Zach Lyrics (By Album)

From Cocktail Yoga, Zach Gill (Brushfire Records 2020)

“Boomerang”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Cause it’s a boomerang
Always will comeback to you

“Playground In Your Soul”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Flojo rubber sandals
With a mustache and a handle facing forward
Mexicali herbivores
Waiting behind a painted door in open, waters, laughing

You've been on a roll
Building a playground in your soul

The carousel goes up and down
The painted horses circle ‘round the center
Chasing palm park afternoon
Chases away the morning blues like coffee, only, it's better

Still, time will take its toll
Building a playground in your soul

And you know this is what you wanted to be
Like a tiger leaping off the scaffolding
And you know this is what you came here to see
Still, time will take its toll

So try and catch the melody
Before it goes back to the sea of changes
And stir the waters with your heart
And pray for rain and counterparts to guide you, bless you, baby

I think you may have cracked the code
Building a playground in your soul

And you know this is what you wanted to be
Flying tiger underwater weightlessly
And you know this is what you came here to see
And I think you may have cracked the code

Building a playground in your soul

From Life In The Multiverse, Zach Gill (Brushfire Records 2017)

”Window Display”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

johnny had a new plan, time to be his own man
knew that things would work out ok
mostly optimistic, not hung up by logistics
he does the job before he gets paid

he gets up, he gets down
hopin’ that the word gets around
it’s abstract, that’s ok
we’ll learn a little more everyday
and if the rain don’t come tomorrow
it’ll come someday

bindi had it sideways, set up by the highway
wondering if the pieces were straight
but nobody was stoppin’, the chorus wasn’t poppin’
even though the verses were great

she got up, she got down
hopin’ that the word got around
was abstract, that’s ok
she’ll use it as a window display
and if the rain don’t come tomorrow
it’ll come someday

clovis was the real deal, played it with old feel
seems like that should be all it takes
but with so much stimulation and empty simulation
authenticity looks fake

we get up, we get down
hopin’ that the word gets around
it’s abstract, that’s ok
we’ll learn a little more everyday
and if the rain don’t come tomorrow
and your story is a shade of grey
remember if the rain don’t come tomorrow
it’ll come someday

”Solstice 2016”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

it was the solstice, it was a nice day
felt like the sun’s rays were smiling from above
it was the solstice, two thousand sixteen
felt like i was sixteen, and in love

she was my wifey, moving like shakira
told me to come nearer, we started to dance
it was the solstice, two thousand sixteen
still in a sweet dream of romance

well your heart’s gonna do just exactly what it’s got to do
you get a say in the matter
but i wouldn’t say we get to choose
so call it synchronicity or call it fate or destiny
or call it just letting go
but your heart’s gonna do just exactly what it’s got to do

it gets confusing out there in the wild
forgetting how to smile when the news is so bad
and when your heart falls down into the darkness
the world is looking heartless broken and sad

so many big things that we don’t know
and that we probably won’t know in this life
so many questions, so many queries
won’t be wrapped up neatly but that’s alright

cause what i do know is that i love you
and in this moment, that’s enough
so happy solstice, happy summer
here’s to lovers, still in love

”Joy (Goodbye Guilty Pleasures)”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

i was footloose like kenny loggins
till i saw the sign like ace of base
that one man’s joyful noise
could be another man’s bad taste

still i’m faithful just like journey
that you’ll want me human league
though one man’s sentimental
is another man’s cheesy

deflections of, rejections of
projections on a screen
hear myself inside myself
and call it harmony

so goodbye guilty pleasures
but just the guilty parts
baby don’t feel bad about the songs
that put the joy inside your heart

now i’m off the wall like michael jackson
but on a prayer like jon bon jov
i’m all night long lionel richie
but it’s my life like billy joel

i’m an island floating in a stream
like kenny r and dolly p
and all i wanna have is fun
like cindy l in ‘81

deflections of, rejections of
projections on a wall
hear yourself inside yourself
and have yourself a ball

so goodbye guilty pleasures
but just the guilty parts
baby don’t feel bad about the songs
that put the joy inside your heart

on the road like willie nelson
yet subdivided like geddy lee
sometimes a heart it struggles
with who it thinks it should be

well come on cowbell don’t be coy
it’s ok to feel that joy
you like the sound then sing it out
and watch it chase away the doubts

cause all of it’s just music
mixed with memories
hear yourself inside yourself
and call it harmony

so goodbye guilty pleasures
but just the guilty parts
baby don’t feel bad about the songs
that put the joy inside your heart

”Alchemy”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

in between the lines he thought he heard a cry
a voice he recognized as his own from way back then
from another time in a caesar’s mind
a drunken lonely lie turning stone into bread

and the alchemy was gonna set him free
like in the stories of old
but as the feeling passed he came to grasp
that his love was already gold

when they tore the ceiling we could see sky
turned blue and grey from the years we’d tried
was a lantern hope from a darkened door
we could see the light but we needed to see more

and the alchemy was gonna set us free
like in the stories of old
but as the feeling passed we had to laugh
cause our love was already gold

so we lit a fire and we told the yarn
of a fallen king and a prophet behind bars
and the children smiled cause they knew the truth
like rays of sunlight through holes in a roof

and the alchemy was gonna set us free
like in the stories of old
but as the feeling passed we had to laugh
cause our love was already gold

and the alchemy was gonna set us free
like in the stories of old
but as the feeling passed we put away the past
cause our love was already gold

”The World Is New (Ode To A Father Of A Teenager Daughter)”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

tread lightly galumphing father
like a bull in a china shop
you sharpened your horns ran into the storm
but the storm didn’t even stop

well maybe your approach was just awkward
and next time you’ll surely do better
it’s an emotional kind of weather
a storm that soon will pass

time to open the window and let in the sounds
of the wind and the rain and the world as it howls
and it laughs and it cries and it falls like a tear
the world is new to those who just got here

sometimes listening is all that’s needed
no lectures or need for reasons
swinging a hammer to fix all the words
but the words aren’t broken they just want to be heard

so open the window and let in the voice
of the wind and the rain and of personal choice
as it’s not about you or the things that you fear
the world is new to those who just got here

and i know it’s hard, you’ve been standing guard
over her world since she was small
but she’s getting strong just like her mom
and just like you

so tread lightly galumphing father
that’s your amazing daughter
they grow up while you’re underwater
so don’t stay underwater too long

time to open the window and let in the light
as it blinds and it burns and it warms and it shines
and it lights up the dark to defeat its own fears
the world is new to those who just go here

”Chuck & The Nomads”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

when he plugged in his guitar it was a beacon
calling kids from miles around
all the neighboring farm towns
seeking out the restless sounds
of chuck and the nomads

one guitar, drums and saxophone was all they needed
played honky tonk and everly bros
the teenagers of ohio
movin’ to and fro to the sounds
of chuck and the nomads

well the band broke up when college came
grandma recorded over the only tape
still my dad’s stories inspire
of when rock n roll was still a spark about to become a fire

chuck and the nomads
chuck and the nomads
summer of 1958
rock n roll in the buckeye state
with chuck and the nomads

though he’s not in the hall of fame
he took the time to teach me how to play
a dad sharing with his kid
the stuff that mattered most to him
and now it matters to me and to you hopefully

chuck and the nomads
chuck and the nomads
best band that you never heard
take it on my papa’s word
chuck and the nomads

chuck and the nomads
chuck and the nomads
they played everly brothers and honky tonk
and the kids shook their badonkadonks
turned the bass up on his amp
the american legion hall was packed
and though we never heard ‘em play
the legend still lives on today
of chuck and the nomads

”Eliza Grace”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

in a hammock hanging in between
avocado and persimmon trees
we’ll stare into the canopy
and dream of what’s to come

well i can’t wait for you to grow
i’m gonna show you everything i know
which isn’t much, but even so
we’re gonna have ourselves some fun

eliza, eliza
mama calls you ellie, pretty and it’s sweet
like your dolphin feet

blue jays bathing in a bath
across the bridge by the ice plant
lizards bathe in a sunny patch
and dream of what’s to come

evening bats go flicker flap
snap up mosquitos, moths and gnats
in the fennel stalks a hungry cat
a dream of what’s to come

eliza, life is made out of love
and the mystery of it all
is written on your shining face
eliza grace

”Up From Down Below”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

twenty years stuck in her mind
while her body and soul tried to shine
but she couldn’t even see them there
connections in need of repair

so further down and down she went
a thousand skins shed as she wept
till she found the door inside the dark
that led her straight back to her heart

oh mary mary, how does your garden grow
calling all your blossoms to come up from down below

comin’ up up up from down below

fire rising from her core
the ancient eyes of a dinosaur
gave wisdom in a warrior’s trance
as the layers melt, she starts her dance

courage rising up from fear
forgiveness found in anger’s spears
tears of joy from tears of sadness
as we learn to dance right through our madness

sometimes we feel what we can’t show
so we trust in time and stories told
a thousand skins shed in a forest
as the future opens up before us

”Little Speck”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

well i was sitting at the table talking to my father
talking ‘bout our differences and what we had in common
it was getting kind of heated
both our hearts were beating
the way that hearts pound
when it’s something that you care about

humans feeling scared, unprepared and stranded
the world moves on, you’re feeling abandoned
and changes keep coming
and coming coming coming
and sometimes we change with it
but sometimes we don’t wanna

republican, democrat, socialists, psychopaths
one percent, two percent, no i won’t, yes i can
i’m a dog, you’re a cat
you’re for this, i’m for that
but if i was in your shoes
i’d probably feel the way you do

it’s hard to agree when it’s hard to define
but you’ve got a heart and so do i

and we’re all in this together, we’re all in this together
floating through the air on the good ship earth
just a little speck of life in a multiverse

wherever you were born and who your parents are
call it your identity, your country and your family
and what you’re standing for
and what you stand against
has everything to do
with what you have experienced

build a wall, build a fence, tell yourself you’re different
you feel it in your gut, you’ll make the feeling make sense
but these are just ideas we make up
to put space between them and us

and when the aliens invade
we’ll all look pretty much the same

you thought that you could bury me
but i turned out to be a seed
i thought that i could bury you
but you turned out to be a seed, too

”Alright Soon…”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

it’s gonna be alright soon...

and i know that’s an oversimplification
of an endlessly complex situation
still it’s true, it’ll be alright soon
and i know that soon is a relative term
could be later today or after your soul’s been burned
turned into mush, still you gotta trust

and in all the churches and in all the songs
the story that’s still getting passed on
has to do with this little theme
of dreaming anew, of winter to spring
when the ship hits the can and the road gets dark
and hope is a tiny fragile spark
you hang in there dude, it’ll be alright soon

and i know that’s an oversimplification
of a delicately complex situation
but i don’t care, it’s like a prayer
and i know that words can become cliche
and lose their teeth and lose their sway
but i don’t care, i like the sound

and the story never really ever ends
it just circles around on itself again
and sometimes we win, sometimes we loose
but we learn to dance and to sing the blues
and howl at the moon and shine like the sun
and find hope when we thought there was none
as the story goes out on the evening news
might be bad now but it will be alright soon

and i know that’s an oversimplification
of an endlessly complex situation
but i don’t care, it’s like a prayer
yes i know that’s an oversimplification
of an overly complex situation
but i don’t care, i like the sound

it’s gonna be alright now...

”Ride This Sucker Out”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

well i like the idea that there’s a god out there
who loves everybody and hears everybody’s prayers
protects us from the storm of our own thoughts
and forgives us even when we’re jerks

and i like the thought that there’s spirits in rocks
and in animals and trees and weeds and bones and beads
and that everything that lives and is
just needs some love and attention

and i’m in an airplane
praying that the bumps won’t get as bad
as the stories people tell you
of the worst flights that they had
some things are only in your mind
superstitious existential doubts
and so i breath and drink and try not to think
as i ride this sucker out

well there’s cycles and there’s rhythms
and there’s mood swings and there’s schisms
and there’s words that once they’re said
they can never be erased

and i find myself, getting defensive
in a pickle of misintentions
and suddenly i’m mad and i don’t even know why

and i love you over and over
but sometimes i’m just a fool
who’ll say things to win an argument
though deep down i know they’re not true
well it’s lights out now in the dog house
is that what this was all about?
when all i know is i don’t want to be alone
as i ride this sucker out

and the ants just keep invading
or maybe they’re just parading
and it’s their world
and we’re just shifting landscapes and acts of god
and i keep searching for good reasons
to blame my feelings on the season
cause if the seasons not the reason
than am i actually at fault?

some people build a framework
and lock their thoughts inside
i just grab at anything if it helps to ease my mind
imaginary mantra, mythic pretense
if it works then let it count
but either way, we’re gonna be ok
as we ride this sucker out

”San Francisco”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

acid and mushroom jazz, valencia, elbo room
the fall of 1998 before the plastic bubble blew
at a warehouse party in the east bay
i knew i was among my own and i thought

i’ll be your man, san francisco if i can call you home

watched you from the south
and wondered if you were real
would we find a missing piece of bohemia
was there still more for us to feel?
from a freeway underpass out in the mission
a leaping long-haired gnome called out

i’ll be your man, san francisco if i can call you home

well the truth is I never moved in
went right through the city out to west marin
and then when jaden got a little older
we moved to santa barbara
where the weather was warmer
but hey man, it’s alright
cause all of california is a state of mind

they say home is where the heart is at
and i pretty much believe in that
but life is a deeper shade than just one
and though my heart is with my family
pieces of it, wild and free roam
memories of places i’ve loved

and if the love is there it feels like home
from amsterdam to tokyo
roots extending everywhere we go
so then home is where the love is at
and love is where the people that we love call home

so i’ll be your man, santa barbara
and i’ll be your man, california
and i’ll be your man, san francisco if i can call you home

”Me & My Shadow”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

me and my shadow, my shadow and me
were drinking mojitos at a party
"let's not over do it, you know how you can be"
i said to my shadow after his fifth or sixth drink

well my shadow got drunk and he wanted to fight
with everything that shined too bright
and so i made him leave before we caused a scene
me and my shadow, my shadow and me

"well, those people were lame", my shadow declared
and then he kicked at the curb and he swore at the air
"i thought they were nice, no need to be so mean"
i said to my shadow as he sulked at me

so i sat my shadow down
in the misty fog of the late evening and i said-

"hey man, you're always getting so worked up about everything, always looking to find something
wrong with the situation. well, maybe there's nothing wrong. maybe it's just you. maybe you just need to,
you just need to... lighten up"

and at that my shadow chuckled
and in a voice both mischievous and raspy
and not unlike my own he said these words-

"well maybe it's true that things aren't so bleak.
and yeah right, maybe i get fixated
on the dark side of things. but listen, without me dude you'd be such a bore, no hint of sarcasm or edgy rapport.
and after all it's my job to show how
everything that shines has got a shadow"

everything that shines has got a shadow...

”Late Bloomer”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

settle it down, i'm serious...

i was a late bloomer when it came to certain things
i couldn't talk to girls even though i could sing
and i remember thinking at the time
that i'd probably be a looser for the rest of my life

i was a late bloomer, as some people like to say
i brought a pee-wee herman doll to school in 7th grade
not really the best way to go
when you're trying to move the ladies
with your super-smooth flow

and now the years have gone by
and everything worked out just fine
still i've a message i wanna relay
to my younger self back in seventh grade

something like- hey kid, it's gonna be alright
cause every flower blooms in its own time
and it's a long game so just be you
cause it's better to go slowly than to go too soon
and oh yeah, you're growing up
not as fast as you want but you're gonna catch up
and when you do, you'll come to realize
that every flower blooms in its own time

well every flower blooms in its own time, baby

you've got a limited idea of what love is really like
when you're 12 years old and riding your bike
is it a princess from a far away dream
or a swim suit model from a magazine?

still i was right on time when it came to true love
though i almost missed it by just being dumb
but somehow the stars intervened
and i ended up with the girl from my dreams

and now the years have gone by
and everything worked out just fine
still i've a message i want to relay
to my younger self back in seventh grade

maybe something like- hey kid, it's gonna be alright
cause every flower blooms in its own time
ads it's a long game so just be you
cause it's better to go slowly than to go too soon
and oh yeah, you're growing up
not as fast as you want but you're gonna catch up
and when you do, you'll come to realize
that every flower blooms in its own time

”96 Likes”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

i got 96 likes
i got 96 likes
gonna check it again
it's goin' up all the time
i got 96 likes
feelin' so good
you could leave a comment
i might get back to you

i got thousands of followers
they hang on my every word
well, not really
but i'm not really too concerned
i got 96 likes
gonna check my feed
gonna follow a stranger
who's been following me

gonna leave a comment
hashtag you're da bomb
i like that picture
of you with your mom
is that you in paris?
what's that your dragging?
gonna walk the line
between sharing and bragging

you got 10,000 likes
well i can't compete
i got 96 likes
but that's alright with me
i got 96 likes
it's goin' up all the time
by the end of this song
it's gonna be 99

i'm gonna take a selfie
that's me with a goose
gonna take a selfie
with my friends on the loose
gonna take a selfie
of a cat and me
hashtag cat breading
it's actually a real thing

people take a slice of bread
and they cut out a hole
and they put the bread around the cat
and they take a photo
it's actually a real thing
you can spend a lot of time
in the world of cat breading
when you're looking online

i've been thinking about the internet
is it like a web of consciousness
is it like making a better world
or just like makin' a bigger mess
is it like pandora’s box
is it like a trojan horse
should we like shut her down now
or just like let it run its course

well that's just like paranoia
that's just being afraid of change
i got 96 likes
and i'm still feeling a-ok
i got 96 likes
it's goin' up all the time
by the end of this song
it'll be 99

From Creatures, ALO (Brushfire Records 2019-2020)

“Heroes”
Music/Lyrics: Zach Gill

They’ve been telling you lies most of your life
Well not so much lies, but not the whole enchilada
I guess it was too hard at the time
Because the truth is - it’s complicated

There’s a darkness that will come and will go
We kept it from you but now it’s yours to hold
And I guess it’s part of our souls
It protects us, but sometimes it makes us terrible

Light becomes shadow, your hero behind bars
We tell ourselves that we are what we are
On every channel the game was fixed
We tell ourselves that it is what it is

But it doesn’t have to be, or does it?
Cause it hasn’t always been, or was it?
But those kids who just arrived
They flipped the script on the screen
And suddenly the way it’s always been
It doesn’t have to be

There’s a chill in the air, it hurts my bones
As I get older, I’m searching for comfort
When the Winter winds they burn and blow
And the darkness it seems to find me again

Might not be what you want know
Kept it from you but now it’s yours to hold
The stories of our souls hitting the floor
Touching the bottom and coming back
Up for more

We don’t change, we don’t change, we don’t change
We were born inside the engine of this runaway train
But sometimes in your smile I get a glimpse of the dream
And suddenly the way it’s always been
It doesn’t have to be

“Get To Do It Again”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Living the dream of a life I dreamt
But sometimes I forget when I'm under slept
That this is what I dreamt

Living the dream of a life I dreamt
But sometimes I forget when I'm under slept
That this is what I chose, all fun and games
Until it's not and I wanna stop, and blame

You or what's his name
Or my parents or my reptile brain
Or the internet, the domain I've claimed
A nonsense word, now a trademarked phrase
Or too much thinking and not enough sleep
The ambush of emotion I can’t seem to sweep
Under the carpet or out of the room
But would I really stop it if I really wanted too?

Cause it’s a love song inside my head
And it’s a reason to get me out of bed
And it's a heart break but that all depends
But it's a break through when I get to do it again

And every time I have leave I miss you,
And missing you makes me sad
But then it makes me glad to know I'm not alone
And that you're missing me too when I'm not at home

Cause it's a love song inside my head
And it's reason to keep me in my bed
And It's a heartbreak when I have to go
But it's a break through when I get to come back home

Living the dream of a life I dreamt
But sometimes I forget when I'm under slept
That this is what I dreamt

“Baby Blind Spot”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

I’ve been thinking about love
In the darkest of nights (that’s right)
I’ve been wondering if love
Is gonna show me the light

And I thought we were better
And all grown up (Guess what)
But I guess I was wrong, wrong, wrong
Couldn't see through my own blind spot

Well, maybe I’ve been under the strain
Of an army of ogres with hate for brains
Dinosaurs from some other time
Thrashing around before their ideas die
With open eyes that don't wanna see
The love that's there inside everything
And now he's crying at the camera
A lonely kid lost in his thoughts, is that right?

Baby blind spot

I’ve been feeling so low
Can’t stop checking the news (Oo!)
Been feeling afraid
Feeling confused

And I thought we were better
And all grown up (Guess what)
But I guess I was wrong, wrong, wrong
Couldn't see through my own blind spot

Well baby, we’ve been under the strain
Of an army of ogres with hate for brains
Dinosaurs from some other time
Thrashing around before their ideas die
With open eyes that don’t wanna see
The love that's there inside everything
And now he's crying at the camera
A lonely kid lost in his thoughts, is that right?

Baby blind spot

Divide and conquer, power struggle
Embarrassed by his parent muggles
Squelched in college, pariah view-pointed
Self-anointed, shadow power-pointed
Find an outlet for a lonely voice
Forgiveness doubts his only choice
No room, no space, no empathy
Spiders caught in the webs they weave

Biased viewpoint, value system s
World view-shape, itching schisms
Nude collusion, disillusioned
Alluding to this dude’s confusion
Call it brain-washed, call it cleansed
Disregard, stop making sense
No room, no space, no air to breath
Spiders caught in the webs they weave

“Fisheye Lens"
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Slippin’ and a slidin’ on the frozen ice
Gettin’ our names engraved on grains of rice
Walkin’ on the beach where we got our start
And you picked up a rock that was, shaped like a heart

It was shaped like a heart

Well It may not be true but lines they bend
When I’m looking at us through a fisheye lens
Cause it feels like the truth only depends
On which lens that we’re looking through

Ah honey, I like the way that you bend
When I see you through my fisheye lens

Ba-baba ba ba ba-baba

Well I like the way the story bends
When I’m looking at us through a fisheye lens
Cause it feels like the truth only depends
On which lens that we’re looking through

Ah honey, I like the way that you bend
When I see you through my fisheye lens

Ba-baba ba ba ba-baba

From Tangle of Time, ALO (Brushfire Records 2015)

”There Was A Time”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

There was a time before all of this
The streets and the buildings, they did not exist
The first to arrive, named what they saw
The next to arrive, claimed it for their gods

There was a time
When you and I moved like spirits in the sky
There was a time
And there will come a time again

The spot where we're standing was once a lagoon
Pagans caught dancing beneath a mid-summer’s moon
Land changing hands, the stories got mixed
Happens so fast that no one’s ever sure of it

We come and we go, stories in the night
Painted on a granite wall, shadows and firelight

The beach faces south, the mountains east to west
Fifteen thousand years ago, it was still a nice place to live
Before the great pyramids, before Jerusalem
People lived and thrived in this same spot beneath this same sun

There was a time
When you and I moved like spirits in the sky
There was a time
When everything that is was just a thought in someone's mind
There was time
When you and I moved like spirits in the sky
There was a time
And there will come a time again

We come and we go, stories in the night
Painted on a granite wall, shadows and firelight

”The Ticket”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

We came from the future by way of the past
Time was an ice-covered river until the ice cracked
And now we're free from the flow of which we were trapped
So we can come from the future and go by the past

I bought my ticket for the 15th century
We started moving through a hole in history
Across the desert, across Euripides
Tossed in a tangle of time like an old vagabond
I bought my ticket for the 15th century
A broken circuit and a whole new history
Across the desert, across Euripides
Tossed in a tangle of time like an old vagabond
He's got a bone through his nose and a drum 'neath his hands
A future Yanomamö or maybe last year's new burning man
Does everything sort of repeat? Does the old sort of get new?
And is time like a river whose coils confound and confuse you?

Tossed in a tangle of time like an old vagabond
Lost in a tangle of time like an old vagabond

”Simple Times”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

We drove a mini-van all across this land
Playing music in the streets just for fun
Finally out of school we were howling at the moon
And laughing like life had only just begun

Simple times, simple pleasures
There wasn't a worry, there wasn't a pressure
Sometimes you find you got nothing but time
And time is the sweetest of treasures

She's only three but sometime she feels older
I'm drinking coffee as she tells me about her dreams
And I suddenly realize of all the good things in life
That’s about as about as good as anything will be

So here's to the good times and sweet memories
And to the moments we've yet to see
For it's not the time we spend but who we get to spend it with
And I count myself lucky to count you as my friends
And though distances come may we never forget the lives that we've shared

”Sugar On Your Tongue”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Well it's a dream come true being here with you
When I look in your eyes, it makes me wanna cry
Tears of love if only I was man enough
You’re so beautiful, you make my heart feel full

And the music we made was a diamond that laid on the table
They heard us laughing clear in the other room
But when the truth it finally comes, it tastes like sugar on your tongue

Sweet as a peach, rollin' out on the floor
The love that we got it's gonna grow into more
Sweet as a peach, curled up on the couch
The love that we got we gotta know that it counts

The haters‘ll hate and the dreamers‘ll dream
And I could tell you the truth but I can't make you believe
That you’re sweet as a sunrise on sugary lips
From bar rooms to ballrooms I dreamt of your hips
And the way that they move, bump and they sway
Dancers will dance and musicians will play
Songs about love even when they're cliche
Sugary sweet, yet true just the same

”A Fire I Kept”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Standing like a soldier in a bulletproof vest
Trying to pick the lock on a treasure chest
Caught up in the fire of an endless quest before his eyes
When he was a kid he caught his first glimpse
Though nothing in the world could prepare him for this
When he realized what he saw was the mast of a ship he almost cried

This is the reason, the reason we came to find
This is the reason waiting all this time

In the back of my mind is a fire I kept
With the hope that somehow we might all make it back
On a rolling current pulling you
Away from all you thought was true
Holding your breath until you fall right through

Was a voice in my head from when I was a kid
Told me to do and I did what it said
I wanted to run but I found in the end that
You can't run from your heart

Pieces of the puzzle on the living room floor
Know that once upon a time there was a door
That opened up to places that you once adored in our dreams
Pieces of a puzzle playing hide and go seek
Hiding with the rags under the kitchen sink
Someone's in the room but you don't make a peep, you hear them say

From your heart, from your heart...

”Strange Days”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Oh I got a feeling, burns like the sun inside my soul
Burns like the sun in my soul
Oh I got a story, thirty five million years old
Burns like the sun in my soul

And I hear a voice on the wind, telling me it's gonna change
Holding my breath through these strange days

Out of the water, lightning crashing in my skull
Burns like the sun in my soul

And I hear a voice on the wind, telling me it's gonna change
Holding my breath through these strange days
Trying to be bold through these strange days

From Sounds Like This, ALO (Brushfire Records 2012)

“Dead Still Dance”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Body’s cold, the party's started, lying in a hole
Fertilizer from your skin and compost from your soul
And all across the universe, mysterious energies
Create more life from your life's leftover debris

Shadows in a living room, whispers of circumstance
Cause somewhere in the after life even the dead still dance
We dance, we dance…

Heroes and villains, who's ever willing to bust the thing apart
Indecisions and glorious visions gnawing at your heart
What were those foreshadows tellin’ you in the movie of your life
A hero blinded by hubris and willing to sacrifice

Music in the corridors, eyes like a hungry trance
Bones and feathers on the floor, maybe we're all just ants
Or shadows in a living room, whispers of circumstance
And somewhere on the open road even the dead still dance
We dance, we dance…

Humbled by the prospects of all that could've been
Sitting in a coffee shop thankful just to grin
Awake for just a moment long enough to realize
That for most of my existence I'd been hypnotized
By my own sense of glamour, by my own magic rocks
Bending and shaping reality ‘til it mashed up with my thoughts

Music in the corridors, mocking your soul’s advance
Cause even in the after life maybe the dead still laugh
Shadows in a living room, whispers of sweet romance
Cause somewhere in the here and now even the dead still dance
We dance, we dance…

“Blew Out the Walls”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

In a basement filled with instruments
A couple of kids made an attempt
To write the world's greatest song
Matching words with melodies
Power chords and minor keys
Wondering if anyone would sing along

We'll dream it big, little thunder
Time is always on your side
No one knows and so they wonder
If time will pass them by

When the rhythm and soul gets in your blood
The bass drum pulls with a mighty tug
And your mind starts to speculate
From a secrete hide out underground
Is the Frankenstein we built out of sound
Really strong enough to bare the weight

We'll drop the seats down in the bomber
Somehow we'll make the pieces fit
No one knows and so they wonder
If this is really it

And it sounded like this, and like that
We blew out the walls and the ceiling collapsed
It filled up my head, it was loud it was bright
And when everyone heard it, everybody knew
Things were gonna be alright

When I was still a kid, I went with my mom
I knew every word to every song
And we sang like we were at church
In high school, gettin’ crass
Smokin’ lawn up on the grass
Afterwards I bought myself a shirt

For a moment the sound was madness
Feared we might have gone insane
But the dancing gnomes on your serape
Brought comfort to my brain

And it sounded like this, and like that
It sounded like this, and like that
We blew out the walls and the ceiling collapsed
It filled up my head, it was loud it was bright
And when everyone heard it, everybody knew
Things were gonna be alright

It sounded like this, and like that
We blew out the walls cause the bass was so fat
It filled up my head, it was loud it was bright
And when everyone heard it, everybody knew
Things were gonna be alright

From the dark recesses of your mind
Gotta parachute, gonna be alright
When the mood gets heavy, cymbals crash
You don't know what to do you just keep on dancin'...

“Falling Dominoes”
Music: ALO / Lyrics: Steve Adams, Zach Gill

There’s people everywhere fussing about
They got their hands on their ears talking to themselves
Tall bright cities on every coast
The chicken shack people, see ‘em dance and toast

Falling dominoes falling down your soul
Falling dominoes don't always fall in rows

My sides got poked and my stash got pulled
Got shaken up a bit with my eyes closed
Now I’m all shook up and I’m turned around
Feeling like a great wall coming to town

Now I’m cruising down the hall, overalls in a bunch
Gonna visit ol’ Jim, give him a nudge
I always wanted to fly but there was never time
Tip mycaptain’s hat and take you for a ride

Falling dominoes falling in your soul
Falling dominoes don't always fall in rows

“Speed of Dreams”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

She knows that life won't wait for you to make up your mind
So she's already made her move while you're still trying to decide
She pulls out her machete and begins to chop up
All the loose ends that were stopping us up
She knows that life won't wait for you to make up your mind

So she moves at the speed of dreams
At the speed of dreams, at the speed of dreams

She's like a sweet and supple super hero, picks me up when I'm at zero
Rescues me with her special powers
Arrives just in the nick of time and always seems to heal my mind
Puts sweetness in a life that's gone sour
The villains had us cornered and our luck was fading
She kicked in the doors with her guns a blazin'
I'm almost underwater with just my head above
When suddenly she appears

Cause she moves at the speed of dreams
At the speed of dreams, at the speed of dreams
And she moves at the speed of dreams
At the speed of dreams, at the speed of dreams

“Storms and Hurricanes”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

We were feelin’ good, wantin’ it to go on
So I took our good feelin’ and put it in this song
So when you hear theses chords know that I'll be your’s forever
Wasn't always easy, sometimes the money got tight
But if I've learned anything from it all, it's that your usually right
For rich or poor, honey I'll be your’s forever

Storms and hurricanes could wash this all away
As long as I've got you, I can take what life gives out
Make some faith out of some doubt

With an attitude, can mean so much
Don't know exactly how that works but I know it does
So when you here these chords, know that I'll be your’s forever

Storms and hurricanes could wash this all away
As long as I’m with you, I can take the twists and turns
The ups and downs, the lessons learned

In a mystery, that's me and you
Finish off one episode, got another in the cue
But when you here these chords know that I'll be your’s forever
For rich or poor, know that I'll be your’s forever

“Cowboys and Chorus Girls”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Old timey tales of dusty trails
A rusty pale sits beside a saloon
Ties up his ride, the music inside
Tickles his mind, gives a nod to the moon
Remainders of the day, lay on the floor
Sees her on the stage, blowin’ out the doors

Singin’ hold on amigo, just let the reigns go
Always a chance for surprise
Movin’ east as the wind blows, muy sorprendido
You move like a bird on a line
Callin’ la la la la la… like a bird on a line
Callin’ la la la la la… like the dust in the sky

Hootin’ and hollerin’, shadows are followin’
She doesn't see them but they are still there
Golden and glimmering, fire is flickering
Somebody bickering, legs kick up in the air
Remainders of the day swept from the floor
Worries in her name blowin’ out the door

Spurs, boots, silver buckles
He could take you down with his bare knuckles
Everybody in the room had something to prove
Girls dressed up like Moulin Rouge
Man at the bar I think his name was Nash
Give a wink and a nod through a waxed mustache
Servin’ up the drinks, tall and raw
And all the cowboys in the house singin’ hee ha!
Cowboys and chorus girls…

“Combat Zone”
Music: ALO / Lyrics: Zach Gill

Put on a suit of armor and grab your weapon of choice
I'll give you my battle-axe if I can have your voice
Better talk before the fire’s at our door
And we're standing on the edge of something volatile
And there's no time for talking anymore

A helmet with horns, a banshee howl, a thorny pride
In the pause between your words, I lost my mind
Was it diving under camo, building up its ammo
And suddenly the ground is shaking and I'm wondering
If I even meant the things I said

The conversation starts to pressurize
I’m dodging daggers from your roiling eyes
And now I’m burning up and talking bold
A roman candle in the combat zone
I'm in the trenches as the trumpets roar
I feel my senses start to lose control
And now I'm hurting from a heart so cold
Burning embers in the combat zone

Letters pinned to the wall of a trench by a bayonet
Cloud of dust and shrapnel blocks the sun
In case I never see you again please don't forget
That for me you were the only one

The conversation starts to pressurize
I’m dodging daggers from your roiling eyes
We got our reasons and we're justified
Then run for cover as the bullets fly
I'm in the trenches as the trumpets roar
I feel my senses start to lose control
And now I'm hurting from a heart so cold
All alone in the combat zone

The conversation starts to pressurize
I’m dodging daggers from your roiling eyes
And now I’m burning up and talking bold
A roman candle in the combat zone
I'm in the trenches as the trumpets roar
I feel my senses start to lose control
And now I'm hurting from a heart so cold
Smoking embers in the combat zone

“Room for Bloomin’”
Music: ALO / Lyrics: Zach Gill

Well I got the inspiration, and you know the biz
If this isn't nice, then I don't know what is
Presto manifesto, boom karate chop
We'll celebrate the good times, and our belly flops

I could tune myself to a drone, hoping to fade away
Or turn up my headphones to drown out the drone I made
Pretend like I'm all alone, rest in my shadow's shade
Or blow out my microphone, but what would your mama say
You're strong enough I know. She'd say…

Maybe the sorrow born inside this moment is the
Gift we were waiting for, just had to own it
In the story of how we grow, become the humans
That we always were headin’ for just needed room for bloomin’
Room for bloomin’

We gotta good thing going on, wanna keep it
Gotta good thing going on, don’t delete it
You gotta polish it up and hold it close
Like a talisman to chase away those evil-minded ghosts
That haunt you..

And it’s not that you wanted to learn to walk
It’s that you were chasing after things that were shiny
And in the process of getting what you want
Your little arms and legs so tiny
Started to move with the rhythm of desires and decisions
Started to move with the rhythm of desires and decisions

I could tune myself to a drone, hoping to fade away
Or turn up my headphones to drown out the drone I made
Pretend like I'm all alone, rest in my shadow's shade
Or blow out my microphone, but what would your mama say
You're strong enough I know. She'd say…

Maybe the sorrow born inside this moment is the
Gift you were waiting for, just had to own it
In the story of how you grow, become the human
That you always were headin’ for just needed room for bloomin’

Maybe the sorrow born inside this moment is the
Gift we were waiting for, just had to own it
In the story of how we grow, become the humans
That we always were headin’ for just needed room for bloomin’
Room for bloomin’

Life is the story of love is the inspiration
Out of the confusion, comes the illumination
Headed for brighter days, new ways and fascinations
Life is the story of love is the inspiration

Got a good thing going on…

“Reviews (From Here to Zed)”
Music: ALO / Lyrics: Zach Gill

Read the reviews of your latest record
Seems you made some people irate
Accused you of being lost in the woods
And having forgotten what once made you great

While others applauded your bravery
And marveled at your new and interesting shades
Well I'm amazed, the fever we get
When somebody changes, how we don't want them to change

You never seem to change, then you change so much
Thought that you were smooth, turns out your rough
Strange and unpredictable like the rest of us
Who never seem to change… then we go and change so much

Were you a moment unfolding spinning in the sun
Were you an animal about to shed your exoskeleton
Light years in the atmosphere finally ready to become
Something that'll never be finished yet never be undone

And the world will never change and then it'll change so much
When you can't handle the strain is when you find you must
Dive into a mystery of things we try and trust
Things that'll never change… ‘til they go and change too much

Buildings moving like bamboo and the landfills are breathing
And a colony of ants are out on the hunt for meaning
Extending metaphors ‘til they reach from here to zed
And they're looking up into space at the back of their own heads

And the world will never change and then it'll change so much
Thought that you were sane, looks like you’re nuts
But I love you anyways and in love we try and trust
Things that'll never change… ‘ttil they go and change so much

Bonus Track:

“Sounds Like That”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

In a basement filled with instruments
A couple of kids made an attempt
To write the world's greatest song
Matching words with melodies
Power chords and minor keys
Wondering if anyone would sing along

We'll dream it big, little thunder
Time is always on your side
No one knows and so they wonder
If time will pass them by

And it sounded like this, and like that
We blew out the walls and the ceiling collapsed
We were just children, there was no doubt
This was the place we’d been dreaming about

When the rhythm and soul gets in your blood
The bass drum pulls with a mighty tug
And your mind starts to speculate
From a secrete hide out underground
Is the Frankenstein we built out of sound
Really strong enough to bare the weight

We'll drop the seats down in the bomber
Somehow you'll make the pieces fit
No one knows and so they wonder
If this is really it

And it sounded like this, and like that
We blew out the walls and the ceiling collapsed
We were just children, there was no doubt
This was the place we’d been dreaming about

And it sounded like this, and like that
We blew out the walls cause the bass was so fat
We were just children, there was no doubt
This was the place we’d been dreaming about

From Man Of The World, ALO (Brushfire Records 2010)

“Suspended”
Music: ALO / Lyrics: Zach Gill, Dan Lebowitz

Lost the plot, but we found it again
It’s a mirror in which we all blend
Shades of darkness, shades of light
Everlasting, with no end in sight

Carry me back, carry me back, carry me home
I love you so much, I want you to know
Carry me back, carry me back, carry me home
We were born to live between tension and release

We bloom, we decay
In a life time, or every day
Shades of darkness, shades of light
Open spaces, with no end in sight

Carry me back, carry me back, carry me home
I love you so much, I want you to know
Carry me back, carry me back, carry me home
We were born to live between tension and release

“States Of Friction”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

At the start
We had a lot of heart
In the beginning
Before the thing was spinning

We had a dream
Didn’t know what it would mean
But we felt that if we held it it would grow
In our minds
We came up with lots of reasons
Cause it felt like it’d be treason to let go

To let go of a thing when you’ve made an agreement in your heart
If you leave then the whole thing starts to fall apart
If you stay then you just end up in a constant state of friction

In the middle
Someone hit the pedal
Accelerated
Thought we finally made it

But when we arrived
We hardly recognized it
Hypnotized and tired from walking on the stones
In our minds
We came up with lots of reasons
Cause it felt like it’d be treason to let go

To let go of a thing when you’ve made an agreement in your heart
If you leave then the whole thing starts to fall apart
If you stay then you just end up in a constant state of friction

Weightless in the atmosphere
Does all the tension disappear?
Digging deep to find the strength
To move from love and not from fear
Cut the cord, floating up
Looking back and letting go

In the end
We either break or bend
Or we learn to live inside the tension
In our minds
We come up with lots of reasons
When it feels like there’s no reason to let go

Constant state of friction

“Man Of The World”
Music: Zach Gill / LyricsL Zach Gill, Jack Johnson

He’s a man of the world
He’s a man of the sky
He’s a man of war
But he don’t know why

Uh uh oh…

Automatic world
Just a matter of time
He don’t need that stuff
So he changed the categories in his mind

Uh uh oh…

He’s a man of what is
He’s a man of what was
Got a head full of thoughts
But it’s just never enough

“Big Appetite”
Music: Zach Gill / LyricsL Zach Gill, Jack Johnson

Why can’t we be happy with what’s happening
Instead of always running for the door
When ambition is starting to sting
It keeps us always wanting more

Well hey, hey alright, we got a big appetite
Oh oh my love, when is enough enough

And when it hits you, happens so fast
Sometimes it’s hard, hard to keep track
I could tell you what you already know
But I can’t tell you what it is to let go

Hey, hey alright, we got a big appetite
Oh oh my love, when is enough enough
Cause it’s never been easy to let what will be just be

And when we’re looking at the love all around us
Does it blind us or is that what this whole thing is for?
Our love might be boundless but we always need more

Hey, hey alright, we got a big appetite
Oh oh my love, when is enough enough
Hey, hey alright, we got a big appetite
Oh oh my love, sometimes it’s never enough
Cause it’s never been easy to let what will be just be

“Time & Heat”
Music: ALO / Lyrics by Zach Gill, Dan Lebowitz, Jack Johnson

Time and heat are all it takes
To build this castle up and watch it break

But the funny thing about heat and time is that they don’t hesitate
They’re never gonna miss the mysteries that we create

Time and heat

So take all of your stories and put ‘em in the oven
Give ‘em all your hopes and your fears and all your lovin’

And turn up the heat but stay close by
Cause time and pressure are gonna get ya every time
Yeah you can turn up the heat but stay close by
Or you’re liable to burn what’s inside

“I Love Music”
Music: ALO / Lyrics: Zach Gill

In the beginning, there was total silence
Nothing moving in complete blackness
Then from out of the darkness a rhythm kicked in
Started the whole thing moving

I can’t tell who’s running this thing
The music we play or the love that you bring
So we’ll be the drummers if you’ll be the beat
Moving back and forth from my hands to your feet

I love music and you love to dance
When we’re together, it’s the perfect romance
Two bodies intertwined, getting strange and sweet
Moving back and forth, from my soul to the soles of your feet

From my soul to your soul to the soles of your feet

From Roses & Clover, ALO (Brushfire Records 2007)

“Maria”
Lyrics: Zach Gill

Oh Maria, I’m in the dark
Searching for something that’s already in my heart
You are the moon light, my source of heat
Glowing so strong and pure, so soft and sweet

Well I’m just over flowing with love for you
Cause you fill my cup and my body too
Yeah you fill my cup and my body too

Oh Maria, I know I should
I should get back to you now just like I said I would
You are an ocean, my emerald sea
I think ahead to the days when your waves will envelope me

Well I’m just overflowing with love for you
Cause you fill my cup and my body too
Yeah you fill my cup and my body too

And if we loose our balance
And we start to drift and fall
And we wind up on our knees
Well remember we still can crawl

Oh my sweetness, you know that I
I want to walk with you into these restless tides
My Maria, so endlessly
Flowing through my veins and through my dreams

Well I’m just bubbling over with gratitude
Because you take my dreams and you make them true
Well I’m overflowing with love for you
‘Cause you fill my cup and my body too
Yeah you fill my cup and my body too

“Roses and Clover”
Lyrics: Zach Gill

Moon light shining through the trees
An iridescent glow
Call it your destiny
But nobody really knows

It’s a slight variation
On the story of how things start
Roses and clover start growing
And they wrap around your heart

Well there’s no use pretending
That it’s just gonna go away
Roses and clover start growing
And they wrap around your brain

Going down, down, down, down, down
Where the roses and clover grow

Heart beats a nervous tension
Just like in their dreams
But all this feels way too real
To be just what it seems
And the air is getting heavy
And her smile makes him crazed
And he fears that he’ll just disappear
And slide into this haze

Going down, down, down, down, down
Where the roses and clover grow

She’s waiting in the garden, don’t you know

“Monday”
Lyrics: Zach Gill

Go back to sleep and dream
Tip down your pink sombrero
Today was a time machine
That’s broken down in tomorrow

And I know
By the sound
Of the rain
As it falls on the ground
That this love
Is a shelter with holes
If we stay here too long
We’ll be drenched to the bones

Go back to sleep and dream
Cling to the ones that you love
Hide them in your memories
So you’ll remember exactly what was

When you wake
To the sound
Of the rain
As it falls on the ground
And you’ll know
It’s a shelter with holes
If we stay here too long
We’ll be drenched to the bones

Monday, Monday, Monday, see what’s become of my someday
Monday, Monday, Monday, see what’s become of my someday
Someday, someday, someday, maybe I’ll stop looking back on
Monday, Monday, Monday, see what’s become…

Go back to sleep and dream
Tip down your pink sombrero
This van is a time machine
That’s broken down in tomorrow

We get lost
On the way
By the things
That we do and we say
Things we don’t even mean
But we say anyways
And pretend to believe

Monday, Monday, Monday, see what’s become of my someday
Monday, Monday, Monday, see what’s become of my someday
Someday, someday, someday, maybe I’ll stop looking back on
Monday, Monday, Monday, see what’s become…

“Shine”
Lyrics: Zach Gill

Shine like the sun into my life again
I want you to shine like the sun into my life again

Shine like the sun into my life again
I want you to shine like the sun into my life again
Come on baby, baby please…

Shine on this heart and make it whole again
I want you to shine on this heart and soul of mine and make it warm again
Come on baby…

I want you to shine like the sun into my life again
Come on baby…
I want you to shine like the sun and make it warm again
Come on baby, baby please…
Come on baby, baby please…

I want you to shine like the sun into my life again
It’s been such a long lonely time
I don’t even feel like myself
It’s been such a long lonely time
And I don’t even know what to do with myself
Come on baby, baby please…

“Plastic Bubble”
Lyrics: Zach Gill

When was the last time that you cried
And what was it about?
Were they tears of joy?
Were they tears of doubt?

It’s bigger than we’ll ever know
From the furthest star
To the center of our souls

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Living in a plastic bubble
A bubble in a plastic world
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Living in a plastic bubble
And it’s good.

All this up and down
Not sure what it’s for
Not sure if I’m stuck inside
My own metaphor

It’s bigger than, I’d ever guessed
From the furthest star
To the center of your chest

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Living in a plastic bubble
A bubble in a plastic world
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Living in a plastic bubble
And it’s good

And it’s a crazy mixed up world
Full of contradictions
And that’s why it hurts so bad sometimes
But that’s also why its fun

I’m gonna love you like, I’ve got nothing to prove
Feeling good in the pocket
Like an old school…

Groooooove
Living in a plastic bubble
A bubble in a plastic world
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Living in a plastic bubble
And it’s good

Living in a plastic bubble
And it’s good

“All Alone”
Lyrics: Zach Gill

Standing on a stage
Struggling to get his instrument in tune
People throwing vegetables and calling him a fraud
As they fall out of the room
He awakes at night with the fear
That this all might just disappear
But it scares him just the same
To think that his could all remain

Understanding why
We do what we do
Why we put ourselves
What we put ourselves through
When there’s no longer comfort
In your comfort zone
And you feel
Like you’re all alone

Self absorption never ending
Still the truth it keeps on bending
Feel like I’m pretending
To be something that I’m not
I gotta smooth it like Al Greene
Get funky like J.B.
Then stand up on my own two feet
And learn how to be me

I’m contradicting myself
I’m stealing from the past
I’m trying to slow it down
Because it feels like it’s too fast
And I’m awaking with the fear
That this all might disappear
But it scares me just the same
To think that this could all remain

Understanding why
We do what we do
Why we put ourselves
What we put ourselves through
When there’s no longer comfort
In your comfort zone
And you feel
Like you’re all alone

Like you’re all alone
All alone
All alone

Understanding why
We do what we do
Why we put ourselves
What we put ourselves through
When there’s no longer comfort
In your comfort zone
And you feel
Like you’re all alone

Well you’re not alone
Not alone
No you’re not alone anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore

“Water Song”
Lyrics: Zach Gill

Canyons carved out by oceans
Beneath the light of a billion stars
The old ones new the truth about us
Our purpose is to be just what we are
Our purpose is to be just what we are

Canyons carved out by notions
Neanderthals wrestling with time
Mountains of impassible proportions
That only exist inside our minds
That only exist inside our minds

And the water it grows
And it covers your soul
And you know that it’s all anybody can do
Just to be who we are
When the times they get hard
And there’s no where that’s left to run to
And the water it grows
And the water it grows
And it carves up the world
Like it carves up the stone

And the water it grows
And the water it grows
And it carved up the world
Like it carved up the stone
Carves up the world
Like it carved out our bones

Staring twenty years into the future
Wondering if that’s me that I see
Wrinkles carved out by emotions
Standing in water up to my knees
Standing in water up to my knees

And the water it grows
And it covers your soul
And you know that it’s all anybody can do
Just to be who we are
When the times they get hard
And there’s no where that’s left to run to
And the water it grows
And the water it grows
And the water it grows
And the water it grows
And it carves up the world
Like it carved up the stone

From Fly Between Falls, ALO (Brushfire Records 2006)

“Spectrum”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

Here I am, once again
At the other end of the spectrum
A tug-o-war, my head is sore
'Cause I adore and I fear you

Well I can disagree with myself 'cause sometimes I feel like me and sometimes I feel like somebody else

One minute, I'm over it
Then the next minute, I feel the opposite
Then the next minute, I feel the opposite
Of the opposite, of feeling over it

”Wasting Time (Isla Vista Song)”
Music: Dave Brogan, Zach Gill, Dan Lebowitz / Lyrics: Dave, Brogan, Zach Gill

Well I was sittin' on the porch with Mel and Web
Kickin' back pullin' tubes courtesy of Jeb
When Smootie rang up and he dropped a dime
We're at the Django house and the waves are fine

Dan came back with an ol' lap steel
When he puts it in his hands he's got to be real
If you come around the corner don't forget to turn
And bring a little fire we got somethin' to burn

I got around the corner, I was half way there
When I met Ted Moore and of course John Hare
They had just got a sack weighing 3.5
It was 4:19, just about that time

So we took a detour to 6703
The house they occupy oceanside D.P.
Got up stairs and locked the door
Jerry and the Dead on the video

They pulled out the binger and I started to drool
It was the 5 foot caustic weapon crystal tool
I caught the fumes and I lost my mind
Happens every time that I smoke the kind, but...

I never learn but I don' mind, I'm just wastin' time

I went to the beach and I picked up a rock
I threw it in the ocean and the waves then
Caught it and dropped it back into the sea
So then I walked away and I let it be

Cause it had been lying there for a million days
Before I picked it up and threw it away
I left the shore, went to the liquor store
Saw crazy Bruce, he was waiting for

Someone to buy him some fine malt liquor
When he gets it in his system he's a real shitkicker
He'll play you a song if you've got the time
And even if you don't, he's liable to try

So I left him there, and went into S.O.S.
Bought myself a bottle of the black cisco death
Drank it down while watching Dave's band
Somebody stuck a doob in my hand

So I took a hit and I passed it on
I woke up on the pavement not before too long
I never learn but I don't mind
But sometimes it takes a couple of tries, but...

“Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down”
Music by Steve Adams, Dave Brogan, Zach Gill, Dan Lebowitz / Lyrics by Zach Gill

I come over early in the morning
I'm like a heat wave without warning
And when I touch you my heart begins to flutter
You're smooth and creamy like peanut butter

Girl, I wanna lay you down

I'm gonna flood you like a love river
Ah baby, the postman is about to deliver
I'll cook you up some dinner, a little pasta
Listen to some music, a little rasta

So turn out the lights, bring out the candles
Wrap your arms around my love handles
They say that passion may not always endure
But this feeling that I have for you is burning up my world

“Barbeque”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

The road is long and windy like a good mystery unfolding
It twists and turns in colorful subplots and sunburns and fake out endings
And sometimes my patience in the whole process starts bending

As I attempt to unravel the web by traversing and rehearsing and perversing along the doubt-laden extension chord thread of my life

And in this life we're free to dream whatever we want to
But that doesn't mean that your dreams are gonna come true
Instead as a way of getting us to move
Life dangles your dreams in front of you
And unable to resist the temptation, we continue

And it's clear to me that this life is gonna be
All about the dangling possibilities that keep turning in and turning out
Yes it's clear to me that this life is gonna be
All about the dangling possibilities

The road is long and windy
Full of twists and turns
But before you can rise from the ashes
You've got to burn baby burn

Welcome to your barbeque
Where we roast all the dreams
That never came true
Welcome to your barbeque
Pig out and dream a new

“Pobrecito”
Music by Steve Adams, Zach Gill, Dan Lebowitz / Lyrics: Zach Gill

Jealousy is gonna tear us apart
If you let it take hold
A poison from the brain to the heart
That'll bleed the love from your soul
And break what once was whole

Until you're left with lots of little pieces
Solidified by the slamming of a door
So don't let that jealousy overtake you
Make you destroy that which you care for

And the Spanish temptress rubbed his temples and told him to close his eyes
"Here sip on this and everything will be all right"

"Pobrecito”
Pass me some more of that Spanish fly
"Esperate un minuto"
I need something to dilute my mind

"Tu no sabes es posible que nunca regrese"
But he didn't hear a word that was said
Slobbering he sucked down another
Ignoring the danger closing in

You gotta let the bat fly, out of its cave
You shouldn't wait another minute
If it's making your heart break

“Shapeshifter”
Music/lyrics: Zach Gill

I am so supple
Bend my legs back around my head
I'm the kinda guy you want in your government
And I'm the kinda guy you want in your bed

Well I'm a shapeshifter
Throw me in the water watch me turn to blue
Put me in a room with reptiles
And I'm cold blooded too

Every now and then I get the feeling I'm so supple
Every now and then I get the feeling and I have to say that every now and then I get the feeling I'm a piece of clay

I am so supple
Bend my legs anyway you want
Drop me off in the Phillipines and I'm Filipino
Drop me off in Scotland and I'm a Scot

“Waiting for Jaden”
Music by Steve Adams, Zach Gill, Dan Lebowitz / Lyrics: Zach Gill

The telephone was ringing
Grandparents were frantically running about
And everyone kept asking
"When's that baby coming out?"
Well, Earth Day 2000 was her due date
But by May the 4th, Jaden was late

So we were waiting, waiting for Jaden, oooh...

We wanted to have you naturally
So we searched out all the possible remedies
Hot sex, nipple stimulation, castor oil, and gory movies
And by that Friday
They were threatening to induce
And we pleaded with you to come out
And call it a truce

Jaden can't you hear what we say, your mother and I want you to come out and play

It was Cinco de Mayo
And while patriots were cruising the boulevard
Your mother was pushing
And she was pushing hard
The stroke of midnight
And she pushed once more
And at 12:02 on May the 6th, Jaden was born

Now were elated, elated for Jaden, oooh...

Bonus Track:

“Possibly Drown”
Music: Steve Adams, Dave Brogan, Zach Gill, Dan Lebowitz / Lyrics: Dave Brogan, Zach Gill

I hear the ringing salutations of the crickets inviting my soul
With no responsibilities my heart feels light as I walk toward the water with my evening bowl

Awaiting mosquitoes and bumble bees and centipedes and slithy toads
On the trestle above the whistle blows
Carrying its load, carrying its load

Echo from the stereo of a passing car beneath the overpass
As I amble toward the water front
Passed the fishing dock and the powder mill
Along the red clay path

Italian stone masons built the bridge and the aqueduct long ago
On the trestle above the whistle blows
Carrying its load, carrying its load

I gotta hit the water and not the ground, but
I might possibly drown

On the tenth day of March 1891 were drowned Louise King Conelly and Henry Cumming Lamar

Long before the days of cyber space, alien warfare and electric cars
And as I swim in this canal I get a nervous feeling that I too may possibly drown