In 2002 Dalton had written a poem, The Desert Wind. Chas and Dalton worked over the poem, producing the lyrics and music for their original song, No One Knows (Where It Goes), track 4 on the 2010 Out of Time album © Dalton Bentley & Chas Thomas. The discerning listener will find many interesting allusions in the lyrics. Chas: Lead vocal, shakers, electronic drums, lead guitar. Dalton: lead guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar rhythm. ¡Vaya! refrain: Everybody nearby.
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mp3 track "No One Knows"
The lyrics for No One Knows (Where It Goes):
- Avalanche of white noise
- Beginnings and endings
- I am that I am
- There’s peace without thinking
- And no one knows where it goes
- Posturing children praise the thunder----¡Vaya!
- Talk of mana and kill-shot
- Rejected by shadows
- Stumbling through pieces
- Analytical shards...
- They miss the whole picture
- And no one knows where it goes
- Stolen pine trees miss their grandeur
- Dream of Taos and long lost hills
- The spell of binding
- Holds history together
- Dreams of a life lost
- In a place not profaned
- And no one knows where it goes
- Echoes of gods are empty refrains
- Celebrate the Web on which they prey
Cheri had written some thoughts to Dalton about life in America (and love as a refuge) during the economic disaster of 2008 and 2009. Dalton and Chas worked over those lines and composed Blind Man's Vision, which became the 11th track on the Out of Time album. Chas: Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, shakers, electronic drums, lead vocal. Dalton: Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, additional drums, electronic organ.
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mp3 track "Blind Man's Vision"
The lyrics for Blind Man's Vision:
- The deaf man hears the sunrise
- The blind man sees the truth
- I wander through my life in search of you
- The challenge of survival, makes me face simplicity
- As the fear looms in the distance I wonder...
- Are we losing the game?
- Thieves’ bloody corpses...
- They can’t fill that damned black hole!
- People live on hope... while they put aside their dreams
- Find life in each other...
- just walk away from all the fights...from all the fights
- I find you in the mist
- I leave the rest behind
- I find my life renewed again each day
- Thieves’ bloody corpses...
- They can’t fill that damned black hole!
- People live on hope... while they put aside their dreams
- Find life in each other...
- just walk away from all the fights...from all the fights