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Life's Little Lessons

by II Cosmic

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1.
Sea Of All Desires 02:40
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SEA OF ALL DESIRES In another lifetime we sealed our fate Agreed to link up, cooperate, To make examples of our love. In the beginning the time was right To let the feelings go and learn to fly No possibilities of goodbye No possibilities of goodbye. In the physical we lived and aged Before the backdrop of a world enraged, Much unforeseen in our grand plan. In the beginning the time was right To let the feelings go and learn to fly No possibilities of goodbye No possibilities of goodbye. In another lifetime we sealed our fate, Agreed to link up, cooperate, To make examples of our love. In the beginning the time was right To let the feelings go and learn to fly No possibilities of goodbye No possibilities of goodbye. No possibilities of goodbye No possibilities of goodbye.
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In The Night 04:28
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IN THE NIGHT See your days coming and see your days go Check out the patterns and see how they glow In the night of your memories of sunlight. In the night, in the night In the night, in the night, in the night. In the night, in the night In the night, in the night, in the night. Feel the world spinning. it's going so slow Taking us with it and marking time's flow Each day creates memories of sunlight. In the night, in the night In the night, in the night, in the night. In the night, in the night In the night, in the night, in the night. See your days coming and see your days go Check out the patterns and see how they glow In the night of your memories of sunlight. In the night, in the night In the night, in the night, in the night. In the night, in the night In the night, in the night, in the night. In the night, in the night In the night, in the night, in the night.
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While Time Flies 03:33
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WHILE TIME FLIES What you call spiritual others might call dead Or perhaps esoteric or reincarnated How to study the hereafter from an enclosed space As the brain in it's skull, the spirit is embraced While time flies, and the stars pass by our eyes we realize While time flies, while time flies, while time flies. Pick a pathway that you follow, or wander on your own It brings you to the same place of looking back upon Every act of co-creation carried out thus far And the many consequences of playing my guitar While time flies, and the stars pass by our eyes we realize While time flies, while time flies, while time flies.
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Magic Lady 05:08
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MAGIC LADY Hey Magic Lady, with smoke in your eye You haven't lived yet, but soon you must die Years pass and ages fly by in your Dream And you keep thinking your own is supreme. Every time you grab for your chance You remember why it is you can't dance When the bright, clear Light hits your eyes Causing you to wake with surprise, Causing you to wake with surprise. Hey Magic Lady, your fate is like mine Weaving along like a crazy, blue line Slowly we're learning to progress and grow In retrospect though, our pace is so goddamned slow. Every time you grab for your chance You remember why it is you can't dance When the bright, clear Light hits your eyes Causing you to wake with surprise, Causing you to wake with surprise. Hey Magic Lady, with smoke in your eye You haven't lived yet, but soon you must die Years pass and ages fly by in your Dream And you keep thinking your own is supreme. Every time you grab for your chance You remember why it is you can't dance When the bright, clear Light hits your eyes Causing you to wake with surprise Causing you to wake with surprise. Causing you to wake with surprise.
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Just See 04:25
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JUST SEE If you picture night when you can't see a Light Floating all alone in a black velvet sea Will this be the end of the message you send Or is it a new way to be? All that earthly sunlight pushing back the dark night Do you see your mind as the key? Does it come from outside or become from inside Do you know or do you just see Do you know or do you just see? Do you feel the might or just go on and fight Keeping all your thoughts on your versions of me Framing all that's real on the guilt that you feel Letting time exact it's high fee? All that earthly sunlight pushing back the dark night Do you see your mind as the key? Does it come from outside or become from inside Do you know or do you just see Do you know or do you just see? All that earthly sunlight pushing back the dark night D you see your mind as the key? If you picture night when you can't see a Light Floating all alone i a black velvet sea Will this be the end of the message you send Or is it a new way to be? All that earthly sunlight pushing back the dark night Do you see your mind as the key? Does it come from outside or become from inside Do you know or do you just see Do you know or do you just see? Do you know or do you just see?
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Howling Wannabes - At The University 04:53
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AT THE UNIVERSITY I want someone to take this power away That can keep so many from facing their day It can make you party 'til you're half crazed Even lose the month of July Living and seeking like you're half dazed While you repeat and deny While you repeat and deny. And at the University they're reading books, they're serving their tea. And hello Tolstoy, Freud, Descartes Bleeding mind and dying Heart And on the TV news today I saw the starving people slink away. And at the University they're reading books, They're serving their tea. When negativity is at play Out time just seems to turn into clay It can make you party 'til you're half crazed Even lose the month of July Living and seeking like you're half crazed While you repeat and deny While you repeat and deny. And at the University they're reading books, They're serving their tea. And hello Tolstoy, Freud, Descartes Bleeding mind and dying Heart And on the TV news today I saw the starving people slink away. And at the University they're reading books, They're serving their tea.
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Howling Wannabes - Your Distortions 03:49
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YOUR DISTORTIONS No use in looking back to where you've been You can't ever go there again And up ahead is what will be And its hazy details you can't see. Living in a world without make believe It's a state that you can't stand You better leave your distortions so close You better leave them close at hand. No use in looking back to where you've been You can't ever go there again And up ahead is what will be And its hazy details you can't see. Living in a world without make believe It's a state that you can't stand You better leave your distortions so close You better leave them close at hand. Living in a world without make believe It's a state that you can't stand You better leave your distortions so close You better leave them close at hand. Living in a world without make believe It's a state that you can't stand You better leave your distortions so close You better leave them close at hand
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Fly High 03:08
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FLY HIGH If I ever get out of this bed, I'm gonna fly high A good time Saturday night, I won't let go by I need a Will that's good and strong To guide me, pull me along I need a Heart to point out love And a Mind to float above And a Mind to float above. When this Body is mended soon, I'm gonna fly high I'll just be a blur as I go I need a will that's good and strong I need a Will that's good and strong To guide me, pull me along I need a Heart to point out love And a Mind to float above And a Mind to float above. f I ever get out of this bed, I'm gonna fly high A good time Saturday night, I won't let go by I need a Will that's good and strong To guide me, pull me along I need a Heart to point out love And a Mind to float above And a Mind to float above.
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Rise Above 03:32
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RISE ABOVE Thought life was a bitter pill When I lived in vagrantville Then my ship came in one day Sent me off in a another way And when the going now gets rough I rise above all that stuff. Thought life was a piece of cake The more I did, the more I'd take Big storm sank my ship one day Sent me off in another way And when the going now gets rough I rise above all that stuff. Now I drift upon the sea Still got life inside of me Waiting for my time again This cannot be all in vain And when the going now gets rough I rise above all that stuff. Thought life was a bitter pill When I lived in vagrantville Then my ship came in one day Sent me off in another way And when the going now gets rough I rise above all that stuff.
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Around You 04:41
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AROUND YOU In the darkening shadows Which ring your eyes The gathering forces seek to arise Around you, around you, Around you, around you. Every day it's the same old thing What you worship soon rusts What you chase always runs away Or busts. All those problems You can't seem to solve With all your efforts the world won't revolve Around you, around you, Around you, around you. Every day it's the same old thing What you worship soon rusts What you chase always runs away Or busts. In the darkening shadows Which ring your eyes The gathering forces seek to arise Around you, around you, Around you, around you. Every day it's the same old thing What you worship soon rusts What you chase always runs away Or busts. See how you gather your forces around you See how you gather your forces around you Around you, around you, Around you, around you.
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Without You 03:22
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WITHOUT YOU Every fantasy I have, I have about you And everywhere I go, I go without you. And everything I know, I know about you And everything I feel, I can't without you. See the sky, it isn't dry down here without you Even time can't go by, can't pass without you. Every fantasy I have, I have about you And everywhere I go, I go without you. Without you, without you, without you, without you, without you, Without you, without you, without you, without you, without you,
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Too Berserk 03:26
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TOO BERSEK Take a plane and make it fast Let this be the last of you We can forget all the past All the good and bad times, too We'll just say that things don't work Got too crazy, too berserk Had to go our separate ways Put back sanity in our days. When you go please don't look back Don't try to see me Continue on your track That leads away from we We'll just say that things don't work Got too crazy, too berserk Had to go our separate ways Put back sanity in our days. Take a plane and make it fast Let this be the last of you We can forget all the past All the good and bad times, too We'll just say that things don't work Got too crazy, too berserk Had to go our separate ways Put back sanity in our days.
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A Wild And Stormy Life 03:12
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A WILD AND STORMY LIFE Your spirit, my spirit, their sprits, too Could soar, could sink, like spirits do. Caught in the winds of a wild and stormy life Minding the tiller through peace and through the the strife, Controlling what we do, it's not so easy to get through. Controlling what we do, it's not so easy to get through. We struggle, we strive, we pick and choose, Can't make it, can't move, we pay our dues. Caught in the winds of a wild and stormy life Minding the tiller through peace and through the the strife, Controlling what we do, it's not so easy to get through. Controlling what we do, it's not so easy to get through, Get through, get through.
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Don't Slow Down 05:16
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DON"T SLOW DOWN Don't slow down and start your hiding, things are not as they appear If you give up prematurely it's a victory for fear We're all in this together, I wish you well We got a taste of paradise and we made hell. If you've reached the end of your rope, have no way to carry on, If you've seen the end of your hope, you'll never see your battles won. We're all in this together, I wish you well. We got a taste of paradise and we made hell. I dive deep down to the bottom of the feelings pool Searching for a man who sank there like a fool. I don't know why I dive there, but I do, Something seems to guide me, pull me through, I can come back from the Darkness and show you. You can't go past your old reality, Not until you get yourself completely free Then you'll see the strong things that you've done Then you'll leave the wrong things, have some fun You can float free in that great big Cosmic Stew. Don't slow down and start your hiding, things are not as they appear If you give up prematurely it's a victory for fear We're all in this together, I wish you well We got a taste of paradise We got a taste of paradise, a taste of paradise And we made hell.

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This compilation includes songs from five previous II Cosmic albums and the first Howling Wannabes album.

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released October 1, 2016

II Cosmic-
Gary Deatherage- songs, vocals, rhythm guitar
Jason Deatherage- drums, bass, keyboards
Mark Nicol- lead and backing guitars

Howling Wannabes -
Gary Deatherage- songs, vocals, rhythm guitar
Jason Deatherage- drums
Mark Nicol- lead and backing guitars
Allan Kimmel- bass guitar
David Lyons- rhythm guitar, vocal harmonies

Produced by Jason Deatherage
Original photograph and artwork by Gary Deatherage
Graphics by Jason Deatherage
Printing at Fort Cosmos Studios, Creston, B.C.
Recorded and mixed at Fort Cosmos Studios, Creston, B.C.

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While my more polished songs usually gravitate to II Cosmic or Howling Wannabes albums, the Deep Dude albums often provide homes for simpler songs, songs that are topical, or ones that are somehow different than usual for me..

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