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Meanwhile Back on Earth

by Alphanaut

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1.
We danced across the sand like children Never even walked until then In silent voices someone sang Of all the truth that youth once brang There's only one moment and that is now I think, I think, I think too much It's all in between us here somehow Logic gets in the way when you think too much We whispered in the mind of millions Never even talked until then The words of truth evolve from slang To the place where proof once rang The sand was moist and the air was dry Like the day of the big bang There's only one moment and that is now I think, I think, I think too much It's all in between us here somehow Logic gets in the way when you think too much I come unwound cause I think too much I’m out of bounds when I think too much You pull me down when I think too much Ship ran aground cause we think too much There's only one moment and that is now I think, I think, I think too much It's all in between us here somehow Logic gets in the way when you think too much I come unwound cause I think too much I’m out of bounds when I think too much Fall off my cloud when I think too much Ship ran aground because we think too much
2.
Electricity 03:14
I kissed you once It must have been years ago I kissed you once And that’s how I know That one and all it was revealed to me Electricity, electricity I know it’s true Those stupid little things they say Proof through and through Like some dumb cliche If not for you, well then for me Electricity, electrify I kissed you once It feels like it was yesterday I kissed you once Then it all blew away And now you know never to a cynic be Electricity, electrify
3.
Take a walk around the block Or a Sunday jaunt from sea to sea Keep the blinds while taking stock From the land that we called liberty Rusting signs, forgotten streets Sleepy little factories Now there's only slot machines Where the Thunderbird used to be Is this my country Is this my town Has all common sense gone underground I feel fine When all I see From my backyard Down to Timbukthree Trading in your neighbor homes For another pack of pocket drones Politicians on their knees Running with the circus fleas You can bank it on a magazine Taste of strawberries and gasoline With a little luck running you're running in the maze Well it's a funny place for holidays Is this my country Is this my town Has all common sense gone underground I feel fine When all I see From my back yard Down to Timbukthree It's so very nice Out here in paradise Come down and roll the dice Welcome to paradise Is this my country Is this my town Has all common sense gone underground I feel fine When all I see From my back yard Down to Timbukthree Is this my country This is my country Welcome to my Welcome to my country
4.
Throw down your arms and fall into mine Leave the world outside to its force and fighting Let the world keep spinning in war There's never any winning in war You and I can bind both sides I'm gonna be an unnecessary soldier Soldiering on, soldering on No blood no strife Treaty is ready to be signed We'll forge the future A symphony of peace in mind There's no harm in disarming your bombs There's no harm in arming your heart Lets try I'm gonna be an unnecessary soldier Soldiering on, soldering on You and I can be unnecessary soldiers Soldiering on, soldering on I'm gonna be an unnecessary soldier Soldiering on, soldering on (with great prosperity, hope and clarity, to fall in line with peace love and charity) You and I can be unnecessary soldiers (with great prosperity, hope and clarity, to fall in line with peace love and charity) Soldiering on, soldering on
5.
In the hallway there are foes Where pride degrades to blows There's writing on the wall And no one sees you fall Those water color days Brush back into a haze Your more that what lies In someone else's eyes Because no one’s normal No ones ever been There never black or white Only in-between Live inside of you Defining what is true That no one’s normal Upended and unfriended But inside still transcended Turn your back to it all To the words upon a wall Can't put circles into squares To make them fit in Normality spies Through rose colored eyes Because no one’s normal No ones ever been There never black or white Only in-between Live inside of you Defining what is true That no one’s normal (Bridge) Soon highschool days will fade Your place in the world be made A chance to rise above it all Erase the writing on the wall Some things can be exchanged But kindness isn’t, one of them Because no one’s normal No ones ever been There never black or white Only in-between Live inside of you Defining what is true That no one’s normal
6.
The Catalyst 04:57
You talk to god About it all And you send yourself Down the same four walls You catacomb You’re sacred heart You fan the flame And then you fall apart But you’re the only one I want The one and only one I want in my life And you’re saying goodbye And when you’re out You’re out of breath Your fences on This side of death You lock the door Swallow the key Shut out the light Inside of me But you’re the only one I want The one and only one I want in my life And you’re saying goodbye You talk to god About it all And you send yourself Down the same four walls You catacomb You’re sacred heart You fan the flame And then you fall apart But you’re the only one I want The one and only one I want in my life And you’re saying goodbye
7.
The moon is still The air alight Two star-crossed lovers in the middle of the night A slight of hand A twist of fate I feel you breathing underneath my body weight I move through you You move through me This is the moment that all time begins This is the moment that all time slips away This is the moment I could adore you In a world so large And life so small It’s amazing we meet anyone at all Somehow you’re here Somehow you’re mine Now you’re nestled in the middle of my life I move through you You move through me This is the moment that all time begins This is the moment that all time slips away This is the moment I could adore you This is the moment I will adore you
8.
Between the haves And the have-nots Between the wants And the want-nots Between the feel and the feeling Between the sheets and the ceiling Somewhere there’s a fire burning Somewhere there’s a fire dying Between the debt And the tender Between resist And surrender Between the lost and the learning Between the warmth and the yearning Somewhere there’s a fire burning Somewhere there’s a fire dying Between the haves And the have-nots Between the wants And the want-nots Between the feel and the feeling Between the sheets and the ceiling Somewhere there’s a fire burning Somewhere there’s a fire dying It’s falling so hard The rain it falls so hard
9.
Father's Day 05:21
Packed up my car when I was twenty-one Traded home life for a place in the sun Had my sights upon the haze of LA We said goodbye it was Father’s Day The city nights had me high on the street An angry decade knocked me off of my feet All ambition had me out on the run For my dreams waiting out in the sun I know it’s been such a long time Mountains and peaks left unclimbed If I could only hold back the seas I’d change the course of history Forget the days when we came to blows Foolish men in our masculine pose Mother tried to keep our anger at bay We cried in shame it was Father’s Day Gone to places I should have never been Traded justice just to keep myself clean Took me back like the prodigal son And wished me well for my days in the sun I know it’s been such a long time Mountains and peaks left unclimbed If I could only hold back the seas I’d bring you back here with me So many years kept apart in my youth Wrote a letter just to tell you the truth Wasn’t the man you thought I would be Found out you loved me unconditionally It’s eighteen years since you’ve been away Still remember like it was yesterday So from my little place in the sun Want to wish you happy Father’s Day
10.
Every time your baby cries Your reflection in her eyes There is love, silent love To feel it in your heart When the world is torn apart That is love, the fire of love Silently sing to me Warm the night with love The quiet of love From the wisdom of conceit To every voice upon the street There is love, a band of love Warming your hand in mine Is the proof of love Still the truth in love The quiet of love

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The third full length from Alphanaut exploring micro-beats, vintage keyboards, 60s pop melodies wrapped in a modern sound. Featuring 10 tracks including the singles "Think Too Much", "Electricity" and "Unnecessary Soldier".

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released January 1, 2016

Written by - Mark Alan except 'Electricity' written by Fox Scarlett
Arranged by - Mark Alan & Fox Scarlett

Vocals, Keyboards & Programming - Mark Alan
Guitars, Bass & Keyboards - Fox Scarlett
Drums - Jorge Villanueva
Backing Vocals - David Santos & Angie Whitney

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Alphanaut Los Angeles, California

New album 'On Some Planets This Is Pop' out now!

Alphanaut is Mark Alan (vocals), Jeff Kingfisher (keys), Jeff Beardaux (drums), Austyn James (bass), Paul Rabbit (guitar)

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