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This song laments the dark side of the internet and people’s inability to restrain themselves from lashing out at others online. The last verse refers to a keyboard pioneer we all knew and loved. I was fortunate enough to watch Akuda belt out these vocals tracks in just a couple of takes! - Tenk

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a loving mother scolds her son
it’s what she has to do
he apologized through teary eyes
staring at his shoes
some of us will understand
and some of us are fools
he was aggressive toward another child
cause he doesn't like to lose
he was out of bounds, and so he found
that's what children do
some of us will understand
and some of us are fools
our brains are all connected
the internet's the glue

Corey ties the final knot
and stares beyond the room
the other kids make fun of him
for things he can't undo
work them up, then turn them off
fill your tin with tears
one simple act of kindness
not an easy thing to hear
so he says a prayer
and kicks the chair
that’s what words can do
work them up, then turn them off
fill your tin with tears
you stole from someone frail
you can grow a beard like Rasputin
play God to a bunch of fools
you've given up your heart and soul

to the human zoo

Keith was a virtuoso
incredible to view
he filled the world with melody
it’s what he loved to do
ravaged by the hands of time
his friends said he was through
when they kicked the door
he checked out
cause that’s what people do
in the stupid human zoo!

credits

from Temple of Switches IV, released February 1, 2022
music and lyrics: Tenk Van Dool
vocals and lyrical arrangement: Akuda
acoustic and electric guitars, bowed guitars, synthesizer, piano, Circus Calliope, Mellotron, Hammond B3, bass: Tenk Van Dool
drums: David White

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"The two mainstays throughout are sections with an often subtle but distinct jazz flavoring applied to them, sometimes from bass and drums, on other occasions by way of the keyboards, and here and there we are treated to almost purebred jazz-oriented music too. The other red thread throughout, albeit perhaps on a slightly lesser note, are quirky, subtly atonal instrument details" Progmessor 5/2021 ... more

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