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Of What Lies Beneath​.​.​.

by DAN dYER

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1.
Red Alert 03:47
it's a red alert someone should be falling in love before we're hurt by the ruby red rockets above i can hear them now high somewhere in the sky it's a red alert i read the newspaper today better bar the doors cause you know it ain't going away we're just biding time waiting for the hammer to fall this could be our last night it's been going fast this moment's made for us it's never gonna last it's a red alert i guess someone's gonna be saved they expect the worst though it might not be today no one knows and it doesn't matter all the same it's red alert someone should be falling in love before we're hurt by the ruby red rockets above i can see them now but i don't feel like running away
2.
Great Ocean 03:30
here i am on this great ocean tonight where to begin, i don’t know how to start you tossed and you turned me all upside down and put a shadow in my stars so full of wonder the world seemed to me in the eyes of a man/child and i get so jaded in the irony i get discouraged--as you make me you make me doubt continually myself and lately hope has turned to regret and maybe i’d be better off alone words of wisdom are so far apart i don’t believe that you’re capable and when i don’t believe in anything i’m barely bearable--as you make me you make me doubt continually myself and lately hope has turned to regret and maybe i’d be better off alone here i am on this great ocean tonight where to begin, i don’t know how to start you tossed and you turned me all upside down and put a shadow in my stars
3.
a man may lay his ear to the ground but will he ever hear the sound of what lies beneath? why are we so afraid to go lay down in the river wash away everything so we can be delivered if all the answers have been found then why are we still dancin’ ‘round of what lies beneath? why are we so afraid to go lay down in the river wash away everything so we can be delivered
4.
Stereosonic 04:16
stereosonic atomic comet in the atmosphere I can almost hear it spinning ‘round like a wheel to the ground racing for my love a symphonic stereosonic melodies in gravity playing sound the whole world round music for my love yeah, let’s leave tonight the stars are bright I feel so high and I’m falling for you stereosonic guided rocket gasoline-fueled time machine pale blue light flashing in the night signaling my love electronic stereosonic reaching speeds that supersede many a man’s greedy dreams reaching for my love yeah, let’s leave tonight the stars are bright I feel so high and I’m falling for you electronic stereosonic gasoline-fueled guided rocket reaching speeds that supersede racing for my love yeah, let’s leave tonight the stars are bright I feel so high and I’m falling for you
5.
Space Alien 04:20
i’m empty handed like this drop of rain on this life i’ve landed space alien we don’t belong we don’t belong this world’s not right there’s something wrong no you can’t deny it please take me home not like your neighbors not like your friends we have no enemies we’re space aliens we don’t belong we don’t belong this world’s not right there’s something wrong no you can’t deny it please take me home
6.
And If I 03:51
light from the window frame blue flames lick at the mouth of morning a dozen dreams just passed by I open my eyes returning home from a long night’s journey I came all the way to see your smile and if I never make it to your arms warm and naked my heart is like an empty home and if I never make it to your arms warm and naked I guess I might as well stay gone the sidewalks flow from under tall buildings, and gods of thunder shake the rain from the sky cars slow but feet move faster like wild horses in the pasture I ran all the way to see your smile and if I never make it to your arms warm and naked my heart is like an empty home and if I never make it to your arms warm and naked I guess I might as well stay gone
7.
I am not of this world I am only in it a stranger on the street corner or on the subway sitting the air between my spread fingers is like a breath that’s dancing and on this night the cold lingers and I’m wondering if I’ll ever get out of here a million miles from you to I but I can hear your laughter like water as the waves collide and fall in diamond showers and it reminds me of the time when we were close together far away, alone tonight I’m wondering if I’ll ever get out of here the august skies are painted gold and I want my eyes to see if I ever get out of here the air between my spread fingers is like a breath that’s dancing and on this night the cold lingers and I’m wondering if I’ll ever get out of here
8.
womanless holding my head I don’t want to be the woe-is-me man second best never got her chance she turned around what a beautiful mess twisted lives side by side spinning til they both collide she makes me believe in love again tears my world apart she makes me believe in love again over and over she makes me see with her demented smile that never ends she makes me believe in love again starry skies turned upside down a mirror of this place that I’ve found and a crooked moon hanging up high only shines for she and I twisted lives side by side spinning til they both collide she makes me believe in love again tears my world apart she makes me believe in love again over and over she makes me see with her demented smile that never ends she makes me believe in love again she wants me and she haunts me she makes me believe in love again tears my world apart she makes me believe in love again over and over she makes me see with her demented smile that never ends she makes me believe in love again
9.
here am I watching my world crumble and hoping it won’t and the wall clock wrecking ball keeps crashing time into a hole you I see another in your eyes you left me paralyzed you showed me what I couldn’t see you no longer belong to me you I felt another in your hands you gave yourself to another man you pretend there’s nothing wrong you want me to play along all of my energy’s wasted you're pulling me down the undertow just below your breathing sink until I drown you I see another in your eyes you left me paralyzed you showed me what I couldn’t see you no longer belong to me you I felt another in your hands you gave yourself to another man you pretend there’s nothing wrong you want me to play along
10.
Stella 03:11
Stella she came in the morning without a warning wanting to ease my pain descended down from the ceiling as I was dreaming desperate to explain I’m an ordinary guy in this extraordinary life Stella she floats like an angel as she untangles the flowers from her hair she thinks that I am her saviour and that I can save her but she don’t seem to care that I’m an ordinary guy in this extraordinary life do I look like her dad or some man she used to know? I don’t know if it’s all in her head or instead, maybe her heart is breaking I just wish she would go Stella she came in the morning without a warning and now she has gone away I’m an ordinary guy in this extraordinary life
11.
late night everything’s alright you’re here everything’s alright the day will soon begin with electric sunlight crashing in through the door we’ll open our eyes as we lie on the floor and it feels like dancing your body close as skin your kiss like heroin entangled like my twin beneath the layers of our momma’s prayers we grow and open our eyes as we lie on the floor and it feels like dancing and what a world I can see knowing you’re with me an elevated island on a bed of red cloud dandelions dawn shadows day assured descend on the clothes we wore and I’ll never be as sure than as we lay upon the floor and you say it feels like dancing
12.
like the ocean that turns the flame slowly burns the same cycle it seems catapulting our dreams we come as we go the ebb and the flow is a universal of which there’s no reversal and it’s over before it’s begun it’s your moment under the sun and it’s over before it’s begun live like you’re the only one ‘cause it’s over before it’s begun a disease of the mind wasting so much time on prophecies and potions where’s the inner devotion? ain’t nothing for free don’t belong to the needy for satisfaction turn reaction into action and take every chance that comes it’s your moment under the sun and it’s over before it’s begun live like you’re the only one ‘cause it’s over before it’s begun dreamers come down to the ground raise your hands shake your hips make a sound like tomorrow may not be around like the ocean that turns the flame slowly burns it’s a universal of which there’s no reversal
13.
Wanderlust 04:17
wanderlust wash over me take me to an endless sea somewhere over the sun far from everyone a million lights and sad goodbyes starry nights and teary eyes going back where I’m from I just need you to come come and release me I just want to be free a paler light has never shown in the skies so far from home it may never be found while I’m here on the ground all of my days are spent tethered to the continent hypnotized by the strum I just need you to come come and release me I just want to be free wanderlust wash over me take me to an endless sea somewhere over the sun far from everyone

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recorded at Circle House Studios in Miami, FL; produced by Lenny Kravitz; released on Roxie Records.

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released August 31, 2004

Produced by Lenny Kravitz

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DAN dYER Austin

Soul-folk singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist, raised in East TX on Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder & Merle Haggard. Dyer’s voice and live show intensity are raw and hot, yet soulful and sensitive, drawing from a wealth of classic soul, blues, folk, and R&B legends. His songs are dynamic, melodic, and intelligently seductive, and range from gospel-tinged ballads to classic strummed folk tales. ... more

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