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Red Threads

by Brent Godfrey

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1.
Threads 03:04
Verse 1: Beyond memory a key in hand I traveled from a distant land My soul trembled as I entered the maze To meet the creature I hoped to slay You gave me a red ball of thread To retrace my steps when the monster was dead My sword struck right my sword struck true Then I retraced my way back to you Chorus: Tangled Threads or Perfect weave Is it real what we perceive Or illusion we can't control No one can really know Tangled Threads or Perfect weave Shall I stay or shall I leave Always searching for the one Who can make us feel whole Verse 2: Invisible threads are the strongest ties Reaching back to ancient times Ancestors and people we meet All connected All can teach Threads may tangle but never break They lead you to your destined fate We all have a story each one unique Red threads connect all you will meet Chorus 1/2 Instrumental Verse: Chorus Always searching for the one who can make us feel whole
2.
Burn With Me 05:46
Chorus Burn Burn With Me Burn Burn With Me Burn Burn With Me Love's not Going to Save Us No, Love's not going to Save Us It's what we need to save Bridge If the future is an apocalypse Who is going to survive The fighters or the lovers Verse 1 We all die eventually The real tragedy is forgetting how to live Being lost is so close to being found What's more terrifying? The Frightened or the Fear Chorus Bridge Verse 2 I think God loves the sinner's best the fire of our passions burn so bright Our pain makes us strong enough Old scars and despair become like armor Half Chorus
3.
Serpents 04:27
Verse 1: Her hair reached down to her waist She'd grown eyes just like a snake A crack of darkness for the pupil in her eye One hand was curled and black as a crow From the time she was bitten for the debt that she owed. Chorus: She takes out her serpents to pray Her Prince of Diamonds her Queen of Red Rust They talk to her in whispers and tell her what to do They have judgement in them and they have love Verse2: So Judge Me she said to the snakes She said Take me I've found my belief The serpents were listening and the Copperhead struck Sand rushed through the hourglass on its back She felt the poison flow through her and the sickness boil up Chorus Verse3: Her heart went black and rock hard It stopped once then started again When the life flowed back in her she knew that she was strong The knowledge rang true in her soul She knew she was the poison and she knew she was the power Instrumental Chorus Chorus 2: She takes out her serpents to pray Her Prince of Diamonds her Queen of Red Rust She bowed to them in freedom and thanked them for her life They have judgement in them and they have love They have judgement in them and they have love
4.
I want my records back  And the Motorcycle key and tank Sprayed with green eyes The Owls talk to me But I swear in secret To ascend from within   An underground holocaust I live with you Iron Hand  In the pit of the wind   The moon rises at the ankles A laughing horse Pulls the piano into the sea If you have a home You want to know what you want to be With a look at the passage To ascend from within   An underground holocaust I live with you Iron Hand In the pit of the wind
5.
I remember my youth The feeling that I could last forever Outlast the sea Outlast the earth A moment of strength and romance The glow in the heart that with every year grows dark too soon Faith is a myth. Beliefs shift like mist on the shore Thoughts vanish and words die The memories of yesterday are as dim as the hopes for tomorrow Suffering without the shadow of a reason The Years Thunder By The Years Thunder By Oh the glamour of youth more dazzling than the flames of a burning ship A magic light Leaping bravely to the sky Only to be quenched by time more cruel more bitter than the sea A Life passes in the twinkling of an eye Nothing remains 'cept a clod of mud Love and regret walk hand in hand In this world of changes Swifter than the shifting of the clouds Reflected in the mirror of the sea
6.
From One Place to Another From the Frying Pan to the Fire I Search For You I Search For You I Search For You I Search For You Backwards and Forwards From Here and to There Don't know where I'm going Could be anywhere People look in my eyes and sense my despair Instrumental From One Place to Another From the West Coast to the East I Search For You I Search For You I Search For You I Search For You Inside and Outside In Dreams and Awake I'm messed up I'm mixed up How long must I wait People look at my face and turn the other way Instrumental I Search For You I Search For You I Search For You I Search For You I Search For You I Search For You
7.
A murder of angels amassed in the sky Their milky white flesh glowed when their robes came undone They held glistening flowers Their hair was on fire They sang songs in the night to honor the sun Gathering Light to Discover the Universe Gathering Light to Discover the Universe Creatures and Gods aligned in the sky Guiding the way for those left below Stories of heroes their armor agleam Infinity filled with galaxies' glow
8.
The Owls are not what they seem Where there's no sense there is no feeling Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flame The angels won't help you they've all gone away The tender boughs of innocence burn first When the wind rises all goodness is in jeopardy One Chant Out between two worlds Fire Walk with Me Through the darkness of future past The magician longs to see Fire Walk with Me Fire Walk with me Fire Walk with me The answer is within the question The whole universe is one bright pearl There is no need to understand it The angels will return and you will weep with joy Black as midnight on a moonless night Secrets are a dangerous thing One Chant Out between two worlds Fire Walk with Me Through the darkness of future past The magician longs to see Fire Walk with Me Fire Walk with me Fire Walk with me I have no idea where this will lead us But I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange Fire walk with me Fire Walk with me Fire Walk with me
9.
Breathe 04:15
Hand me down space dust Wayward matter split apart by Sunlight Spread throughout the universe and come back Together Again Bridge Respiration is at its core Reciprocation Respiration I hope leads us to Restoration Chorus Sacred Chanted Prayers Six Seconds In Six Seconds out Prayers and Mantras Six Seconds In Six Seconds out Verse 2 To Breath is to absorb ourselves in what surrounds us To take in little bits of life Understand them and give pieces of ourselves back out Bridge Chorus Instrumental Verse Verse 1 Spread Across the Universe and Come back Together Again Spread throughout the Universe and Come back Together Again
10.
Some Days I feel like a human being Some Days I feel more like a sound I touch the world I'm not just an echo A Song Can Be a Bridge or the Ground We Stand On I miss you more than I remember you Loneliness is time spent with your soul You Listened just like an Animal With no illusion of being in control I sing to myself to keep from falling Life without you is like a song without ears Some Days you have to stop to keep on going Sooner or later we all face our fears Instrumental Verse Some Days I feel like a human being Some Days I feel more like a sound I touch the world I'm not just an echo A Song Can Be a Bridge or the Ground We Stand On
11.
Verse 1: Beauty has come again Father Sky and Mother Earth Mother Earth is here beneath my feet She catches the rain sent by Father Sky Chorus: I walk held between the Sky and the Earth A tiny drop of humanity Mother Earth supports me in her endless Love Even when No One Else Does Verse 2: Beauty has come again Father Sky and Mother Earth Father Sky forms the space above my head He sends warmth and light in the day He sends calming darkness in the night Chorus Verse 3: Father Sky holds up the Sun, the Stars, and the Moon Granting all things life through the falling rain Over the mountains, forests and plains Inst Chorus Verse 4: Mother Earth holds the rain in ever changing rivers and oceans She hums trees and flowers into life Carves valleys and builds Mountains High Chorus Beauty has Come Again
12.
A light coating of rust on a bright chrome exterior Dazzled you touch sliding your fingers down What's behind the facade all we see is a pretty face Reflecting what we desire without substance without meaning To be able to live without ghosts in your bed To be able to live without ghosts The surgeon's blade tries to erase time Create a pretty display Can't change what's inside What's behind the facade all we see is a pretty face Reflecting what we desire without substance without meaning To be able to live without ghosts in your bed To be able to live without ghosts We all turn to dust Can't get any simpler Who do you trust to be free or a prisoner Instrumental To be able to live without ghosts in your bed To be able to live without ghosts A light coating of rust
13.
She had jet black hair locked into dreads Hung with brass crescent moons and puka shells Bright spots of color stood out on her cheeks She sang songs about angels just before they fell She was a girl in search of interpretation Chasing dreams impossible to draw The rapture of understanding nothing at all With no need to follow the Law Instrumental Her entire world was covered with graffiti For no one to own or buy High enough to even touch heaven Her tags were designed to defy She had jet black hair locked into dreads Hung with brass crescent moons and puka shells Bright spots of color stood out on her cheeks She sang songs about angels just before they fell She was a girl living life in overdrive Infected by illegal sales of pain leaning on poetic exploitations of youth She offered up a mirror to explain She had jet black hair locked into dreads Hung with brass crescent moons and puka shells Bright spots of color stood out on her cheeks She sang songs about angels just before they fell She sang songs about angels just before they fell
14.
We hold Music in our Hands We see Magic with our Eyes There is Beauty in the darkness Neath a terrible disguise Oracles in poet blouses Wave their hands into the sky Selling silly superstitions On how we should live our lives Every dream that mortals dream Whether Sleeping or awake Comes from God, the Universe Trying hard to communicate Synchronicity rules chaos with an iron hand The more your soul awakens the more you comprehend We hold Music in our Hands We see Magic with our Eyes There is Beauty in the darkness Neath a terrible disguise Oracles in poet blouses Wave their hands into the sky Selling silly superstitions On how we should live our lives Instrumental 1/2 Verse All my Prayers pour out as feelings Sounds like bells crashing in the wind All my addictions and temptations For all men love to sin We hold Music in our Hands We see Magic with our Eyes There is Beauty in the darkness Neath a terrible disguise Oracles in poet blouses Wave their hands into the sky Selling silly superstitions About our future lives
15.
Puzzles 02:35
Puzzles found in lumps of clay Forged by hands yet unseen Stumbling blindly in the dark Awake or only dreaming Awake or only dreaming The past turned into fiction The day you forgot who you were Then has always been right Now Here is already there We are part of each blade of grass We are part of every rock in the stream We are part of each drop of rain We are everything Behind the darkness of closed eyes I focus my inward gaze The outside world is forgotten now Like stars erased by the light of day Like stars erased by the light of day Like stars erased by the light of day
16.
Pilgrim 03:30
When you no longer know where to turn Your journey has begun The tides will pull you down the high road Underneath a setting sun Underneath a setting sun How far does forgiveness reach How far does forgiveness reach How far does forgiveness reach As far as prayers allow As far as prayers allow On a long and winding road it's easy to loose the way Sometimes there is a price you're not prepared to pay No, you're not prepared to pay Instrumental On the path to the deeply real A voice calls to my soul Obstacles are the tests of Gods You are never in control You are never in control How far does forgiveness reach How far does forgiveness reach How far does forgiveness reach As far as prayers allow As far as prayers allow When nothing is behind you, the beginning is ahead When nothing is ahead of you, you have come to the end you have come to the end you have come to the end

about

“Red Threads” is a psychedelic rock concept album exploring the path of life through myths and stories.

Everyone and everything is connected. Myths and stories across all beliefs share common threads and themes, attempting to explain our place within the universe.

Modern myths take the form of fantasy and science fiction stories, predicting the future or reflecting on alternative history. What might have been. What will be. Searching for you, searching for meaning. Holding up a mirror to explain.

I remember my youth. Now I am covered by a light coating of rust as the years thunder by. I am learning to breathe. I am learning how to gather light around myself while reflecting on the puzzles of life.

We are all pilgrims on this earth. Fire walk with me and listen to my stories.

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released May 1, 2023

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Brent Godfrey Gowen, Michigan

Brent Godfrey is a singer songwriter based in West Michigan. He collaborates with musicians from all over the world on the Kompoz music networking website to record his original material.

Brent may be seen at open mics and music festivals around the area.

Brent also makes his own cigar box & license plate guitars, cigar box ukuleles, and canjos for performance.
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