The Modern Devices EP (2018)
Track 1 – All We Need – hopeful, optimistic, confident, positive, aspirant, possibility, cosmic, environmentalism, faith, trust, conviction, panacea, cure, cure-all, heal, healing, recovery, family, community, friendship, togetherness, brotherhood, sisterhood, solidarity, cooperation, teamwork, collaboration, help, helpful, assistance, assist, aid
In the heavens, no star is out of reach
In the oceans, no fathom is too deep
Forget the pressure, forget toxicity
For the pleasure of mixed company
All we need, all we need
All we need is a little faith in us, in us, in us
All we need… is us
In the mountains, no cloud is out of reach
In the wreckage, no pain and suffering
Forget the fissures, forget industry
For the pleasure of puppet mastery
All we need, all we need
All we need is a little faith in us, in us, in us
All we need… is us
Track 2 *contains the word “shit” – I Just Can’t Believe It’s True – disbelief, incredulity, surprise, amazement, astonishment, uncertain, impatient, confused, disappointed, division,
I just can’t believe it’s true, we’ve had it up to here
I just can’t believe it’s true, we’ve had it up to here
Just can’t believe it’s true, I just can’t believe it’s true
Can’t get thru the smoke and mirrors
So you say, everything ain’t easy
When you go the wrong way
So you say, it never meant anything
So you say, to give a shit is a shame
Cause it’s not a fair game
So you say, you’ll never say you’ll never say
I just can’t believe it’s true, we’ve had it up to here
I just can’t believe it’s true, we’ve had it up to here
I just can’t believe it’s true, I just can’t believe it’s true
Can’t get thru the smoke and mirrors
So you say, everyone is feeling
What it is you’re meaning
So you say, disintegrate anyway
So you say, it’s all about dreaming
If there is a safe way
So you say, I’ll fast from my scheming
Track 3 – What’s the Matter – science, energy, democracy, mobs, religious, reality, faith, physics, Einstein, baleful, threatening, menacing, belief, matter,
What’s the matter with people today?
They only gather for chaos and hate
Who are the people with matter at play?
Some say scientists, and some say keepers of the faith
Just one in the same
Spooky action at a distance
And a leap of faith
To eulogize the baleful
To make an about-face
To consider the tranquil
To consider the shape
What’s the energy for the future’s sake?
Nevermind the symmetry; enjoy the escape
Can’t help figuring, to wonder it out
There’s nothing left, there’s nothing right to doubt
Just one in the same
Spooky action at a distance
And a leap of faith
To eulogize the baleful
To make an about-face
To consider the tranquil
To consider the shape
Just one in the same
Spooky action at a distance
And a leap of faith
To eulogize the baleful
To make an about-face
To consider the tranquil
To consider the shape
Track 4 – If You Must Know – love, family, romance, growth, spring, summer, dream, perseverance, home,
If you must know how much it is that I love you
Like a garden grows from the root, to the stem, and bloom
We might fall, we might want to quit
But despite it all, you two make it worth it
If you must know, just know I love you like you love me
If you must know, just know I love you like you love me
If you must know like a dream up and downstream
It would be Lucy to be more than the things she’s seen
We might fail, be all done with it
But despite it all, you two make it worth it
If you must know, just know I love you like you love me
If you must know, just know I love you like you love me
Track 5 – Let It Ride – travel, fly, ride, riding, dream, dreaming, fantasy, nostalgia, companionship, youth, shows,
You flew away with me
sky high at top speed
who knew this fantasy
could deny our wildest dreams
Let it ride
Let it ride
Let it ride to a clearer view
Let it ride
Let it ride
Let it ride to a brand new you
Never, never will you grow
forever see you at the show
together, for a moment we will know
for a moment we will know
Lay your money down, down, down
Pray to this thorny crown
Don’t detour, don’t delay
It’s what you got me for, it’s what you got me for
Let it ride
Let it ride
Let it ride to a clearer view
Let it ride
Let it ride
Let it ride to a brand new you
Never, never will you grow
forever see you at the show
together, for a moment we will know
for a moment we will know
Track 6 – Word Got Out – political, fake news, news, revolution, ideology, rumor, populism,
Rumor has it, rumor has it that they’ve done it again
to leave an enemy a friendly, friendly friend
To spin the maladies that never, ever end
Humiliates realities we cling to defend
Rumor has it that we’ve got the burning solution
It’s just another doomed populist revolution
Surprises us the same, again and again
Surprises us the same, again and again
Word got out, word got out that you got it all figured out
Word got out, word got out that you got it all figured out
Word got out, word got out that you got it all figured out
Gloom and havoc, gloom and havoc can I have it again?
to be as spastic, it’s fantastic to the bitter end
so come along and let’s go for a spin
failed futures old men want you to believe in
Surprises us the same, again and again
Surprises us the same, again and again
Word got out, word got out that you got it all figured out
Word got out, word got out that you got it all figured out
Word got out, word got out that you got it all figured out
Afterimage (2019)
Track 1 – Moonlight –
I wonder if a river ever sleeps in its bed
I want to see a mountain rise and fall
There’s no beauty such as in nature
Except for you to top it all
To have gotten us this far
It’s moonlight, come baby
It’s moonlight, come baby
It’s moonlight tonight
I wonder if a rainbow ever reveals its pot of gold
Let us shape the future to be told
With more Nason-Gallatin nights
I want to see the moonlight take a hold of you
To have gotten us this far
It’s moonlight, come baby
It’s moonlight, come baby
It’s moonlight, come baby
It’s moonlight, I said let’s do it again
Do it again, I said let’s do it again
Some other time
I said let’s do it again
Do it again, I said let’s do it again
Do it again
It’s moonlight, come baby
It’s moonlight, come baby
It’s moonlight, come baby
It’s moonlight, I said let’s do it again
Do it again, I said let’s do it again
Some other night
Track 2 – Beautiful Mess –
What it seems to me and what it seems to you
Myth and machine sick cities unglued
Towers enthrall systems engage
It’s not a matter of how it’s a matter of wage
Who’s getting a job? Who’s getting a raise?
Labor is saved but nothing is gained
The powers at be never meant for me
Never meant for you to be free or true
Oh what are we to do?
Please don’t stress, my beautiful, beautiful mess
Please don’t stress, my beautiful, beautiful mess
Please don’t stress, my beautiful, beautiful mess
Please don’t stress
What it seems to me and what it seems to you
Myth and machine sick cities unglued
Towers enthrall systems engage
It’s not a matter of how it’s a matter of wage
Who’s getting a job? Who’s getting a raise?
Who’s reaping the fruit of everyone’s graves?
The powers at be never meant for me
Never meant for you to be free or true
Oh what are we to do?
Please don’t stress, my beautiful, beautiful mess
Please don’t stress, my beautiful, beautiful mess
Please don’t stress, my beautiful, beautiful mess
Please don’t stress, my beautiful mess
Track 3 – Power of 3 –
Thinking of you everyday
Without you, I’d have wasted away
I compensate for every pain
Do you know the time, do you?
We are the power of three
We are the power of three
We are the power
A date with myself, a little vape trail
The pills on the shelf they promote mental health
And I am so, so I asked for help
Not being here is the real hell
We are the power of three
We are the power of three
We are the power
KEXP 90.3 thank you for saving me
Shared me with you because you
You reached out thru
The radio, the radio, the radio
We are the power of three
We are the power of three
We are the power
Track 4 – So Excited –
Thoughts come and go ditch that brain
Just goes to show we should complain
Desperate to prove that what we know
Can help us to grieve can help us to grow
And I’m so excited to lose my mind
Only time will tell
only time will tell this time
Only time will tell this time
People panic when I erupt volcanic
Decreasing their crust, breaching their trust
Give yourself to fraud, taste each and every god
They’re not what they seem, they all come in green
And I’m so excited to lose my mind
Only time will tell
only time will tell this time
Only time will tell this time
Track 5 – It’s About Time –
Rotten chance and lucky living
What you got is what you’re given
Revived one in a million
Filthy bags already dripping
Walking dead among the living
Survived into oblivion
It’s about time
to get the feeling right
It’s about time
to get it right
It’s about time
to get the feeling right
It’s about time
to get it right
Live it up don’t let it down, down
Live it up don’t let it down
Live it up don’t let it down, down
Live it up don’t let it down
Live it up don’t let it down, down
Live it up don’t let it down
Live it up don’t let it down, down
Live it up don’t let it down, down, down
Bucket list ice is chilling
No longer here among the living
Sublime above nothing
Legacies accelerating
Memories anticipating
Combines past, present, and futures
It’s about time
to get the feeling right
It’s about time
to get it right
It’s about time
to get the feeling right
It’s about time
to get it right
Live it up don’t let it down, down
Live it up don’t let it down
Live it up don’t let it down, down
Live it up don’t let it down
Live it up don’t let it down, down
Live it up don’t let it down
Live it up don’t let it down, down
Live it up don’t let it down, down, down
And it’s about time
And it’s about time
And it’s about time to let you go
And it’s about time, and it’s about time, and it’s about time
And it’s about time, and it’s about time, to let you go
Elder Millennial (2021)
Track 1 – Me Time
The shouting world below
Frantically panics to and fro
In the meantime
I’ll get some me time
No future lies ahead
No 21st century promises
In the meantime
I’ll get some me time
All this nonsense rattling around my head
All these earworms telling me what to do instead
Of some me time
The hidden skies above
Committed to hiding all the love
In the meantime
I’ll get some me time
No individual safe
Communicating what is sane
In the meantime
I’ll get some me time
All this nonsense rattling around my head
All these earworms telling me what to do instead
Of some me time
Track 2 – Burning Like the Sun
Can you feel it burning like the sun?
Can you feel it, can you feel it
Can you feel it burning like the sun?
Can you feel it burning like the sun?
Can you feel it, can you feel it
Can you feel it burning like the sun?
Can everybody feel it radiate?
Can everybody feel it radiate?
Can everybody feel it radiate?
Can everybody feel it radiate?
And I burn like the sun
And I burn like the sun
Seeing blackholes just for, just for fun
And I burn like the sun
Can you feel it burning like the sun?
Can you feel it, can you feel it
Can you feel it burning like the sun?
Can you feel it burning like the sun?
Can you feel it, can you feel it
Can you feel it burning like the sun?
Can everybody feel it radiate?
Can everybody feel it radiate?
Can everybody feel it radiate?
Can everybody feel it radiate?
And I burn like the sun
And I burn like the sun
Seeing blackholes just for, just for fun
And I burn like the sun
Track 3 – Kickboy Face
Another mistake, I think we got here too late
Feeling great, til we isolate
Another mistake, there’s too many to make
The bend wont break, no, the bend won’t break (no, the bend won’t break)
Kickboy face to keep on trustin’ these fools
Fools keep on playing, playing us for tools
Another mistake, one we’re forced to take
Feeling fake attempts authenticate
Another stolen ID and every version of me
Shuttles publicly, my transit temporary (we are temporary)
We have burdened the beasts when everyday is a feast
There was no new wave, there is no new way
Redefine how we will shine, what a good run of time
A better future tonight, tomorrow’s chance to be bright
In the darkest of dark, we will find our spark
Reclaim who we are, reclaim who we are