Artwork Title: Seesaw
Artist: The Galvanics (Colin Lukens, Michael Austin, James Capobianco, Chris Lawler, Carlos Cardenas)
“Alight”: A mid-tempo modern grunge rock song. A guitar riff repeats between verses, adding tension. A guitar solo is played in the bridge of the song, and the song’s outro is an extended instrumental passage with an added keyboard part.
Lyrics
Darkness falls, over my eyes
Tunnels appear, echo my cries
Been here before, know I’ll be back
Speak to myself, (just) follow the track
Feeling my way, panic attack
Why this again, amnesiac
Turn to my left, turn to my right
Ring in my ear, hopeless for hindsight
I’m on a Mobius journey
One station, (n)ever returning
How can I take the right line
In my dream I alight all the time
Lightening now, less is at stake
How many trips am I gonna take?
I can see now, starting to rise
Finish the ride (on) my ego’s disguise
I’m on a Mobius journey
One station, (n)ever returning
How can I take the right line
In my dream I alight all the time
“Boyle Hall”: A modern rock song with shimmering guitar. The song’s bridge and outro has a melody played on keyboard, and recordings of speech overlayed on the other instruments.
Lyrics:
This is the place where memory makes
A certain wonder that can’t be faked
Should I hold on or should I let go
Of this space
434 lift grate
Stone staircase, renovate
To young eyes, ornate
Wait
Double height gym space
Microfilm frame race
After hours disgrace
Chase
This is the place where memory makes
A certain wonder that can’t be faked
Should I hold on or should I let go
Of this space
Red eyeball lightswitch
Partition wall ditch
Can we go sales pitch
Bewitch
Dime coffee break run
Wumpus modem phone fun
Stated Clerk hired gun
Well done
This is the place where memory makes
A certain wonder that can’t be faked
Should I hold on or should I let go
Of this space
Typewriter musings
Classroom door cruisings
Assistant room schmoozings
Moving
Office door drop by
I came by to say hi
Young thoughts to speechify
Goodbye!
“Windowpane”: An upbeat rock song with distorted guitars. A melodic guitar solo plays in the outro of the song; the song’s tempo slows down as it builds to its conclusion.
Lyrics
There’s no way Terry’s going in
There’s no way she’ll go out again
Although she tried
She can’t leave the car
Watching the trees breathe and sob
Although we tried to help
We’re stuck with her in the yard
In the yard
Yeah, we thought she’d be straight by now
Yeah, we thought we’d get home somehow
Out all night
We’ve been at the park
High as kites on windowpane
We’ve been out all night
Playing on the swings and monkey bars
Monkey bars
We were on the seesaw
Heavens open wide
Feeling the stars pitch and roll
Then something flipped inside of her
She began to cry
And said, “I’ve lost my soul…”
Her mom and dad would be so very mad
Her mom and dad would be so very sad
She was the child
They trusted to do right
Class president and all that jazz
Yes, she was a child
But maybe she saw that black is white
Black is white