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Making Love

by Nate Gerry

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1.
Your Life Is A Melody 03:47
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Dare to be yourself Paint your independent streak Live the life you desire Chase after your dreams You’re in tune with nature Singing harmony with the stars With spirit as your compass You’ll always know where you are
 Your smile is the medicine that can heal a broken heart Your tears have shown me what it means to truly be strong Your love is like the comfort of a mother’s loving arms Your life is a melody and I’ve been singing along The drummer of your heart Keeps a steady beat The Earth below you rises Up to meet your feet Stand up against injustice When no one else will speak You can change the world When you take the lead Your smile is the medicine that can heal a broken heart Your tears have shown me what it means to truly be strong Your love is like the comfort of a mother’s loving arms Your life is a melody and I’ve been singing along We are the spirit that flows In the story unfolding Always growing
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Penny For My Thoughts 02:34
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A penny for my thoughts I’d throw you down the well I’d wish for dollar signs Not decimal points Dot dot dot Is that all you got? A goddamn penny for my thoughts Couldn’t get rid of you if I tried You slide your way right back by my side Bribe a trip into my pocket Find my palm to cling to tight You’re presidential look so proud  Your bronze beard can’t feed a mouth The excess weight, I’d sooner drop it I find your face all over town A penny for my thoughts I’d throw you down the well I’d wish for dollar signs Not decimal points Dot dot dot Is that all you got? A goddamn penny for my thoughts You take on more than you return Covered in a world of germs There has to be a way to stop it You keep coming back like a curse I break a five and you multiply Clang you in the jar goodbye Count your blessings, cut your losses Let you go, leave you behind A penny for my thoughts I’d throw you down the well I’d wish for dollar signs Not decimal points Dot dot dot Is that all you got? A goddamn penny for my thoughts
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The Void 03:51
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Put the past behind you Nothing left unsaid Write your final letters Lie down in your bed Pills upon the nightstand Leave the door ajar Seeds to be planted At the spring's thaw Good morning, goodnight Lock up after you are done Close your eyes and look around At nothing at all Peaceful as a lily On a summer night The dew that pools around you Evaporates at daylight It could have been another day But the sun never rose The call came too late Your body already cold Good morning, goodnight Lock up after your done Close your eyes and look around At nothing at all Find a signal in the noise A pulse in the searchlight A frog slumbers at the bottom of the mud When you set yourself free There's no going back Would you tell your truth Even if it kills you? Sink into your stomach Down into the dirt Would you drink the blood of bats To stay alive in the desert? If they never found your body Would you live forever? Good morning, goodnight Lock up after your done Close your eyes and look around At nothing at all
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Lock The Doors 03:46
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Headlines cry another one died Better crawl under your rock Your system can’t handle the shock Collapse in the corner and try to hide Dopamine machines and adrenaline fiends We haven’t changed much since caveman times When the terror of living kept us alive Fight or flight specimens Hopeless or enraged It’s all the same Front page news assaults your brain Are you informed Of the coming storm? You better stay inside and lock the doors An all-you-can-eat buffet of news Gobble down expert opinions Who bicker back and forth like children Spit it out like fast food Facebook vigilantes scream their truth A conspiracy to siphon the power We’re losing freedom by the hour They wave a rag and call it proof Depressed or broken So we feel hopeless Front page news like opium Addicted to fear Sickness that we’re Too afraid to fight Lock the doors and stay inside Pick a hill to die on and choose a side Beneath the flag you worship Smells a lot like sacred horseshit Burn it all down like charcoal Today’s news forgotten by tomorrow The latest fashion is murder Hopeless or enraged It’s all the same Front page news assaults your brain Are you informed Of the coming storm? You better stay inside and lock the doors They’re coming for you
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Mother Mountain (Rise Up Singing) 03:25
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Mother mountain hear our song Help us grow tall and strong Up to heaven, past the clouds Mother mountain show us how To rise up singing Rise up singing Mother mountain hear our prayer Hold our hearts and lead us there Through the forests, over stones Mother mountain bring us home To rise up singing Rise up singing Mother mountain take our hands Teach us how we all can stand As one people, as one tribe Mother mountain be our guide To rise up singing Rise up singing Mother mountain take our fears Soothe our hearts, dry our tears From your soil, from your womb Mother mountain, we're born anew To rise up singing Rise up singing
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Duct Tape 03:45
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Sweep up the shattered plates Gauze up your face And say that you're okay Fill your fist with the wall Rub it with salt It's not your fault I can make it new again Just like the first date I can fix the breaks I made With a little duct tape Let's let the past stay asleep Like a bad dream Until it's gonna scream Blue temporary tattoos We cover up the truth Burn all the proof I can make it new again Just like the first date I can fix the breaks I made With a little duct tape A little ingenuity American kintsugi Despite my walls You see the heart of me I'm changing my ways I'm changing my ways someday Wave to the neighbors hello They'll never know What goes on at home We'll make a plan You'll stand by your man I know you understand I can make it new again Just like the first date I can fix the rips I made With a little duct tape
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Craving 03:31
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You’ve yellowed well My smoky smell Jaundiced teeth and sour breath Suck it down til nothing’s left Hacksaw in your wheezing chest Craving Craving Is all You’re cowboy cool And camel strewn Spirit of America Frame you in a camera Bodybag a massacre Craving Craving Is all Candy that kills Chase the thrill Hookah plume of mango smoke Fishbowl the car with each toke Cough a lung forget to choke Craving Craving Is all We have our vices Pleasure devices To get through another day Plot the brilliant escape Where everything fades away Craving Craving Is all I have Craving Craving Is all I have
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The Endless Beat 04:40
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When I die I'll feed the earth Gobbled up by mites and worms My skin dissolves and bones decay Teeth will crumble and organs cave I’ll become the darkened soil Tilled and turned by my children's toil Crops will rise, heads held high To mold and rot before they die My heart still beats beneath your feet Pulses pound and never cease Even after I'm released I live on in the endless beat There's nothing for me in the past Names and faces never last Strip me bare to carbon atoms Finding rest in the garden Mushrooms caps beneath the pines The golden leaves of passing time Wake up frozen and thaw by noon The end of day is coming soon My heart still beats beneath your feet Pulses pound and never cease Even after I'm released I live on in the endless beat Pesticides and poison water The bottom line and holy dollar The waxy apple is so called fresh Rotten core and mealy flesh Tropicana orange grove Pave the glades for more and more Too shortsighted to see the cliff The fall is not the end of this My heart still beats beneath your feet Pulses pound and never cease Even after I'm released I live on in the endless beat My heart still beats for a brighter day Love will soften all the pain I pray that we will all find peace And live on in the endless beat Live as one in the endless beat

about

This is my second attempt at the National Solo Album Month (nasoalmo.org), a challenge to write, record, and release an album of music in the month of November. I did this last year and I wanted to give it a go again.

I started the month fresh off the ISTA Level 1 (ista.life/trainings/ista-level-1) where I dove deep in to sexuality, shamanism, and spirituality. This was the first time in my life where I felt like I could show up 100% as myself. This allowed stuck energy to flow and these songs really wanted to come out.

So basically I'm a tantrika in the making. This experience at ISTA led me to explore transmuting my sexual energy into creative energy. Instead of ejaculating, I used breath and sound to move that energy up to my crown and then back down. This may seem strange but this feels like the missing link I've been looking for.

The energy that creates babies also creates art.

Songs are a place for me to explore. The songs take me where they want to go and it's my job to stay out of the way. The lyrics often surprise me and the instrumentation shapes these little worlds that exist within 3-4 minutes.

My intention is to keep showing up more and more fully. I love all parts of me and I'm excited to share my whole being.

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released December 1, 2021

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