Self-produced tracks for your edification
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Updated 11/03/08: "Wing (Instrumental)" added plus "Eye of Fire/She Shoots Up In The Neck" - a really old recording from Electric Witch solo sessions.
Updated 09/27/08: "Galadriel Suite" added as a Tribute to Jim Ladd and his Theater of the Mind. Edited by yours truly. 1) Galadriel's Mirror - David Arkenstone; 2) Lothlorien - Howard Shore (LOTR Soundtrack); 3) Galadriel - This Mortal Coil; with sound clips from The Lord of the Rings (Cate Blanchett, et al). Jim does stuff like this on his radio show but believe me his show is a lot better.
Updated 09/27/08: "Houses" - another from the 4-track demo vault. Music/Lyrics/Guitar/Vocals by Troy Lambert. Mike Bone: Bass. Menace Childe: Drums.
Updated 02/03/08: "Norwegian Wood (Beatles Cover)" added to the playlist. Composed by Lennon/McCartney. Performed by Mike Bone (Vocals and Bass), Troy Lambert (Guitars) and Menace Childe (Drums and Percussion). Recorded at Zoom's in one take (+ vox overdubs) on glorious 4-track. Guitar gaffs are my bad, but I like the arrangement except the bit at the end.
Updated 02/03/08: "threefour" added to the playlist. Little instrumental ditty I tracked in less than an hour. Reminds me of the roll credits music in a John Carpenter film.
Updated 12/01/07: "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel cover)" added to the playlist. Composed by Jeff Mangum/Scott Spillane. Performed by Mike Bone (Vocals & Bass) and Troy Lambert (Guitars and backing vocals). Recorded in my living room on glorious 4-track.
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Lyrics & Credits
eye of fire
you got your pass
your ticket to the limit
so nevermind the grind
that put you in it
to the throe
the city's glass
a masquerade, infinite
don't look behind the mind
that made you learn to live it
for a show
what you think you're seeing's
got you disbelieving
in the thing that put you in it
to the end
can you keep my head from aching?
stop the earth from shaking?
is yesterday just another thing
to forget?
eye of fire
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum machine
she shoots up in the neck
she shoots up in the neck
she does nice things
like give me money
she does everything
she goes
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
deep in the neck
she breathes pretty things
like poison ivy
she dreams of lightning
she gets
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
what can i do
for when i sit here with you
i'm still alone inside my head
what should i do
while you're fixing your brew
cuz if you mix it too think
you'll be sick
and be dead
instead
she shoots up in the neck
she'll do anything
to feel warm all over
just to impress me
she gets
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum machine
miss you
how does it feel
to know you were wanted?
does it turn you inside out?
have you ever felt alone?
do you like it?
like it?
like what you do to me
how does it feel
to know you were wanted?
have you ever had a heart attack
in the back
from a friend?
do you like it?
like it?
like it?
no?
i don't miss you
i don't miss anyone
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum machine
Evil Troy Martin - backing vox
softshoe
fred astaire
was a staircase
ascending
and oh the stares
as he stepped into
his softshoe
square
brother with a shoe on
- move on
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, bass, drum machine
Leko the dog - barking vox
houses (part III)
my papa
sells the ocean
tells the motion
of machinery
a man
for any situation
intimidation
as a recipe
and if i kill him
i will chill them all out
my mama
in a crisis
halves her vices
alphabetically
woman
for any situation
disintegration
fundamentally
and if i kill them
i will chill them all out
so i will kill them
i will kill them all
so if you see my brother
well, don't you tell him
where i been
'cuz i been building houses
that i doubt he'd sleep in
and if you see my sister
sleeping jester
tell her i'm alone
'cuz i been burning bridges
since before i was
before i was
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars
Mike Bone - Upright Bass
Menace Childe - Drums
babylon rust
and it was on in babylon
singing songs of blank abandon
until the dawn of the rebellion
it went on and on
and they were chasing the sun
as deep as twenty fathoms
well i can't tell you what happened
but it had long gone wrong
crush the cold crust
to touch the rush
divine the dust
trust the trust
and in the heart of procyon
little dog of orion
there is a pyroautomaton
bullet of gold
and smoking gun
crush the cold crust
to touch the rush
divine the dust
trust the trust
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, keyboards, drum machine
fiends in friends
i've been
working my way
straight to the top
of the world
i've been
running away
back to the start
of it all
and i've seen
clouds in faces
and love
i've seen
fiends in friends
dreams in djinns
and i want to see more
i've seen
thieves in dens
greed in grins
and i want to see more
i've been making my way
up from the deep of the climb
as i'm finding my way
i'll take the rise with the fall
and i've seen
beings of music
and light
i've seen
fiends in friends
greed in grins
and i want to see more
i've seen
things
intense things
and sense
and i want to say more
i've seen
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, bass, drum machine, keyboards, percussion
Menace Childe - percussion
crimes
if i were to call you
my only friend
would you be so friendly
this time again?
the lies
that i told you
will hide
what i'm looking for
the crimes
that i told you i did
i did
take me to tomorrow
today is dead
and i might be the one you find
inside your head
and you might be the one to cry
this time instead
the lies
that i told you
will hide
what i'm looking for
the crimes
that i told you i did
you know i did
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars
Mike Bone - backing vox, electric bass
Menace Childe - drums and percussion
child
the wind she rode
on a ghost of white gold
in clothes of cloud vapor
crimson and woed
and then she rode
on a horse of brass candle
framed in wax innocence
crumbling soul
childlike and old
she'll never know
but she feels something
like friday's child
wasted and wild
but always alone
and she wants to go home
she'll never know
that she's still feeling something
like friday's child
defaced and defiled
and always alone
and she wants to go home
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, keyboards, drum machine
heaven hate the rain
full moon fire
in disguise of flood
take me to the widow killer
looking through the windowman
to find the shining one
hazy day
seems just like a hurricane
the leaden tears
of heaven on my pane
come back
with the answers
for i'm too tired to feel the drain
heaven hate the rain
maid of water
virgin sky
listen to the falling river
glistening the failing man
who made the water dry
hazy day
seems just like a hurricane
the sky is crying
its breath on my face
come back
with the answers
for my desire to colour the space
heaven hate the rain
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars
Mike Bone - backing vox, electric bass
Menace Childe - drums and percussion
leko
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, bass, organ
the depth of your drown
high on the fumes of anti-socialism
mama never guessed that you'd turn out this way
straight is the path to internal regression
ain't it a trip how fate makes us pay
with your head floating above your body
somehow you've learned to appreciate the view
could it be your vision is so very distorted
that you think that heaven was made just for you
looking over the edge
it's a long way down
what never ceases to amaze me
is the depth of your drown
wide is the gate that leads to destruction
and i can tell well you're well on the way
burning up your bridges before you can cross them
all i can do is watch your light fade
looking over the edge
it's a long way down
what never ceases to amaze me
is the depth of your drown
words by Kenny Davis music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars
Menace Childe - drums and percussion
Johnny Childe - guitars, bass
woodpussy
she's not to interfere with flavor
she's so severe to savor
jaundice like a rhombus rider
smooth like a sawtooth slider
woodpussy
she's not to furl inflection
she's got pearl perplexion
stymied like a blinded hydrae
cool like an ice incisor
woodpussy
and when
she will
she won't
she would
woodpussy
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, keyboards, drum machine
sleepthing
dreams got a hold of my feelings
seems i got a hole in my head
listening
remembering what you told me
and i'm so scared
the light's out
i don't care
i'm not sleeping
fly like yesterday's freedom
oh but yesterday's gone
tell me what you'd like to do
if it all were up to you
would you
bring on the night?
turn on the lightning?
i'm not sleeping
i'm just receding
back to my old ways
it don't make me afraid
of myself
I just can't believe
I'm so tired of falling asleep
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, keyboards, drum machine
threefour
Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - guitars, keyboards, drum machine
wing
she walked
through the room
thick with iron air
it all came to her
by her lover's stare
she felt too far away
to save her life
there were no lies in his face
no words were spoken
no words spared
panic
and violence
she rushes home
a pencil
puts it all down
in detail
how she loved
now she's alone
something you told me like
"you don't know anything"
you are my everything
you are my wing
said
you'd die
for me
said
you'd die
for me
something you told me like
"you are my wing"
said
you'd die
for me
said
you'd die
for me
I will
die
for you
I will
die
I will
fly
Words and Music by Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert - vox, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum machine