1. |
Misplaced Faith
04:59
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MISPLACED FAITH
Words and music: Curt Golden
“I’ve hit nine times in two months and won enough for a new house
Charise has won enough to buy a new car
James hit six lucky numbers in a row
Don’t be a loser.
Call now for your lucky numbers and turn your life around
Welcome to the prison of the future”
You got your yoga meditations and your Zen koans
You cast the runes, consult the stars and call your psychic on the phone
You got a guru back in Frisco that you met once in a bar
You’ll travel half way ‘round the world to keep from being where you are
You can’t get to heaven on a elevator and
You can’t add up angels on your calculator
Eternity’s much bigger than just sooner than later, and
God don’t fit in your refrigerator
You got Tibetan bells and ivory I Ching sticks
Hanging ‘round your throat what’s that, a crucifix
You’re keeping all your bases covered, leaving nothing to chance
The emptiness won’t give way to your phony cosmic dance
You can’t get to heaven on a elevator and
You can’t add up angels on a calculator
The devil’s much more subtle than your precious Darth Vader, and
God don’t fit in your refrigerator
It’s only misplaced faith
You mask a desperate self indulgence with a beatific smile
Beneath it lies a lost soul formed in violence and bile
You keep the bits that don’t offend you, leave the bits that cause you pain
A religion of expedience, and you’re the patron saint
You can’t get to heaven on an elevator and
You can’t add up angels on your calculator
Armageddon won’t be carried by your cable operator, and
God don’t fit in your refrigerator
It’s only misplaced faith
Do you really imagine that it’s the peyote that makes a Yaqui shaman?
Or that just because you’re dizzy… you’re a dervish?
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Welcome to the prison of the future
And I won a lot of money
Have you called all those other psychic lines only to discover everything you want is still slipping through your fingers? Don’t miss another opportunity.
Change wasn’t meant to take a long time. (laughs) You don’t have to wait thirty days to take charge of your life
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…a lot of money”
©1997 Curt Golden
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2. |
Patience
06:34
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PATIENCE
Words and music: Curt Golden
I don’t know if there’s a God, or why the grass is green
I don’t know how to put my faith in things I’ve never seen
But one thing that I know is true
There’s a hole in my heart and it’s shaped like you
You said that “I know you” and you said “You know me”
And it only goes to show just how wrong you can be
Hey baby, did you think this through?
Or was it just a test to find out how much damage you could do?
You got the reason, I got the rhyme
You got your freedom, I can take my time
You can wave your arms and gather all the stones that you can hurl
But you’ll never change a portion of this God-damned world
I gotta know
Ain’t nothin’ holding me now, no no
I gotta know
I’m a patient man, but I think that my patience may be running out
I don’t know why there’s a God or if the grass is green
I got no clue how we got stuck with one and two makes three
Don’t know how to make an enemy, and I sure don’t know how to dance
Make it from sunrise to sunrise by the seat of my pants
But one thing that I know is true
There’s a hole in my heart and it’s shaped like you
If you want me I’ll come running, I can be there fast
But if you wanna break my heart you can kiss my ass
I gotta know
Ain’t nothin’ holding me now, no no
I gotta know
I’m a patient pan, but I think that my patience may be…
I gotta know
Ain’t nothin’ holding me now, no no
I gotta know
I’m a patient pan, but I think that my patience may be…
Patient man, but I think that my patience may be running out
I gotta know. I’m a…
Patient man, but I think that my patience, I’m a
Patient man, but I think that my patience, I’m a
Patient man, but I think my patience just ran out
©1997 Curt Golden
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3. |
Venus In Furs
06:50
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4. |
Reclamation
06:17
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RECLAMATION
Words and music: Curt Golden
Wake up I the morning in the bed of a fool
Head is aching and conscience is too
Sun slipping through the blinds, nowhere to hide
And as it all comes back you know this is gonna be a long ride
Moving through a lifetime where a life should have been
Like trying to dance a fandango on the head of a pin
In emptiness an echo of a long lost friend
Singing come back and take what was once yours again
Nobody’s giving permission
Nobody’s taking role
Seeds of redemption are scattered on an arid soil
One simple act of volition
Could pull you up out of a hole
Reclamation… What’s mine is mine and mine is mine again
Reclamation… What’s mine is mine and mine is mine again
Wake up in the daylight in the head of a fool
Head is spinning and conscience is too
Trapped in a waking dream, nowhere to hide
And in the flash of an angel’s wing you know it’s time
Nobody’s giving permission
Nobody’s taking role
Seeds of redemption are scattered on an arid soil
One simple act of volition
Could pull you up out of a hole
Reclamation… What’s mine is mine and mine is mine again
Reclamation… What’s mine is mine and mine is mine again
Reclamation… What’s mine is mine and mine is mine again
Reclamation… What’s mine is mine and mine is mine again
Slip beneath the covers in the bed of a fool
Head is reeling and conscience is too
Dreams giving way to dreams, nowhere to hide
And as it all slips away you know this is going to be a long night
©1997 Curt Golden
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5. |
No Shadows
04:41
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NO SHADOWS
Words and music: Curt Golden
We cast no shadows in the dark
We cast no shadows in the dark
Comfort in illusion, our thoughts are not our own
We cast no shadows in the dark
Light one small candle and you’ll see
The wraith that is lurking behind me
Shattered, disillusioned, we never walk alone
We cast no shadows in the dark
adjust my eyes to shifting light a shape emerges troglodyte I move it moves in unison or is it me that follows him the flame betrays my deepest fears and secrets hidden forty years the hero of my master plan revealed to be a mortal man where’s my pain and what’s my sorrow will it be the same tomorrow could I ever love another god I really miss my mother hateful vision bogus sage a priestly fraud consumed with rage at light exposing one pathetic question
Is this
A Tragedian’s fatal flaw or just some movie that I saw?
A Tragedian’s fatal flaw or just some movie that I saw?
A Tragedian’s fatal flaw or just some movie that I saw?
A Tragedian’s fatal flaw or just some movie that I saw?
Comfort in illusion, our thoughts are not our own
We cast no shadows in the dark
We cast no shadows
©1997 Curt Golden
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6. |
(scream)
08:59
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(scream)
Words and music: Curt Golden
They slip you inside information on the damage you done
Between the flash of the muzzle and the sound of the gun
Off to the races, but way off the mark
Off base, off kilter, groping ‘round in the dark
Undercover, under wraps, underdone, underfed
Under the impression you’d be better off dead
Beyond redemption, sinking deep in a dream
The inverse coefficient of the square of a…
(scream)
Around the block, around the corner, around the bend
Around the time you find out you’re just a means to an end
Behind in payments on that house of cards
Now you know how important you are
(scream)
Scream…
Overjoyed, over easy, overkill, overlord
Over the hill, and terminally bored
Into the deep end in the hope of a thrill
There’s a pair of broken glasses on the window sill, just…
(scream)
Scream…
Beneath the simple illusions and the sleight of hand
Behind the tender emotions of the civilized man
The clever diversions, every face saving scheme
Lies the inverse coefficient of the square of a...
(scream)
(scream)
©1997 Curt Golden
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7. |
Run Run
06:01
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8. |
The Mirror
05:59
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WHAT IS REAL?
Words and music: Curt Golden
You glide into the room like a big bird of prey
You got nothing in your head but you got plenty to say
Sizing up your prospects… “who will it be?”
And then, oh my God, you got your eye on me
Just what did I do to deserve this fate?
I start looking for the door but I’m a little too late
You come straight at me with that annoying smile
And if I know this is gonna take a while
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real
(IknowIknowIknow)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
(IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real)
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
Forgive me what I’m thinking ‘cause I know it’s a sin
But if you don’t shut up I’m gonna do you in
You’re go on and on without taking a breath
And in the back of my mind I’m just planning your death
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too, but
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real, no way
(IknowIknowIknow)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
(IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real)
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
(IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too
(IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real
But you can’t tell me what is real
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
How did you get so thick? You’re talking like a lunatic
LEAVE ME ALONE!
You wanna be my pal, I’d rather have a root canal
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
LEAVE ME ALONE!
©1997 Curt Golden
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9. |
What Is Real
04:18
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WHAT IS REAL?
Words and music: Curt Golden
You glide into the room like a big bird of prey
You got nothing in your head but you got plenty to say
Sizing up your prospects… “who will it be?”
And then, oh my God, you got your eye on me
Just what did I do to deserve this fate?
I start looking for the door but I’m a little too late
You come straight at me with that annoying smile
And if I know this is gonna take a while
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real
(IknowIknowIknow)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
(IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real)
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
Forgive me what I’m thinking ‘cause I know it’s a sin
But if you don’t shut up I’m gonna do you in
You’re go on and on without taking a breath
And in the back of my mind I’m just planning your death
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too, but
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real, no way
(IknowIknowIknow)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
(IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real)
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
(IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too
(IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real
But you can’t tell me what is real
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
How did you get so thick? You’re talking like a lunatic
LEAVE ME ALONE!
You wanna be my pal, I’d rather have a root canal
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
LEAVE ME ALONE!
©1997 Curt Golden
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10. |
What Is Real (live)
04:32
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WHAT IS REAL?
Words and music: Curt Golden
You glide into the room like a big bird of prey
You got nothing in your head but you got plenty to say
Sizing up your prospects… “who will it be?”
And then, oh my God, you got your eye on me
Just what did I do to deserve this fate?
I start looking for the door but I’m a little too late
You come straight at me with that annoying smile
And if I know this is gonna take a while
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real
(IknowIknowIknow)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
(IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real)
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
Forgive me what I’m thinking ‘cause I know it’s a sin
But if you don’t shut up I’m gonna do you in
You’re go on and on without taking a breath
And in the back of my mind I’m just planning your death
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too, but
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real, no way
(IknowIknowIknow)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
(IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real)
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what you’re going through)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how you feel)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know ‘cause I been there too)
(IknowIknowIknow and I can tell you what is real)
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know what I’m going through
(IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel)
IknowIknowIknowIknow I know how I feel
(IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too)
IknowIknowIknowIknow you think that you’ve been here too
(IknowIknowIknow that you can’t tell me what is real
But you can’t tell me what is real
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
How did you get so thick? You’re talking like a lunatic
LEAVE ME ALONE!
You wanna be my pal, I’d rather have a root canal
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
LEAVE ME ALONE!
©1997 Curt Golden
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11. |
Reclamation (live)
06:22
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12. |
No Shadows (live)
05:05
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NO SHADOWS
Words and music: Curt Golden
We cast no shadows in the dark
We cast no shadows in the dark
Comfort in illusion, our thoughts are not our own
We cast no shadows in the dark
Light one small candle and you’ll see
The wraith that is lurking behind me
Shattered, disillusioned, we never walk alone
We cast no shadows in the dark
adjust my eyes to shifting light a shape emerges troglodyte I move it moves in unison or is it me that follows him the flame betrays my deepest fears and secrets hidden forty years the hero of my master plan revealed to be a mortal man where’s my pain and what’s my sorrow will it be the same tomorrow could I ever love another god I really miss my mother hateful vision bogus sage a priestly fraud consumed with rage at light exposing one pathetic question
Is this
A Tragedian’s fatal flaw or just some movie that I saw?
A Tragedian’s fatal flaw or just some movie that I saw?
A Tragedian’s fatal flaw or just some movie that I saw?
A Tragedian’s fatal flaw or just some movie that I saw?
Comfort in illusion, our thoughts are not our own
We cast no shadows in the dark
We cast no shadows
©1997 Curt Golden
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Curt Golden Seattle, Washington
Curt Golden is a guitarist and instructor who has played in a number of rock, blues, and jazz bands. He attended the first Guitar Craft course in 1985 and recorded and toured extensively with the League and Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists. From 1987-97 Curt lived in NYC where (scream) was written and recorded. He relocated to Seattle where he still resides, teaching guitar and performing. ... more
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