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The Wings of Mind

by Temple of Switches

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1.
Melba 05:48
I love your jet black wiry hair when it falls on your skin so soft and fair I wish I could take you somewhere And in your museum living room I smell history on it and you I can only look at your eyes they're too deep to look into But Melba you ease my mind the things you say I find are so void of indecision I could leave my past behind me I know you survived the war have values you don't find now so set in your ways just like a rock I want to move somehow Together we sleep at night I see lines on your face in the moonlight I can almost count your heartbeats A clock in space, that no one can wind But Melba you ease my mind the things you say I find are so void of indecision I could leave my past behind me
2.
Pondering 06:01
pondering all of the things I've seen cried like a song raged against the things between colors become as through a dusty screen like a barn on the down driven to its knee a tattering of the wings of mind try like the sun to a planet hid behind - Break - somewhere stopped a warning sign nothing too loud a subtle turn of tide penning the lines for the other side to see overindulged in passages of the vine following along the shifting mind over the line into the crimson deed
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4.
no, how can it be I'm in the red again with nothing to hang onto in this game of sink or swim running on endlessly the walls are closing in even in my dreams I can't escape my predicament can I get off now, I think I've had enough memories a child at ease things are getting way too tough
5.
always taking, never making a fine example yes you are you cunning vixen always mixin lies with just a touch of the truth call me on the telephone why don't you leave me alone you had the love that made me thirsty and high you were the one that said goodbye don't cry to me you wont admit it down on your knees silver tongue lady swallow all that you please a hard driving lover looking for cover under the wing of anyone time may bring call me on the telephone why don't you leave me alone you had the love that made me thirsty and high you were the one that said goodbye don't cry to me
6.
Curtains 03:00
I'll be dead for you you'll see when it's true I'll watch my short lived life flowing red for you you said our love's a game well isn't life the same? you quit without regret maybe I'll do the same my rotten lungs will wheeze as I run through the trees away from where I saw you begging him to please you this fantasy is brief just emotional relief I'll love you for eternity or will I love your memory?
7.
Seven belongings I can't live without I've been so confused as to what life's about a trip with a son I don't see anymore and a daughter who's shadow won't darken my door when I get back I'll walk down to the lake I'll fix that squeak on the gate the house that I built for my own precious few looks so out of place as it shrinks out of view His heart in his ears as he heads toward the door a dresser and bed he won't use any more no longer a boy, and not yet a man heads into a world that he'll soon understand his destiny in his hands dog seems okay with the plan..... when he gets back he'll be top of the world drive up that road with a car and a girl... your taxis idling outside the door your empty kiss leaves me wondering more I place your bags in the back on the floor I long for the eyes i wont see anymore....
8.
Crusader 04:47
in the land of the overlord ruler of the dark we come to free the people leave our sacred mark we journey through the forest to our battle to our destiny we shall reach the hills beyond to the distance we drive on slay the one of madness unfold the wrath of fate the kingdom of the people will rise and decimate damn you and the hate you bring the battle cry of freedom draw the sword of spite extradite the tyrant warrior spirit might led by the vision of the all seeing eye to bring us victory go back to your land take the ones you command so the light may shine again slay the one of madness unfold the wrath of fate the kingdom of the people will rise in victory damn you and the hate you bring
9.
One for All 04:13
SEER OF ALL THIS SHIP OF HUMANITY IS LISTING COMPASS NEEDLES WAVERING STILL HERE, IN THE CROW’S NEST I FEEL IT MORE STILL WE HANG ON PRAY FOR THE DAWN SPIRIT OF LOVE PLEASE TEACH US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER MAKE PATIENCE THE LIFE WE LEAD WE NEED AS WE HOLD IN OUR HANDS THE SOUL OF THE LAND NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER GIVE IN SEER OF ALL BRING US SOME LIGHT WITH YOUR HEALING STOP THE HEARTS FROM ANGERING PLEASE WITH A SWEEP OF YOUR HAND THE GOODNESS IN MAN JUST NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN HOLD ON, AND BREATHE SEND THE FALSE PROPHETS DECEIVING LEAVING SCATTERING I'D ALERT SAINT JUDE FROM HIS READING TO LIGHT UP OUR HEARTS AND GIVE US SOME TRUTH TO HOLD IN OUR HANDS LIKE FERTILE SOIL THE SYMPTOM IS STARING RIGHT AT YOU THE LIGHTED SCREEN WASTING DAYS THAT MIGHT BE ALONE INSTEAD PIXELS AND DUST JUST LOOK AWAY

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released November 1, 2020

1-MELBA
(Van Dool/White/Wiser)
Dale Wiser - bass
David White - drums/percussion
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards/vocals/lyrics

2-PONDERING
(McConnell/Van Dool)
Kevin McConnell - keyboards/vocals
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards/lyrics/bass
Gaetano Nicolosi - drums

3-FREON SUITCASE
(Van Dool)
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards/drum programming/bass

4-LIVING ON THE EDGE
(Van Dool/White/Wiser)
Dale Wiser - bass/vocals
David White - drums
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards/lyrics

5-DON’T CRY TO ME
(Chavez/Van Dool/White/Wiser)
Jim Chavez: vocals/lyrics
Dale Wiser - bass
David White - drums
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards

6-CURTAINS
(Van Dool/White/Wiser)
Dale Wiser - bass
David White - drums
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards/vocals/lyrics

7-BACK SEAT
(Van Dool)
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards/drum programming/bass/lyrics
Clara Hembree - vocals

8-CRUSADER
(Chavez/Van Dool/White/Wiser)
Jim Chavez - vocals/lyrics
Dale Wiser - bass
David White - drums
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards

9-ONE FOR ALL
(Van Dool/McConnell)
Kevin McConnell - keyboards/vocals/lyrics
Tenk Van Dool - guitar/keyboards/drum programming/bass/vocals/lyrics


Produced Mixed and mastered by Tenk Van Dool
Artwork by Tenk Van Dool
Liner notes by Tenk Van Dool

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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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