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Feng Shui Croquet

by Daniel Waterhouse

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1.
Melt Away 02:14
My monkey mind, spins out of control Coercion immersion taken its toll Don’t live what I dream Don’t think what I say Can’t help but feel my essence betrayed I melt away I melt away Resigned to the sentence, doing the time Condemned to lethargy, acquiescent mime Inertia, Inertia our ball and chain Misplaced the umbrella, we soak in the rain And melt away And melt away Hold your space Hold the line Make your stand while there’s still time Or melt away Or melt away
2.
Oversoul 03:11
Verse #1 This life of habitual vice (and) unrewarded sacrifice A long dark tunnel (with) little light to guide the way But yet we hope, for meaning we grope, delude ourselves so we can cope Until that moment that changes everything GROUP VOCAL LIGHT - LOVE - GRACE - ONE MIGHT - RIGHT - TRUTH - !!!! Chorus Can’t crush it and it’s out of your control Can’t shackle it when you’re out on patrol Won’t conform to dogma that you extol Almighty Oneness of The Over-Soul We battle on …. Verse #2 In mindful silence, resides the path to rightful action Objective observation guides the way Profound insight descending from the highest heights Where Universal wisdom is conveyed GROUP VOCAL LIGHT - LOVE - GRACE - ONE MIGHT - RIGHT - TRUTH - !!!! Chorus Can’t crush it and it’s out of your control Can’t shackle it when you’re out on patrol Won’t conform to dogma that you extol Almighty Oneness of The Over-Soul We battle on …. Partially derived from an Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson
3.
Sally 03:42
Standin’ in these shoes that walked so many miles Worn down to the soul …. Thoughts, like the breeze, blow through my mind Hopes and dreams that I’ve left behind Look back over my shoulder, turn and walk some more Centered in my ecstasy, deep within this calm I have found love … In this hour of certainty, converted to a devotee of love … ...somehow I know Sally, this time it won’t fade away Sally, I’m comin’ home to stay Now all this pain abound won’t break me down Just more weight in my pack as I roll through town Faithfully estranged, not so easy to engage Though my mind’s at work and my intent is good Often I am misunderstood I’ve made jails from words that failed, a prisoner of me. Centered in my ecstasy, deep within this calm I have found love … In this hour of certainty, converted to a devotee of love … ...somehow I know Sally, this time it won’t fade away Sally, I’m comin’ home to stay
4.
Evercare 03:51
Outbound, I drift slowly away Review theatre I’d wanted to say Curtain closed now, unspoken lines Hollowly silent, please understand why I went and left you there To a life of Evercare Sentiment, review your song in my mind Snapshot, yearn for, know that I find Blood on the pathway, I bleed as I go Unhedged exposure, I want you to know I went and left you there To a life of Evercare Far away, you stay with me Enlightened child, you’ll always be Embedded deeply in my heart ...in my soul Frozen, myopic perspective can’t see What you hold closely sometimes you must set free Parting sweet sorrow, for your welfare I pray Butterfly go now, come back someday I went and left you ... I went and left you ... I went and left you there
5.
Oh Thoreau, Mister Emerson, transcendental natural medicine Stephenson and Foster Wallace, intellects of the first degree Casteneda’s Don Juan, Ruiz’s Four Agreements Zinn’s pursuit of justice with a vigilant vehemence Yogananda, the Dalai Llama, Venkatesananda portray Nirvana My friends that I’ll never know, through their written songs and stories told Not present here, but never far away Sitting right there on my shelf is this remedy for my mental health “Thank you to the friends I’ll never know. Heartfelt gratitude deep in my soul” Roger’s striking portraits of himself, Ray Davies not like everybody else Bradley and Cobain they burned so bright, Rage and The Clash brought the dynamite Peter Tosh and Bob Marley. KRS, Chuck D, Winston Rodney Thom’s ballads of fear and dread, galactic symphonies buzzing through his Radiohead My friends that I’ll never know, through their written songs and their stories told Not present here, but never far away Sitting right there on my shelf is this remedy for my mental health "Thank you to the friends I’ll ever know” because sometimes ... In existential times of crisis that one feels as an incarnate being I scrape along the rocky bottom like a punctured submarine but words of truth and words of wisdom help to restore my buoyancy Emerge from the ocean of my despair when I see ….my mind can break free. My friends that I’ll never know, through their written songs and stories told Not present here, but never far away Sitting right there on my shelf is the remedy for my mental health “Thank you to the friends I’ll ever know Heartfelt gratitude deep in my soul”
6.
Craft a tale of heroes juxtaposed A denouement with negatives exposed Reversal of the shades that the print disclosed Borrowed time on which the world foreclosed Hung-over from fermented love decay Frozen dreams from a shattered yesterday Echoings of promises untrue You know that I would die ….but I can’t live for you Call the bluffing raise and let the cards be shown Cast away your opinions, that I now disown Close the book the story has gone astray. Bury it where it won’t see the light of day Hung-over from fermented love decay Frozen dreams from a shattered yesterday Echoings of promises untrue You know that I would die ….but I can’t live for you Did you see what you just did Can you hear the rain falling now? Are you here or are you far away? This frozen, shattered dream delusion Has now come to its conclusion Trust me please you’ll understand someday

credits

released June 9, 2016

All songs written, performed, and produced by Daniel Waterhouse with important contributions from the following:

Josh West: Drums (Sally, My Friends)
Jeff Cooper: Drums (Oversoul, Evercare, Ruxandra Galatz)
Shawn Patrick Rice: Guitar (Oversoul)
Victor Veve: Keys (Sally)
Chelsea Rancourt: Vocals (Oversoul)
Mohamadou Ndione: Vocals (Oversoul)
Marlena Tucker-Fishman: Vocals (Oversoul)

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Glenn Andersen Tracking Engineer
Jeff Cooper: Mixing Engineer
Shawn Patrick Rice Album Artwork

Record mastered at Gateway Mastering by Adam Ayan
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"Evercare" co-written by Peter Pappas

"Oversoul" lyrics influenced by a Ralph Waldo Emerson essay

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