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written and recorded on July 23, 2023

My son was diagnosed with anxiety and obsessive/compulsive disorder at a relatively young age. It can be debilitating at times. And thanks to Ye Olde Concussions, I, too, suffer the occasional bout of consternation and angst. Interestingly, to me at least, is the correlation of anxiety and OCD to scientific experimentation and discovery. There is a certain level of fear and uncertainty that comes from the unknown (anxiety), and a high level meticulousness (OCD) to get past it. Sometimes they work together, sometimes it's a storm that's a brewin'. My son is a constant and glorious reminder that the mind does what it will, and be damned with your rules and plans. :)

We work on these things together, and are always trying to find ways to play both sides of the equation. Some days it works. ;)

Guild Starfire VI, Guild Starfire IV, '52 Tele, Rickenbacker 4003s, Crumar Toccata, Tama Club Jam, Eventide Space, SA Collider

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What do I know?
The shadow takes me down below
And what do I see in between?
Where do I go to understand this vertigo?
And what do I need to believe?

There is a glow underneath the waves
I need to understand what’s hiding in my grave
And so my answers misbehave
And rattle all the chains deep inside of my brain

What do I do
To feel the Sun and make it through this?
And how do I change my mind?
Isn’t it strange, the things we do to feel alive?
And isn’t it strange to try?

There is a glow underneath the waves
I need to understand what’s hiding in my grave
And so my answers misbehave
And rattle all the chains deep inside of my brain

Is there a choice
To live between the dark and light
Is there even a line?
Is there a chance to change the rules and play both sides
Why don’t we give it a try?

What do I know?
My shadow sign- an undertow
And how do I live in between?
Where do I go to understand this vertigo?
Where do I go to believe?

There is a glow underneath the waves
I need to understand what’s hiding in my grave
And so my answers misbehave
And rattle all the chains deep inside of my brain

credits

from A Return to Center (The Cycle of a Circle), released August 4, 2023
music and lyrics by Brad James Beske
recorded at the Uranium Playpen, in the Dungeons

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Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey

Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more

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