The Songs

Every song in the collection, meaning-first. Filter by sutra, light or shadow, topic, intention, or language. Each song has a short paragraph on why it exists, and music you can play right here. Lyrics-only pieces live on Words.

The Courage To Care

They (dare) call empathy weak. But(t) real compassion is the discipline of light. And it takes far more courage to care than to look away.

GROWsutraWISDOM · beBRAVE · LIGHT

Camus Dit Oui

In French, which makes everything better and worse simultaneously... How absurd is that? ;)

GROWsutraWISDOM · beFOOL · LIGHT

Grateful For The Weird

Grateful for dogs, berries, beaches, tender fools, and every weird beautiful thing. Especially the weird.

GLOWsutraBEAUTY · beGRATEFUL · LIGHT

No, I'm Not Being Political (CIRCA 2026)

No, I'm not being political. I'm just still awake. (Circa 2026.)

BLOWsutraPOOLITICS · beBRAVE · LIGHT

The Sound Of Logic

Acoustic or algorithmic? Human or harmonic? Is it chaos or logic? Bananasutra speaks...

KNOWsutraTRUTH · beSILLY · LIGHT

Win-Win After Midnight

After midnight, the only fair game is the one where you both win. Honest wrapped in skin. A gentler no. A deeper yes.

FLOWsutraBEAUTY · beCURIOUS · LIGHT

Lightly, My Darling

It's dark because you try too hard. Aldous Huxley said lightly, my darling... and this song takes the lesson to heart.

FLOWsutraPEACE · beKIND · LIGHT

Too Hard, My Friend

You're trying too hard, my friend. The river doesn't try. It flows.

FLOWsutraWISDOM · beWISE · LIGHT

We’re Tiny Specks, Right?

Carl Sagan approved. Still tiny. Still shining. Still asking. Right?

BOWsutraWISDOM · beHUMBLE · LIGHT

Grifters

One question that won’t let go: are you a grifter or a gifter?

BLOWsutraPOOLITICS · seeEGO · SHADOW

The Great Naked King

The emperor has no clothes. But(t) he's selling crowns. And it's like no one knows shit about f*ck (like Socrates said).

SHOWsutraEGO · beFOOL · SHADOW

So, What Is Racism?

So, what is racism? (It's in the jokes when the room gets quiet.)

KNOWsutraINJUSTICE · beCURIOUS · SHADOW

Zero Sum (Zero Sean)

When someone mistakes scarcity for personality... or something strangely suspicious like that.

GROWsutraINJUSTICE · seeEGO · SHADOW

This Is My Quest

Born with a fire that silence could not tame. This is the quest.

GLOWsutraBEAUTY · beBRAVE · LIGHT

My Quest

"La Quête" remade 6 ways, from lullaby to blues, because some songs need to be chased like an impossible star. Volume 2 of a lifelong quest.

GLOWsutraBEAUTY · beBRAVE · LIGHT

Curious Like A Kiss

Consensual curiosity as connection. Sensual wit as rhythm. Radical honesty as the ultimate kink.

FLOWsutraBEAUTY · beCURIOUS · LIGHT

Oxytocin

Dopamine chases. Serotonin exhales. Oxytocin stays. Neurotransmitters matter. A love song on the science of connection, i.e. trust.

FLOWsutraBEAUTY · beFAIR · LIGHT

Bo Burnham Covers

What's funny? Everything. Also nothing. Bo Burnham said so.

SHOWsutraFOOLERY · beSILLY · LIGHT

But(t) How Can You?

Have you met your conscience lately? (Asking for a friend.)

KNOWsutraWISDOM · beCURIOUS · SHADOW

Spit Back the Lies

They built a house of hollow prayers... Time to spit back the lies.

BLOWsutraINJUSTICE · beBRAVE · SHADOW

Kiss A Pulse

Poetry isn't a hat you wear. It's a pulse you kiss.

GLOWsutraBEAUTY · beWONDROUS · LIGHT

Hello, Oh No

Oh hello, ego. You're here again. No no no.

GROWsutraEGO · beBRAVE · SHADOW

One Percent Rising

More curious than 99% of the population. That's the one percent that matters.

GROWsutraWISDOM · beCURIOUS · LIGHT

Ego Ain't Your Amigo

Because ego just can't get over himself. So. Just quit it already.

BLOWsutraEGO · seeEGO · SHADOW

Time For Rebel Romance

History's spinning that wheel again. Time for a rebel romance.

BLOWsutraPOOLITICS · beWOKE · SHADOW

Rise Up, You Naked Peoples (Freedom Rings)

Victor Hugo would approve. Rise up, ye naked peoples. Freedom rings. Heed the call.

BLOWsutraINJUSTICE · beBRAVE · LIGHT

Question The Nation

Question the nation. Truth is on sabbatical. Or what(TF)?

BLOWsutraPOOLITICS · beCURIOUS · SHADOW

MAMA (Make America Mine Achtung)

MAGA. MACA. MAMA. Make America Mine Achtung. Like a toddler in a war room with nukes and mommy issues.

QUACKsutraPOOLITICS · beKIND · SHADOW

MAHA (Make America Humane Again)

Make America Humane Again. It's not a radical idea. It should not be.

QUACKsutraPOOLITICS · beKIND · LIGHT

Penguins In Shoes

Anatole France accidentally baptized penguins into humanity in 1908. The crowd loved it. Nothing has changed. We're all still penguins in shoes.

SHOWsutraFOOLERY · beSILLY · LIGHT