1. |
Missing You
03:22
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(music/lyrics: Tom Larsen)
Once I had a vision, living in an ashram
You'd be here coming soon
There was some grand fate, a voice had told me
I wrote some poems and a tune.
Gave my apologies, sanyassin libertine
I told her I'm not that man
And thus I sailed on, wrote them some letters
Sent some cards, I had a plan.
Wandering alone, nobody to guide me through.
Elders said run, I didn't know what to do.
Know that I've been missing you.
In my scheme of things, I owned some mansions
I toured the world and set aside
A golden chest brimming with treasure
I'd make it up to you in style.
But as the days wore on, I got dissipated
My demons, they were running wild.
That time you spoke to me, I couldn't find the words
All was lost, intentions filed.
Of all the things that make me feel wrong and blue
Glaring is one that stands out among the slew.
Know that I've been missing you.
Run, gonna run, gonna have to run away
Run, gonna run, why'd you have to run away
And now you pay, that's what they say.
There's no time, just fleeting rhyme.
Know that I've been missing you.
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2. |
Trials Of The Demisphere
03:38
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(Words/Music: Tom Larsen)
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
oooh oooh oooh oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Strangeland strangers grieving
Quicksand meme believing
Vessels of wrath seething
Not my home I'm leaving
Day I landed I looked around
Saw monster puppets with lying sound
Vipers leading who rule by fear, it was the
Trials of the Demisphere
Swirling divas with nightmare's bold
Tried to kill me before I'm old
Run for cover and keeping clear, it was the
Trials of the Demisphere
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Trauma-based mind-wash is in control
Spiritual circuit is blasted whole
Conscience-sensing is what they sear, it was the
Trials of the Demisphere
Borders crashing release the hounds
Durga rising in all the towns
Walk right through it my Ghost is here, it was the
Trials of the Demisphere
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
oooh oooh oooh oh oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
oooh oooh oooh oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Let's go!
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3. |
Apollo Down
06:50
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(Words: Tom Larsen/Music: Jerod Stutsman,Tom Larsen)
I'll just be here, picking up the pieces, after my tumble down
I lost you in the crowd and left you to wallow there
I could mingle with Bedouins and sultans
Ravage and dine with Queens
I pondered & knelt at steps of monastery
These were my favorite things
Please forgive me, I never knew, or expected
Someone would follow me
We all make mistakes, you and I, everyone, human in underground
Looked into the pond, saw my reflection
Couldn't turn away, there were stars and a lightning-bolt election
Doors and locks start opening--a strange magnetic play
Millions kneel with laurels, tossed along my way
Please release me, never mind, no regrets
I've done all I wanted to
With my eyes I untied the Gordian knot, slipped the sword from the stone
My wings though they burned from the fire
I have but ever flown
Scattered and torn to pieces, then put back together, red skies
I sailed
I vanquished all horizons, there was no one left to beat
And yet still I failed
And now I'm falling, spinning round and round
Can't grab a side, my Lord I'm going down
Just cold and darkness, freezing no sound
Can't find reflection, there's no hands, someone give me a hand
My name's Apollo--remember me
Never did good or bad
Just took the Crossroads ride, and I shattered the door
And I broke on through to the other side
I'm Apollo--remember me
Huh, God too--woo-hoo
I'm Apollo
I'm going down
Where are my lands, where's my god?
Just spiraling cold
Icarus darkness, Xander the Great
Power to work, power to charm
Legions to harm
I'm Apollo, I'm going down, down, down, down, down, down, down
I'm going down, oh yeah
I'm Apollo, remember me
Never did good or bad
Just took the cross-roads ride
And I shattered the door and I broke on through
To the other side
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4. |
Shhh
04:02
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(Words-Music: Tom Larsen)
I saw you walking up the street the other day
Terror on your face, aimed at me I'd say
Lasers on your shoulders, something I must've said
Speaking out of program
It's vapors for the dead
Shhh--fragile eyes meet the blades of light
Shhh--children huddle at the awful sight
I remember strolling free and un-allowed
I remember feeling joy and grace among the crowd
Then Agent Manners flipped a wig shrieking,
"I'm the boss and you're a pig"
Simon say don't but when I say do
I've got a straight-jacket brain and a heart in the loo
I got your message, it was silence in the cold
Apparently you've not met a man who isn't rolled
Yes I've got compassion and I suffer fools
But I'm freaking bored with fascist mental rules
Shhh--tender ears meet the sound of life
Shhh--bullies hide in the justice strife
Forty-million warriors crest upon the hill
Crying like wounded banshees mad enough to kill
Waiting for their leader, voices in the head
But now they all fall down
'Cause of something someone said
Shhh--now they're marching straight off the cliff
Shhh--please don't tell them about this riff....
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5. |
The Symphony Above
03:51
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(Words: Tom Larsen/Music: Jackson Larsen)
When you fear who's holding
Watch the honest truth in shreds
Lies and jaded mystery
I want you to stay for a little while
Comes the fire and tempests
Comes the body counts--no more
We're gonna hang for a little while
Running, running, running to the far off
Peaks I see
Waves washing over me
I wanna come down right now
And meet you at the symphony a--bove
Little dead soldiers melting in the shadows
Can't get an order right except for when its gallows
Don't say this or that and don't be looking wrong way
Humans don't follow so it's time to shut the doors
And why don't we jam for a little while
Running, running, running to the Shambala
I seek
Ghost has come over me
I wanna come out right now
And meet you at the symphony of love
Running, running, running to the far off
Peaks I see
Life's just a mystery
I wanna come down right now
And touch off a second cloud
Running, running, running to the far off
Peaks I see
Waves washing over me
I wanna come down right now
And meet you at the symphony of love
Hold your heart, hold your head
Times aren't changing, it's you instead
Bring me back the King and the Queen's
Gonna party alright now, yeah
Symphony above
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6. |
Friend
04:39
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(Words-Music: Tom Larsen)
On the edge of Hammersmith and Energy Hill
That bullet out of nowhere shot between us
And we laughed--and went on frying
Then that day we saw the film
When Alex said, "that happened"
We laughed--until we cried
Almost had to take it outside
In Milligans' yard down in the grass
We saw a spaceship floating by
And not very high
Jammin' in The Bog on a Saturday night
Nagle's surfing tables and I'm lookin' for a light
Gene Gene dance machine is riffing so I sing
My punk girl's a hippy now
And strolling with my ring
Big wheels, Hammersmith, fjording in the hills
Trench-coat Vespa-riding
Desert morning chills
California Frisbee tossing
In a sunny park
Road trip warrior, it's gonna leave a mark (say)
Friend--we go on and on
Friend--let nothing come between us
My friend--oh yeah
Friend--we go on and on (never stop talking, never stop rolling)
Friend--let nothing come between us (no matter what they say)
Friend--you're there when all's undone (forgive and forget)
Friend--it's always real between us (yes you are)
My friend--oh yeah
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7. |
Rock & Flow
02:05
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(Words-Music: Tom Larsen)
Graham got stuck on the horn at the top of the gable
Nonsense ripping rhymes ready, willing and able
You're gonna wanna rock
You're gonna flow--that's what I know
You're gonna wanna rock
You don't spend the time, you ain't ready to roll
Can't take one more whine, dumb is taking it's toll
Batman-Robin surge all cards on the table
Nonsense ripping rhymes ready, willing and able
You're gonna wanna rock
You're gonna flow--that's what I know
You're gonna wanna rock
Oooh oooh oooh .... when you were young
I bought you television, I bought you bars of gold
You know what to do when you are young
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8. |
Maestro's Landing
03:04
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(Poem: Maestro Riddelz/Soundscape: Jackson Larsen, Tom Larsen)
Only Mortal
A legacy on leaves behind, a dimming
light yet so sad, as life is so short, so short,
A light so beautiful but yet so dark.
A time to think, a flickering light,
quickly disperses. We'll descend into
the abyss of sorrow.
Until it breaks apart, a bond between
friends, but mends through hardship.
Don't push the people you know and have
away, hiding behind a wall of suffocation and anguish.
Thinking you have no one, but people
reach out toward the darkness, it
creeps. When you don't answer the moment
to reflect, it's a moment lost in time.
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9. |
Pay The Price
06:42
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(Words-Music: Tom Larsen)
I'm just watching, bordering time
I'm just watching you and you
Raging In Mime
Going through the motions
Standing in line
Damage in the central
No need for signs
I've seen this B-grade a thousand times
I'm just watching, I ain't no square
I'm just watching you and you
Chameleon hair
Here we go again
Stick in the spinning wheel
Dagger in the heart
Ruled by your virus-fear
I've seen this B-grade a million times
I'm just watching, bordering time
I'm just watching you and you
Raging In mime
Going through the motions
Standing in line
Damage in the cell
No need for signs
I've seen this B-grade a thousand times
I'll pay the price
Children are marching, Queensman rule
I'll pay the price
New Jinn are slinky after school
He's heavier than heavy water
Eyes in the back, Einstein in brain
Glitter in the mule attack
Nez Perce heart
With a foreign feel
Child of revolt
He ain't what you think a thousand times
I'll pay the price
Children are marching, Queensman rule
I'll pay the price
New Jinn are slinky after school
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10. |
Dartanion
03:14
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(Words: Tom Larsen/Music: Jerod Stutsman)
They saw Dartanion calling and chopped up the lines
Snowflakes and badgers bawling, a storm-troopers' delight
Watch out, don't look now
Dartanion's coming home
We're up to the stars
They're shining bright and bold--yeah
Gatekeepers and tollmen lying
In wait by the door
Diamond trolls lie under the bridge vying
To service the whore
Watch out, don't look now
Darantion's coming home
We're up to the stars
They're shining bright and bold--yeah
Don't look back, don't look down
Neither to the left or right
He's got us dreaming 'bout what's in store
Come the morning light--yeah
Watch out, don't look now
Dartanion's coming home
We'll breathe much easier once it's overthrown
Don't cry Milady but your plans are blown
And the rats in your city gonna scurry
And all your birds have flown--yeah
Watch out, don't look now
Dartanion's coming home
We're up to the stars
They're shining bright and bold
Watch out, watch out (don't look back, don't look down)
Dartanion's coming home
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11. |
Stealing Heaven
05:47
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(Words-Music: Tom Larsen)
Jennifer use to be "Jenny and all her girls"
Models in Aspen, ooh, they lit up the town
She's still looking good in her Bimmer
The pool-boy tells her so
Tennis lessons at night (yeah right)
When Steve's at convention
She's done waiting for the man
She's feeling quite alright
Euphoric blasts of light
She's thinking this time she'll take seven
Lovely Jennifer's stealing heaven
She can't wait, she's stealing heaven
Christopher, now he is Chrissie to all her friends
Walking the gang-plank
Soon to be heading for the bends
She's done waiting for the man
Feeling outta sight
"Amy" blasts of light
There'll be no talk of amends
Christopher is stealing heaven
She won't wait, she's stealing heaven
Heaven now, hell later
Hell now, heaven then
Boy genius slips out the door
The prodigy has gotta have some more
Gargoyles shadow to smooth out the way
Searching for that rock that'll make him pay and pay and pay
Boy wonder tried stealing heaven
Everybody's storming heaven
No wonder they're storming heaven
Everybody's stealing heaven
Heaven now, hell later
Hell now, heaven then
Heaven now, hell later
Hell now, heaven then
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12. |
Holding Sway
04:29
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(Words-Music: Tom Larsen)
I kept walking my heart away
Never let it write a song
Rome is burning at the end of the day
I play along
Is that so wrong
The wave is breaking on tomorrow
I've been keeping it at bay
I became a man of sorrow
Now I'm holding, holding sway
Holding sway
A man in saffron robes foretold it
And a stylist in salon
Sucking air she said the rest they would be
When we turned on
Getting strong
Don't forget about tomorrow
Blow the dross and webs away
We'll be singing through the sorrow
While we're holding, holding sway
Sitting there drinking and making up rhyme
Watching the water turn into fine wine--oh oh oh
Couple ol' dogs at the end of the line
Learning new tricks with a birdie of mine--oh oh oh
Holding sway, and that's okay
The wave is breaking on tomorrow
I've been keeping it at bay
I became a man of sorrow
Now I'm holding, holding sway
Holding sway
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13. |
Talkin' For
05:08
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(Words-Music: Tom Larsen)
It's Rowen time, it's Rowen time
It's rowin' time, it's rowin' time
I was sailing on lightning, I saw you first
I walked through the darkness, I am at thirst
I saw you standing, at the wake of the door
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
Ooh ooh ooh
I was sailing the rapture, I saw the dog
I lost all beholding I'm not that high
I'm a frog and a hog
Waiting for my Prince
ooh ooh ooh ooh
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
Ahh babe
Walkin' through the street, walkin' through the yard
I saw you watching, no I'm not all tarred, oh, hey
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
That's what we're talkin' for
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
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The Vistanauts
Songwriter, producer, performer Tom Larsen ("Major Tom") formed The Vistanauts in 2017.Tom blasted back into the music scene with 13 new songs. "Apollo Down" is a sort of sonic travelogue/compendium of Tom's wide and eclectic musical muses thru the years. (Major)Tom also leads lauded Bowie "cover" band Major Tom & The Moonboys The Vistanauts are currently working on new Ep Tri-Borg Monstrosity. ... more
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