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Above the Sky

by CraftLass

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1.
Connections 03:53
In the past I felt alone Like no one understood me Even as I have grown There was no place I could be The real me Call me geek or call me freak The worlds that I was part of Made me feel I had to tweak Who I was to get enough or above But, oh how lucky I am To live in these times! Where technology Beats geography And crosses all lines Chorus: Meeting you is like meeting an old friend Only we’re meeting for the first time We’ve shared passions and stories And cheered each other’s glories Long before we ever came eye to eye My interests are so varied And don’t connect easily I constantly need to feed Right brain and left to be Happy Finding just one person who Can understand these passions Someone who feels these needs too Can’t give in to the fashion Of specializations Was once the dream I never dared to dream Finding a community What opportunity! To be part of a team Chorus Bridge: Just one subject may have brought us together But it turns out our connections run even deeper It may seem odd to care so about a bunch of “strangers” But every single one of you is a keeper Chorus (2x)
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I give you love And so much care Most of my cash Time I shouldn’t spare And all I wish For you to do Is what you Are supposed to Is that insane? Do I make sense? Should everything Be so intense? Why can’t I just Push a button And have what I need open Chorus: That would be too easy That could actually make our lives simpler Technology could be more than a source of pleasure Finally be the tool we need You only know What humans code Why does it seem You have this mode Like a toddler Who wants his way No one else Has any say An error code Data unread Are there issues You haven’t had? Do I spend more Time working Troubleshooting Or fixing Chorus Bridge: Do you save me time Or eat even more? Can I live without this Thing I adore? I don’t think I know how to Anymore The biggest joke: The more I know The more I strike A deadly blow Every time I Do anything It sets your Wheels spinning But there’s no mud I keep you clean Treat you like more Than mere machine Why can’t you give Me your service Instead of Constant distress? Chorus
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How did we get to this place Where Americans think knowledge is a waste? Everyone complains about the state Of education at this date But then they try to put religion And uninformed opinion Into classrooms as if It’s a reasonable alternative To facts backed up by evidence Chorus: It’s one thing to be ignorant Quite another to be in denial And yet still another To put actual facts on trial In favor of mythology With no methodology To give your conclusions The weight of accuracy How did we get to this place Where being well-informed is a disgrace? Elections can often be won By proving you would rather be dumb Unwilling to change your stance Give new stats a second glance No one is capable Of being infallible Stubborn is not the same as strong Chorus Bridge: Isn’t it time to admit We’ve come a long way since Ancient times and ages dark Superstition’s just a lark We’ve worked so hard to learn so much A shame to leave it all in the dust How did we get to this place Where science is so frequently displaced? By fear-mongers out to make a buck Who say we’re running out of luck With pretty words to hide the fact None of them can be backed By anything but fiction It’s like a mass addiction More dangerous than any drug Chorus
4.
We sent men to the moon because of some lines In a speech that inspires to this day We learn more about Earth from orbit Than we can in any other way Yet we spend and we spend and we spend and we spend On corporate welfare that will never end Programs that waste more than they create Yet we’re happy to let NASA deflate Chorus: So let’s hold a bake sale for NASA Show our love for a program that actually works The cookies are sure to be out of this world We could even have astros as clerks Give folks a chance to learn first-hand Why we need these adventures in space How it affects them directly at home And elevates the whole human race A very large chunk of what sets us apart Is our driving need to explore Humans are best when we’re trying to test Our limits and find we have more The more that we learn the less that we know So further on still we must go To answer the questions that in the past We didn’t even know to ask Chorus Bridge: To turn this whole endeavor over To private investors and other lands Would be giving up the greatest power We have in our nation’s hands Some skeptics say we should keep funds at bay Until we have fed everyone But we produce more food than ever before Because of what NASA has done Nearly every invention created for space On Earth has found a useful place Saving some lives and improving many more Like we’ve never seen before Chorus Bridge: In these days where folks are always trying To take real science out of schools We need to step up our efforts Or become a nation of fools I could go on for days extolling the ways Investment in NASA makes sense But I have only this song to convince those who are wrong And think it’s a wasteful expense I will dare to say it’s our greatest success Less than 1% is hardly excess In a budget that keeps us all in debt At least here we can see what we get Chorus
5.
It seems that in most modern families Everyone is just too busy Some work too much, some move away And even with all sorts of ways To stay in touch it’s hard to find the time The word family itself has come to mean Just the nuclear part of what used to be Whole communities of cousins Love multiplied by dozens Now we’re lucky to know one or two Chorus: Come July we’ll buck the trends Gather together where the fun never ends No pretenses needed with our family At the Cousins Party From all generations and places Everyone embraces Those people that we’ve missed so bad Cousins we didn’t know we had And new people in their lives So much to do and even more to eat Chances to bond and compete Wiffle ball and horseshoes rule Children’s laughter fills the pool And memories flow like the wine Bridge: It may seem old-fashioned To gather this way Or maybe too Italian Some may say But bringing everyone back home Reminds us that we are never alone No one cares how you’re related Just glad that you could make it Without this party we could be Just like other families Weddings and funerals only Blink and the day has flown by So sad to have to say goodbye But we can take comfort in Knowing next year our kin Will be right back here once again Chorus (2x)
6.
Standing here upon the Earth Just a speck on a tiny rock Looking up with hope tonight For a glimpse of two tiny dots Speeding through the sky They soar into view together The grandest work man has ever done Breaking from gravity’s tether Chorus: If only I could fly Above the sky See the Earth From that heavenly perch If only I could feel That wondrous thrill That never goes away If only I could fly I looked right into the eyes Of one of the lucky few There’s wisdom there beyond What philosophers ever knew He tried to explain in words The wonders that those eyes beheld But even a full-blown picture show can’t Bring us knowledge life has withheld Bridge: I know my chances to go Are miniscule at best But that doesn’t mean my dreams Will ever be at rest The tremor of the engines Roaring as they ready To lift me up so high Let’s just go already! In my mind I feel the power And anticipation growing So easy to imagine even Without ever actually knowing Chorus Out: If only I could fly Above the sky See the Earth From that heavenly perch If only I could feel That wondrous thrill That never goes away If only I could fly If only I could fly Above the sky

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A collection of new music inspired by friendship, family, space, science, and technology and the way they bring us together.

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released April 3, 2010

Produced by CraftLass & Dave Entwistle
Recorded, mixed, & mastered by Dave Entwistle

Vocals & acoustic guitar by CraftLass
Percussion on tracks 1, 3, 4, & 6 by Dave Entwistle & CraftLass

Artwork by Jen Scheer

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