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Here is Everything

from See What Remains by Strange Talking Animals

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FAWM 50/90 song 15
written and recorded on July 21, 2022

now is everything. not a song about buddhism, but advice for my 9 and 1/2 year old son who, like many people, is having a hard time of it.

I love you, Buddy!

this was the song I intended to write this morning, but song 14 (Chasms) jumped the queue.

'52 Tele, ASM Hydrasynth, Rickenbacker 4003s bass, Tama Club Jam kit, Eventide Space

lyrics

Don't make a fuss about the things you wish you've said or done
There's more to life than what you've missed
There's still what's left to come
Focus on the here and now- what's right in front of you
It doesn't matter where you've been, it matters what you do

Now don't believe the people who try to sell you tomorrow
What's here is now, and now is everything

Another hill, another goal that stretches you too thin
Take a breath and see the clouds and then begin again
Focus on the here and now- what's right in front of you
There's more to life than stacking coins- just wait and take it in

Try not to buy into the lie that is the afterlife
You have a life right now, and now it's time to fight

You are here, and here is everything
You are now, and now it's time to dream

Don't undermine the things you've done, don't look away in shame
Experience is what it is and you've got game
There are no goals, there are no wins, there are no lines to cross
Just read a book, or play a game, or stare off in space

Don't knock yourself- this life is hard to live
You are the one that has so much left to give

You are here, and here is everything
You are now, and now it's time to dream

credits

from See What Remains, released October 7, 2022
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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