1. |
Concept
04:28
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I cannot really tell if I'm alive
Perhaps there is some instinct to survive
But I'm not feeling what he's feeling
I'm just feeling what she's feeling
As her heart and mind are reeling - I'm inside
And they focus on what they think must be my heartbeat
When I don't even have a brain
And I haven't seen a single thing
and I do not have a name
Some say I could be president one day
But there won't be an America
If I ever am lucky enough to reach that age - but I'm inside
I don't want in and I don't want out
I'm afraid to drop in and see what it's all about
I feel a strange urge to resist this ride
So much that I'm gonna cry, cry, cry
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry as soon as I arrive
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry when I'm alive
I'm gonna cry. cry, cry as soon as I arrive
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry 'cause I'm alive
Oh, yeah
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2. |
My Birthday
05:20
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I'm so sick of all you stupid people
Ignoring what this life should truly be
Wasting time just to waste time is not the kind of life I want for me
And I'm so sick of saying the same things
Yet no one comprehends a word I say
And it's so easy to feel pointless when your community is jointless
As the patriarchy sits there in the way
Just like they did on my first day, but I'm hoping they won't on my last day
And it's that hope that keeps me here every bad day, month and year
And when I die it will be like my birthday
When I die will be just like my birthday
I know every king wants stupid people to play out life to suit his every need
They don't tire, set them on fire as they lose themselves in all desire
Baby, it's the way of their world, unfortunately
Just like it was on my first day, but I'm hoping it's not on my last day
And it's that hope that keeps me here every bad day, month and year
And when I die it will be like my birthday
When I die will be just like my birthday
I know everyone has their own feelings that they push aside just to get by
So if you judge me instead of hug me, you'd rather drug me than to love me
Baby, it's the reason everyone gets high
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3. |
The Earthling
03:50
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I do not feel like I belong here and I cannot seem to shake the feeling off
I used to always have you to blame, but now I don't and so I won't
This feeling certainly comes from outside
The alien attitude infests my heart and my mind
And I watch so many shut down inside.
I am not saying I don't belong here
I'm just telling you the way it feels inside
When so many get so ugly at each other all of the time
And I wish there was a way all the people who want peace could find a way to win
But the nature of the battle isn't suited to let us in
Let the final surrender begin and open the floodgates to no end and live
Who knows where all of the heart went baby
Look at everyone out there going crazy
I mean, is there anything new to say to be seen
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4. |
Inch Away
04:51
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Some folks will just have one, enjoy the party and be done
But other folks can't help but use it to run away
Some folks just do it because they want to belong
They never thought of it before and they heard it would take them away
And there's a lot to escape here
There's a lot to deny
There's a lot to consider and there's a lot to try
I'm certain they have us now by the brain
Keeping everything just an inch away
And they are going to tell you to just say no
That if you keep it in your pants, you won't need a condom
So, that is their solution for the problem they refuse to see
But I refuse to contribute to the ignorance that made so many helpless people be
Overwhelmed with the task of having to care
When every decision turns into a personal dare
I recognize all the programming in me
May we recognize the effects and in turn slow down the machine
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5. |
Steer
03:39
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I was always certain it would always be the way it was
It took a long time to learn that no absolutes have power over us
And the kids In school we're just examples of the population surplus
And I'd pretend that I was always somewhere else as I headed home on the bus
But now the ride has smoothed out a bit as the whole world done turned to shit
And I'm not gonna say that that must be the way because it shouldn't be
It really shouldn't be, anyway
And now I'm trying to figure out how to work a heart and mind with levity
And face every bully head-on with some good ol' brevity
And when I'm the sanest person in the room
I think we need to figure what went wrong
We've seen everything come to be that I saw coming all along
And there was no fortune to tell as it all starts to feel like hell
And I know most will insist it's in the hands of God
But you couldn't be
No, you really couldn't be more wrong
And I can't help what the world has done to you
Every face and every voice that made fun of you
And all we really have is this life right here
So take your wheel away from Jesus and steer
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6. |
God Is A Woman
04:07
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They say God made the trees and the oceans and the air
And the people that you see in your life everywhere
Oh yes, God makes the sun rise and he also makes it set
They say God will free you from sin and all of your debt
They use God as a reason to punish man
They use God as a reason anyway that they can
They say God Is giv'n the glory, while they hold out an empty hand
They say God can't be here today to pay the band
Tell me why God is a man
Just tell me why oh why is God a man
I think God is a woman and the Devil is a man
Making love in their way for the cosmic plan
How could someone without a womb replace the ones that fill the tombs
Oh yes, God is a woman and the devil is a man
Why do we insist that God's a man
What kind of patriarchal tricks have they got planned
How can we insist that God's a man
They act like God would want this war to be
They think that God has picked them special, to keep them free
They think God's pale complexion shines down for all to see
They act like God would want this war to be
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7. |
My God
04:00
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I ain't got nothin' I don't despise
A pleasant smile on my lips, but a sad demon in my eyes
And I pray to God, that's where I put my fear
I don't need anyone else when I can whisper in his ear
My God sure don't like for things to change
My God praises pretty buildings, insisting they all stay
My God wants my money and to buy things for his son
Before the new year has even begun
My flag of hate and sorrow signifying a lost war
Is what I call my freedom but I don't want it anymore
Now that everybody has their say
I'll get attention with my guns in restaurants as I have my way
Because my God doesn't want there to be peace
My God says, I am superior and allowed to be a beast
My God is afraid that he will lose his grip on hearts and minds under his use
And abuse and confuse, so profuse, mental noose
And I fear my God, because my God is fear
He will tell me any horrible thing it is I wish to hear
The comfort of the promise of his doom will fill my life with purpose until they decorate my tomb
And I hope my spirit will resist entering any future womb
'Cause my God doesn't really care for lives
My God is insistent that I force them all upon my wives
My God doesn't have a word for shame
As he struts around not telling us his name
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8. |
There Is No God
04:45
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I've got a friend whose parents would like to beat him
They used to make them go so hungry all the time
And ever since he's been clinging onto Jesus
'Cause that's what will save him, in his mind
But as for me, I've not seen or felt the proof
That there's any kind of savior in this day and time
But we were raised for centuries in bubbles
Now the bubbles are bursting on down the line
I was a kid in those churches, hairspray in the '80s
Watching ceiling-scrapers make their nails bleed
I really thought that Ozzy was the Devil
Looking to kill babies while high on evil weed
I really thought that I would burn forever
'Cause I was loving people and just being me
I really thought that I was going to die
Sick and void of love 'cause God was punishing me
But there is no God
There is no savior except yourself
And I am not wrong
And neither is anybody else
It's all in your mind
And that is your reality but this is mine
I take a look at all the different people
Killing for a God that they have never seen
It is like a sacrifice to Satan
What is done to nations out of blinding greed
The prince of peace is failing at his duty
We left it in God's hands, but he's leaving it be
Yes it is all according to his plan
It's best not to question our reality
I do not care what you all believe in
It's fine that you love Jesus, if that's your thing
But this guitar has proved to be my savior
It took a lifetime's work to find my sanity
'Cause power is a drug for some believers
They love to hold the feelings of the people around
But I don't think my soul will be forsaken
Just 'cause I'm not facing east when I'm placed in the ground
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9. |
Having Fun
03:01
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For what it's worth, I gave it my best shot, but it was only a test after all
And it's a hard lease, linked to the love I got
And just like me, you were only there to watch the fall
The stars will tell you, anything you want to hear
You just have to read the right ones
A cloudless sky, and nothing clear
A love-hate relationship with the sun
More than I could ask for, but not what I care to be
Anything you want from me
I love my brain, it's magic tricks of belief
We always see just what we want to see
The stars will tell you, anything you want to hear
You just have to read the right ones
A cloudless sky, and nothing clear
A love-hate relationship with the sun
It's so hard to listen when your heart's out on this mission
To rationalize every quenched desire
I feel a little light-headed, I get so happy, not gonna regret it
Gotta laugh when they call it having fun
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The stars will tell you, anything you want to hear
You just have to read the right ones
A cloudless sky, and nothing clear
A love-hate relationship, a love-hate relationship
A love-hate relationship with the sun
With the sun
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10. |
Beautiful
04:01
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This time I know it will be heard
No longer made of secret words
The gray sky is the one you love best
And I know how it sits in your chest
But maybe there's another color we could try for a while
Anything I could do just to win back your smile
Cause I'm telling you, it's beautiful
Yeah, I'm telling you, it's beautiful
There was never a need to fear
No, it's a want baby, it's a want, let's be clear
And through the ages we have always known that's how it is here
But over time I wish that the consciousness would seep through
And sometimes I can't feel it and I don't see it in you
But when we have those moments that remind me it's true
And I look at you
Yeah, I look at you and you're beautiful
The fight and the fuss for the air everywhere
Has us naked emotionally and turnt-out out there
Acting bad when we're good, acting good when we're bad
Now it's just tired and taken at home feeling sad
But you helped to see the best that there was in me
Which is ironic cause in the end it's always been free
And this world has its way of shutting down souls
So I thought I would tell you before we grow old
But this time I know it will be heard
No longer made of secret words
The gray sky is the one you love best
And I know how it sits in your chest
Yeah, I know how it sits in your chest
But maybe there's another color we could try for a while
Anything I could do just to win back your smile
Cause I'm telling you it's beautiful
Yeah, I'm telling you it's beautiful
Yeah, I'm telling you it's beautiful
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11. |
Just Thinkin'
06:44
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What I don't know, is everything
I just can't see anything sensible happening
What you had typed out, but failed to erase
Is stuck in my brain and it's an ongoing case
And what I still feel collides with the facts
About what we say is true and how we react
And I do not care what other people say
It's what you said and sent on that oxymoronic day
'Cause I had just begun a new journey of my own
And you were first on my list of people
I wanted to share it with as soon as I got home
And I still love you and I'm still here
Just thinkin' 'bout what I can't say without a patriarchal slam
Denial of his dreams, makes a nightmare of a man
And I'm not blaming you, that's not why I'm upset
I was able to forgive and I was able to forget
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12. |
Can't Go Home
05:50
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Where are we going? I would often ask
And why am I showing off my ass
Why don't they like me? There must be something wrong
I know just what to do, I'll write them all a song
I did sing anywhere I could
And not being noticed in the way I should
But still found believers in what I do
Once you have that, there's nothing really left for you
If that's what you're going for
If you really care about the score
This is nothing but a stupid poem
You don't have to stay here but you can't go home
When are you going? Is what I think to me
You were not invited and now you're all I see
Since when does knowledge require a cure
I just can't think of another thing that's more pure
Than the truth about everything
And why it's so important to know
What's going on in your heart
That's all you need to get back home
That's all you need to get back home
And how are we doing? Is what we ask of us
We say we're doing fabulously despite the stress
Boiling bags of blood just waiting to burst
With everyone scrambling to claim they were the first
To know the truth about everything
And why it's so important to know
What's going on in your heart
That's all you need to get back home
If that's what you're going for
If you really care about the score
This is nothing but a stupid poem
You don't have to stay here but you can't go home
You don't have to stay here but you can't go home
You don't have to stay here but you can't go home
You don't have to stay here but you can't go home
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13. |
Every Ending
05:14
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The worst things are what we don't see
They have no beauty, alone
Unacknowledged, like a yield sign
It is a tough time, when no one can know
No one can know
My saints and angels have all turned away
Cause they know it's hopeless and we just have to wait
For nothing to come and take us away
There is no salvation
I've spent a lifetime, as Mr. Nice Guy
It was a tight tie, around my neck
Where it got me, is not the story
There's still some glory, my self-respect
My saints and angels have all turned away
Cause they know it's pointless and we just have to wait
For nothing to come and take us away
There is no salvation
Nothing's okay
Now I've made this, my space to speak free
There is some duty, ahead
Sometimes the worst times, feel like the end times
But it is all time, every ending
Every ending
My saints and angels have all turned away
Cause they know it's hopeless and we just have to wait
For nothing to come and take us away
There is no salvation
Nothing's okay
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14. |
Up To You
02:46
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Please remember, it's all up to you
Whether you don't, or whether you do
Whether you dance, or whether you play
It's all up to you, at the end of the day
I met so many people, so far on this trip
And some gave me love, and some gave me lip
And some gave me both, in a mixture distinct
But 'twas only I, who can tell what I think
I know how the man is keeping you down
That man is yourself, on this very ground
That man is controlled by what he perceives
That man is lost in what he believes
The love I've received, was too much to bear
The guardian angels, infesting my hair
Keeping me somehow alive on this earth
Despite what was taken, despite all the hurt
So please remember, it's all up to you
Whether you don't, or whether you do
Whether you dance, or whether you play
It's all up to you, at the end of the day
And I just need to cry, for our reality
There's no way I'd fight over something I can't see
The road behind me is littered a bit
But I also know that I am not the only one that is on it
We're in this together, I wish that we'd see
It's all up to you, it's all up to me
All I can do from here is teach what I know
Make a few things clear before I should go
Be sure that I thanked you, for what you taught me
It was something you chose as your destiny
So please remember, it's all up to you
Whether you don't, or whether you do
Whether you dance, or whether you play
It's all up to you, at the end of the day
It's all up to you, at the end of the day
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Sean Kagalis Cordele, Georgia
Presently in 2022, Sean is currently writing and demoing his next studio project.
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