Nix
Zilch
Nil
Zero
None
Zip
Just nothing
No thoughts of our own
No clothes on the bone
No prejudice, nor hate
No color wars
Irate
It's a world we can't recall
Those first moments of our days
Just a spacious open canvas
Tainted by our poppa's ways
(Chorus)
Nix
Zilch
Nil
Zero
None
Zip
Just nothing
Just buck
Stained present by the past
Strained shaping of tomorrow
Perceptions that will last
(Chorus)
Our ways become our luggage
That we carry our whole life
We pass it to our children
It becomes their future strife
Stained present by the past
Strained shaping of tomorrow
Perceptions that will last
It's their futuristic sorrow…
You met me in the darkness
You met me in the night
To bring me to the light
My shadow was resistant to give me back my sight
Come to our land
The butterflies
Dart through my hands
Reach out and touch the light
You met me in the darkness
You saw me in my night
You met me in the darkness
You met me in the night
Met me there so I could see the light
Bring me to the day
Bring me to the light
Bring me to the day
Keep me in the light
Do they hear it up in Humboldt?
Darker than a thunderbolt
Or down in New Orleans
Slicker than a holy ghost...
This thing's inside my head
Is aching
Memories stirred
Confidence shaking
Will I die young?
(The Humbling Hum)
Where does it come from?
(The Humbling Hum)
Yeah, my dad was the king of the backroads
Still is
So many trees passing us by
So much silence
What is there to say when you're alone?
Sometimes you are alone
And there is a person sitting right there
Next to you
She came into my life
Like a light
She could walk the fine lines of the cracks in my heart
Her naked feet stepped through the halls of my cavernous soul
There are roads that lead to goddess
And there are windows waiting to be broken open…
They try to break the rind
Believing they might find
A bite of fruit so kind
It could dissolve their insecurity
But at the generous core
A liquid spirit roars
So fierce, and true, and sweet
It tears the bag
And rots their teeth
Remember that old stretch of road we would speed down
Flying over the railroad tracks
Having the cops chase us down
Throwing us in the back of their cars
Blood grows quicker through veins
You pull me closer, lover
Pull me out of my shame
You lift the light, sugar
You break open the frame
You lift the light, sugar
You break open the frame
La la, la la la la, la la
La la, la la la la, la la
The wind came up
The other day
On a planet not like ours
Lake alkali
lightning strikes
Ashes rise
Looking
I've been looking for you
The wind came up
It blew your name
(I've been listening)
So far away
And on that shore
Where gods reside
There, you will find me waiting...
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"...a new philosophy in the making, recording, and delivery of a musical experience that we can't get enough of..." - Urban Barrels
"...has a Zen-like quality to it...very difficult, if not impossible, to describe..." - Ben Cisco's World of Music
"...unlike any musical entity you’ve been listening to and we mean that in the best way...music that stirs you, connects with your core, bringing an incredible peace..." - HIP Video Promo
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Artwork by Billy Simkiss
credits
released June 10, 2014
"Buck"
Music written and performed by Way José. Words written by Ryan Berman. Featuring Jesse Lemme Adams (keyboards), Darren Johnston (trumpet), Reed Kendall (electric guitar and percussion), Lady Lees (vocals), Kris Lorenz (monotron), and Carly Patterson (vocals). Recorded by Daniel DeMento and James Shaff. Produced and mixed by Daniel DeMento at 11:11 Studios in San Francisco, CA. Mastered by Simon Morrison at Morrison Studios in Los Altos, CA.
"Stay in the Light"
Music written and performed by Way José. Words written and performed by Reigan Derry and Carly Patterson. Featuring Anne Healey (cello). Recorded by Daniel DeMento and James Shaff. Produced and mixed by Daniel DeMento at 11:11 Studios in San Francisco, CA. Mastered by Simon Morrison at Morrison Studios in Los Altos, CA.
"The Humbling Hum"
Music and words written and performed by Way José. Featuring Matthew Welde (electric guitar). Recorded, produced and mixed by Daniel DeMento at 11:11 Studios in San Francisco, CA. Mastered by Simon Morrison at Morrison Studios in Los Altos, CA.
"Broken"
Music written and performed by Way José. Poetry written and performed by Phillip T. Nails and Elisabeth S. Nails. Other words adapted from the jailhouse writings of T-Rexxx. Featuring Matty J. Blige (electric guitar), Connor Hill (electric guitar), Darren Johnston (trumpet), Joey Miller (drums), Carly Patterson (vocals), James Shaff (bass), and Matthew Szemela (violin). Recorded, produced and mixed by Daniel DeMento at 11:11 Studios in San Francisco, CA. Mastered by Simon Morrison at Morrison Studios in Los Altos, CA.
"The Wind Came Up"
Music and words written and performed by Way José and Carly Patterson. Recorded, produced and mixed by Daniel DeMento at 11:11 Studios in San Francisco, CA. Mastered by Simon Morrison at Morrison Studios in Los Altos, CA.
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