Lance Eads

We Are Standing On Holy Ground by Lance Eads

"Once More Around the Sun" was first released on the "One River" album in September 2016. I recorded it that time around with two acoustic guitar tracks, and it had both a long instrumental opening and ending on it. In the morning when I rise And the sunshine fills my view, With the dawn I realize, As the sunrise turns to blue, I’ve gone once more around the sun with you. Now’s the noontime of life’s day And the sun is at its peak. Shadows beneath our soles Play their game of hide and seek As once more around the sun my whole world goes. Once more around the sun; Yes, your love makes my world spin! Once more around the sun, Then I laugh and yell, “Again!” Once more around the sun; I wish this ride would never end! I am having so much fun, My love and my best friend! In the evening when the sky Is a deeper shade of blue, I will smile and you’ll know why: It’s ‘cause there’s nothing left to do, But to go once more around the sun with you.

"You There!" is from the "Broken Reflections" album, November 2015. It was originally recorded with acoustic guitar and harmonica. Who is that, hiding out behind each rock? Who is that, watching my every thought? But when I try to find, I get into a double bind. Seems the one who looks, can never be the one looked at. I am that, I am that, I am that, I am that. Who are you, hiding out behind each thought? Who are you? Eternity is all you’ve got. But when you try to find, you get into a double bind. What’s looking out through you is looking out through me, too. You are that, you are that, you are that, you are that. We are that, we are that, we are that, we are that.

"A Bird Flew in My Open Window" comes from the "Broken Reflections" album, November 2015. On that recording I used acoustic guitar and harmonica. A bird flew in my open window ‘Twas a robin, red of breast He cocked his head, looked at me sideways As he lighted on my desk I felt that he’d come with a message I could not guess what it might be But then he turned back toward the window And he took his leave of me As he dissolved into the foliage Of the early spring treetops I heard him sing his parting postlude And my heart did nearly stop Rolling crests and plunging valleys His melody was like the tide Majestic as a mighty ocean Cozy as a fireside You are flying in the azure You are singing with the clouds All you have to do is notice So raise your face and sing out loud The fear of dying makes you notice The joy of living everyday Pain and trouble is a rainstorm Your heart's a flower, come what May The beauty that you see around you Is the beauty that’s within Thoughts and fences cannot bound you Like the robin you can sing

"It's Alright to Cry" first appeared on the "Broken Reflections" album in November 2015. It was the last song on the album written. On there it is performed with acoustic guitar and harmonica. I wrote the song with a piano in mind, but I didn't have access to one when I was recording. Maybe someday in the future. You say you’re sick and tired of a world you didn’t ask for And you wonder what everyone thinks they have to wear a mask for Well they’re hurting too that much is true I know at least a little bit of what you're going thru It may not show all the time but I was young once too Sometimes things get better sometimes they don’t I believe they will for you but meantime It’s alright to cry child it’s alright to ball your eyes out It’s alright to go wild and to scream and shout Don’t let the pressure build Until you’re lost your will It’s alright to cry child it’s alright to be sad It’s alright to cry child it’s alright to ball your eyes out It’s alright to go wild and to scream and shout I pray that once in a while You find a reason to smile But it’s alright to cry child it’s alright to be sad

"The Ballad of Narluga" was first made available on "the Puppeteer's Dream" in September 2015, although I actually wrote it to be a Dandelion Root song. I wanted to sum up the Sasquatch Saga in one song and tie in what I was doing on my solo albums at the time with what I was doing in Dandelion Root. Dandelion Root does play this song live sometimes. I would call the recording of it on "the Puppeteer's Dream" "psychedelic country." Verse 1: Once upon a time in Alaska’s woods In a future not so far A boy set off to do some good And he didn’t go by car Verse 2: He didn’t go by boat or train To get to a distant place He didn’t go by bus or plane He traveled time and space Chorus: This is the story of the son of a chief Narluga is his name You can doubt it or you can believe It will be true just the same This is the story of the son of a tribe Narluga he is called He found the wisdom we need to survive The unity of all Verse 3: He’d heard of a bridge a midst the trees A parallel dimension The condition of humanity Required its attention Repeat Chorus Verse 4: He found the fabled time bridge there He also found Sasquatch They’d traveled the bridge and couldn’t bear Our planet’s plight to watch Repeat Chorus Bridge: Narluga was brave and Narluga was scared Narluga knew what is right Sasquatch saw and Sasquatch cared They sought to end our sad plight Verse 5: Then the Sasquatch shared their knowledge Their science of love and peace The observable truth that all of this Is one reality Repeat Chorus

"It Follows" was first made available as the b-side to the "Open Secret" single in December of 2014. It's played on there with acoustic guitar. Day follows night, night follows day I followed you but your ran away Now you're standing behind me asking me to stay Day follows night, night follows day When I first met you I was young Never heard of Eckhart of of Jung Now I'm multi-tiered and I've grown a beard When I first met you I was young When I first met you you were shy You had your Great Dane by your side Now you seem to have no qualms about shouting in the halls When I first met you you were shy How can you steal, how can you rob? Why can't I keep a lousy job? You take what you need & I give when you plead How can you steal, how can you rob? Gonna break this cycle before it breaks me Gonna climb a mountain to see the trees There's a break in the line or there's a break in my mind Gonna break this cycle before it breaks me

"Love Like Rain," was first released in December of 2014. That recording was also with ukulele, but it was a live recording from a small outside concert and it was a brand new song at the time. I also played a harmonica solo on that recording. Verse 1: Deep in the woods I found a spring. I said, “My, aren’t you a little thing!” The spring said, “I’m larger than you know, And I can go where the waters go.” I said, “Spring how can this be? You seem so small to me.” The spring said, “What you see is Not me. I’m more than this Refrain 1: I flow with the river. I am deep as the ocean. I dance with the mist And I love like rain.” (2x’s) Verse 2: I said, “Spring, I never thought of this.” The spring said, “There’s more you’ve missed. I am inside you, too, And you can do the things I do. Refrain 2: You can flow with the river You are deep as the ocean You can dance with the mist And you can love like rain. (2x’s) Harmonica Break Refrain3: So I will flow with the river I am deep as the ocean I will dance with the mist And I will love like rain (2x’s)

"Y" was first recorded for "the Puppeteer's Dream" in September 2015. On that version I used acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and harmonica. You strike your tree pose with your hands to the sky. With a pursed, puzzled puss you’re a capital Y: Why are we here & why aren’t we not? Who are we really & what have we got? Why must we go on & where are we going? Do these questions have answers, is there some way of knowing? Like a sapling in the breeze In a forest filled with trees, The wind carries your pleas Wherever it does please. The trees strike their poses with branches upright Looking more than a little like giant dendrites, Trying to bridge a synaptic gap That’s an infinite chasm and there isn’t a map. So, the energy dissipates into the void, Leaving the leafy things more than annoyed. Like a sapling in the breeze In a forest filled with trees, The wind carries your pleas Wherever it does please. But maybe these answers that cannot be found, Provide us with freedom that doesn’t have bounds. In the absence of certainty we make our own way; We learn to be who we are day after day. So, that capital Y that is wearing your shoes Isn’t a question, it just stands for you! Like a seedling in the wind, Your journey can begin. The question's answer, then, Is simply "you," my friend.

"The Puppeteer's Dream" is from the album of the same name from September 2015. On that recording I used drums, bass, and electric guitar. Psychedelic pop might be the best description of that version. The puppeteer with, care most dear, Fashioned figures for the great, big show. He put his heart in every part. Oh how he loved his little puppets so! The curtain raised, the stage lights blazed, The puppeteer, he lost himself inside The characters, their hopes and fears. With each one he lived and also died. The puppeteer and the puppets, dear, Are really just two sides of one coin. The creation and the creator one, And still the great big show just keeps on goin’.

"1 /w Everything" was originally released as a single in July of 2015 with "Sound Collage in Mottled Grey" as the b-side. On that recording of this song I also used ukulele, but I added bass guitar, melodica, maracas, and an acoustic guitar solo on the end. I walked along Feeling rather bland, man; And then I saw A little hot dog stand and So I did stop by And said to the guy, “Sir, if you can, “Will you make me 1 with everything? Give me the works With a side of onion rings. If I must embellish, Please don’t spare the relish-- Everything!” As he reached in To his cart and started To hand to me A hot dog wrapped, I parted My lips to say to him That it seemed rather slim, This dog and this bread. He told me that If I would look inside That I would be Pleasantly surprised; That I already have The thing for which I’ve asked-- Oneness inside!

"Runaway Go Carts" first appeared on "the Puppeteer's Dream" in September 2015. That version is done in a hard rock style with drums, bass, and electric guitar, although I actually originally wrote the song using a ukulele. Runaway go-carts, careening down the hill-- Y’know we’re gonna crash’em, yeah I’m certain we will. Runaway go-carts, straight into the mist; What we’re gonna find there is anybody’s guess. Runaway go-carts sending up sparks. Tryin’ to illumine the infinite dark; Runaway go-carts, you can grip the wheel Tighter with your fingers, but you’re gonna crash still. So what do we do now with the time we have? Live with all your might now, and in danger’s face laugh. Love those around you while you still can. The flames burn hotter when they feel the wind. Runaway go-carts, someday we’re gonna crash Headlong into nowhere in a sudden flash. ‘Till then throw your hands up and shout to the sky. Maybe I’ll see you on the other side. Maybe I’ll see you on the other side. You’re not the driver, you’re not the car; You made everything near and far. You’re not the hill and you’re not the mist; There is no future and there is no past. You are the now and you are the here; The universe, it is your mirror. The universe, it is your mirror. The universe, it is your mirror. The universe, it is your mirror.

"Ballad of Little Jungle Turtle" was first recorded for my "Contemporary" album in January of 2015. That recording was also very minimalist, as was the whole album, but I used acoustic guitar instead of ukulele. Jungle Turtle was born on 7/7/7 Turtle Ma said, "He's a gift from heaven." She didn't know yet Turtle Pa was gone He took the last Grey Hound to Saskatchewan Chorus: Don't carry it around, Little Jungle Turtle You were made to fly Call of the wild sounds, Little Jungle Turtle You know you gotta try Jungle Turtle grew up on the mean side He grew a hard shell but he was soft inside Carrying the weight of the world on his back 1 of these days his shell was gonna crack Chorus 1 day on the streets in the city Jungle Turtle made a new friend She was beautiful, she was so pretty He promised he'd be with her 'till the end Chorus Jungle Turtle came home to find his wife & their little boy at the point of a knife With his shell as a weapon he took the villain on He saved his family, but his own life was gone Chorus

Subterranean green We are all one, if you know what I mean A leaf is non-leaf It's soil, water, & sun Planet, air, & more We're interbeing With everything that exists As it is with us Subterranean green We are all one, if you know what I mean

The thought of thinking thoughts Is always just another thought Who is thinking now And who is it observing? Just another thought You are not your thoughts You are awareness of thought You are where it's at The thought of thinking thoughts Is always just another thought

Peace must come from inside you & radiate thru all you do You can't change the world Unless you first change yourself Only peace breeds peace Be the peace you want Like a rock dropped in a pond Watch the ripples grow Peace must come from inside you & radiate thru all you do

When your Self is empty is When the universe can bless Open up your fist & see what gifts await you Don't cling any more Hold your breath & die Let it go & keep living Lose it to save it When your Self is empty is When the universe can bless

The force that makes the stars to shine Is also what ferments your wine We all have the force It's running deep within us Where will you aim it? This force is called love It is also known as bliss It's pointing at you The force that makes the starts to shine Is also what ferments your wine

Freedom's only freedom when Everyone is free to sing You're me and I'm you Your problems belong to me My problems are yours There is no freedom As long as there's oppression Freedom can't be bound Freedom's only freedom when Everyone is free to sing

If you want to be happy You've gotta set illusions free No body, no mind I've got no problems at all There is no one here If there's no one here No one can have a problem All problems are solved If you want to be happy You've gotta set illusions free

The present is the thing Past & future are fiction Sitting on the beach Watching the waves come & go Now is all there is All I see is now Horizon shows no future The past has gone away The present is the thing Past & future are fiction

The rain's unceasing rhythm Upon my window Forms a puddle in my mind And in my loneliness The puddle becomes a sea As I slip below the brine The redwoods weep for mortal souls Lost for reasons such as these Memories stuck to wet concrete Names blowing in the breeze And as the puddle's depth increases The clouds pour without rest I just can't help but wonder Shall I be the next?

Acoustic guitar, voice, & toy xylophone Summer's gone & autumn's here Leaves turn colors & then they fall Into the soil they will disappear Nothing lasts after all Well, it does It just changes All the voices of the multitudes Claiming that they know the truth Tints & shades & various hues So I choose to stay aloof Who knows my way Anyway When the winter's gone & the spring returns Life will rise up from what's died If there's one lesson I have learned It's that they are on your side Who let you grow As best you know

Look for the Album "One River" in September, including the song "Trickery." Verse 1: Everybody’s buying what they’re selling. When they’re going to realize, there’s no telling. The writings on the wall--what’s it spelling? Someone dug a pit; people fell in. Pre-Chorus: Leaders Propagandize Seeking to Aggrandize, But I see through their lies And all I say is, “Nice try! Chorus: You’re not fooling me, ‘cause I can plainly see It’s trickery...it's trickery. Verse 2: Products in my face: your perverse program. Lies in my space--I see through them. Pre-Chorus Chorus Verse 3: Break your mental chains; free your mind! Straight jackets of your brains: loose the binds! Pre-Chorus Chorus 2x's

improvised duet for electric guitar & piano

I don’t wanna preach, we’ve had enough of that I don’t wanna screech, I’m not that kinda cat He’s come down among us, he’s hairy and humongous And he’s come to show us the way Show us the way, to a brighter today Inter-dimensional Sasquatch from outer-space He’s come down among us, he’s hairy and humungous He’s come to show us the way I was walking in the woods one day, what do you think I saw? It was a peaceful, pleasant day, what do you think I saw? Suddenly to my surprise, what do you think I saw? Something taking very big strides, what do you think I saw? It was a hairy-looking, big-footed, arm-swinging, ape-looking man I stopped and stared, froze and shook, I jumped up, and I ran, and I ran It was a hairy-looking, big-footed, arm-swinging, ape-looking man I stopped and stared, froze and shook, I jumped up, and I ran, and I ran "Come back." he said inside my head, "the time is late I must relate Here comes the dusk and so I must, give these words to you "Fear not we come in peace to this land of a distant sun To the people and the trees the truth is we’re all one "There are 7 colors in the spectrum that you’ve seen But it’s important that you know subterranean green" Long, long away in the distant future There will be a man by the name of Narluga He'll come from the land that we now call Alaska His parents will say, "Son, we gotta ask ya We're the last of our clan And we come from a dying land Won't travel the time bridge and stop this If you can "Narluga, Narluga Narluga, Narluga "Our great grandfather's weren't so great They certainly weren't the brightest primates They didn't have much respect for this place They poisoned their own living space So go back into the past Go now and do it fast Tell them their way of living just can't last "Narluga, Narluga Narluga, Narluga "Narluga, Narluga Narluga, Narluga"

What’s with all these robots walking down the street? Everybody’s plugged into their phones. What’s with all these robots staring at their feet? Everybody looks like fashion clones. Everybody looks like angry drones Sitting at the coffee shop Eating their serious scones So seriously. I mean, seriously! My name is Narluga, I come from the future A possible one, anyway Named after a fish that does not yet exist Really a mammal, but hey I’ve come to proclaim “Hang your head now in shame Or do something ‘bout it instead.” I was on the time bridge overlooking the ridge Sasquatch was there and he said, "How can you be yourself if you’ve never met before? Riding the mechanical bull of thoughts? How can you know what’s inside if you’ve never opened the door? Advertising space sold and bought. You’ve learned all that they’ve taught. Sitting in the classroom Like a sponge saying 'What have you got?' As you soak it all in And it stews within. "You’re more than the sum of the advertising slogans in your wardrobe. You’re more than a portal, an internet wormhole trading useless information for social validation." I’m ready for the yeti I’m ready for the yeti I’m ready for the yeti I’m ready

Sasquatch sees 8 colors, red orange yellow green blue Sasquatch sees 8 colors, indigo and violet, too But the 8th color the Sasquatch sees, that’s invisible to you and me Is the color in between, we’ll call it subterranean green! The present is the thing, past and future are fiction If you want to be happy, you’ve got to set illusions free Freedom’s only freedom when, everyone is free to sing The force that makes the stars to shine, is also what ferments your wine When your self is empty is, when the universe can bless Peace must come from inside you, and radiate through all you do The thought of thinking thoughts, is always just another thought Subterranean Green we are all one if you know what I mean Subterranean Green we are all one if you know what I mean Subterranean Green we are all one if you know what I mean

The Sasquatch and I sat down by and by By a waterfall in the trees We smoked a pipe that tasted real nice And one Sasquatch turned to three The Sasquatches three explained to me Emptiness, freedom, and now Till I understood and I felt that I should Pass this along somehow Then three Sasquatches turned into 7 And one more I couldn’t see We talked for awhile then they started to smile Then they said we should sit & be 7 Sasquatches were suddenly one And stood there shining in the morning sun 7 Sasquatches were suddenly one And stood there shining in the morning sun Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, & Violet, too, & Subterranean Green Subterranean Green Subterranean Green Subterranean Green

3 layer brain cake, 3 layer brain Sometimes I think that I’m going insane Reptile, mammal, and primate as well 3 layer brain cake’s delicious as hell Sometimes I try to let all the thoughts go Sink down in the quiet where primates don’t go Layer by layer the clouds drift away Peaceful and tranquil, a clear blue sky day 3 layer brain cake, the Sasquatches know Meditation integration jubilation and so Let’s find the still point that’s no point at all Because pointlessness is the point of it all Spaceships that look like bubbles They don’t wanna cause no trouble Won’t leave our planet in rubble They want peace and that goes double Sasquatch! He wants to free your mind Spaceships that look like bubbles They don’t wanna cause no trouble Won’t leave our planet in rubble They want peace and that goes double Sasquatch! He wants to free your mind!

Sasquatch woman I love you Sasquatch woman I'm thinking of you Your long and flowing hair all over your body When we walk hand in hand Across this wasted land Will the people and yetis look at us oddly? I just can't describe This hunger and this drive To have you Sasquatch woman by my side The things you make me feel Are just so unreal Sasquatch woman we'll do more than survive

Inter-dimensional Sasquatch from outer-space Traveled the time bridge to save the human race Inter-dimensional Sasquatch from outer-space Traveled the time bridge to save the human race He says, “I can’t save you, you’ve gotta save yourself I’m not the messiah, but I’m here to help.” Inter-dimensional Sasquatch from outer-space Inter-dimensional Sasquatch from outer-space Traveled the time bridge to save the human race Inter-dimensional Sasquatch from outer-space Traveled the time bridge to save the human race He says, “I can’t save you, you’ve gotta save yourself I’m not the messiah, but I’m here to help.” Inter-dimensional Sasquatch from outer-space So we sing this Sasquatch song From Japan to Saskatchewan, From England’s shores to the River Nile Sasquatch you’ve returned our smile So if you’re looking for peace and love Don’t look out there, don’t look above For Sasquatch lives inside of you’re heart and mine And you know he’s been there the whole time So we sing this Sasquatch song From Japan to Saskatchewan, From England’s shores to the River Nile Sasquatch you’ve returned our smile So we sing this Sasquatch song From Japan to Saskatchewan, From England’s shores to the River Nile Sasquatch you’ve returned our smile

Verse 1: The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting The oranges piled in their creosote dumps You're flying them back to the Mexican border To pay all their money, to wade back again My Father's own father, he waded that river They took all the money he made in his life My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees And they rode the truck till they took down and died Chorus: Goodbye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria You won't have your names when you ride the big airplane All they will call you will be deportee Verse 2: Some of us are illegal, and some are not wanted Our work contracts out and we have to move on Six hundred miles to that Mexican border They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves We died in your hills, we died in your deserts We died in your valleys, and died on your plains We died 'neath your trees, and we died in your bushes Both sides of the river, we died just the same Chorus Verse 3: The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon A fireball of lightning, and shook all our hills Who are all these friends, all scattered like dry leaves? The radio says they are just deportees Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards? Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit? To fall like dry leaves, to rot on my topsoil And to be called no name, except deportee. Chorus

Child of the earth and sky, sparkling in the Divine Eye Reconciling opposites, the Christ arisen from the pit And I saw Saint Patrick, standing on the hill Holding up the three-fold leaf, he is standing up there still Child of water and fire born, darkest night and brightest morn The serpent swallowing its tail, one river feeding many a well And I saw the Shining Prince, standing in the park Holding up the fragrant bloom, a candle in the dark We’re children of the universe, on Gaia’s breast we have been nursed One spirit in the galaxies clothed, containing all that there is to know And I saw Saint Patrick, standing on the hill Holding up the three-fold leaf, he is standing up there still And I saw the Shining Prince, standing in the park Holding up the fragrant bloom, a candle in the dark He is a candle in the dark We are candles in the dark

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone, Though our friendship ceases from now on. If you can't say anything that's nice, Then best don't talk at all – that's my advice, You go your way, I'll go mine, It's best that we do, So here's a kiss -- I hope that this Brings a lot of luck to you. It makes no difference how I carry on, Just please don't talk about me when I'm gone.

Verse 1: There's 2 sides to a single coin Night needs day to keep on goin' There is no empty w/out full & I need you to make me whole Chorus: Anamcara, you are my soul mate Anamcara, the angels knit our fate Anamcara, as the moon reflect the sun Anamcara, so you & I are one Verse 2: Black & white & he & she So goes all reality The sky must hold the flying gull & may your soul embrace my soul Chorus