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Malachi
04:12
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(Verse 1)
Malachi sits on the edge of a cliff to watch the world go by
They say he’s losin’ his grip, but if you think about it, he’s the only one to open his eyes
He says, 'I issued my call, wrote it up on the wall, got my word from the source
The temple may fall, I don’t mind at all, everything runs its course'
(Chorus)
It’s been years, since your message with no reply
You turn deaf ears, we’ve danced for rain but the river’s runnin’ dry
It’s our worst fear, cuz now everyday feels more like the end times
And we’ve exhausted all those same old alibis… Oh Malachi…
I need someone to turn the tides, Malachi…
(Verse 2)
Malachi roams through the valley of bones, not a care in his mind.
He feels right at home, raisin’ children from stones, without breaking his stride
He says, 'Consider your fate, for wide is the gate that leads to demise
I tried to reiterate, but no one escaped the jaws of their own device…'
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
The eye of a needle’s much too broad
For all those holding up this whole facade
There’ll be nowhere left to pin the blame
When your best-laid plans go up in flames…
(Chorus)
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2. |
Sonder Song
03:12
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(Verse 1)
This is my sonder song
So all the people can sing along
La di da, la di da do da
To you am I a passerby,
Just a blip in a tangled life?
La di da, la di da do da
(Chorus)
So I climbed up to the temple, on the central mountaintop
I was looking for something simple, to make the voices stop
And I saw the cars all passing, like ants marching down below
And it felt like I'm not lasting, like the quickly passing snow
Passing snow...
(Verse 2)
These are no lucid dreams
'Cuz nothing is quite as it seems
La di da, la di da do da
Am I just a background character,
Worth nothing to the narrator?
La di da, la di da do da
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
And as I watched I wondered, what plans could they have made?
What stressed were they under, what made them laugh today?
Where are they coming from, where are they going to...? (x4)
(Outro)
This is my sonder song
So all the people can sing along
La di da, la di da do da
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3. |
The Audacity
04:00
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(Verse 1)
Well I've stood on mountaintops and I stared into the sea
Still I found the same old ghosts were right there haunting me
I've walked among the prophets and I have spoken ancient tongues
I've seen the guided ladder, but I don't want to climb those rungs
Now I see it crystallize, I see the crowd is hypnotized
I feel a need to simplify, and strike down every alibi
No longer can I justify the way that we've been getting by
The powers lead us to divide, instead we must be unified...
(Pre-Chorus)
I made a promise to myself to keep this life from passing me
So now's my time to rise, play my beat and sing my rhapsody
Just once or twice I will forgive you all for asking me
Who the hell are you, and what gives you the audacity?
I said, I am Max Mandu, and I've got The Audacity
(Chorus)
This is my creedence and my code
To take the lesser-traveled road
So catch me now along the way
It won't be for long that I stay
This is my blessing and my curse
To sing my song upon the earth
And wherever I may roam
I'll find a little piece of home
(Verse 2)
I have walked the streets of cities and I have wandered lonely paths
Everywhere I go I see people slippin through the cracks
So pick your poison, be it greed or pride or lust
Just know that in the end, we all return to dust
So in the face of entropy, we all must choose a life to lead
To hang our heads in dark defeat, or fight to find our own belief
As for you and as for me, let's cast aside our fallacy
Join the marching in the street and voice our voice in unity...
(Pre-Chorus)
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
You ain't seen nothin, yeah you ain't seen nothin yet (Ra-ha, ah-ha-ha...)
x4
(Chorus)
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4. |
Father Johnny Appleseed
04:12
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(Verse 1)
Father Johnny Appleseed
Woke up from a long night’s sleep
The dawn rose in the year of our Lord,
Two Thousand and another score
(Verse 2)
He cast his eyes across the land
What he beheld he couldn’t understand
Every seed that he had sown,
Plundered and in the thresher thrown
(Pre-Chorus 1)
Though twisted through the years, his words in the valley rang
He raised his weary ears, and he heard the song they sang...
(Chorus)
I will thank the Lord, for the Lord’s been good to me
He's given me
The things I need
The acid rain and my factory
With every seed I sow, discord and watch it grow
It gives rise in me
The height of glee
To see how far I fell from the apple tree
(Verse 3)
He rose to journey ‘cross the land,
A felling axe held in his hand
He said “It’s time to claim my kingdom back
They’ll rue the day they crossed my path…
(Verse 4)
Through prairie wide and hollow deep
They’ve sown seeds of duplicity
So until I’ve settled every score
Call me Johnny-Goddam-Apple-Core..."
(Pre-Chorus 2)
Though twisted over time,
His message on the wall
He raised his weary eyes
And he read that wretched scrawl...
(Chorus)
(Final Chorus)
Well I will thank the Lord, for the Lord's been good to me
He's given me
The things I need
The sun and the rain and the appleseed...
With every seed I sow
Vengeance and feel it flow
It gives rise in me
The height of glee
To raise my flag in victory
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5. |
Seasons Change
05:20
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(Verse 1)
A wise man once spoke this to me
The simplest of epiphanies
Crossroads come, and crossroads fade
Though you seek, you might as well be blind
'Cuz what you need's not something you can find
It's something you must create
(Pre-Chorus 1)
And all those nights
We burned out to the dawn
Like dauntless moths to flame we're drawn
To the questions that we're haunted by
Those fleeting sparks when we collide
(Chorus)
I've come to see how seasons change
I've come to see how life is but a stage
And our parts are free for us to play
And now, I've got you standing next to me
We're becoming who we're meant to be
Through animus and entropy
And disarray...
All the pieces fall in place...
(Verse 2)
I think of all the people that I've been
My triumphs and my sins
Do they fit in this precarious trajectory
How many ghosts collude within my frame?
Or compete to devise my true name?
Enduring and illusory
(PC 2)
And all those nights
We burned out to the wick
Life eternal and too quick
The spectres flashing in our eyes
Are the very things of which we comprise
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
We're stronger for the wars we've waged
Bolder through the storms we've braved
'Cuz at the core, we're only fractured light
We do our best to get it right...
(Chorus)
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Max Mandu Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville based singer-songwriter.
I write driving, contemplative rock inspired by a life of travel and seeking the wonder in everyday life.
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