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Satori

by wesley david

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    After making 'Never Late than Better' during the pandemic, this was a full year in the making between long drives out to Thom Flowers (dude has produced the Ataris!) in Santa Barbara from Long Beach, getting lost (twice), piano shows, moving to the Northeast, and general dislocation and questioning-of-one's-life-choices.
    It took almost 2 years from my first album, but after both in-studio and home recording plus some talented mixing and mastering help, proud of the 6 songs here.
    The first track is a Wes-legacy song.
    I wrote it when I was about 19, and it went through several lyrical changes thereafter. It was called 'Shakespeare' for some reason; I could never find a title I liked. I stole a minor line from a Julian Lennon song about 'watching the shadows on my wall' and related it to the sense of the shadow that time casts over all of us; a shadow we learn to live with, even as we grow weary of it's sly presence.

    There's TMI, I am signing and sending one your way. High quality premium Ferric tape on a new Tascam unit via Mobineko. Lifetime of growing up making my own recordings on cassette, this is a real come-full-circle moment for me. Thanks for being here.

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1.
Wasting Time (Watching a Clock) 05:59
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2.
Glass Half Full 04:21
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I woke up once in a hurricane Looked out the window at the pouring rain Flipped on TV and watched the news... Saw a disaster then I tried YouTube I found myself in a photograph Punch-drunk and blinking red eye in the flash I found myself in someone else's first draft Well every day I'm growing more aware I'd volunteer if they would pay to care Walk past the dealers on the boulevard Forget the suicide let's play some darts I found myself in New Orleans Texted for sex inside a limousine I found myself in someone else, not me I'll tell you one thing at least I'm gonna laugh. I'll tell you one thing, glass half full is still - half. I got a job selling motorsports It pays for shit, but they let me wear shorts On Saturdays I hit up the mall And buy band posters to put on my wall I found myself in another's arms I didn't recognize, but oh - the charms I found myself in biology's alarm Easy for you to criticize and maybe you don't realize how easy to accessorize... I know one day I'm gonna die But they have pills for that, so I won't cry I try to read but I lose the urge Go back to graphics for endorphin surge I found myself in a book with no name I saw the movie but it wasn't the same I found myself in someone else's dumb game
3.
Easy for YOU 02:39
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4.
I'll be damned! 02:55
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How long - til the gods will decide my....fate ? How far - til I'm thrown off the climb to my faith ? Off to see the public square blood run Pleased to meet the hangman before he's begun I'll be damned, either-or meme Programmed, can't-lose Ponzi scheme... I'll be saved an AI dream... Safe place - digitize me on a platform...(please) Say grace - judged all wrong if you don't belong Why ask why ? This is just how it's done It's boring when you cry...pick a side it's more fun
5.
Seesaw (Lose Your Own Duel) 03:37
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It’s the last call for your soul drink until you’ve had enough to fill a hole do you need a love song what’s a love song? Why you need a love song – What’s the goal? Searching through a jungle It’s all jumbled Flailing out your arms to Slow the fall… Up, down….where’s ground? Count to ten – draw! Lose your own duel it’s the only way off the seesaw Hit the last wall Catapult Insanity just does the same For a different result When you found a love song You were far gone Too late for your love song To grab a hold Hitchhiking the desert Covered in dirt Schizophrenic lesson Never told (chorus) The sun peaked out and washed down across my face All alone, no money but a state of grace As free as the day in which I was born No need for the road I will make my own I ran like a beggar into the wind Gave bad directions to paths I quit Farewell to the story which he still holds May still be a fool but I bleed real gold ! It’s the last call…for your soul Drink until you’ve had enough… Fill a hole Up, down, where’s ground ? Count to ten – draw! Lose your own duel it’s the only way off the seesaw Seesaw Seesaw Seesaw
6.
Lifetime Warranty 02:59
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released September 17, 2022

Production - Thom Flowers (Santa Barbara, CA)
Production - Brian DiMeglio (Brooklyn Paradise Studios)
Drums - Jake Hayden (Los Angeles)
Mastering - Justin Shturtz, Sterling Sound (Nashville)

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