1 PEACE OF MIND
2 SUBLIME
3 LISTEN, IT'S GONE
4 EITHER/OR
5 BLISS IS UNAWARE
6 ICE SKATING AT NIGHT
7 DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR
8 CRASH
9 CATHEDRAL BELLS
10 THE RELATIVES
11 EMOTIONS RING
David Schelzel - vocals and guitars
Rob Minnig - drums keyboards and backing vocals
Bobby Mittan - bass guitar
Steve Lau - keyboards saxophone and backing vocals
*Produced by THE OCEAN BLUE
Produced by Kevin Moloney and THE OCEAN BLUE
*Engineered and Mixed by Rob Minnig
#Mixed by Michael Brauer
##Mixed by Jay Healy
**Mixed by Rob Minnig
All songs written by David Schelzel
Recorded at Compass Point, Nassau
Photography by Neil Davenport
Art Direction by Kim Champagne and The Ocean Blue
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk
The Ocean Blue is managed by Peter Freedman
Peter Freedman Entertainment NYC
The Ocean Blue Box 363 Hershey Pennsylvania 17033 USA
Thanks to Howie Klien, Peter Standish, Joe McEwen, Sandy Alouete, Seymour Stein,
Rich Fitzgerald, Carl Scott, Steve Tipp, Mark Nieter, Molly Reeve-Morrison, All
at Sire, Reprise, and Warner Brothers Records; Peter Freedman, Steve Smith, Jeff
Hafer, Steve Leo, Pat Minnig, Oswald Bowe, Sherrie and Terry Manning and all at
Compass Point; and most especially to our families and friends.
PEACE OF MIND (Schelzel)
This, a new revelation
speaks a message to me
with out hesitation
rings out loud and clear
Seize your peace of mind
This American nation
takes the message from me
with out hesitation
robs the message from me
Seize your peace of mind
Without all the fanfare
rings out loud and clear
With out all the grandstands
rings out loud and clear
Wait up for me
Wait up for me now
This, the ancient of nations
holds the message for me
with out hesitation
rings out loud and clear
Seize your peace of mind
SUBLIME (Schelzel)
Another radical dream
becomes a long lost friend
Beneath the rhythm and sound
lies a another meaning
And if you ask me today
to say just what I'm thinking
You might flee my reply
and run it upwards and downwards
It was so Sublime
This entangled up dream
still plays on illusion
Trying hard to escape
more jangled delusion
And if you ask me today
and you ponder life
It's not just what you think
it grows outward
and it holds you
It's so Sublime
This American Dream
becomes elusive
if you're ready or not
It may reach out and grab you
And if you ask me today
and you wonder why
you might flee its reply
and run it backwards and forewords
It was so so so ba ba ba lime m.
LISTEN, ITS GONE (Schelzel)
Just this time I ask
please do it slowly
Don't leave this cardboard
here in my soul
Remember I'm the meek and the lowly
Don't leave it crumbling
here in my soul
Oh
Listen
It's gone
Just this time I ask
please speak it softly
Don't wake the ghosts
here in my soul
For now I hear the coming of silence
As stark and white
As my fragile soul
Oh
Listen
It's gone
Just for now I ask
drop it forever
Don't leave it wandering
here in my soul
Remember I'm the meek and the lowly
Don't leave this cardboard
here in my soul
EITHER/OR (Schelzel)
So far removed
So in between
So back and forth
Doesn't know where he's been
When I stopped and thought about it
When I figured out
When I stopped and thought
Faced the Either/Or
So crazy in my head
Over all the things I've read
So high above
So up in front
So left and right
So And/Both
but When I stopped and thought about it
When I figured out
When I stopped and thought
Faced the Either/Or
BLISS IS UNAWARE (Schelzel)
Miss the boat
and you will find you're on the shore
Miss the point
and you will think you're very sure
Bliss
is unaware
Until the shot
rings out
And you will find
it's just a lie
Hit the switch
and you will find it on the screen
Hit remotes
and you will find you're entertained
Bliss
is unaware
While you laugh
to death
You'll find it
hits you pleasantly
ICE SKATING AT NIGHT (Schelzel)
Floating downwards
free fall fast
Drifting onwards
slowly now
Skating sideways
snow and ice
Loop to loop
Ice skating at night
Floating downwards
free fall fast
Skating backwards
slowly now
Looking upwards
stars a sight
High above
Ice skating at night
DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR (Schelzel)
Pardon me
Am I supposed to listen?
To your jaded views
Rusted as they glisten
Don't believe him
You survive
Your blatant contradictions
You submit
Reality revisions
Don't believe him
CRASH (Schelzel)
Your lovely daydreams
from the back of youth
You metamorphosed
and then off they flew
Remember me, when you fall
remember me, when you
Crash
Your soon tomorrow
in front of you
Holds lovely daydreams
from the background view
Remember me, when you fall
remember me, when you
Crash
Your soon tomorrow
in front of you
You metamorphosed
and then off you flew
CATHEDRAL BELLS (Schelzel)
"Charlemagne
your swords and your coattails
are broken"
"Prince of Wales
these words that you have spoken
are token."
Oh lets emerge from the shadows
"Socrates
this world of ideas
has all faded"
"Solomon
your pages of gold
are all jaded."
Oh lets emerge from the shadows.
THE RELATIVES (Schelzel)
Swing was the thing
long ago
Elvis was king
long ago
But I'm constantly avoiding extremes
Dodging those absolutes
Singing the song in my head
Makes no sense at all
Fab were the four
long ago
Jim closed the door
...ago
But I'm constantly avoiding extremes
Dodging those absolutes
Whispering words in my head
Makes no sense at all
EMOTIONS RING (Schelzel)
Slowed down
Slowed down
Maritime melody
Maritime melody
Its emotive ring
Its emotions ring
has paralyzed and disengaged
and paralyze
Us all
most everything
Its emotive ring
Slowed down
has paralyzed &disengaged
Maritime melody
Its emotions wring
Its emotions wring
from everyman
From everyman
most everything
Most everything
All lyrics David Schelzel
Lyrics reprinted by permission.
All rights reserved.
©1993 EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Wassermusik BMI
