Shangri-La ♫

from Shangri-La / Directed by Brandon Vedder

I Walked Alone ♫

from Shangri-La / Directed by Mitchell Davis

Utopia/Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire) ♫

from Shangri-La / Directed by Rene Daalder

The Afterlife ♫

from See Mystery Lights / Directed by Judah Switzer

Psychic City (Voodoo City) ♫

from See Mystery Lights / Directed by Judah Switzer

Summer Song ♫

from See Mystery Lights / Directed by Judah Switzer

Women of the World ♫

from I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real. / Directed by James Sumner

See A Penny (Pick It Up) ♫

from I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real. / Directed by Matt McCormick

Healthy Student

from We Float Around. Hang Out On Clouds. / Directed by Matthew Chambers

♫ YACHT: Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire)

from 2011 / Shangri-La (MP3)

♫ YACHT: Nausea (X Cover)

from 2010 / BBC Radio 6 Session (MP3)

♫ YACHT: Waste of Time (Dub)

from 2009 / Psychic City Single (MP3)

♫ YACHT: Summer Song

from 2009 / See Mystery Lights (MP3)

♫ YACHT: Psychic City (Voodoo City)

from 2009 / See Mystery Lights (MP3)

♫ YACHT: See Mystery Lights Instrumentals

from 2009 (9 tracks – 60 MB ZIP – 192 kbps MP3s)

♫ YACHT: 2007 Instrumentals

from 2007 (14 tracks – 85 MB ZIP – 256 kbps MP3s)

♫ The Blow: Paper Television Instrumentals

from 2006 (11 tracks – 56 MB ZIP – 256 kbps MP3s)

♫ YACHT: We Float Around, Hang Out On Clouds

from 2005 (6 tracks – 23 MB ZIP – 256 kbps MP3s)

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UTOPIA
from Shangri-La

We looked into the future
In a visionary state,
A psychoactive state.
There’s nothing in the future,
It’s up to us to make…

Utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia!
Utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia!

We all know when we wake up
That this is what all we get,
This is what we get.
Think fondly about life,
But still think strongly about death.

Utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia!
Utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia!

A higher source is calling
And you don’t have to commit,
You don’t have to submit!
The future works upon us
As we all work upon it.

Utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia!
Utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia, utopia!

DYSTOPIA (THE EARTH IS ON FIRE)
from Shangri-La

The Earth, the Earth is on fire!
We don’t have no daughter,
Let the motherfucker burn!

We are hungry, we are all tired.
Our tongues they are all on fire.
The walls that we build are higher, higher, higher, higher.

Strange days lead to strange nights.
You aren’t afraid of the dark dark dark dark
When it’s where you walk walk walk walk,
When it’s where you learn to talk.

Every day the sky gets lower, lower, lower, lower,
And every day the tide is blacker, blacker, blacker,
And every day the flames get higher, higher, higher,
Yeah, every day the flames get higher, higher, higher!

The Earth, the Earth is on fire!
We don’t have no daughter,
Let the motherfucker burn!
The Earth, the Earth is on fire!
If we cut off the water
Then the jackals would return.

We live like lions, we live our lives
With no more husbands,
No more wives,
We let our children multiply ’cause we’re afraid of dying.

Every day the sky gets lower, lower, lower, lower,
And every day the tide is blacker, blacker, blacker,
And every day the flames get higher, higher, higher,
Yeah, every day the flames get higher, higher, higher!

The Earth, the Earth is on fire!
We don’t have no daughter,
Let the motherfucker burn!
The Earth, the Earth is on fire!
If we cut off the water
Then the jackals would return.

I WALKED ALONE
from Shangri-La

The moon goes around the Earth,
And the moon controls the tide,
And the Earth goes around the sun,
And the sun provides the light.
And the light makes most of life.

If my friends were a crowd, it might not be the biggest, but it’d be deafeningly loud.
And if my enemies were an army, it’d try to take us down, deaf and dumb and proud.

The cat chases the mouse,
And the mouse just wants a home,
And the dog chases the cat,
And the cat wants to be alone.
And all the animals have souls guiding their bones.

If my friends were a drug, not one of them could afford it, but it’s already in their blood.
And if your enemies caused you cancer, we’d find a cure for you, then bring it to the club.

I walked alone, until we met,
Then we walked against the Earth,
Until we met you.

The moon goes ’round the Earth, goes ’round the sun.

LOVE IN THE DARK
from Shangri-La

We grow love in the dark, and in daylight it dies.
But every day it’s born again, and born again.
We went for a walk and never came back.
Our bodies they returned again and turned again.

I love you like a ticking clock;
We go ‘round and ‘round and never stop.
I love you like a small-town cop;
I want to smash your face in with a rock.
I love you like a ticking bomb;
We’re gonna get off when it all goes wrong.
I love you like a spineless narc;
I’d sell you out to get you in the dark.

I’m your son and you’re my daughter:
We got married in the water.

Into the battle now here we go,
And even in Arcadia: Ego! Ego! Ego!
Pure love is a drug best served cold,
Because it heats you up when you need it most.

Can you feel my heart beating into your future?
We will not grow old, we will just grow newer.

ONE STEP
from Shangri-La

One step over the line:
You’re not much over the line, you are fine.
Two steps over the line:
Still feels okay in your mind, you’re still fine.
Three steps over the line:
Three steps isn’t a crime, not a crime.
Four steps over the line:
You’re beginning to consider a return to the line.
But five steps over the line:
One more step and you can put it behind!

Get in line, get in line, get in line, get in line.

Six steps over the line:
Why we talking ‘bout lines?
All you see is forms and colors and designs…
Seven steps over the line:
Seems like all those steps may have all been in your mind.
Eight steps over the line:
You’re so far gone now, feeling close to sublime.
Nine steps over the line.
Whoa, that last step felt like a c-c-c-climb!

Ten steps over the line,
Ten steps over the line.
Ten steps:

And you’re mine, and you’re mine,
And you’re mine and you’re mine.

HOLY ROLLER
from Shangri-La

While the wheel is spinning, spinning,
A rocket’s just a slow bomb,
In my pocket is a new psalm,
And I’m ready to be winning, winning.

While the wheel is turning, turning,
Best thing now’s to glass half-full-it,
Get my ass up to the pulpit.
Gonna set those benches burning, burning.

While the wheel is coming, coming,
Everyone loves someone,
But the universe loves no one.
So you better give the people something.

While the wheel is rolling, rolling,
I’m a roller but I’m holy.
I’m controlling my world slowly.
And the cops keep on patrolling, ‘rolling.

Don’t you worry about God up above.
We’re gonna live life in -
Don’t you worry about God up above.
We’re gonna live life in LOVE!

While the wheel is tilting, tilting,
It’s not my job to be humble,
All that mountains do is crumble.
But my people, they just keep on building.

While that wheel is tipping, tipping,
Now the End Times are beginning,
I can hear the angels singing!
Don’t laugh. I am not kidding, kidding.

While that wheel is broken, broken.
Time to drown my fears in napalm,
disappear from here and get gone!
Cause the prophet he has spoken, spoken, spoken.

Wow, my head is spinning, spinning!
You didn’t read this in the Bible
When I lead people, it’s tribal.
We’ll show you what you get for sinning.

Don’t you worry about God up above.
We’re gonna live life in -
Don’t you worry about God up above.
We’re gonna live life in LOVE!

How very much I’ve tried
To give you a good life.
I haven’t seen nobody
Yet that didn’t die.
How very much I’ve tried!

Don’t you worry about God up above.
We’re gonna live life in -
Don’t you worry about God up above.
We’re gonna live life in LOVE!

BEAM ME UP
from Shangri-La

High above the clouds somewhere
The cold of space spreads thin.
We endeavor to look out,
But they are looking in.

No man is an island
And no planet is in turn,
And in six million years
We’ll stand together and watch it burn!

The future is a poem ’cause
It doesn’t yet exist
But we don’t know if we reach out
To tentacle or fist!

No man is an island
And no planet is in turn,
And in six million years
We’ll stand together and watch it burn!
Watch it burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn!

B-B-B-Beam me up!

There are nights that I burn out.
I drink deep from my cup,
I look all around me and think
“Oh God, Beam me up!”

No man is an island
And no planet is in turn,
And in six million years
We’ll stand together and watch it burn!

PARADISE ENGINEERING
from Shangri-La

“Hello my children, hello my sons, hello my daughters, hello my brothers and sisters. I’m here to tell you that the world’s last unpleasant experience will be a precisely dateable event. Yes! It will happen in our lifetimes, if we commit all of our energy today to the task of Paradise engineering. Up, up, out, eyes closed, we’ll move at the speed of light, expanding, expanding, faster and faster, until we become so large and so blissful that we’ll no longer actually exist. Our speed will be so great that everything will come to a stop. We willl gaze upon the entire Universe. The future exists first in our imagination, then in our will, then in reality.”

If there was a Hell, that’s where I belong,
For breaking all the rules and singing all these songs.

If you want me to be your father,
I will be your Dad.
If you want me to be your mother,
I will be your Mom.
If you want me to be your friend,
I will be your friend.
But if you want me to be your God,
Yeah, I will be your God!

Hey, are you a god?
“No!”
Oh are you a saint?
“Oh No!”
Tell me what are you?
“I am just awake!”

TRIPPED AND FELL IN LOVE
from Shangri-La

Bless this hour of meditation,
Just us and medication.
Can’t say it ex-ex-ex-ex-explicitly.
All my friends became my family!
There is an obvious change in me!

I tripped, and fell in love with you.
Honest, you do what I aim to.
We looked at each other,
And our eyes were clear.
Love your family, you do well, and so sincere.
I tripped, and fell in love with you.
Dance in the light, honest you do.
We looked at each other,
And our eyes were clear
Love your family, you do well, and so sincere.

I tripped!

Entangled in Vertigo, here we go,
And now you know…how I’ve felt all along.
Decadence and Charity coming on strong.
I told myself I’d never write a love song.

We’ve known each other our whole lives
Under circumstance and sacrifice.
Now we’re together un-ex-expectedly.

All my friends became my family!
There is an obvious change in me!

SHANGRI-LA
from Shangri-La

I don’t want to die and go on off to Paradise;
There are more fun places here that I can patronize.
And you, my friend, aren’t born again:
You’re dead already.

If I can’t go to Heaven let me go to L.A.
Or the Far West Texas desert,
Or an Oregon summer day.
If we build a Utopia, will you come and stay?
Shangri-La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La.

St. Peter don’t you call me, ‘cause I can’t go.
I love my friends in Hell: as above and so below.
Oh, when the rapture comes, if you don’t mind,
I’ll be waiting down here and sweating.

If I can’t go to Heaven let me go to L.A.
Or the Far West Texas desert,
Or an Oregon summer day.
If we build a Utopia, will you come and stay?
Shangri-La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La.

Shangri-La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La!

Accumulating cumulus in our backyard
Are puzzle pieces forming heaven bit by bit
Beneath this jigsaw sky I sit
And wonder, wonder, wonder: where do I fit?

RING THE BELL ♫
from See Mystery Lights

I was born into the cloth, only to take it off.
I grew up with fear in my heart.
My family got fucked up, my brothers both shot up,
It became clear there’s no one else here.
So I ask myself, and I ask you now:

“Will we go to Heaven or will we go to Hell?”
It’s my understanding that neither are real.

I grew up with fear in my heart.

THE AFTERLIFE ♫
from See Mystery Lights

Land of the empire builders, land of the Golden West
Conquered and held by free men, fairest and the best,
Onward and upward, ever forward on and on,
Hail to thee, the land of heroes, yours when dead and gone.
Hail to thee! Land of heroes! It’s all yours when you’re dead and gone.

The Afterlife!
Hey! We know how to make life go on.
The Afterlife!
Death is not the end of this song.
The Afterlife!

Land of the rose and sunshine, land of summer’s breeze,
Laden with health and vigor fresh from Western seas,
Blessed by the blood of martyrs, land of the setting sun.
Hail to thee, the land of promise, the end of our system.
Hail to thee! Land of promise! Life at the end of our system!

The Afterlife!
Inside your own private kingdom.
The Afterlife!
Hey! Qui vit est impuissant!
The Afterlife!

It’s not a place you go, it’s a place that comes to you,
And it’s not about who you know, or who is in your heart.
It may come as a surprise, but you are not alone.
All that you have is not what you own!

I’M IN LOVE WITH A RIPPER ♫
from See Mystery Lights

He: Well, I’ve been so lucky, it can be discouraging.
I took such a beating and showed you my bruise.
I was so lost and lonely, my world crumbled before you.
We moved like lightning and put our fists to the wind.
I’ve been so lucky, I’m always wondering:
If this world is a dream, or if this dream is a world.
I’m in love with your brains, you are a genius,
And I don’t say that about anyone.
I’ve been so lucky to even know you,
Everything you touch turns to gold.

I’m in love with a ripper, I’m in love with a ripper, I’m in love with a ripper.
I’m in love with a ripper, I’m in love with a ripper, I’m in love with a ripper.
I’m in love.

She: I got told to marry a doctor. I’m in the jungle and I don’t care!
‘Cause I’m rippin’ with a witch doctor, just my heart and the thunder there.
Don’t fret about my abductor, we’re just two kids in our underwear.
Or are we a fucking earthquake? In our world, we are millionaires.
Every day is a future memory, and I have no fear of growing old.
In any case, I’m always listening when you say we’ll turn to gold.

I’m in love with a ripper, I’m in love with a ripper, I’m in love with a ripper.
I’m in love with a ripper, I’m in love with a ripper, I’m in love with a ripper.
I’m in love!

IT’S BORING / YOU CAN LIVE ANYWHERE YOU WANT ♫
from See Mystery Lights

These desperate times call for desperate measures.
In these conservative times, you’re making conservative art,

And it’s boring, boring, boring, boring,
It’s boring, boring, boring, boring us all to death.

Somewhere out in the woods, there’s a kid who’s working
Making the best shit that you’ve ever seen, or you’ve heard,
Or you’ve drunk, or you’ve tasted.
And somewhere out in the desert, there’s another kid waiting

And it’s boring, boring, boring, boring,
It’s boring, boring, boring, boring us all to death.

All the kids in the city may or may not have it easy.
At this point, it’s so hard to tell.

It’s boring! It’s boring! It’s boring! It’s boring!

You can live anywhere you want.

Do you live in the city, or do you live in the woods?
Do you live in the woods, or do you live in the desert?
Do you live in the desert, or do you live on the beach?
Do you live on the beach, or do you live in a small town?
Do you live in a small town, or do you live in a cave?
Do you live in a cave, or do you live underwater?

PSYCHIC CITY (VOODOO CITY) ♫
from See Mystery Lights

I used to live, live in a psychic city,
I never knew what would happen in day.
I might be looking out the window,
And a friend might say:

“Come on over, over, come on over, over
Come on over, we’re having a party for you.”

Ay-ya-ya-ya-ya — HUH!

I used to live in a voodoo city,
Where every little thing had its own secret life.
I might be washing up the dishes,
And the kitchen might say:

“Hang around baby, baby, hang around baby, baby,
Hang around baby, we’ll be baking a cake for you.”

Ay-ya-ya-ya-ya — HUH!

I used to live in a heartbeat city,
I swear I’d fall in love every minute on the street.
You might be walking around the corner,
And our eyes might meet.

“Where you been darling, darling”
Where you been darling darling?
Where you been darling?
We’ve been holding this moment for you.”

I told you your dreams would come true.

Ay-ya-ya-ya-ya — HUH!

SUMMER SONG ♫
from See Mystery Lights

Summer came up and sang a song.
When summer came up we sang along.
We stayed up talking all night long.
So move your feet to the summer song.

WE HAVE ALL WE’VE EVER WANTED ♫
from See Mystery Lights

Protect your eyes! Protect your eyes!
Be careful with the downloading, and protect your eyes!
Read the comments! Read the comments!
And protect your eyes. Protect your eyes!

What’d you say, ’cause I can’t hear you,
We don’t know so we ignored you.
Technology changed all that now,
We have all we’ve ever wanted.

Don’t get error, 100 percent!
Don’t get error, 100 percent!
Protect your eyes! Protect yourself from digital decay!

What’d you say, ’cause I can’t hear you,
We don’t know so we ignored you.

Tecnology changed all that now,
We have all we’ve ever wanted.

Don’t give it to the cops!
The cops will steal our servers!
Don’t give it to the cops!
The cops will steal our servers!

What’d you say, ’cause I can’t hear you,
We don’t know so we ignored you.
Technology changed all that now,
We have all we’ve ever wanted.

DON’T FIGHT THE DARKNESS ♫
from See Mystery Lights

Don’t fight the darkness,
Bring the light and darkness will disappear.