Thirty Years With Mary Jane

**Verse 1**

I’ve been married to Mary Jane for thirty years

Through the laughter, through the smoke, through the tears

She was a comfort, she was a quiet place to hide

But now she’s pulling something heavy on the inside

Every morning feels like ashes in my lungs

Every promise that she whispered comes undone

What once was love is now a tightening chain

And I’m learning how to live without the pain

**Chorus**

This year I’m getting a divorce

From the only love I ever knew of course

She’s slowly suffocating me, I can’t breathe

Giving me mental pain when she’s not with me

Cannabis, you’re no longer my life

No longer my wife, no longer my life

**Verse 2**

Late nights talking to the ceiling in my head

Lost conversations with the things she said

She used to calm the storm inside my mind

Now she leaves me trapped in another kind

I thought I needed her to make me whole

But she’s been taking pieces of my soul

What felt like peace has turned to fear

And I can’t keep pretending she belongs here

**Chorus**

This year I’m getting a divorce

From the only love I ever knew of course

She’s slowly suffocating me, I can’t breathe

Giving me mental pain when she’s not with me

Cannabis, you’re no longer my life

No longer my wife, no longer my life

**Bridge**

I’m walking out the door for the final time

Breaking the bond, severing the line

No more smoke where my future should be

Just a chance to finally be free

**Final Chorus**

This year I’m getting a divorce

From the only love I ever knew of course

She’s slowly suffocating me, I can’t breathe

But I’m letting go so I can finally leave

Cannabis, you’re no longer my life

No longer my wife, no longer my life

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No One Cares

**No One Cares**

**Verse 1**

In the place where I was born

No one cares, no one cares

Through the nights and through the storms

No one cares, no one cares

Every dream I tried to hold

Faded in the empty air

I was young, but I grew old

Thinking no one cares

**Chorus**

In the town where I came from

No one cares, no one cares

When I cried, when I came undone

No one cares, no one cares

If you're right, if you're wrong

No one cares, no one cares

That's what I was told back there

So I learned to sing this song

That no one cares

**Verse 2**

And the day that I was born

No one cares, no one cares

Like a page that's ripped and torn

No one cares, no one cares

Faces passed me in the rain

Never stopping, never there

I carried all my hurt and pain

'Cause no one cares

**Chorus**

In the town where I came from

No one cares, no one cares

When I cried, when I came undone

No one cares, no one cares

If you're right, if you're wrong

No one cares, no one cares

That's what I was told back there

So I learned to sing this song

That no one cares

**Bridge**

Maybe somewhere down the road

There's a place beyond despair

Where a lonely heart can go

And somebody cares

**Final Chorus**

In the town where I was born

No one cares, no one cares

But I'm leaving it behind

No one cares, no one cares

Though the memories linger on

Like shadows in the air

I survived and carried on

When no one cared

Come With Me to Mars

 **Come With Me to Mars**

**Verse 1**

So sell all you own and come with me to Mars,

The night sky always has pretty stars,

We'll leave our worries sleeping on the ground,

Trade the city noise for a cosmic sound.

The rivers glow with shades of gold and blue,

Every distant light is something new,

The universe is wider than it seems,

Floating through a sea of waking dreams.

**Chorus**

Come with me to Mars tonight,

Drifting through the neon light,

Nothing lost and nothing far,

We're dancing underneath the stars.

Come with me and you'll soon see,

A thousand worlds in harmony,

Every heartbeat, every spark,

Shining through the endless dark.

**Verse 2**

The mountains hum a gentle melody,

Echoing across eternity,

Crystal flowers bloom beneath our feet,

And every passing stranger that we meet

Carries little galaxies inside their eyes,

Tiny constellations in disguise,

There's wonder in the smallest things we find,

A universe unfolding in the mind.

**Chorus**

Come with me to Mars tonight,

Drifting through the neon light,

Nothing lost and nothing far,

We're dancing underneath the stars.

Come with me and you'll soon see,

A thousand worlds in harmony,

Every heartbeat, every spark,

Shining through the endless dark.

**Bridge**

No clocks, no chains, no reason to pretend,

The road keeps winding round and round again,

And every colour sings a different song,

Reminding us that we belong.

**Final Chorus**

Come with me to Mars tonight,

Drifting through the neon light,

Nothing lost and nothing far,

We're dancing underneath the stars.

Come with me and you'll soon see,

A thousand worlds in harmony,

Eve

ry heartbeat, every spark,

Shining through the endless dark.

Distracted by Elephants

Distracted by Elephants

The city bends
Beneath a painted afternoon
A paper moon
Is drifting through a room of blue

Distracted by elephants
Moving through the ceiling
Quietly revealing
Shapes I've never known

The traffic hums
Like distant waves beneath the floor
I lose my place
And wonder what I came here for

Distracted by elephants
Walking through my daydream
Nothing's what it may seem
Everything has grown

The walls dissolve
Into a field of silver light
A hundred trunks
Are tracing patterns in the night

Distracted by elephants
Floating through the silence
Far beyond the sirens
Calling me back home.

**Distracted by Elephants**

They cross the road

I called out through the drifting haze

They raise their trunks

I got swept up and lost my place

**Distracted by elephants**

The drums and the echo

The drums and the echo

I'm in a dream

There's nothing so strange

As wandering under painted skies

But what I tried to say

The parade just carried me away

**Distracted by elephants**

The drums and the echo

Crawling through the jungle vines

I'm in a dream

They fill the clouds

With silver shapes and amber light

They circle round

Then disappear into the night

**Distracted by elephants**

The drums and the echo

The drums and the echo

I'm in a dream

The stars all bend and sway

As the moon hums a lullaby

But what I tried to find

Was lost among a thousand eyes

**Distracted by elephants**

The drums and the echo

Walking throug

h the open sky

I'm in a dream.** 🎵🐘**

🎵 **Distracted by Elephants** 🎵

**Verse 1**

I was walking through a tangerine sky,

Floating on a feather as the moon drifted by,

Crystal butterflies were singing in my hair,

When a purple elephant appeared from nowhere.

His tusks were made of starlight, his eyes were liquid green,

He danced across a rainbow where the silver rivers gleam,

I tried to ask a question but the answer never came,

Because a thousand tiny elephants were spelling out my name.

**Chorus**

I'm distracted by elephants, marching through my mind,

Leaving trails of neon footprints that are impossible to find.

Distracted by elephants, drifting through the haze,

Painting cosmic mandalas in a million different ways.

Oh, distracted by elephants, beneath the candy sun,

Every time I think I'm focused, another one has come.

**Verse 2**

The clocks were growing flowers in a garden made of sound,

And jellyfish balloons were floating upside down,

A saxophone volcano started melting into light,

While elephants on unicycles vanished into night.

One balanced on Saturn, one slept inside a cloud,

One whispered secret equations that were far too strange and loud,

I followed their procession through a doorway in a tree,

Where every leaf was laughing and every root was free.

**Chorus**

I'm distracted by elephants, marching through my mind,

Leaving trails of neon footprints that are impossible to find.

Distracted by elephants, drifting through the haze,

Painting cosmic mandalas in a million different ways.

Oh, distracted by elephants, beneath the candy sun,

Every time I think I'm focused, another one has come.

**Bridge**

Trumpets made of moonbeams, echo through the void,

Spinning kaleidoscopic dreams that can never be destroyed.

The universe is wobbling like a marble in the sea,

And every elephant is somehow another part of me.

**Final Chorus**

I'm distracted by elephants, dancing in the glow,

Through the endless psychedelic circus only dreamers know.

Distracted by elephants, forever wandering free,

Through a jungle made of galaxies and electric poetry.

Oh, distracted by elephants, the parade goes rolling on,

And when the

 last one disappears, a million more are born. 🎵🐘🌈✨

scarecrow ventriloquist

Aurora borealis spilling over the midnight tide,
crystal seas breathing in slow electric sighs,
an astral monarch drifting through mist-woven isles,
where the sky forgets its measurements and smiles.


Flowers flick open like rumours in the rain,
catching stray sparks from the broken windowpane,
let them shimmer, let them misbehave,
turning silence into something brave.


No need to hold the noise in a straightened line,
let it unravel into oceanic design,
a soft collapse of colour-coded sound,
where even falling becomes unbound.


Flicker and weave through the drifting haze,
thoughts folding into electric blue phase,
hovering carpets stitched from fading light,
floating just out of reach of night.


If I ever rise again from this weightless frame,
gravity whispering it doesn’t know my name,
I’ll leave it behind in a blinking field,
where forgotten signals refuse to yield.


Glyphs in the static are humming my skin,
fractured transmissions let the dreaming in,
broken syntax of a half-formed song,
but it still feels like where I belong.


Go slow, glow low, let the system unwind,
static echoes rewriting the mind,
pulse in the noise where the edges mend,
loop it, reboot it, begin again.


Love my soul in the flicker and flame,
no sense in letting it fade or tame,
a scarecrow prophet with no direction home,
still talking to crows in a language of chrome.


You cease to resist as you cease to appear,
vapour-thought dripping through fluorescent fear,
cartoon satellites wobbling under the skin,
hallway jellyfish drifting within.


Rubber-moon creatures slip through the door,
softly insisting they’ve been here before,
singing in wallpaper, humming in glue,
painting the air in impossible hue.


Did the painted kings ever lie to the sky?
Did the mirrors just learn how to cry?
We swore the masks were different that time,
but they melted into repeating rhyme.


We could tear the horizon with a whispering thread,
watch iron children drift out of their head,
paper crowns dissolving into streetlight foam,
elevator falling but never reaching home.


Hunt the ghost in the machinery’s breath,
wild-eyed riders negotiating with death,
marble figures move when no one dares see,
you’re only safe in uncertainty.


I’d like to return to the outline I knew,
before the ceiling forgot how to be blue,
before the world learned to flicker and stall,
before I became nothing at all.


Scarecrow ventriloquist with borrowed belief,
black birds laughing in theatrical grief,
they follow me through the electric parade,
where illusions are carefully made.


Grant me a pause in your disbelief tonight,
a fragment of mercy in unfinished light,
the benefit of maybe, the grace of unsure,
before the last neon dream shuts its door.




---


## **“Astral Monarch (Crystal Seas Reprise)”**


Aurora borealis on the midnight tide
on crystal seas where the sleepwalkers hide
Astral monarch in mistwoven isles
wearing the weather like borrowed smiles


Flowers out? Yeah, let them glow in the rain
Catch the spark, let it wander again
Set it loose through the ribs of the air
turning the noise into colour everywhere


No point letting it fall into chaotic sound
dissolving in currents of oceanic ground
code in the water, humming through bone
everything drifting, but nothing alone


Flicker and weave, thread light through haze
folding thought into electric maze
breaking to blue in a floating refrain
gravity whispering “don’t remember your name”


I was on a hovering magic carpet
(if I ever get up again)
but the sky forgot how to start it
and the wind just laughed at when


Glyphs in the static are singing my name
fractured transmission but it feels the same
broken signal decay in the rain
lost in the pattern but I’m okay


Go slow, glow low, let the system unwind
static echo-syntax rewiring the mind
pulse in the noise where the broken things mend
loop it, reboot it, begin it again


Love my soul—no sense in letting it go
it hums like a radio buried in snow
a scarecrow that don’t scare the crows
just stands there glowing where nobody knows


You cease to resist as you cease to exist
vapour-thoughts dripping from a fluorescent twist
cartoon satellites wobbling skin-deep
dreaming in circuits they never can keep


Hallway jellyfish hum in the wall
electric wallpaper breathing it all
rubber-moon creatures drift through the room
wearing the shape of a half-formed tune


Did the painted kings deceive us again?
we swore the masks were different then
but mirrors crack and flicker unsure
and corridors don’t answer anymore


We could tear the sky in half with a whisper
children of iron streets sinking quicker
see you spinning on the elevator down
paper crowns melting into the town


Hunt the ghost inside machinery
wild-eyed riders in broken scenery
marble figures move when nobody stares
you’re only safe while the silence cares


I’d like to return now, if the door still fits
to the outline I was before all this
faded carbon copy on the wall
before the ceiling learned how to fall


I’m a scarecrow ventriloquist with no authority left
black birds laughing in the field of theft
they trail behind me through shopping arcades
so I decorate illusions with masquerade


Grant me a pause in your disbelief tonight
lend me the mercy of unfinished light
give me the benefit of maybe and doubt
before the last neon window burns out


Aurora returns on the midnight tide
and everything opens but nothing decides
astral monarch drifts out of view
saying “I was never separate from you”


---


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Scarecrow Ventriloquist



Verse 1

Aurora borealis on the midnight tide
on crystal seas where the sleepwalkers hide
Astral monarch in mistwoven isles
wearing the weather like borrowed smiles

Flowers out? Yeah, let them glow in the rain
catch the spark, let it wander again
set it loose through the ribs of the air
turning the noise into colour everywhere

No point letting it fall into chaotic sound
dissolving in currents of oceanic ground
code in the water, humming through bone
everything drifting, but nothing alone
Chorus

I’m a scarecrow ventriloquist with no authority left
black birds laughing in the field of theft
they trail behind me through shopping arcades
so I decorate illusions with masquerade

Love my soul—no sense in letting it go
it hums like a radio buried in snow
a scarecrow that don’t scare the crows
just stands there glowing where nobody knows
Verse 2

Flicker and weave, thread light through haze
folding thought into electric maze
breaking to blue in a floating refrain
gravity whispering “don’t remember your name”

I was on a hovering magic carpet
(if I ever get up again)
but the sky forgot how to start it
and the wind just laughed at when

Glyphs in the static are singing my name
fractured transmission but it feels the same
broken signal decay in the rain
lost in the pattern but I’m okay

Go slow, glow low, let the system unwind
static echo-syntax rewiring the mind
pulse in the noise where the broken things mend
loop it, reboot it, begin it again
Chorus

I’m a scarecrow ventriloquist with no authority left
black birds laughing in the field of theft
they trail behind me through shopping arcades
so I decorate illusions with masquerade

Love my soul—no sense in letting it go
it hums like a radio buried in snow
a scarecrow that don’t scare the crows
just stands there glowing where nobody knows
Verse 3

You cease to resist as you cease to exist
vapour-thoughts dripping from a fluorescent twist
cartoon satellites wobbling skin-deep
dreaming in circuits they never can keep

Hallway jellyfish hum in the wall
electric wallpaper breathing it all
rubber-moon creatures drift through the room
wearing the shape of a half-formed tune
Verse 4

Did the painted kings deceive us again?
we swore the masks were different then
but mirrors crack and flicker unsure
and corridors don’t answer anymore

We could tear the sky in half with a whisper
children of iron streets sinking quicker
see you spinning on the elevator down
paper crowns melting into the town

Hunt the ghost inside machinery
wild-eyed riders in broken scenery
marble figures move when nobody stares
you’re only safe while the silence cares
Bridge

I’d like to return now, if the door still fits
to the outline I was before all this
faded carbon copy on the wall
before the ceiling learned how to fall

Grant me a pause in your disbelief tonight
lend me the mercy of unfinished light
give me the benefit of maybe and doubt
before the last neon window burns out
Final Chorus / Outro

I’m a scarecrow ventriloquist with no authority left
black birds laughing in the field of theft
they trail behind me through shopping arcades
so I decorate illusions with masquerade

Aurora returns on the midnight tide
and everything opens but nothing decides
astral monarch drifts out of view
saying “I was never separate from you”

Love my soul—no sense in letting it go
it hums like a radio buried in snow
a scarecrow that don’t scare the crows
just stands there glowing where nobody knows

Open your 3rd eye wide

 Open your 3rd eye wide

and let it drift outside

join the universal mind

where nothing is defined

“Where nothing is real?” it sighs

but don’t unpack the why

don’t blow your mind with why

don’t ask the room to lie

Why is the room melting slow

why does the ceiling grow

into a river of sound

spilling all over the ground

Don’t let it blow your mind

don’t let it unwind

the question is a spiral toy

that eats the answer’s voice

Across a great divide

where thoughts go out to tide

a giant turtle’s eyes

blink through electric skies

Jellyfish float by

in corridors of time

no rules to apply

just drifting shapes of “I”

as open as the sky

that forgot how to try

the holes we measure out

are what this dream’s about

it’s what keeps me alive

this soft unstructured drive

why does it not add up?

a spider to a fly

a universal sigh

inside a lullaby

a giant turtle’s eyes

watching questions die

Don’t blow your mind with why

the current’s just too high

don’t let it split the sky

don’t ask it to reply

Across a great divide

the words between the lines

are slipping out of time

and calling themselves “mine”

None of this stuff is mine

it fell through space and time

I throw my arms wide

and let the signal slide

Open your heart and smile

for just a little while

no need to pull that face

gravity is grace

Always I’m before you

and always after too

the cards that have been dealt out

are learning how to move

Turning in somersaults

through accidental faults

ours not to reason why

just watch the colours fly

I’m reeling with this feeling

no ceiling, no revealing

wherever currents go

they already know

Precious little time

like sugar in the tide

distances and time

are folding up inside

The wind takes all the leaves

and then it takes me

the parts we have to play

just laugh and drift away

I cannot help but laugh

at the broken math

of why becoming how

and here becoming now

Rock Is Dead

 **Rock Is Dead**

The preacher on the television

Selling fear in neon light

Another faded revolution

Trying hard to stay alive

You said the truth would disappear

That every empire cracks with time

Now the amplifiers are screaming

But nobody hears the rhyme

Christianity will vanish

Shrink into the dust of years

You said rock and roll would outlive it

Now both are drowning in their fears

Jesus was all right, maybe

But the crowd just twists the flame

Every saint becomes a product

Every rebel does the same

Oh yeah, rock is dead

Long live hip hop

Buried underneath the vinyl

And the ghosts of boys

The back catalogue keeps feeding

On the corpse it left behind

And now you know it gets you nowhere

Now you know you've gone blind

Oh Yeah, rock is dead

It just gave up

We raise the dead with old nostalgia

But they don't stand up

The emperor has no jacket

And his skin is peeling thin

Every facelift cracked in public

Every anthem fading dim

The radios are poisoned

Static crawling through the halls

Every revolution sponsored

Every outlaw starts to fall

One last line across the mirror

One more stadium goodbye

Everybody wants forever

But everything was born to die

Oh no, rock is dead

Long live the beat

Hip hop rising from the ruins

With bleeding feet

One final shot to numb the silence

One more king without a crown

Another god of youth collapsing

As the curtains tumble down

He left this message for us

Scratched in feedback and decay

All your idols turn to ashes

All your kingdoms fade away

He left this message for us

In the magazines and scars

You can crucify the dreamers

But you can't revive the stars

Oh no, rock is dead

Long live hip hop

Another generation dancing

While the prophets die

And now you know you've gotta face it

Every movement turns to dust

The microphones are rusting over

And the crowd has lost its trust

He left this message for us

He left this message for us

He left this message for us.