Stake Through The Head
Computer Art Geek
Processed Sound
Nature of Evil
Wept
Non Contradiction
About Love
ABC
Don’t Give Up
Doc
Metal I
Rehoboam
Sibling Gibberish

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01: STAKE THROUGH THE HEAD
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

Sisera was a Cananite whose death was kind of strange
He died by a tent stake driven through his brain
A curious casualty of an ancient Israeli war
Documented by the writer of Judges chapter four
His army was slaughtered but Sisera escaped
He ran to Jael’s tent where he thought he’d be safe
She hid him under a rug and told him not to be afraid
She gave him some milk but later skewered his brain
Sisera is dead by a stake through his head
Sisera is dead by a stake through his head
In one temple and out the other side
That’s how General Sisera died
And that’s how he died
Sisera died, he died
Sisera is dead by a stake through his head
Sisera is dead by a stake through his head
Sisera got so tired that he couldn’t stay awake
So Jael got a hammer and a sharp tent stake
She crept up quietly careful not to make a sound
Pounded the stake through his temples into the ground
Sisera is dead by a stake through his head
Sisera is dead by a stake through his head
In one temple and out the other side
That’s how General Sisera died
And that’s how he died
Sisera died, he died
Sisera is dead by a stake through his head
Sisera is dead by a stake through his head
Yes we know what went through his mind
Right before he died
And I bet he would’ve stayed awake
Had he known that his life was at stake
He’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead
Sisera died by a stake through his head

02: COMPUTER ART GEEK
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

I’m a computer art geek
I’m a digital dork
A creative freak
I’m a binary boy
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
I’m at a computer most of the day
And I wouldn’t have it any other way
I get paid to create with my Mac
I don’t think it gets any better than that
I’m a, uh, what you’d call a, uh, technology guy.
Are you telling me you have succumbed
to the cerebral computer?
Illustrate, animate, record and design
Electronic substrate for my mind
Majestic machine, a friend to me
I am a full blown computer art geek
You really love what you do, don’t you?
Yeah, I’m obsessed by it.
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
Are you telling me you have succumbed
to the cerebral computer?
Computer, computer, art geek
I love doing what I do
I love doing what I do
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
I’m a computer art geek
Computer art geek
Computer art geek
Art geek

03: PROCESSED SOUND
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

Music is the art of sound in time
Expressions of emotion and mind
Dynamic creative auditory design
Harmony melody rhythm and rhyme
Its underlying elements
Its fundamental essence
Its necessary substance
Is processed sound
It’s processed sound
Processed sound
Processed sound
Processed sound
Processed sound
Music is a series of sound waves
Arranged according to aesthetic taste
A sonic phenomenon I‘m here to create
Appreciate experience and orchestrate
Its underlying elements
Its fundamental essence
Its necessary substance
Is processed sound
Process, process, process
There’s a style for every taste
For every preference there’s a place
A genre for everyone to embrace
But in a way it’s all the same
It’s processed sound
Processed sound
Processed sound
Processed audio
Processed human expressions of ordered audio
It’s processed sound

04: NATURE OF EVIL
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

Evil
Human evil.
Evil cannot exist by itself
It’s corruption of something else
Evil isn’t a thing or entity
It’s the lack of the good that should be
The nature of evil
The nature of evil
Evil is a loss of perfection
Moral order regression
Evil is a breakdown of clarity
Contamination of purity
The nature of evil
The nature of evil
The nature of evil
The nature of evil
Evil
The nature of evil
Evil, evil
The nature of evil
The nature of evil
The nature
The nature of evil
Evil is a parasite that cannot exist
Except as a hole in something that should be solid

05: WEPT
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

Mary and Martha had a brother
Named Lazarus who was about to die
They sent for Jesus to heal him
But he died before Jesus arrived
Mary fell to His feet and said
If you’d been here brother wouldn’t be dead
When Jesus saw her and the others cry
He was troubled, tears filled His eyes
Then He wept
Jesus wept
Jesus wept
He wept
Jesus wept
Jesus wept
He wept, wept, wept
Jesus wept, wept, wept
Jesus wept
He wept

06: NON CONTRADICTION
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

Two contradictory statements cannot both be true
At the same time and in the same sense too
Some statements are true and others are not
It’s one of logic’s fundamental building blocks
The principle that divides truth from non truth
Fact from fiction
Is called the law of non contradiction
It’s an undeniable law
Undeniable law
Undeniable law
It cannot be meaningfully said that this law is false to use
The concept of false could not be if the law isn’t true
True and false would not exist without the non contradiction law
Because the line of distinction between is what the law draws
Two contradictory statements cannot both be true
At the same time and in the same sense too
This law cannot be denied
Without first assuming that it’s true
Non contradiction
Non contradiction
The law of non contradiction
It’s an undeniable law
Undeniable law
Undeniable law
Two contradictory statements cannot both be true
Cannot both be true
At the same time and in the same sense too
Non contradiction
The law of non contradiction
There’s no getting around
The law of non contradiction
The very act of denying it actually affirms its existence
The law, it’s actually undeniable
The law, the law of non contradiction
It’s actually undeniable
It’s undeniable
Non contradiction
Non contradiction
Non contradiction
The law of non contradiction

07: ABOUT LOVE
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

If you love, if you love, if you love
You shall have no gods before me
You shall not practice idolatry
You shall not take God’s name in vain
Remember the Sabbath, it’s a holy day
You shall honor your father and mother
You shall not murder one another
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal anything
You shall not lie about what you know
You shall not covet what your neighbor owns
All of these things speak about love
They all demonstrate examples of love
Love, example of love
Love is the fulfillment of the laws
It summarizes all the you shall nots
It’s all about love
It’s all about love
It’s all about love
It’s all about love
The degree of a man’s love
is known by what he does
The measure of a woman’s love
is known by what she does
The extent of a man’s love
is known by what he does
The depth of a woman’s love
is known by what she does
It’s all about love
It’s all about love
It’s all about love
It’s all about love

08: ABC

You know the lyrics

09: DON'T GIVE UP
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

This world can leave an ugly bruise
I’ve felt my share of bruises too
The joy of life is too elusive to last
Happiness provokes its own wrath
Losing strength with every strike
Chronic pain is the price of life
Swing after swing, blow after blow
Living life can really take a toll
Life can suck
Numbing misery buried inside
A remedy is nowhere to find
No one knows what you’re going through
God doesn’t seem to be listening to you
Emptiness engulfed by despair
Running out of smiles or the strength to care
Hope is fading to a futile end
Loneliness is your closest friend
Life can suck
Life can suck
Life can suck
Life throws punches whether you fight it or not
Put up your fists and throw your best shots
When you take a fall and you’ve had enough
You must muster the strength to pick yourself up
Don’t ever give up
Don’t ever give up
Don’t ever give up
Don’t ever give up
Keep trying and fighting
And kicking and biting
Hang on, hang on
Hang on, don’t give up
Keep persisting and resisting
And writhing and twisting
Hang on, hang on
Hang on, don’t give up
When everything is going wrong
You must keep pushing on
When the going gets rough
Don’t you ever give up
Keep fighting the fight
Don’t let it get the best of you
Keep your chin up high
Don’t lose hope whatever you do
Keep your dreams in sight
Fight until you see them through
Don’t ever give up

10: DOC
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

09/03
Education, scholarship, theology.
Let me add a little Ric Walston paraphrase here for you,
so that you can get the context. I love truth.
In a frustrating, dismal time in my life
I couldn’t decipher truth from lie
Ignorance and confusion shrouded my mind
I groped for answers I didn’t know how to find
You had the knowledge I was looking for
Taught and inspired me search for more
If you’re going to defend the truth,
you must know the truth.
It is a pleasure to listen to you teach
And have my questions answered intelligently
I appreciate your scholarship and honesty
For pointing out truth where it’s hard to see
Know that for whatever is or will come to be
That your influence will always be with me
It will always be with me
And I just wanted to thank you for everything
Thanks Doc for the insight you share
Thanks Doc for being there
Thanks Doc for the time that we’d spend
Thank you for being a friend
For being a friend
You know, I don’t know about all this stuff.
A man of education and fervent belief
A witty encyclopedia of theology
A talented man still collecting degrees
But you love truth more than your Ph.D.’s
A passion for understanding reality
And a knack for speaking lucidly
A mentor and teacher of profundity
Thank you for investing in me
Thank you
There’s a significance of him speaking this with a loud voice.
09/03
Man, ooh, stop there

11: METAL I
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

Looking for new metal at the music store
It’s getting harder to find what I’m looking for
A shrinking metal scene is not a good thing
The world would sound better if metal was king
Metal, metal, metal
Metal, metal, metal, metal
Changing sounds and dying bands
Is this an equation of supply and demand?
Underground again but metal’s not dead
I salute the bands who still want to bang my head
Cale do you like butt rock?
Metal, metal, metal
What’s happened to metal?
Metal, metal, metal
Why don’t you like metal?
Metal, metal, metal
There’s not enough metal
Metal, metal, metal
Of that tasty 80’s metal

12: REHOBOAM
(Music and lyrics by Cale Burr)

Rehoboam was the king of Judah (And what a king he was)
The son of Solomon (Like father like son)
Having all the lovers that he did (All of us lovers)
Life must have been rough (But then again he likes it rough)
Rehoboam had eighteen wives (Eighteen wives)
And sixty concubines (And sixty concubines)
I wonder how he found the time (He’s a busy, busy boy)
To keep them all satisfied (Keeping us satisfied)
Sixty Mistresses?
Man, how’d you keep them all straight Rey?
Must’ve have a great pick up line
Yeah, that’s my buddy Rey
Come here big boy
By the time all his mating (With all of us playmates)
And baby making was done (Man, that man could procreate)
He fathered sixty daughters (There were women everywhere)
And twenty eight sons (And some males here and there)
Rey married one of his cousins (Ooh la lah)
But Maacah was his favorite wife (He really loved Maacah)
She bore his favorite son Abijah (Like father, like son)
Who gained the throne when Rehoboam died (When Rey died, we cried)
Your cousin, huh?
Hmmm. I don’t know Rey
King Rehoboam
Rehoboam, King Rehoboam
King Rehoboam
The playboy king
Rey, Rey, he’s our man
He gives love like no one can
Rey, Rey, he rules the land
All us women in the palm of his hand
Rey, Rey, he’s our king
We love it when he does his thing
Seventy-eight women, eighty-eight kids
If he’s not a man then no one is
Rey, you’re looking tired, man
Been getting enough sleep lately?
Playboy King Rehoboam
Playboy King
Playboy King Rehoboam
Playboy, playboy
The playboy king
Rehoboam
Oh Rey, stop it

13: SIBLING GIBBERISH
(Music by Cale Burr
Lyrics by Micah Burr)

Ready Mic?
Yeah
Em - Ahh
Em - Uhh
Out comes the spider
Click click click
Down through the chimney
With Mount Saint Helens
Of a k-l-ick
Oo I with an L - I - T - C - Y - E - H

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