Saturday, May 14, 2016

Lyrics - Deadly Rhythms

I have recently finished an 8-track demo entitled "Numerosophia". You can listen to it on soundcloud HERE. The whole album is essentially an extedend version of You Are Infinite, a song I wrote in 2013. The lyrics will all be posted here - the Numerosophia CDs don't have much in the way of 'liner notes' on them.

Here are the lyrics to track 4, "Deadly Rhythms" - which is itself a rewrite of "Quantim VS Science" , the first hip-hop track i'd written in about 15 years... Cos droppin freestyles on a mate's mic setup aint the same as writing an actual song

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Deadly Rhythms
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back to the rhythm, back to the rhyme
hear the spirit in the land of the dream time

(the empire cometh, ya better hit the ground running)

VERSE1
a carpet of concrete overlaying the land
stone bastions to factions of the empire clan
who build stone giants turning 90 degrees
and the roots of the skyscrapers are choking the trees
stone builders, land stealers, the religion drug dealers
but their stone golem is evolving with rhythm (can ya feel it?)
feel the spirit of the land comin up through the street
sacred rhythms of mother earths heartbeat
left/right black/white no that aint it it
empire spirit can't count past the 2nd hit
we need more beats to open up the doors
1 2 3 4 now you know the score

back to the rhythm, back to the rhyme
hear the spirit in the land of the dream time

VERSE2
all the land being stomped by the footprints of the golem
that the empire claims as theirs //no, it was stolen
from the first peoples who survived here long before
the sea pirate empire brought their war to these shores
but the river spirit is taking care of its own
eternal water dragon, (still) spitting on the throne
the crown has been drowned in bones and outgrown
as has the way of building hives for the queen and her drones
we keep begging them for bread, we can be hunting instead
my name is quantim & i'm here to assasinate the godhead
i'm facin the walls // i watch em crumble to dust
as chaos washes away the empire and turns it to rust

back to the music, back to the beat
making love with the spirit of the street
back to the music, back to the beat
makin money is the spirit of the street

VERSE3
money is a magic spell // its the spirit of greed
gotta make the stone giant bleed, by hustlin on the street
money is a lie that came down from the sky
taught scribes of the empire how to enslave the mind
by putting magic symbols on little pieces of mud
empire hands em out and starts trading their money for our blood
building us cages and paying us wages but its a setup
cos the golem takes back 3 bags full every month
they raise the interest rates but if ya can't afford it
then the empire giant come and takes away your daughter
that what's the rich did to the poor kid// they never waive the fee
in case you hadn't noticed // money is slavery
(gotta be) like the highly evolved poets that we call mcs
vipers of the street striking at the golems feet
and making it bleed // dripping blood money to the street
(sing it) makin money is the spirit of the street

back to the rivers, back to the ground
concrete jungle gonna burn it all down

VERSE4
the empire builders were once horse traders & thieves
til they tamed the golem of babylon, now stone giants they breed
they stole themselves some boats then became pirates
and cemented the spread of the civilisation virus
they got their river bank temples the tollbridge pyramids
try to rename the rivers for their ancestral spirits
they tag it all with the stone giant hieroglyphs
concrete songlines of eurocentric myths
once in the name of god // now in the name of of science
we used to have kingdoms // now its parlimentary systems
some reason  to justify building the stone spires to the sky
to cover up the basements that rapists have tortured our kids in
like the 3 little pigs, in stone houses they hide
these empire men are sheep, they never hunted in their lives
and im a good little wolf, huffin and puffin all night
imma blow their house down, so the rest can survive


back to the rivers, back to the ground
concrete jungle gonna burn it all down

BRIDGE thing
back to the rivers, back to the ground
turn the lights out, listen to the sound
concrete jungle gonna burn it all down
imma light a fire inside ya to burn it all down
tame this stone giant of money and blood
(maybe carve up some of these rich men with knives)
call on leviathan to wash it away in flood
(give their flesh to the poor, save some lives)

VERSE 5
if feeding the rich ... to the poor // sounds like fun
sign up to poetry 303 and prophecy 101
if ya can't handle the sound of my lyrical shotgun
then ya better go back to suckin the rich mans thumb
rich men thumbs, lying scum
rich mens thumbs, come get some
cut em all off and we can all have some
how ya gonna build an empire when ya got no thumbs?
i'm not from this planet we speak through this human vessel
this transmission is stochastic: both controlled and accidental
we belong to skymother, earth just got me here on rental
we are sky spirit, come to summon elementals

OUTRO
water snake come and make it drown
fire bird come and burn it all down
earth rhythms rumbling through the ground
air spirits hum make the wind howl

(do not be afraid... we are controlling your transmutation)

and the 5th element that I summon is that voice inside you
the eternal voice within that inspires you
thats not mind that's a fire inside you
they call it spirit can ya hear it
the empire they fear it // they need to keep it down
then need to keep ya begging // keep ya nose to the ground
wake up, stand up, and put ya hands up now
cos it's you that can bring the empire down

you have the power
you have the power
you have the power
this is your hour
********

You can listen to this track for free online here

Don't let the day-to-day BS drag ya down, stay strong, survive, thrive

Lyrics - You Are (Duality)

I have recently finished an 8-track demo entitled "Numerosophia". You can listen to it on soundcloud HERE. The whole album is essentially an extedend version of You Are Infinite, a song I wrote in 2013. The lyrics will all be posted here - the Numerosophia CDs don't have much in the way of 'liner notes' on them.

Here are the lyrics to track 2, variously known as "You Are", "Duality", "You...", or "otherwise we are all alone"

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You Are
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Oh I am immortal and so are you
(You)
Let's open up a portal from me to you
(You are)
In this mortal realm things can be so confusing
(A blazing star)
(Your guiding light it carries me far)
Reality of our choosing
(You are a star)
(You are)
(You)

You may feel alone sometimes
With ya body and it feels like inside it there's a mind
(You)
(You are)
But the mind and body are part of something else
(A spinning cloud)
And that something else is your Self
(You draw me deep into you now)

We are all one self helping itself experience itself

(you draw me deep into you now)
(You draw me deep)
(you draw me deep into you now)

(you are a cloud)
We are immmortal
Let's open up a portal
(you are, you are)

In between
(you are)
Nothing and Infinity
(you)

The growing past it is so vast
The now and then begins again
The black and white, the day and night
Ups and downs, a smile and a frown
********

You can listen to this track online free if you click here

Much love, Earthling

Lyrics - I Am

I have recently finished an 8-track demo entitled "Numerosophia". You can listen to it on soundcloud HERE. The whole album is essentially an extedend version of You Are Infinite, a song I wrote in 2013. The lyrics will all be posted here - the Numerosophia CDs don't have much in the way of 'liner notes' on them.

Here are the lyrics to track 1, I am
********
 I Am
********

I
I am
I am, I am, I am

I am lost
I am never found
There are stars up in heaven
I am down here on the ground

I am just an ego
I am an insane game
of electronic yin & yang
going on inside my brain

I am a lowly creature
sitting in the void
Oh I am worthless
NO!
I'm just being paranoid
********


You can listen to this song on Soundcloud, if you click here

May your heart be filled with Love, your mind be at Peace, and your spirit full of wisdom.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Lyrics - Zenarchy

Song I began writing about 2008, waiting for a bus at Flinders Uni , dancing and singing to myself while strangers looked at me like i was crazy.
been writing and re-writing the lyrics since then, finally got em right
You can listen to this song on soundcloud

This song is also track 3 on "Numerosophia", an 8-track demo i recorded

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Zenarchy - Quantim McLoud
********

VERSE 1
where am i? where i am.
here am i, here i am,
fear and i used to be friends

how can i say this?
see everything changes
only on that will i depend


CHORUS
and i'll never be here again
cos what was just now just became then
and i'll never be here again
cos this moment is coming to an end

VERSE 2
living things grow
and rivers they flow
any which way that they can

buildings decay
slowly crumbling away
just like anything made by man

how can i say this?
see everything changes
even the divine plan

so build up your senses
and tear down your mind's fences
and have the best time that you can


CHORUS
and i'll never be here again
cos what was just now just became then
and i'll never be here again
this moment is coming
this moment just came to an end

VERSE 3
before i say more stuff
we'll explain the chorus
it's here and it's now and it's zen

the past don't exist
the future never will
and this present just came to an end

our planet and the stars
are moving so fast
but so big, they seem to stay still

We're flying through space
never in the same place
spaceship earth, what a thrill!


CHORUS
and we'll never be here again
cos we are million billion miles from just then
and we'll never be here again
this moment is coming
this moment is coming to an end

(harmonica solo)


yes the heavens are moving
it's the universe groovin
and dancing to its own little tune

rotating and twisting
this three body system
the sun the earth and the moon

how can i say this?
see everything changes
even the things that we do

abandon your fear
we are always here
and here is always brand new


CHORUS
and i'll never be here again
this point in space-time just came to an end
and i'll never be here again
this moment is coming
this moment is coming
(to an end)

i'll never be here again
a new life begun, rebirth again
i'll never be here again

this moment is coming x10
********

Like i said, you can listen to this song on soundcloud

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Lyrics - Bipolar Remedy (Anthem for the Mentally Unwell)

I was writing a song to these three chords n got stuck, and this other song (below) happened instead. Still working on the original

can watch a vid of this song here.

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voices of self-doubt build up inside of me
paranoia and anxiety
the voices say, "you're no good, everyone hates you"
everyone else is much better than me

woah-oh everyone else
everyone else is much better than me
woah-oh everyone else
everyone else is much better than me

those voices of self-doubt then turn to silence
after that rain then i can see
the voices were wrong, they had it backwards
there aint nobody no better than me

woah-oh there aint nobody
there aint nobody no better than me
woah-oh there aint nobody
there aint nobody no better than me

if you've ever felt down, dark, lost and lonely
and have known paranoia and anxiety
remember this song, & them voices can sing along
sing: "NOBODY IS BETTER THAN ME"

woah-oh nobody
is better than me
woah-oh nobody nobody
there aint nobody no better than me





~SHITTY IMPROV VERSE~
((i sing this song, i'm singin it backwards
it's not about me, it's about you,
oh this song this song is about how
NOBODY IS BETTER THAN YOU))

woah-oh nobody
is better than you
woah-oh nobody nobody
there aint nobody no better than you

woah-oh nobody
is better than me
woah-oh everyone else
everyone else is much better than me
********

Lyrics - Money FKN Stinks

wrote this at a mates house, a couple of years later i drank some whiskey and fixed the last verse.

You can watch a video of this song recorded in my lounge room here.

*****
when i was young my parents would take me
to sit in the car with my sister and brother
as they went into social security
and when they came out
they always seemed stressed about
having to ask the government for money

CHORUS
money stinks
when you're on the centrelink
money stinks
when you're bloody poor
money stinks
it always makes you think
about how much ya got left
and how ya always want some more

when i go to get some food from my local IGA
i like talkin to strangers but money it changes it
the money always gets in the way
instead of lookin the person behind the counter in the eyes
in the eyes of my fellow man
instead i'm lookin down
lookin down
countin the change in my hand

money stinks
when you're on the centrelink
money stinks
it makes ya insecure
money stinks
it always makes you think
about how much ya got left
and how ya always want some more

Money it seems
it exists as a barrier between
food water and shelter
for vast majority of humanity
so the best way to fix the class war
between the rich and the poor
is to get rid of the money (the cash!)
burn down the banks
so we can all have more


money stinks
when you're on the centrelink
money stinks
when you're fuckin poor
money stinks
it always makes you think
about how much ya got left
and how ya always want some more
*****

Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Lyrics - McDamascus

These are lyrics to a song I wrote a few years back but finally recorded more recently

*****
on the road to damascus
saint paul saw the light
on the road to mcdonalds
to get myself a shake and fries
i was thinkin bout reincarnation
and the illusion of time
when i received an illumination
and transcended all of space and time

on the road to damascus
a soldier named saul saw a bright light
when benny hinn threw his jacket
at me in church one night
a seven year old human boy
was forced to meet his god
not being prepared for this kind of experience
i soon forgot

on the road to damascus
saint paul sold some lies
when benny hinn threw his jacket
at me in church that night
a seven year old human boy
was forced to meet his maker
and i was dismayed to find
that the god of any church is not the creator

Cos i saw darkness
emptiness and nothingness
the prince of hell wants you to bow down
and worship him, the god of void and death
the god of void and death
and things made of sticks and stones
and stealin your breath
the god of void and death

on the road to mcdonalds
i transcended space and time
on the road to mcdonalds
my spirit flew to the sky
i saw my far down beneath me
on its knees, deaf and blind
and from this infinite perspective
i was one with all the people driving by

one with all the grass and trees
and all the creatures of earth and sky
and all the fishies swimmin in the water
we are one
we are one
we're all one with the godmind
see through the world through the goddess' eyes
one with the godmind
*****

You can listen to this song on Quantim's soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/quantim/mcdamascus

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Lyrics - Cowgirls Are Fun

In about 2008 i wrote a song with my friend Ruthless about a sex-worker holding up a client at gunpoint. Here are the lyrics, below which is a link to a performance of this song.


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INTRO/CHORUS
take your tongue out my mouth cos i'm kissing you goodbye
you're kissing me so sweetly i'm forgettin all the reasons why
i'm leaving you now honey like you always knew i would
but goodbye kisses shouldn't feel so good

VERSE
this kiss it done remind me of the time that we first me
you were standin on the street corner in high heels and fishnets
you walked up to me and asked me if i wanted a good time
i said hell yeah and i took you back to mine
as soon as we were through the door you asked me for cash
i laughed it off and dropped my pants and slapped you on the ass
you rode my like a cowgirl like any good cowgirl would
something about ya told me you were still no good

CHORUS
take your tongue out my mouth cos i'm kissing you goodbye
you're kissing me so sweetly i'm forgettin all the reasons why
i'm leaving you now honey like you always knew i would
but goodbye kisses shouldn't feel so good

VERSE
after the bedroom gymnastics and we'd slept where we laid
you jumped up and said I gots to get paid
so i reached for my wallet but you reached for my gun
i never realised cowgirls could be so much fun
i said, "honey you won't shoot, you aint got the balls!"
she said, "that don't matter. If i shoot straight, i'll soon have yours!"
so i gave her my wallet, she took my money with a smile
then she pressed her lips against mine and kissed me for a long long while

and SHE said

CHORUS/OUTRO
take your tongue out my mouth cos i'm kissing you goodbye
you're kissing me so sweetly i'm forgettin all the reasons why
you're leaving me now honey like I always knew you would
but goodbye kisses shouldn't feel
but goodbye kisses shouldn't feel
but goodbye kisses shouldn't feel so good
*****

to watch quantim on youtube drunk and performing this song, click here

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Lyrics - The Devil and Tommys Brother

Lyrics written a couple of years ago about a friend of mine who passed away in 2010 (R.I.P. Lex - but not too peaceful, you better wake up as a zombie)

fuck you internet! (middle finger incorporated)

*****
VERSE
25 Days 8 Months and a year since you've been gone
finally I worked up the nerve to write your song
cos it's hard when you've lost a friend
to express yourself through all the voices in my head
and the noises all around me, and big brother on TV
in a world where 1984 has come true for all to see
you had so many thoughts and you always spoke your mind
we could never shut you up, even when we tried

now you will never speak again
others have to speak for you instead

CHORUS
All the Undead are staring at the lens, my friend
all the undead are staring at the lens
they can't see past the lies, flashing across their eyes
cos television left us all brain dead
living on a planet with stupid people everywhere
try to build a better world, nobody seems to care
they'd rather watch big brother, they'd rather just stare
all the undead are staring at the lens

VERSE
for you my first thought was those comics that you'd drawn
that your brother tommy showeed to me
there were stoner zombie stories of resin and its glory
but i never really got into your queer vampire zine
then one day you showed up at tommy's place
saying you're moving to adelaide and you need a place to stay
and finally I got to see the face

of the one who'd made those diy creations that you'd made

now you will never draw again
others have to draw for you instead




CHORUS
All the Undead are staring at the lens, my friend
all the undead are staring at the lens
they can't see past the lies, flashing across their eyes
cos television left us all brain dead
living on a planet with fuckin zombies everywhere
try to build a better world, nobody seems to care
they'd rather watch big brother, they'd rather just stare
all the undead are staring at the lens

BRIDGE
By the way you were wrong there is no camera in the tv
the voices that you heard were attempts at communications by ET
while the government is watching us the aliens they are watching too
all of us can do whatever the fuck we wanna do


VERSE
this nation was a prison once, you'd say it still is now
that seemed true to me the day we put you in the ground
i felt a prisoner that day trapped inside my head
instead of speaking bout how i felt i kept my mouth shut instead

i get too scared to talk sometimes, why? i don't know
just like i was too scared to call you up on the phone
i thought i had all of the time in the world back in those days
this is my unsent letter, my phone call never made

others have to live for you instead


CHORUS
All the Undead are staring at the lens, my friend
all the undead are staring at the lens
they can't see past the lies, flashing across their eyes
cos television left us all brain dead
living on a planet with fuckin zombies everywhere
try to build a better world, nobody seems to care
they'd rather watch big brother, they'd rather just stare
all the undead are staring at the lens


OUTRO
did ya cross the pearly gates or does the devil have you now?
are you flying through outer space or rotting away with your body underground
If the atheists are right, and you are just dead flesh
then you better come back as a zombie so we can have another sesh
*****

to watch this song is on youtube, click here