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PRELUDE TO​.​.​.​AN EPILOGUE

by Mychael John Thomas

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Prelude To... 03:27
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I Can't Believe My Eyes 04:50
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I CAN’T BELIEVE MY EYES By Mychael John Thomas A little birdie landed on my shoulder And started whisperin’ in my ear He said the woman that you love is with another And I know that ain’t what you wanna hear So I went to the bar at the corner of the street Where she was makin’ out like she was fifteen… With my best friend CHORUS I can’t believe my eyes…I’d rather listen to my heart But the truth you can’t deny…And I’m going down hard ‘Cause my feelings running wild but they make me realize I have to make up my mind…‘Cause I can’t believe my eyes To me she was a vision of perfection But I’ve always heard that love is blind Must be true…I couldn’t see the misdirection Or all the ways she was unkind Now there’s evil in my soul and it’s bad juju It ain’t a pretty picture…What I’d like to do It’s a hoodoo CHORUS BRIDGE In a state of shock…Suspended animation Walkin’ ‘round in a daze…Can barely function Think I better stop…Assess the situation Put my life on hold till I can make a good decision SOLO Guess I have to face the fact it’s really over I’m gonna go it on my own Learn to live without my former love And make the best of it alone It’s a sad thing to watch…It’s like a bad dream I’m starring as a sucker in a cruel love scheme It’s a death scene CHORUS I can’t believe my eyes…Should’ve listened to my heart ‘Cause the truth was just a lie…And I played my last card Now my mind is outta sight and I’m feelin’ alright I’m not gonna compromise…When I can’t believe my eyes I can’t believe my eyes… I can’t believe my eyes… © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Zen 04:56
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ZEN By Mychael John Thomas Take me away to a mountain Where I can believe I can fly No need for deep thought or confessions I can just let my life pass me by As I become one with the cosmos I make a commitment to be Completely detached and oblivious To all of the evil I see CHORUA I am nothing…No hurt…No pain My soul is elevated to an alternative plane Nothing is futal…Nothing is real My heart is nothing to cling to…Nothing to steal There’s peace in the art of denial Set free from desires of the world No longer a son of Belial And greed is a meaningless word Relieved of the need for attachment Now part of the all universe My mind is embracing the absence Of living in fear of the curse CHORUS BRIDGE There is no future…There is no past There is no loser…The power at last No conclusion is required of me No confusion here in who I can be SOLO (verse) As I become one with the cosmos I make a commitment to be Completely detached and oblivious To all of the evil I see CHORUS I am nothing…No hurt…No pain My soul is elevated to an alternative plane Nothing is futal…(I am illusionless) Nothing is real…(I am not jaded) My heart is nothing to cling to…Nothing to steal (My heart is nothing to cling to)…Nothing to steal (My heart is nothing to cling to)…Nothing to steal © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Love On The Line 06:07
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LOVE ON THE LINE By Mychael John Thomas Love on the line…Waiting on my fate Nothing but time…Spent anticipating Can’t see the end…Living in the hate Walls closing in…Feel I’m suffocating Thought it was real…Gave my everything Treachery concealed…Hard to go on singing Soul’s in a bind…Caught between two worlds Love on the line…Scattered mind is swirling CHORUS Energy’s high…About to explode Passions are reaching complete overload Don’t want to fight…But being attacked Leave no regrets when someday I look back Love on the line! Love on the line! What has become of our sweet life? Hurt every day…Still I have to live What is the way?…Can’t keep on forgiving Tempted to run…Don’t know why I stay Coming undone…While I keep on praying CHORUS BRIDGE Earth spins…Caught in a whirlwind…Should be Escaping…But I’m just raging…Can’t seem to Balance…Facing this challenge…Longing for Freedom…Looking for someone to lead me home SOLO CHORUS © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Better Luck Next Time 04:34
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BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME By Mychael John Thomas Well I’ve been slow about seein’ the truth But it’s comin’ on home…(Tryin’ somethin’ new) Call me a tool…Call me anything you want You think I’m your fool but let me tell ya what I’m gonna Do to ya honey…I’m blowin’ this town I’m takin’ all the money…(I’m puttin’ you way down) Under my feet…Under my thumb Your evil game is done CHORUS I’ve had enough ‘cause you don’t know love I ain’t no chump…Gotta give you up So baby we’re through and it’s all on you You pay for your crime…Well better luck next time When I think back to our very first days You thought I was jack…(You said I was amazing) I could make you laugh…I could make you scream You won’t find that like you had it with me Still you tried to feel younger…(And get your freak on) Did your dirty little number…(But the creep is gone) He’s outta your life…Outta your scene Now you’re tryin’ to run back to me… CHORUS BRIDGE I can see it in your eyes…You like to live dangerous And you love to tell the lies…You think you’re foolin’ us But sooner or later Karma comes around Then your house of cards comes down SOLO CHORUS © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Deal 06:06
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DEAL By Mychael John Thomas I. The Good Guy You say you’ll promise me forever You’ll never do no wrong again I must say that is a tempting offer But you must know I will not give in Way down deep you know the answer Grace…And it won’t cost you a thing Or are you trusting in your swagger? Dagger? To help you cut a deal with me? How can that be? II. The Bad Guy Now put your money on the table And tell me what it is you want While I tell you of a little fable You can pray we don’t get caught Lemme tellya what I’m gonna do for you ‘Cause you know I know just how you feel Bitten off more than you can chew? Have you? So maybe we can cut a deal? Believe I’m real III. The Dealer There must be some way off this carousel But it’s all out of my control I’m not going anywhere that I can tell I might be tempted to sell my soul There has to be a number…And gladly I would pay To break the spell I’m under…And make a getaway ‘Cause I’m trapped here in limbo hell By forces I cannot expell VI. The Realist Who will pay the cost of these decisions? Maybe there’s no deal to be had Tryin’ to buy my way into redemption Maybe tryin’ to pay for being bad I’m at the point of desperation I’d give anything if this just wasn’t real But in the guilt and pain of seperation Reality you can't conceal…There ain’t no deal © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Up To The Bottom 05:19
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UP TO THE BOTTOM By Mychael John Thomas CHORUS Down so low that I don’t know if I’ll ever get up again Under the weight of a world of hate…Lookin’ past my sin Livin’ in a prison of my own design…I just can’t break free Look to the sky…Why even try?…Who’s gonna rescue me If you talk problems…Baby I got ‘em It’s an effort just to reach…Up to the bottom Verse Another day in the rat race…Lookin’ for some cheese I spring a trap…Watch that snap…Ain’t gonna be no breeze Killin’ with your attitude…I can’t handle you Temptin’ with your sleeze Got me down…Heal on my face…Honey let me be Feelin’ helpless…I can’t win no matter what I do But I’m still searchin’ for one last thread of Hope that I can use CHORUS Verse Ain’t no light in the sunshine…Everything is dark Feelin’ the strain of a life insane…Ain’t gonna drive in park Checkin’ possibilities…None look good to me… Got no place to start I’m so lost…Givin’ it up…Junk food for the sharks Clouds all around me…How can I go on without a plea But I’m still lookin’ for a sign of life to Find the real me CHORUS © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Peace Of Mind 04:50
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PEACE OF MIND By Mychael John Thomas I get the blues…When I lose Left me high and dry…So Goodbye Got no intuition…Only good intentions Reason and rhyme…Wastin’ my time Needle in a haystack…Need to get laid back If I’m ever gonna find… Any peace of mind Another day…A new play People in the mix…Up to their tricks Story with a spin it’s like from the beginning Cover that lie…Until you die Don’t you try to sell me…You can just tell me I can still smell a line… I got peace of mind BRIDGE Gotta just stop every once in a while And let the water rinse my soul Greet the opposition with a great big smile Things could change…You never know SOLO A little hope…End of my rope I ain’t going down…Stickin’ it out Livin’ in the middle…Try to solve the riddle Follow that lead…Maybe I bleed Seizing every minute…Long as I’m in it Gonna let the love define My peace of mind © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Dragonfly 05:55
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DRAGONFLY By Mychael John Thomas I’ve been thinking about acceptance Looking for closure in my mind But does it really make a difference This hurt will only heal with time I need transcendence…I’ll rise above it if I try Maybe another day I’ll fly away…Like a dragonfly If I lived in a magic kingdom Then I could wish this all away But it’s not something I am running from There is just one thing left to say I need a healing…And only GOD can get me by Maybe today’s the day I’ll fly away…Like a dragonfly BRIDGE I was so young and strong… But now my youth is gone and all that remains Are broken heart and dreams… A man who can’t believe…The wild is tamed SOLO BRIDGE 2 True love is hard to find Sometimes you lose your mind…The search never ends I walk this road alone… Living with damage done…Beginning again There’s a moral to this story: We find a life that never dies Or fate can rob us of our true glory And we will never see the prize There is a crowning…In the twinkling of an eye We’ll see a better day…And fly away…Like a dragonfly TAG Love is the only to fly away…Like a dragonfly (I'm going to fly away like a...I'm going to fly just like a Dragonfly) Dragonfly (I'm going to fly away like a...I'm going to fly just like a Dragonfly) Dragonfly © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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...An Epilogue 05:00
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…AN EPILOGUE By Mychael John Thomas There’s a light…At the end of the tunnel And I think I see a glimmer up ahead I open my eyes…See beyond my trouble As I follow down the path that I am led… Just in time Loves light shines… At the end of the tunnel (Look into the light of Love… Look into the light of Love…) There is hope…In the wake of a crisis And I feel someone is guiding me along I’m never alone…He is walking beside me And I know someday I’ll find eternal home In due time Loves light shines… At the end of the tunnel (Look into the light of Love… Look into the light of Love…) © 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI

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Sometime in the fall of 2017 my Brother began a very long year which resulted in the end of a 16 year marriage...This is my interpretation of his story. We spent a lot of time together, we cried, we played music, and I really got to know him for the first time in our lives. He is an awesome person...And we became best friends.

All the songs are based on true accounts, however, I employed artistic license, song writing skills, and some good old fashioned story telling for dramatic effect. Musically, my Bro and I both love HEAVY music, so this album is some of the HEAVIEST music I have ever recorded...WE ROCKED!

And finally, my outline for the concept was "7 Stages Of Grief" - a modified Kubler-Ross model. So while it is mostly dark and brooding, there is a "brighter skies" outlook in the end...My trademark...lol. It has been a cathartic journey for us both. I hope you enjoy this slice of life from two brothers...MJT

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released November 5, 2018

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Mychael is originally from Nashville, TN. He has been in the music industry for 40 plus years as recording artst, songwriter, musician and producer. He composed, performed, engineered and produced all of his solo bandcamp releases.

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