Tree of Life Lyrics and Credits
Track 1: Tree of Life
Ian Brighton Vocal, Flute, Clarinet, Ukelele, Keys, Percussion
James Brighton Drums
Michele Castro Narration
Antonio Lopez Acoustic Guitar
Brian Liam Pearce Bass
LYRICS:
So many different colors of the rainbow
Some you see, some you feel in time
hold on gently to the swaying branches
Balancing on the tree of life
One time you told me a man came from the moon
It opened my mind to a sunny place
There’s so much to learn just from listening
Balancing on the tree of life
James and Michael,
As one of the most famous Brazilian architects once said,
Life is a breath, therefore, live intensely in each phase and moment, and if you don’t know how to do this, don’t worry, you have a master in the subject: your father
He knows that beauty lies in the little things and that value lies in the kindness of our kindness, which reflects in our relationships.
Life is beautiful and full of surprises, not always pleasant, but filled with precious lessons. Always be open to learn the lessons that life can offer you. And most importantly, be full of love in your heart and actions.
Balancando na árvore da vida
Balancando na árvore da vida
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Track 2: Hologram
Ian Brighton Vocals, Saxophone, Flute, Ukelele, Keys,
James Brighton Drums
Monica Lebonte Vocals
LYRICS:
When this house burns down, I will pound the ground
I will roll around in my grave
But I will bloom again, though I’m old as sin
I will slay the weed with my shade
I won’t be gentrified, I will feel so alive
And I will probably die right on this ground
When the moonlight comes we don’t have to run
We’ll just have some fun in this ol’ town
When I rake the leaves over blue grey breeze
I am out to please my own soul
And I know that I am so blessed inside
So I won’t just hide in my black hole
I will feel the sun on my everyone
Of the pores that run all through my head
I will dig the trench, I will drain it French
It may not make sense until I’m dead
Castles made of sand, all shaped by hand
Gone in one day, far away, like a hologram
Apple blossoms come when the spring is young
And the songs’ not done with its day
and the soil is black with the melting pack
river runs it back onto the plain
In the big blue sky are the ties that bind
They are in my mind, as well as yours
They will break us down, they will move around
They are sacred mounds on ancient shores
Castles made of sand, all shaped by hand
Gone in one day, far away, like a hologram
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Track 3: Goodbye Nose
Ian Brighton Vocals, Keys, Clarinet, Percussion
Eric Thorin Bass
LYRICS:
Goodbye Nose, we had some good time I suppose
All the beautiful aroma I took for granted
But now you’ve gone and left a hole in my face
there’s no other place for you to be
Goodbye eyes, I guess it’s no surprise
All the color of the rainbow I took for granted
But now you’ve gone and left a hole in my head
Will I ever be well read, without you
(Fad-ing Me-mories)
Goodbye heart, I don’t know where to start
All the feeling and emotion I took for granted
But now you’ve gone and left a hole in my chest
Without you all the rest seems untrue
(Fad-ing Me-mories)
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Track 4: Hold Me Closer
Ian Brighton Vocals, Flute, Keys, Drums
James Brighton Drums
James Cornelison Electric Guitar
Jean-Luc Davis Bass
Janet Guenther Vocals
Monica Lebonte Vocals
Antonio Lopez Vocals Acoustic Guitar
Annie Sirotniak Acoustic Guitar
LYRICS:
You took my hand on Christmas eve
You took my hand and I believed
Though you fell, it was not wrong
When times are tough, just sing a song
You took my hand and showed me how
To see the world without clouds
I’ll tell you this before you’re gone
Life is short but love is long
Just hold me closer
When I’m fallin’ over (3x)
The rain may come the rain may go
The rain may fall and turn to snow
The water runs beneath our shoes
It soaks the ground like magic stew
I’ll follow you into the light
I’ll follow you to endless bright
It’s true tomorrow may never come
Spring is short the winters’ long
Just hold me closer
When I’m fallin over (3x)
Some days are fine some not so much
Some days I just need your touch
There’s no denying that you belong
There’s no denying your heart is strong
You chose to stay you chose to be
forever flowing to the sea
And I won’t fear to come along
Life is short but love is long
Just hold me closer
When I’m fallin over (3x)
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Track 5: Washed Away In Blue
Ian Brighton Vocals, Keys, Clarinet, Percussion
James Brighton Drums
John Grigsby Bass
Antonio Lopez Vocals
LYRICS:
When I get out of bed I put on a big beaver suit
button nose & big black tail
I drive my chevy to the good ol’ days festival
Greetin‘ folks behind a veil
They will never see the sorrow inside of me
Beaver’s got a nylon wall
It was on Mother’s Day river took my boys away
Not a place to slip and fall
Now it’s been 10 hard years since the day I shed those tears
pulled apart and not made whole
My beaver mascot face lightens up any place
teaches kids to stay ashore
I see them everyday, in my mind they never fade
‘Till the day my bell tolls
Then I will come for them at heaven’s gate, I’ll run right in
They’re sittin’ by God’s swimmin’ hole
You know it’s true
everything I do
Is washed away in blue
Is washed away in blue
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Track 6: Romeo
Ian Brighton Vocals, Keys, Clarinet
James Brighton Drums
Monica LeBonte Vocals
Eric Thorin Bass
LYRICS:
These summer days are movin’ oh so fast
I don’t know if I’m dreamin’ home at last
It’s feelin’ like the calm before the storm
When water rushes back to be reborn
Hold me, hold me, don’t let go
Hold me, hold me, Romeo
A judge is on the TV talking slow
There’s something on his mind he can’t let go
There’s music in the distance keepin’ time
I’m hearing voices on the old rail line
Hold me, hold me, don’t let go
Hold me, hold me, Romeo
Of all of the things that we do every day
Keep to the ones that are true
Despite all the pain and the greed in the world
Know that I’ll always love you
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Track 7: Together
Ian Brighton Vocals, Melodica, Ukelele, Keys, Percussion
LYRICS:
I thought you’d never ask me, so long I waited for ya
I saw u left your shoes at the door
I never really felt a woman really see me
Till you asked me out on the floor
Now all these people in here some are at the table,
some are singing up to the trees
Read a children’s fable, watch a favorite movie
Learnin ‘bout the birds and the bees
It’s a wonderful life with you
We’re not perfect but we’re see-through
Remember, together nothins’ forever but the love I feel for you
Remember, together nothins’ forever but the love I feel for you
Tomorrow is a new day, I hope it’s filled with singin’
& drinking out of mugs in the bath
But it is not for certain we find our four leaf clover
Shadows may fall on our path
But love will carry through in, sickness & in health &
death will never pull us apart
The door is always open, the circle is unbroken
As we fly around a shimmering star
It’s a wonderful life with you
We’re not perfect but we’re see-through
Remember, together nothins’ forever but the love I feel for you
Remember, together nothins’ forever but the love I feel for you
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Track 8: Trisomy 21
Michael Brighton Drums
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Track 9: Whippoorwill
Ian Brighton Vocals, Keys, Percussion
James Brighton Drums
LYRICS:
twenty twenty two know that I loved you
you are a year that I hold dear twenty twenty two
twenty twenty three rainbow over tree
we messed around, rolled on the ground, twenty twenty three
looking back, time flies fast
Standing still, whip-poor-will
twenty twenty four jaw is on the floor
crawled into bed, hero is dead twenty twenty four
twenty twenty five I’m glad to be alive
headline surreal, how should we feel twenty twenty five
looking back, time flies fast
Standing still, whip-poor-will