"Where The Fun Is"
 
smacked back tarmac stars are scars of fame
in the place where no one knows me by my name

where tar pit drips its drilled out vein
and fashion trips on tangled skein
If you need to slake that aching in your brain

This is where the fun is
this is where the fun is

In the shadow of the valley
where the nights are warm
we will fear no evil
when we get things done

tap in - into the vain
we'll road trip & raise Cain
down on the nickel
with a flame in the rain

This is where the fun is
This is where the fun is
This is where the fun is
This is where the fun is

so jump in - into the frame
we're laughin' to hide the pain
it's not a riddle we're all a little, a little amazed

This is where the fun is
This is where the fun is
This is where the fun is
This is where the fun is

"I Won't Say Anything"
 
He looked just like a zookeeper in a human zoo
so I said hey man how the hell did they get to you
don't you know us animals need something to do
then I flew
that's when he said

hey, I can't deny it, but I won't say anything
hey, I can't deny it, but I won't say anything
hey, I can't deny it, but I won’t say anything
unless you ask it right

I took my mean machine to the sacramental post
some kid had spilled his wine on the holiest host
and I said ain’t it funny that machines need a ghost
he made a toast
that's when he said

hey, I can't deny it, but I won't say anything
hey, I can't deny it, but I won't say anything
hey, I can't deny it, but I won’t say anything
unless you ask it right

riding to the cemetery in a righteous limousine
I plied the grim proprietor with milk and tangerines
and I said so you're short but are you brutish and mean
then he screamed
that's when he said

hey, I can't deny it, but I won't say anything
hey, I can't deny it, but I won't say anything
hey, I can't deny it, but I won’t say anything
unless you ask it right

"Finite"
 
In a quantity of light
You can search for all of your life
But it's finite

From a sudden burst of sound
The recoil may never be found
It is finite

On and on, on and on
But impervious to calculation
On and on
It's impervious to calculation

Woah, just how far it goes
Nobody knows

In the peaceful warm embrace
The intention shows on your face
But it's finite

From the hate that spurs us on
To the meek and gullible pawn
It is finite

On and on, on and on
It's impervious to calculation
On and on
But impervious to calculation

Woah, just how far it goes

Where the lightning sparked a flash
When precisely did it pass
All delusions went away
As with all the shades of gray
Now i'm left with faulty tools
And a hazy set of rules
And brand new day

In the turbulent conscious stream
The unbearable lightness of being
It is finite

From the universal mass
Constant matters coming to pass
It is finite

On and on, on and on
But impervious to calculation
On and on
It's impervious to calculation

Woah, just how far it goes
Nobody knows
No one knows
Woah, no one knows
No one knows

True North (2013)



1.   True North
2.   Past Is Dead
3.   Robin Hood In Reverse
4.   Land Of Endless Greed
5.   Fuck You
6.   Dharma And The Bomb
7.   Hello Cruel World
8.   Vanity
9.   In Their Hearts Is Right
10.   Crisis Time
11.   Dept. Of False Hope
12.   Nothing To Dismay
13.   Popular Consensus
14.   My Head Is Full Of Ghosts
15.   The Island
16.   Changing Tide

"True North"
 
Unrepentant vagabond.
Plot the new coordinates and cast the map aside.
Now I gotta ramble on,
Navigate the pitfalls and cross the great divide.

The mapmaker's legend has direction and a key.
He set the declination, but what good is it to me?

I can't see the rationality.
The world's not my responsibility.
And happiness isn't there for me,
But maybe I'll inch closer to the source

When I find true north.
With or without a friend.
Keep searching till the end.

Testing fate and cheating death.
No one ever told me it was gonna be like this.
Contemplate the randomness.
When the mind is willing, it gets downright perilous.

Overburdened, underwhelmed, their ethical decrees.
That's your moral compass, but what good is it to me?

I can't see the rationality.
The world's not my responsibility.
And happiness isn't there for me,
But maybe I'll inch closer to the source

When I find true north.
With or without a friend.
Keep searching till the end.

When I find true north.

"Past Is Dead"
 
Solemn regret.
Transgressions fill my head.
A measure of success
Is how well to forget.

And the past is dead.

Strewn about the battlefield of life are the remainders of history.
When convenient, we exalt them and pay them such respect,
As if we're all in an equivalent trajectory.

And trash piles high in the rubble we forgot.
The angels of our nature just sit and watch it rot.

Now the past is dead.
Let's focus on tomorrow instead.
Oh, the tragic present said, the past is dead.

Who can say what constitutes the most important sector of society
When the dominant portion seek an instant gratification
And are proud of intellectual poverty?

I'd like to be empathetic but I can't.
The jeopardy, too great to make a stand.

Now the past is dead.
Good deeds won't help you get ahead.
Yeah, the modern signpost read, the past is dead.

My next great decision is just lying in wait.
The action might turn out to be the world's most grievous mistake.

Yeah, the past is dead.
More veritable words have never been read.
Oh, the tragic present said, the past is dead.

"Robin Hood In Reverse"
 
Here's the church; there's the steeple.
Open up the door; corporations are people.
Wait, what did he say?
What the fuck did he say?

It couldn't last; they had to crash.
Some parties are just made that way.
But when the bell rings, the boys will sing,
Swing low sweet precariat.

Let's say we try to get this right,
Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ.

And when the old fox, fearing the worst,
Made his entrance in a hearse,
Then the nine in black robes all went berserk.
Oh yeah.

This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse.

Citizens united. I was excited.
(When the kids are united, they can never be divided.)
But that was yesterday.
There's a brand new sham today.

Let's say we try to get this right,
Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ.

And when the old fox, fearing the worst,
Made his entrance in a hearse,
Then the nine in black robes all went berserk.
Oh yeah.

This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse.

Oh yeah.

Let's say we try to get this right,
Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ.

And when the old fox, fearing the worst,
Made his entrance in a hearse,
Then the nine in black robes all went berserk.
Oh yeah.

This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse.
This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse.

"Land Of Endless Greed"
 
I don't really care what other people may say.
I've gotta go on living my life anyway.
Everything is golden; everything's for sale.
I'm done with unsubstantiated fairytales.

But out here in the lap of luxury,
Unlimited guarantee for your insatiable need,
In the land of endless greed.

In the emerald forest, hear a nasty sound.
The big rigs and the miners come and shake the ground.
On the field of plenty, the grazers gather round
To watch the game of supply and demand go down.

But out here in the lap of luxury,
Unlimited guarantee for your insatiable need,
In the land of endless greed.

I don't really care what other people may say.
I've gotta go on living my life anyway.
The poor don't have to struggle in dismal poverty.
Anyone can be the way they wanna be.

Out here in the lap of luxury,
Fortune bears no scrutiny.
What you want is all you need
In the land of endless greed.

"Fuck You"
 
Everybody needs a slogan in their pocket or two.
It never hurts to have a strategy you can go to.
Sometimes I have no sense at all.
As most flawed men are won't to do,

Just say fuck you. Pavlovian rude.
A menace too. Pay homage to
Your bad attitude.

You can even get cerebral if you want to.
Make a radical assessment that sticks like glue.
Sometimes it takes no thought at all.
The easiest thing to do

Is say fuck you. Pavlovian rude.
A menace too. Pay homage to
Your bad attitude.

The reaction it brings, just one of those things.
Your friends might not want you around.
If the impulse is right, you might get in a fight,
Even though you can't hold your ground.

But all rest assured; sometimes just a word
Is the most satisfying sound, yeah.

Sometimes it makes no sense at all.
The easiest thing to do

Is say fuck you. Pavlovian rude.
A menace too. Pay homage to
Your bad attitude.

Just say fuck you. Whatcha gonna do
With that attitude? Just say fuck you.

"Dharma And The Bomb"
 
Wasted days and cigarettes.
Cracked cement and palms.
Bodhidharma has gone fission
With your vedic mom.

Yeah, the Sergeant Major is dreamin' of genie
And she's armed with a borrowed polka-dot bikini, oh yeah.
Tomorrow's coming down
Like dharma and the bomb.

Falling down, falling down.
Like dharma and the bomb.
Falling down, falling down.
Like dharma and the bomb.

The shallows seem evangelical
When you're slammed up against a wall.
And you're stoked to watch all creation
Go over the falls.

Yeah, Kali is coming and you'd better believe it.
That girl's got the atom and the bhagavad ghita, oh yeah.
Samsara's coming down
Like dharma and the bomb.

Falling down, falling down.
Like dharma and the bomb.
Falling down, falling down.
Like dharma and the bomb.