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Solar Storm (Geist song 6)

(So.

I've been working on and off with this for a good month, but I think it's ready for unveiling.

This little escapade down musical lane has helped me expand my horizons and given me a new view on the world as it is, and hopefully others who haven't tried already can pitch in with the free stuff available on the interwebs. With this song, I'm pretty much stopping with music recording, as school is going to be a female dog.

Rock on, YWP.

Bass, percussion, piano, vocals by Geist.

Sound effects: google'd and without copyright protection. :)

Enjoy.)

Shattered mirrors at my feet
tell me I'm not who I am.
People that pass by
remind me this is not my land.
How can I live with myself like this,
do I know what I am?
Team keeps tearing me apart but hey,
change be damned.

And I am in your solar storm.
I'm within your solar storm.

Stop, don't stop now.
Stop, don't stop now.

I'm within your solar storm.
I'm within your solar storm.

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All Alone cover (Geist song 5)

No lyrics for this one- but I took a loooong time in writing the support to this.

The main theme is the main synth beat taken (with apologies) from a Gorillaz song, All Alone, the song that made me fall in love with the key of A minor.

I added harmonies as well as breaks and variations with a piano while playing the theme.

I wanted to come up with lyrics to this, but homework has to be done.

Enjoy.

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Heartless (Geist song 4)

(Just listening to this makes me feel evil.

:|

Percussion, bass, guitar, vocals and mixing by Geist.

Enjoy.
-Geist)

Don't get too close, the beast's at bay.
Don't trust what your eyes are saying.
The heat that you feel is in the way
of getting to the heart of my being.

Something's amiss, the world turns over.
Can't you see what's wrong?
I'm not the thing you think I am.
The soul that you wanted is gone.

Chip away at the mold and I've become,
Heartless, heartless.
Find a way to absolve the hope and you're,
Heartless, heartless.

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A Rainy Day in Casterbridge (Geist song 1)

(After reading the English tragedy "The Mayor of Casterbridge", wherein the main character, exiled by his only remaining family, his community, and his employees, wanders the London countryside until he dies in an abandoned old shack, I just sat down at my piano and played this song.

A fitting intro to the rest of the pieces about to be put up, methinks.

Enjoy.

-Geist)

And it's a,
rainy day,
in Casterbridge,
today.

A rainy day,
in Casterbridge,
today.

Today.

Say it again

The chorus to a song I'm working on:

Say it again

Say it for me

Say it for us and all that we

Could become

You never know

Where this winding road will

Lead us

Which of the following singers/ singing groups is your favorite?

Hannah Montana
13% (2 votes)
Jonas Brothers
31% (5 votes)
Fergie
19% (3 votes)
Jordin Sparks
19% (3 votes)
Carrie Underwood
19% (3 votes)
Total votes: 16
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