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The Hungry Ghost

by Brian N.

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Parts Unknown 02:34
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I took a walk through this beautiful world Felt the cool rain on my shoulder Found somethin’ good in this beautiful world I felt that rain gettin’ colder Where do I go from here? Empty road, nothin’ to fear I’m cuttin’ out goin’ my own way It’s now or never I can’t stay I took a walk through this beautiful world Felt the cool rain on my shoulder Found somethin’ good in this beautiful world I felt that rain gettin’ colder Where do I go from here? Empty road, nothin’ to fear I’m cuttin’ out goin’ my own way It’s now or never I can’t stay
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Where the Wild Ones Go 03:49
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I’m unleashed, now complete Can’t abstain, won’t refrain Don’t ask me to explain Take a chance, go off the beaten path This all l can’tast Beyond the edge another world awaits Just because I haven’t doesn’t mean I won’t Just because I shouldn’t doesn’t mean I don’t In the great unknown I’ll find my way To where the wild ones go It’s half past time I should be gone Rife with sin I let them in I’m knee deep in the red zone Off the road, no path to trace Dodgin’ this mirage I camouflage Speedin’ through the midnight dust I take a left onto paradise Just because I haven’t doesn’t mean I won’t Just because I shouldn’t doesn’t mean I don’t In the great unknown I’ll find my way To where the wild ones go After miles on the trail My instinct never fails It keeps me comin’ back, where I belong So many spend their time Tryin’ to stay on the straight line I cut and duck and dive and I’m doin’ just fine Just because I haven’t doesn’t mean I won’t Just because I shouldn’t doesn’t mean I don’t In the great unknown I’ll find my way To where the wild ones go Where the wild ones go Yea, I’m headin’ where the wild ones go Yea, you’ll find me where the wild ones go
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The Cave 04:35
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Moments imprinted I’ll forever look back In a moment of stillness Together we fade to black Ravishing before me She quiets the breeze Spread open implores me As I fall to my knees With the warmest sighs I feel her With a thrust she lets me in She is vast, unexplored Untouched by unworthy hands Deep inside, her secrets learned I savor all the rise and fall I feel the point of no return Deep inside, her secrets learned She’ll cover me, oh lover be The cave I’ll never leave My fingers work around her Never missin’ a spot So gentle now, I’m goin’ down Gonna give it all I got I’m leavin’ her hungry I’m rock hard she’s soakin’ wet I’d go anywhere, do anything This night I won’t forget As our climax nears I await Not wanting it to end I exhale then I beg of her Can we go back to where it all began? Deep inside, her secrets learned I savor all the rise and fall I feel the point of no return Deep inside, her secrets learned She’ll cover me, oh lover be The cave I’ll never leave
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The Karmic Crown 03:56
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A withered cactus to my left Ancient ruins to my right This world’s a battle ground, ain’t no laws around Except the law of nature; only the strong survive Down that dusty path a might river ran Now it’s been dethroned by the modern man Ain’t gonna be me, anyone will see The Matador always makes it out alive For now and all years to come I’ll conquer and walk the town They say your will is your strongest ground So I wear the karmic crown A little boy sent away too early to bed Awakes an older man one day closer to his death I’m a man of defiance choosin’ noise over silence The Matador always makes it out alive For now and for years to come I’ll conquer and walk the town They say your will is your strongest ground So I wear the karmic crown For now and all years to come I’ll conquer and walk the town They say your will is your strongest ground So I wear the karmic crown For now and all years to come I’ll turn this world upside down I’ll know my will is the strongest ground As I wear the karmic crown
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Vayo Con Katarina 04:04
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I know right now she’s waitin’ And at this moment prob’ly sayin’ “I love him and all but in the desert, I swear He’ll do himself in” She’ll forever be my turquoise A clear and open, lovin’ sky Then her gentle rain will fall upon me When I am dry Oh, stay with me and make me whole Como la voz verdad My soul a glaze of galena Vayo con Katarina I’m in her arms ascendin’ to Eden Cuando vayo con Katarina Time crawls whenever she’s away The minutes are hours the moments days The Owl winks in the night air Through the day the Eagle swoons The desert breezes somehow retrieves All I’ve lost in the dark With eloquence and grace My tab is paid Cashed in among the stars My soul a glaze of galena Vayo con Katarina I’m in her arms ascendin’ to Eden Cuando vayo con Katarina Oh, take me back Across the years, you know I’ll take the ride And you stand by me every time I swim against the tide Oh, stay with me and make me whole Como la voz verdad My soul a glaze of galena Vayo con Katarina I’m in her arms ascendin’ to Eden Cuando vayo con Katarina
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Healing Land 04:47
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Castin’ off the noise Distractions finally gone With the wind at my back, I keep on shufflin’ along Make time to stop and ponder What has brought me to this ground With the mountains in my view I’ll be lost until I’m found I ain’t afraid to be alone , So much open space to roam I’ve had to go so far from home, To find this healing land I’ve learned to break away To move beyond the walls I’ve never felt more at home Only took a thousand miles Content to wander ‘round Till my dreams come alive For Nature will enlighten Guide my steps beneath the skies I ain’t afraid to be alone So much open space to roam I’ve had to go so far from home To find this healing land Cricket’s closin’ in The day is on the wing As the cloak of evenin’ falls I take it all in Ain’t nothin’ round me for miles But the land and stars In this Southwestern night I could stay for hours I ain’t afraid to be alone So much open space to roam I’ve had to go so far from home To find this healing land
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Lady Wave & The Burning Man 04:39
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Like an angel from the sands She flew across the dark Flew across the night to sing Said a hopeless wanderer Lost upon his trail “Could this tender voice before me Be my saving grace?” She could see him drownin’ ‘neathe the facade he wore So she pondered for a while “Should I save this troubled child?” On that night she said to he Let’s get lost in the desert naked in the night Flyin’ through the shadows of your fears We’ll carve our names across the sands Be alone, take my hand This Lady wave is here to save You Burning Man In an instant she was gone So he went further through the day The brutal wind carved deeper scars He’d lost the sacred way He had found the promised land As illusions filled his gaze He was driven to posses But he could not recollect What he’d lost so long ago Now he’s lost in the desert naked in the night Standin’ in the shadows of his fears Showin’ weakness he reviled He escaped into the wild Oh Lady wave will you not save This Burning Man Then in a dusty firestorm She put aside his careless ways Swept him up, took him in Washed away all his sins Sent him back, reborn a better man Down among the firelight As the wolves howl through the night In an moment she goes by Drawn across the desert sky With a kiss she sets him free And they’re lost in the desert Naked in the night Flyin’ through the shadows of their fears Carved their names across the sand All alone hand in hand The Lady Wave had finally saved The Burning Man Lady lead the way You my hunter I your prey (I’m the Burning Man) Lady lead the way I the darkness you the light of day (Yea, I’m the Burning Man) (You the lion I the lamb) All hail the Burning Man
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The Hungry Ghost 03:49
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Hopin’ soon the day will come When all that’s well will end right When I’m no longer on the run Left behind by the speed of life A mountain of trees Becomes a forest of knives Like when whiskey meets wine Or when fire meets ice I’m a starvin’ soul ridin On an endless highway A road that ain’t leadin’ me home Yea, I can’t stop racin’ Cause now I’m facin’ I’m the Hungry Ghost and I’ll go it alone Now I’m stuck here past forever Never knowin’ when I’ve done my time Far too much to prove, I’ll never get it done before the light I dream I’m at the feast Yet I cannot eat Even the banquets of life Cannot appease my appetite I’m a starvin’ soul ridin On an endless highway A road that ain’t leadin’ me home Yea, I can’t stop racin’ Cause now I’m facin’ I’m the Hungry Ghost and I’ll go it alone Feed me here and I’ll disappear Off to wander distant lands I’ll walk between the winds Starved among the endless sands I’m a starvin’ soul ridin On an endless highway A road that ain’t leadin’ me home Yea, I can’t stop racin’ Cause I’m finally facin’ I’m the Hungry Ghost and I’ll go it, Yea, I’ll go it alone
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The Last Desert Tree 04:05
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Oh, a drought has dried up the land Ain’t rained in a hundred days But the storms know when to fall When a river’s lost his way Then without prayin’ or hopin’ The clouds they gather The skies they open And along with the desert I cry I say “rain down, Rain down over me” I sit and I see, ‘Neath the last desert tree Gonna set it free, Overtime I’ve outgrown me So “rain down, rain down on me” I say “rain down, rain down over me” I sit and I see, beneath the last desert tree Gonna set it free, overtime I’ve outgrown me So “rain down, rain down on me” Headin’ home I feel I’ve grown The dark has shed some light As sure as all the waters fall I’ll see with wiser sight I say “rain down, rain down over me” I sit and I see, beneath the last desert tree Gonna set it free, Overtime I’ve outgrown me So “rain down, rain down over me” As the thunder lands And the lightnin’ strikes The storm brings a final truth The river’s now brought back to life Reborn are the vital days Given a second chance at somethin’ lost Somethin’ comes back to life Washed and cast into the world I’ll grow up beyond my ground
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When Seconds Count 06:01
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All across the cloudless sky The vultures soar and wait Knowin’ how this will end A cowboy storm will come to pass An offendin’ stranger and the hero stand In a hateful dust they’re eye to eye Words and sins have been exchanged Now it’s come to this As hate consumes their faces Each one walks his paces The only common ground they have found Is to meet here and shoot the other down Mercy has no place With the sins of pride and rage They’ll walk, turn, and shoot Yea, stand their ground Only seconds count In a heat that breathes like fire Whether predator or prey On this land a dead man stands But which one none can say Hands upon the leather strap The only thing that’s holdin’ back ‘Neathe the brim of a weathered hat A kill is forever watch another world collapse Mercy has no place With the sins of pride and rage They’ll walk, turn, and shoot Yea, stand their ground Only seconds count Eyes sharp as a hawk Triggers ready then across the land With a lightnin’ strike the bullets take flight Where once was a man, now a killer stands When hate consumed their faces Each one walked his paces The only common ground they had found Was to meet here and shoot the other down Mercy has no place With the sins of pride and rage They’ll walk, turn, and shoot Yea, stand their ground Only seconds count Yea, they signed the Devil’s page With the sins of pride and rage Their souls forever cast beneath the ground Only seconds count
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Bastard of Time 03:41
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Well I’m struttin’ ‘cross the wasteland Sweatin’ through the Devil’s heat Yea, I’m struttin’ through the wasteland And sweatin’ through the Devil’s heat I come upon a dusty brothel Hope to find me somethin’ sweet Now, I’m the lone out of towner The one who don’t belong So, I’m the lone out of towner The one who don’t even belong Think I’ll charm the locals They may let me play along ...yea, come play along I’m a thousand miles from my hometown Nobody knows my name Now I’m a thousand miles from my hometown No one will even know my name The answer’s “yes” though I didn’t catch What you were about to say Now I ain’t ‘gonna remember What I said by mornin’ light It’s true I ain’t ‘gonna remember A thing I said by mornin’ light Into the lonesome mist of dawn Escapes the Bastard of time
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Kingmaker 05:19
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Now I’m no fortune seer But I’m sure I’ve never felt freer The greatest risk always brings The greatest final trade And I’m no spirit healer But I know I can feel her Feel her lovin’ power aside me As I tread across the land Cause a silken gown with a pearl lace Met a cowboy hat atop a rugged face And she was his savior, his kingmaker Yea, I was the outlaw the mystic rider The nomad serf, the sole survivor Now she is my savior, my kingmaker For miles not a human sound The great outdoors is all around Upon the dusty earth I step slowly Move with care An object not in motion Might as well be dead I walk on for my days are numbered Just as it started, it must end Then a silken gown with a pearl lace Met a cowboy hat atop a rugged face And she was his savior, his kingmaker Yea, I was the outlaw the mystic rider The nomad serf, the sole survivor Now she is my savior, my kingmaker Will my charade still masquerade As truth I’ve justly found I’m resolute, power absolute Heavy is the head that bears the crown Then a silken gown with a pearl lace Met a cowboy hat atop a rugged face And she was his savior, his kingmaker Yea, I was the outlaw the mystic rider The nomad serf, the sole survivor Now she is my savior, my kingmaker

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Southwestern Rock style. Inspired by the writings of Anthony Bourdain and the Music of countless artists, among them: Calexico, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakham, Hank Williams, Brooks & Dunn, Motorhead, Leonard Cohen

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released August 9, 2023

All music & lyrics composed and performed by Brian N.

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Brian N. Boston, Massachusetts

While primarily Classically trained Brian enjoys composing music in an array styles.

In Spring 2021, look for his highly anticipated release "A Piece of Youth". This is an album featuring 16 songs by The Smashing Pumpkins arranged for piano, voice, and string quartet ... more

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