1. Striking the Stage
2. Blood Pressure
3. Forget
4. Lights Out Sleeping
5. Place
6. Wise
7. Lucky
8. Go
9. A Gentle Force of Nature
10. Sometimes
11. Gay
12. Peace Love & Harmony
13. The Law of Everything
14. Hocus Pocus
15. Off My Soul
1. STRIKING THE STAGE
Like maybe if we really knew everything
And all that it would bring
We might be able to stop it from happening
We’ve been made to believe
All sorts of crap
Straight-up conditioning is a better word for that
Now is our chance
It’s the end of an age
Stop all that acting ‘cuz they’re striking the stage
It will not be easy and sure we may die
Stop worrying about your body and save your spirit this time
Like maybe if I wasn’t made to feel
So unlucky for who I’ve come to be
And found that I was gifted just like everybody
And we finally worked together to make sure we’re taking care
Of the children, the rivers, the food, the land, the plants and the air
I could be wrong
We could be doomed
But if that were the case I wouldn’t be here singing to you
It’s not for attention, it’s not even for praise
It’s just for the love of the music and a little help in this maze
Now is our chance
It’s the end of an age
Stop all that acting ‘cuz they’re striking the stage
It will not be easy but we’re not afraid to die
Stop worrying about your body and save your spirit this time
2. BLOOD PRESSURE
There are people’s children dying in the name of fear and money
They are spraying out the sun, there’s a decrease in the honey
Got a hold of your mind with the state of the market
As your blood pressure rises you break a sweat and park it
For all this disease we only treat the symptom
Let it all spread like wildfire on a mission
Scream our head off at the person we were kissing
Just think what we want and never really listen
Got jobs that we hate that we need to survive
Feeling dead, but that’s what it’s like to be alive
A corrupt ball of dirt where everyone’s in denial
That they are their own judge, own jury, own trial
Too caught up in our heads and our heart and our health
To really ever think about anybody else
Just tryin’ to look good and accumulate wealth
Call out the stuff in Wall Street that we see in ourselves
If it’s on the news it must be true 100 million kids with nothing to do
But play x-box and eat processed foods and search the net for celebrity news
That little bumper sticker didn’t do a thing
It peels off quicker with the acid rain
Which we accept as truth even though they insist it’s a lie
To our own judge, own jury, own attorney, own trial
The courthouse of the brain makes the soul need to explain
I know mine does every time
When I hear gunshots thru the night
I pray that it’s a party and not a fight
And that one day we will get it right
And understand the darkness and understand the light
‘Cuz there’s people’s children dying in the name of fear and money
They are spraying out the sun, there’s a decrease in the honey
Got a hold of your mind with the state of the market
As your blood pressure rises you break a sweat and park it
3. FORGET
It arrives, a nebulous blue sphere
It reaches me right here
I mistake it for my fear but it’s leaving my thoughts clear
I’m gonna hit this road so hard all the cracks will connect
And I’ll remember all I can and forget all I expect
See all the people I’ve never seen and meet the me I’ve never met
Build myself a memory, that’s impossible to forget
Cuz I’ve worn this same path down, I just can’t get lost in this town
I wanna hardly know where I am
Get lost in beauties’ random wake as headlights zip down interstates
Only the mile markers change, change, change, change
Change the next day
A lot of change is gonna knock on your door
If you’re not ready you’ll be asking what for
You gotta know it in your heart that you love
And that you’re loving what you’re made of
Cuz heaven’s a soul state of mind
You gotta give it to live in it sometime
The amount of light you give directly affects
It just won’t be what you expect
4. LIGHTS OUT SLEEPING
I get lonely on a Sunday night like this just my tunes and blissin’ out on the joy I found in you. It’s the kind of lonely that I like, too. It’s just a part of what I do, ain’t nothing the matter with me and you and it’s at these times I see into a man-made maddening of a money monarch mess of millions making more to mislead many mothers might mistake it for the meaning.
I like to hide when I create, I’m not a people person
But I love my friends and all my neighbors despite how they vote for their judgmental saviors and I do it best when I’m up late and the town is lights out sleeping. The town is lights out sleeping, yeah. The town is lights out sleeping.
Sometimes my lonely turns to sad just to keep from getting mad. Yeah, I feel the let down all around me and strangely somehow it all grounds me, but the melancholy still confounds me. And if all we ever need is love it’s the want that blocked that vision of plasticated playboy mansions, happy meals and Charles Manson, Disco-Duck and Swan Lake dancing.
5. PLACE
You told me if I didn’t like it that I could get out
That if I wanted to speak my mind I could leave
That if I was to be myself and okay with everybody else
That this was not the place for me
You told me that I could love him just don’t tell the state
The one that I’m inherently a part of everyday
And don’t do it in our face or hardly any other place
And then go watch Brad and Angelina living out their dreams
Yeah and you told me that I could die before I could drink
Before I could slow down my mind just enough to think
About how the earth is round and nowhere bound.
We are nowhere bound
Yeah and you told me if I didn’t believe that I was going to hell
‘Cuz fear is your big brother and he knew so well
I mean, the world was in his hands, we saw his footprints in the sand
And you told me if I didn’t work that life would be a wreck
That I would end up poor and lonely if I didn’t get that check
And while all this may be true
There’s more of me and less of you
So I’m telling you if you don’t like it you don’t have to get out
You’re free to speak your mind you don’t have to leave
You’re free to be yourself and okay with everybody else
Because this is a place for me
A place for me
6. WISE
I don’t know how to tell you and so I’m singing it right now
Your days of desperation are over the rainbow and way past the clouds
It’s okay that you’re still afraid, but the nightmare is over
You got someone who loves you now and there’s always a shoulder
To cry on or to clutch, and it’s always yours to touch.
Take a breath and look into my eyes, a love that lasts is a love that tries
And the world is full of sad goodbyes
So let’s be wise and honor all the lows and all the highs
So come and sit with me and listen quietly, for our destiny it isn’t all that loud
Relax and feel within all that you’ve been missing
And know that you are safe and baby so am I
I want you to love yourself as much as you love me
Make you your number one guy ‘cuz you’re number one to me
7. LUCKY
Born on a U.S. military base in what was West Germany
In the year of punk and disco and the death of the king
And mommy’s alright and daddy’s alright yeah
You got to be joking
But I didn’t know what I was missing
The world of words took it from me
Telling me what I didn’t have
Telling me what I was gonna be
The fact is I had all that I need
The most important thing was to believe
That I deserved to write it out
That I deserved to sing
And there was a time my brain made my body shake uncontrollably
And about the time I took up guitar it took down epilepsy
And it’s okay for me to play video games
But the strobe lights still bother me
And I don’t feel so different – but then again I am lucky
I didn’t need a father figure to make a man of me
I was bound to find my way
I was destined to be
Born on a U.S. military base in what was West Germany
In the year of punk and disco and the death of the king
And mommy’s alright and daddy’s alright yeah
And I am lucky
8. Go
I’ve been looking around much to my dismay
Don’t wanna think about it – Don’t wanna play around
Just wanna look inside me
I’ve been messing around in a mind-set sort of way
I just hesitate, I mentally masturbate my pain away
But it’s all in my mind, it’s all over the place
But I think I can make this life something that works alright anyway
I’m not talking about God, I’m talking everyone
How’d it get this way? Better monkeys trained the life out of me
And we’ve had it all the time, the mystery and the magic are the meaning of life
Not this paper chase, guilt and fear erase the joy you know
But it’s all in your mind, it’s all in your face
It’s all in the way we live and it’s got to change
I’m still working it out, I work it all out of me
How it’s done these days, more than a social phase when it pays to hate
Yeah, I’m well on my way – exactly where I don’t know
I’ll just gas up the car, peel out of the yard, and just
Go
9. A GENTLE FORCE OF NATURE
Got a passion, the sort you see everyday
Got a question that I just can’t ask today
Gotta ration off my sweet things to say in a proportion that leaves enough for me
Gotta listen for words that make sense in a situation
Opaque potent intentions seek out intervention
Like a gentle force of nature you don’t notice just how much can change
I figured I would feel this way, I trap in all I have to say
But the words just come right out, reactions always have their way
I ain’t been looking for what I’ve been seeing but these eyes are open
But oh boy how they close like I’m on a mission
To not let myself down into a position that’s not chosen by me
I figured I would feel this way, but I’m gonna say what there is to say
‘Cuz the words just come right out – I wanna be with you one day
And what I’m missin’ – is not having too much to process while I listen
To damaged perception engaged in a tension
I need to knead my need to need so much into submission
This bird will always change
I figured I would feel this way, I trap in all I have to say
But the words just come right out, I wanna be with you one day
10. SOMETIMES
Sometimes I wish you wouldn’t talk and just keep it to yourself
Sometimes I wish I could hear my thoughts and nobody else
Sometimes I wanna break free of every expectation we had
Sometimes I’d rather be lonely – than upset, pissed and mad
Sometimes is never enough… but always is definitely too much
I went to the mountain to walk again – ended up needing a crutch
The point is my effort was there…. but most y’all just don’t care
As long as you’ve got what makes you feel hot you don’t wanna go anywhere
You said you would go for a walk and then sat right down on your ass
Your mouth can’t paint to cover the cracks of your broken blasted past
But I’ve got news for you and it’s not on the TV
You got to let go of every single bit to become what you are meant to be
Sometimes I just get freaked out as this whole world comes to an end
Not the world that you see outside but the world that’s lived in our heads
And I’m not afraid to let go of all we claim to own
At least I know that I’m outta here
At least I’m going home.
11. GAY
We got the kind of love that I’ve only dreamed of
Up until when I met you
There were a lot of risks to take, a couple of big mistakes
But that’s what hearts will do
I know that I’m a bitch, yeah I don’t jive and twitch like the others do
Yeah I’ll roll right and I’ll shoot you straight
Even though I’m a left-wing homosexual who meditates
Om
Like over time built into us – the guilt and fear and mistrust
Through Fred Phelps eyes
And then they poisoned our tribe with pills and booze that killed the vibe
Of just how gay we were
I know that I’m a bitch, yeah I don’t jive and twitch like the others do
Yeah I’ll roll right and I’ll shoot you straight
Even though I’m a left-wing homosexual who meditates
I meditate, meditate, meditate
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Om
It’s not just about one heart it’s every bit of human art
That never got it’s take
And I want you healthy, I want you happy
I want your job to make sense
I know that I’m a bitch, yeah I don’t jive and twitch like the others do
Yeah I’ll roll right and I’ll shoot you straight
Even though I’m a left-wing, new world order calling out, chemtrail watching, conspiracy theorist, liberal, hippie, bleeding heart, homosexual who meditates!
Breathe in. Breathe out.
12. PEACE, LOVE & HARMONY
Here we go, yo
I just taught an old dog a new trick
I just spent a year inside my self
and all I did was learn about the one thing
that’s everything in everyone everywhere
Once I lost my mind I found my soul
The better part of the greater whole
A tasty little folk song baked at 420 degrees with sprinklin’ of rock and roll
It’s not about money or fame or time or distance
It’s simply what was meant to be
A chance to fortify our existence
With a little peace, love and harmony
Doesn’t really matter where we’re going
It’s what we do with where we are
I can travel light years in my consciousness
I don’t need a stinkin’ car
Fellowship is more than just a Sunday
That you hung around the church too long
It’s a hug and a handshake, a smile and a prayer
And a vow to help each other along
It’s not about money or fame or time or distance
It’s simply what was meant to be
A chance to fortify our existence
With a little peace, love and harmony
Some of you will call me idealist
Some of you will call me stoned
Well I’ll just sit here and say nothin’
Watching the glass break on the door
It’s not about money or fame or time or distance
It’s simply what was meant to be
A chance to fortify our existence
With a little peace, with a little love
With a little peace, a little more love
With a little peace, a whole lotta love and harmony
Well I just taught an old dog a new trick
13. THE LAW OF EVERYTHING
Why don’t you call the shots for your own career?
Instead of stuffing my head with your ideas
Only I know what’s best for me regardless of how you feel
About who might play, and what they play, and how many of them there are
I’m an artist with my own feelings not just someone’s little star
And I don’t mean to break your heart or let you down in anyway
But you’re gonna have to love me for me if you want me to stay
I’ve worked hard to ensure that what I do is done by me
and I refuse to blindly submit to what you make of me
It’s not the law of the jungle baby, it’s the law of everything
Why do abuse yourself so much?
I think it’s time you tried to get in touch
And take all of those old tapes out the deck
Before you find your mind and soul a wreck
It’s hard for me to say all this to you
When drowning out my voice is all you do
With songs that rhapsodize about rock stars
And bye bye bye in every bar
And I don’t mean to diss what you call cool
But all it manufactures are social tools
I want this song to make you see
That you possess all possibility
That we are not who we are with
But a very small part of all of this
The universe is empty yet grand
And sometimes I just want to hold your hand
And not use words to get things out
Well now I think you know what that’s about
Why don’t you call the shots for your own career?
Instead of stuffing my head with your ideas
Only I know what’s best for me regardless of how you feel
About who might play, and what they play, and how many of them there are
I’m an artist with my own feelings not just someone’s little star
14. HOCUS POCUS
It’s been so long and I’m not old but time will have its way
With my blood and my bones and everything I say
And I’m dreaming about something that makes sense
But I’m all worked down, but I’ll change to grow…
Nothing concrete I’ve really been after
Just a general sense of laughter at the end of every day
Don’t really wanna prove a thing to ya
Just wanna pass thru yeah… figuring out my way
figuring out my way
I found no-thing a bright darkness of possibility
And all I own is all I give cuz the universe gives it back to me
And it’s not black and it’s not white and it’s not a good or bad thing
It just is and I just try to accept the best that I can bring
Nothing concrete I’ve really been after
Just a general sense of laughter at the end of every day
Don’t really wanna prove a thing to ya
Just wanna pass thru yeah… figuring out my way
There’s a whole storm of change coming, only the fearful are running
Ignorant and afraid
And all that we call disaster is at the hands of the master
Of this game that’s being played
Of this game that’s being played
The truth is we all know better but we save our faith for the sunny weather
Not going to the source to get it together – stiff as a board light as a feather
Hocus pocus focus and see that all that drama is illusory
And all that pain was their plan you see… so come now people transcend with me
Digging deep and hard now everyday to figure just how to say
What’s lived inside my guts for years – showing me bliss and giving me tears
That warped all the pages of what’s been done days of distress I thought were fun
Not going anywhere living on the run, kept on doing though I said I was done
Kept on trying though they told me to leave, insistent that I would be me
Trying like hell to make you see that we are the same thing ultimately
So strip that heart of all that fear and tell yourself why you are here
The past is past and now is near… whoops there it went it missed ya dear
Good news is that it’s always around no matter what kind of clock is wound
No matter what rights they save you have…. you have every right to fight back
You have every right to say your piece, to question the power of police
‘Cuz the only ill plans are in powerful hands… stretched out all across these lands
All up in your mind so well that you really think there is a hell
You really think your life is worth the number of coins in your purse
And this disorder is what we share so let’s dismantle it all and get somewhere
15. OFF MY SOUL
Lights and eyes all out to see me
Poisoned minds all about nothing
But breathe it in all around now
Hedonistic commercial imagery
Cereal-istic toxicity
Just eat me in to your mouth now
It’s all gone away, It’s all around today
Fractured thoughtlessness snakes way
Slip the tongue into slavery
Shh shhh shhh what did i say
J jj j j just go away
And cease your fucked ego trip now
Just cease your fucked ego trip now
It’s all gone away, It’s all around today
It’s more than what you say
Physically fucked anyway
Freaked out enough to want to fade away
Forced into to feeling okay
With who it was they wanted to make me
Just get that off of my soul now
Just get that off of my soul now
It’s all gone away, It’s all around today
It’s more than what you say
All songs ©2009 Sean Kagalis/BMI
