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Lightbender

by Asabove

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1.
Talisman 06:24
In the rays of astral light, divine mind did align In a moment out of time, Talisman came alive and was born In precious stone it found its home, upon an elemental throne Holding keys to the unknown, a worthy pendant for mortal bones In a symbol of eternal jest, I carved its outer flesh To find a place upon my neck, to lay its grace upon my breast I've been hurting for so long, I've been losing my faith This cold, hard reality is feeling mighty profane I've been starving for meaning - a heart in nature's embrace And at times I wish that lightning would take me out of this place And the toil nearly broke me, that blank staring abyss But an ignite in my soul of light, began a magical shift Then my heart tore wide open, emblazed in spiritual bliss Then it beamed pure willpower into this stone in my fist Astral light - divine mind -out of time - came alive Precious stone - found its home - the unknown - mortal bones Astral light - divine mind - did align - out of time Talisman Came alive
2.
Golden Rule 07:21
Golden sunrise, vanish the night... golden sunrise, vanish the night... He forged the golden rule, a light to guide the fool - its gold was cast astray A molten soul of lead, a stone upon your head - purify till red Weave the golden thread, you'll never be misled - your light will guide all men Corporeal, from gold spun on the wheel Sunset, sunrise, the rhythms of the one mind Mean and extreme, between the seen and unseen How to survive, when all the world's made of light, and all the light's made of mind? On a never-ending ride! How many times have I died, with the golden rule by my side? The middle path is the one that lasts, when all the world's in you, and you in then It's almost like you will know where the wind will blow, cause it follows where your music goes Some live for material things, think themselves fine material beings Some think others are living in sin, but do they judge others as their savior did? And I do everything with love in my heart, you can do no wrong when love is your art The golden rule will take care of you - always balanced, always true And I live by the golden rule - the pillar of virtue, the light of truth I live by the golden rule - the scales of justice, the light of truth
3.
There is nothing to fear, it is all so clear Life is but a song, won't you sing along? Even the devil knows, he's but a tone of om A complimentary mind, we get along just fine There is nothing to fear, we have all been here before In and out of death's door, we've seen this light before And my love you are You are my favorite part Cause my love you are the best melody by far There is nothing to fear, all that exists is right here and now There is nothing to fear, the end of illusion is here and now The devil can't get ahold of me It's just the shadow at my feet There is nothing to fear You'll lose it all, you'll feel such pain Yet it's all the mind's lone game There is nothing to fear An endless ladder a karmic chain The endless song called every name There is nothing to fear There is nothing to fear...
4.
Continuum 04:00
In this circle of life The pendulum reached its height Resists with all its might... falls back into sunrise Be the arrow of time Embrace and then unwind Be the pulse of light The gift unto the night I've been here before my friend, I see it coming around again I've felt this pain before, I nearly thought it was at an end But every breath and every step takes a right and then a left And every peak you're born to reach drops into a cliff I've been here before my friend, I see it coming around again I've reached this peak before, I nearly thought it was the world's end! But ever beyond in the world's song, you'll find no greatest height The power of the souls great love can endure eternal spirals In this circle of life The pendulum reached its height Resists with all its might... falls back into sunrise Be the arrow of time Embrace and then unwind Be the pulse of light The gift unto the night
5.
Run around, grind your wheels, don't settle down Sweat it out, work for it, go hand to mouth Round the clock, keep chopping and stack the blocks Smile wide, say thank you and count your toys Follow the money Go follow the money I follow the money It leads the way A house of cards, and well-manicured yards All in on a dream, we play monopoly A sordid soiree, less it all be cast astray Clamor for the glamour, impress your friends to jealousy Afford it, award it, raise the trophy to the air The plastic is fantastic, watch the others clap and cheer A crisis, despair, watch it vanish to thin air The system never glistened, these gods were never there! Woe, it is no mystery Study the history Follow the money Its interests are swelling beyond the great red line Too big to fail can't sustain with the times We toil for pennies, we battle for black gold Serving machines of perpetual growth The system had failed when bombs fell on homes The people were always the pawns in the throe Love thy neighbor Spread your favor Plant your seeds deep Your life will be sweet
6.
Stone Throne 06:26
Upon it rests the sky, whose breath filled pools on high From there the waters flowed into the cups below Ye whose soul is dry, seek to reach my sight The mountain is my home, my stone throne... it's where I rest my bones Follow my thunder cry echo off stone and ice Beyond the storms of life from the peak where I reside Hang from cliffs you climb, your purpose within sight The mountain is my home, my stone throne... it's where I rest my bones The Earth quakes The bones shake The stones break The throne caves in again Stars spin around, all around me Blend into circular streams Orbits of change speed around me, pulsing in dizzying dreams All mountains crumble into the sea All paths divide in infinity Arising from sleep, I crawled from the sea onto the mud of centuries Crawling towards light, in the deserts of mind... I found the Earth did incline Built upon bone ground into stone, I beheld the almighty throne After such plight, my soul felt quite dry, so I lift my cup high All mountains rise up from the sea All paths align in infinity The earth quakes The bones shake The stones break The throne caves in again
7.
Peace 02:19
8.
The lord of sorrow, loss and pain Is he who guards the holy gates Offer up self-sacrifice To gain access to the light There you'll find the triune mind Three aspects of the one spacetime Focus thy will inside, may the universe oblige The lord of sorry, loss and pain Is he who guards the holy gates Master builders and capstone kings Yield holy fulcrums to float upstream But beware of unjust means Or slip down the spiral of suffering I've read the words of god, written by mortal men I've studied the maths of reason, mapping divine threads Moved by great works of art, that inspired my heart from chest Uplifted by the sweetest sounds, plucked from the souls of friends In awe like baby's wonder, with profound and novel sense And I've loved so deeply, that my life's forever pledged But nothing truly compares, when I open my heart and all draws near We're connected And nothing truly compares, when I close my eyes and all appears We're reflected Yet we're never truly prepared, when our soul reaches beyond Earth's air We're rejected And as I claw back towards the light As I reach for that peace of mind I'm slipping back down the spiral I awaken on cold hard tile The lord of sorrow, loss and pain Is he who guards the pearly gates Offer up self-sacrifice, to gain access to the light There you'll find the triune mind, three aspects of the one spacetime Focus thy will inside, may the universe oblige The path is too long for most to tread Either you walk forever, or you take a death to rest The choice is too deep for most to dwell Either you attract your heaven, or you will your hell The truth is too pure for most to see It chooses you to see it, or it chooses only me My friend, I wish you god speed, we are all in this together - unholy fulcrum
9.
Lightbender 06:58
In the neutral sands of time, where hands stand still and waves align A god was born, a sphere of light, a sol exchanging all starmind And here we live beneath the sky, sustained by waves all shapes and size And I've found my calling in this realm of mine To transform this world via the speed of light We rise, we fall in waves of time, while orbiting our source of life Immortal coils, we are as one, born to the grave beneath the sun Our souls are prisms, we bend the light into our hues, our soul's delight And I've found my calling in this realm of mine To transform this world via the speed of light We balance our hearts on feather, we absorb and we shine together We count hands of time together, we're benders of light, together!

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Asabove's second album "Lightbender" is a confluence of Rock music's many hues, where reverberations of the psychedelic and progressive movements of the 70's blend back in with their heavier modern projections... the result is 9 songs encompassing nearly an hour long full-spectrum hero's journey exploring the themes of light.

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released October 11, 2021

Written, produced, engineered, edited, mixed and mastered by Clay Taylor

Recorded by Clay Taylor at SoBelow Studios, Upland, CA / Maui, HI
Drums for “Follow the Money” recorded by Christian Provensen, Huntington Beach, CA

Photography by Clay Taylor with special help from Rebecca Taylor, Erica Taylor & Julian Hirsh

Artwork and graphic design by Clay Taylor - www.artofclaytaylor.com

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Clay Taylor - Guitars, Vocals

Tom Vanderlist - Guitar (Talisman, Golden Rule, Unholy Fulcrum)

Miles Fuller - Bass (Talisman, Golden Rule, Nothing to Fear, Continuum, Stone Throne, Unholy Fulcrum, Lightbender)

Miles Tanner - Bass (Follow the Money), synth (Golden Rule, Nothing to Fear, Stone Throne, Unholy Fulcrum, Lightbender)

Forrest Rice - Drums (Talisman, Golden Rule, Nothing to Fear, Continuum, Stone Throne, Unholy Fulcrum, Lightbender)

Joseph Barrero - Drums (Follow the Money)

Cody Smith - Drums (Lightbender)

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Inspired largely by the progressive movements of the 60's and 70's, Asabove explores the sounds of classic heavy psychedelic rock, as projected through a modern lens.

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