIL TO DRIVE OUR FRENZY OVER TO A BOIL AND NOW THE SEARCH AMONG EVERYONE TO FIND THE ONES RESPONSIBLE TO BRING GOD’S WILL UPON THEIR HEADS TO BREAK THEIR BONES AND MAKE OUR BREAD BIND HER HANDS AND DRAG HER TO THE SQUARE MAKE SURE THAT EVERY NOBLEMAN IS THERE BATHE AND ANOINT HER IN THE SACRED OILS PRICK HER HANDS LET NOT A DROP BE SPOILED THE CROW CAWS AND THE TORCHES NOW ARE LIT SHE STANDS AT THE DAIS CORNSTALKS UNDER IT SHE’S SET ABLAZE SHE PRAYS HER SOUL TO KEEP AS DEMENTED EYES CRY TO GOD TO COME AND REAP ALL ALIGHT THE CHARYOU TREE MARKS THE SOULS OF ALL IT SEES AND NOW THE CHANTS BEGIN TO SWELL A BLAZING SUN NO NIGHT CAN QUELL AS WE DESCEND INTO DEEPER HELL YOU’LL HEAR IT ECHO WHERE GOOD MEN FELL COME, REAP CHARYOU TREE
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Bystander
05:52
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BYSTANDER
I WON’T CRY BUT I JUST CAN’T STAND TO SAY GOODBYE I’LL JUST RETREAT BACK INTO THE COMFORT OF THE LIE AND WHEN YOU SMILE AT ME I’LL MAKE SURE TO SMILE AT YOU IT’LL BE AS NOTHING CHANGED I’LL MAKE SURE IT STAYS THE SAME WE CAN RESUME OUR PARTS AS BYSTANDERS OUTSIDE A HARDENED HEART ON THE PRECIPICE WHERE WE STOOD WHEN WE WERE KIDS CLOUDS BROKE BEFORE US AS AUTUMN LEAVES TURNED THE COLOR OF RUST NOT TIME GROWS DULL AND EMPTINESS SPOILS WHAT WAS FULL I’D PULL YOUR HAIR AS YOU BLEW KISSES IN THE AIR AND NOW A SHADOW’S CAST AND WE’RE BYSTANDERS OUTSIDE A DISTANT PAST EGO TAKES THE SOUL MAKES A JOKE OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW AND THEN YOU DECIDE IN YOUR HEART YOU MUST CREATE A DIVIDE AND WHEN THAT’S ALL DONE WHEN YOU’VE BEEN STRIPPED AND BURNED BY THE SUN THERE’S ONLY ONE PLACE LEFT TO GO BECOME A BYSTANDER IN YOUR OWN SOUL AND IF I START TO SHAKE PLEASE DON’T TRY TO LEND ME A HAND AND REMEMBER WITH THE WIND THE WILLOW TREE MUST ALWAYS BEND
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Mercury in Retrograde
06:54
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MERCURY IN RETROGRADE
AND I’M RUNNING THROUGH THE PINES AS THE WINTER SUN SINKS LOW A CLOAK OF MOON AND STARS AND OF WORLDS I’VE NEVER KNOWN THE DECK IS SHUFFLED THE CARDS ARE DRAWN THE HANGED MAN FOLLOWS THE MOON IN THE DISTANCE A MINSTRAL’S SONG ECHOES ALL ACROSS THE RUINS BLUE EARTH ASCENDS THE HORIZON IT RISES ABOVE THE VALLEYS OF MARS AND THE DEVIL IS IN TOWER PLEIADES ALCOR AND MIZAR I FEEL SO DIFFERENT I CAN’T EXPLAIN MERCURY’S IN RETROGRADE I HOLD MYSELF AGAINST THE STRAIN THE REPRISE BECOMES REFRAIN IN THE SHADOW OF JUPITER AND MARS BEING AWOKE BY A DISTANT STAR AND IF SLEEP TAKE ME TONIGHT DRAWING CLOSER IN A DARK SATELLITE BURNING BRIGHTLY IN THE TWELFTH HOUSE THE SEVEN SISTERS FILL MY CUP AND WHEN THE HUNTER LOSES SIGHT PILLARS OF CREATION FALL INTO NIGHT I AWAKE IN CELESTIAL FLIGHT LIGHT OF SUN SPLENDOR OF FIRE AND WHEN I LAY MY HEAD UPON THE EARTH NEVER TO FULFILL MY DESIRE
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Hopewell Junction
04:35
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HOPEWELL JUNCTION
FALLING INTO THE DEEPEST SLEEP I FIND YOU THERE RUNNING DOWN A LONG WOODEN DOCK WITH BARE FEET IN THE AIR WHEN WE WERE YOUNG TIME COULD WAIT WHEN WE HAD TIME WE WERE ALWAYS LATE WAITING FOR A SOUTHBOUND TRAIN IN HOPEWELL JUNCTION THE SNOW FALLS IN YOUR HAIR BEHIND YOUR BACK IS THE SUN YOUR EYES THEY TELL THE STORY THEY ALWAYS HAVE WE STILL CAN’T HOLD ONTO TOMORROW AFTER ALL WE’VE PLANNED ICE FORMS AROUND US THE LAKE IS FROZEN STILL AND WE COULD NEVER BREAK THE SPELL THE ONE THAT TIME WOULD TELL
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Dark Donovan New York, New York
Dark Donovan is a rock/metal band operating out of Powderkeg Studio in Long Island, New York. Their new album, Brainstorm, is available now!
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Rites of Spring: Alive in the Backyard 3/31/18
by Tom Doyle
Find the original Dark Donovan recording here plus other meanderings
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Check out the self-titled album for its 10th anniversary! First time uploaded to the intrawebs with all new liner notes penned by yours truly!
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Original Coyote
by American Spirit
I enjoyed being the hired gun for this one. Definitely wish more people heard this one. It was a really fun project!
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Fuzzy Austin trio follow up their first album in 20 years, released in Spring 2015, with a stomping new EP of noisy rock & roll.
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Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo
The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher.
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