performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

omran shafique: guitar

jon beal: keyboards | voice

dennis harvey: drums

composition/production:

jon beal: composition | lyrics | mixing | production | recording

jason harvey: composition | mixing | production | recording

omran shafique: composition | mixing | production | recording

dennis harvey: composition | mixing | production | recording

extra composition/production:

harry o'hanian: production

first prize to
the genius
who wants to stay away from me
encourage
your friends to
share in your corporate evil mind

every day
is monday
except for friday afternoon
my digits
drag the ground
my eyes avoid your evil gaze

so much for
composure
i slam my head against the wall
your mouth hangs
wide open
shut it before your tongue falls out

this is the
last time you'll
see me in full-blown office drag
i've got two
tickets to
witness the story of my life

look at the water
in the woodprint above the desk
i could be there right now
could be with you right now

I WANT TO BE CORPORATE CASUALTY #1!!

take the knife
from my back
use it on someone innocent
i've dreamed of
dramatic revenge for years and years and years and years and years

5, 4, 3, 2, 1
i explode
but simply wind up walking out
it's tragic
unnoticed
exactly what you want from me

and now i'm
stuck starving
i've got your photo on the wall
a dartboard
a target
all is going according to plan

wining dining climbing fighting
rising tying biting trying
sliding striking whining sighing
crying dying by the hour

you are living in america
you are dealing with hysteria
you are an example of a victim
yearning for a new life

i want to be corporate casualty #1

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

straight down to hell
is where i go
now that you've taken all of my thoughts
and scattered them about
i've told you over and over and over and over and over
to stay the hell out of there
and now i've got to put the smack down

i wish you would stop coming in here and tossing that smile in my face
i was just kidding just then you know better than that

all my singing
with the door open
has driven you
to distraction

it's embarrassing
to think of what you think of me
standing there
in complete fabulousness
talk to me
please
i'm easy

i wanted you
you wanted me too
that way it worked out
for both of us
without missing a beat
i kissed you over and over and over and over again
and now we have to decide
how to decorate the kitchen

this is a perfect example of singing without any point
all of these words have been yours
i'm possessed
they've been nothing of mine

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

matthew mccrary: guitar | voice

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

matthew mccrary: lyrics | recording

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra performance:

sam escalante: guitar

wayne gable: hand claps

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

notes:

Featuring a fragment from Shakespeare's Sonnet 33 read in Simon Russell Beale's tremendous voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fWvIrejfFc.

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards | percussion

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

may you weep among the silent golden rushes of the sun
may you sleep tossing dreams back and forth across the finish line
may you smile standing among the shadows of the spirit world
may you stare silently at the figures bowing out of the mirror
may you run slipping along motionlessly the ice cracking behind you
may you wind slowly in and out of a powerless movement of grace
may you swim dancing across the oceanographer's dreams you toss back and forth across the finish line
may you be small
may you be silent
may you be strong

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards | noises | voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

notes:

... "You think you can defeat my master?" Multi-Mouth's booming voice emanated ominously from all of his volcanic, spurting mouths. "You thought so once before. Don't you remember?"

"IMO BRUSH ALL YO TEEF!" I shrieked in an uncontrollable frenzy as the memories flooded my mind. A giant sword, bursting with blue light, appeared in my hand as I bolted through the air like a winged mystical avatar of justice. With an epic battle cry, I brought the sword down onto Multi-Mouth's spewing, gelatinous form, tearing clean through his screaming, quivering body.

And just like that, it was over. I was standing in a pool of slowly seeping jelly, the sword's light fading in my hand, the dim light of the cavern shimmering in the sudden stillness. I stood with my eyes closed, panting, the words my nemesis had spoken moments ago finally sinking in. His master? I shook my head in disbelief. Multi-Mouth had been a pawn all along. It was all a set-up - get me to enter the chalupa vortex, awaken the sleeping demon within, and drag him out into this world so he could wreak havoc and find hosts for his interdimensional conquest. Multi-Mouth was the bait, I'd stepped right into it, thinking I was solving some poor dame's case, only to bring about the destruction of the universe. In the meantime, the vortex stood open across dimensions and worlds I couldn't even fathom, all prone to this demon's diabolical plans. ...

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

This track is a live performance or was recorded in one take.