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This song is inspired by the magic of playing video games and getting so lost in the world, that reality never seems the same. I think a lot about sanctuaries I’ve seen in my life that inspired me to make some melody or think about things differently. I have written and performed this song in a few different forms over the last few years and am glad to finally put out a version I am proud of.

Special thanks to Halsey, Leo, and Andy for helping me form this song when it was known as "Criminal Caterpillar". That was the summer of 2011 when we played it.

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I.
From the meteorite, a messenger gave me purpose
with his dying breath
The psychic prayed, calling us to her
all the friends we've never met
The psychic prayed from another age
saved us from our death
The scientist dreaming in the snow awoke and flew across
Summers and Winters till he landed in our grave
as a future king transcended when his
limbs were ripped away

He came to us on a Summers day before we crossed the sea
to stop the madness by capturing
a hidden melody...

II.
Starting off here, in search of a step
of a giant that vanished from a place I, too, have left
Visions of my past in Lilliputan Steps
in a Happy, Happy Village where my nightmare made a mess
Heard my mother's voice in Saturn Valley hidden far
where someone wiser told me that the journey's all we are

(I'm where your enemies won't run)
In the desert caves, you vanish to the winters where you're from
Your ship's crashed in our grave and we prayed and held our breath
Chanting, "Come to the South! Oh, friend we've never met..."

In Winters' caves, UFOs around the bend
making way into a Circle where the Rainfall never ends
A live Magnetic Hill dead history will hide
It's not the tallest building where the city's heart resides
Before the lonely Cloud, the Thunder, the Storm
We meet a future king on a seaside calm and warm

Found an entrance in the exit of the Lumine Hall
Where my mind is so electric all my thoughts read across the wall
(Silent village singing in the caves...)
In Fire Spring, a melody, complete and born in me
Now I must face my nightmares on a dark and dreamy sea...

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from Something Sacred, released January 29, 2017

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I'm a composer / poet / teacher writing, recording, and performing original music when I can.

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