The Green Anthem
Credits, Info, and Lyrics

All the songs for this album were written, performed, programmed, engineered, produced, and mastered by Dyniss. He rented The Lacquer Channel for mastering the album, with thanks to Noah Mintz for setup. Except for live drums recorded at OM Studios, all recording was done on Dyniss' ProTools Digi 001 and an Apple 933 G4. No external pre-amps or analogue processors were used. Most recording took place in Dyniss' bedroom in Hamilton or his basement in Toronto. Thanks to Stefan at OM Studios in Toronto for allowing the live band to rehearse there and to record the pre-production. Special thanks to the first band members, whose ideas made their way into the eventual song arrangements: Mark Boucher (keyboards, percussion, vocal harmonies), Chester Monoharan (bass), Morris Coccia (drums), and Alex Tikhnenko (bass). All instruments for the recording were either played or programmed by Dyniss, except: Some keyboards on various songs by Mark Boucher. Backup vocals on "Watersnakes" by Raphael Keelan. Female voice on "Seekers" by Diane Burgin. This was a ridiculous one-man undertaking. All the People (How people "grow like pearls" as they develop) All the people I see in the world They’re growing like pearls All the people I see in the world All the people I see in the world Are paying for playing their parts in this world But ask them to leave Would you believe That they would ask you for more Less Than Me (Ex-girlfriend love song) Shelter sweater sheepskin Belly ring Arm full of wandering My everything Let's look at us and run away Run away... You made me less than me Less than me Less purpose in pursuit of what was me Throw me lifelines Throw me more time Throw me something to push against the tide But on a crest of you I'll ride One more million One million more to go One million meagre reasons One more show Why didn't crossing you have crossing guards? 'Cause I had to guard my heart CHORUS Cream tea a cigarette an auburn mane Insert here: my soul Fill my vein Witholding what's golden Withold this hold on me Your soul and mine are free Arms Around Me (Letting go of earthly pleasures) Butterflies and open skies Chocolates and you and I Summer leaves upon the ground Lucky me that I had found It was the end, how could I know How could my words possibly show I need to feel your love on me Or nothing at all Idle life to nervous dates Easy days to heavy weights City speeds to open plains Broken hearts to growing pains Yeah so hang Hang on to arms around me Hang on to things that bound me Feeling your arms around me Around me Yeah hang Hang on to earth that feeds me Hang on to pain that bleeds me Feeling your arms around me Yes, around me Around me Around me you surround me Around Paper Page (Self-reflection song) I never thought I’d have a boat Which I could use to get across another moat And never knew that there were ripples in the calm Or that they pushed me far but never too hard I never felt alarmed Paper page – watch it turn Paper page – watch it burn With light that was made to make things right And no I never thought I’d have a home Where I could feel this awesome in alone And I never hoped that I would be allowed to play But then I took these words and wrote them down And said: baby, I’m here to stay Paper page you look worn Paper page you look torn apart Your dryness waits for brilliant sparks to hit you Now I don’t care if my singing’s giving you a scare I needed to see a little piece of me A little piece to share The Green Anthem (Canada's official Y2K Green Party song) Folks are laying down their arms Children and lovers wait with open arms No more alarms Creatures of the world are free Clean are the waters and the air we breathe It's not make-believe Things can change to green They could be better than they've ever been For you and me Things can change to green They could be better than we've ever seen In history People are doing the things that they should All the things they know are really good It's understood See the world with less of grey See the fears of the people go away And stay away CHORUS Seekers (A local Toronto independent bookstore) When I go to Seekers I go When I go to Seekers I go yes I go When I go to Seekers I go to meet Her Yeah when I go to Seekers I seek After everything fro m future hope to ancient Greek When I go to Seekers I find yes I find That something in that place is going to Blow my mind When I go to Seekers I go To find out all of those things that I need to know: Religion and spirits, telepathy, healing Psycho-analysis, yoga, dreaming Deepak, Gandhi, exorcism Extra-terresterials, new-ageism Drugs, meditation, physics, reality Music, poetry, life and duality Mayans, pyramids, farming, zen History, tai-chi, women and men Noam Chomsky, computers, dolphins and chimpanzees Civilization, and tantric sex Yeah when I go to Seekers I look, yes I look For magazines and paperbacks and paper books When I go to Seekers I find yes I find That something in that place is going to Blow my mind Dear Dog (How to learn from animals) Today a Dog was trying to pull me by the leg He wasn’t mad – I knew He wasn’t trying to beg I felt the pull as I was giving up on God And then the sign I knew from up above was Dog I said Dog! Things I knew from yesterday I saw were backwards I’d looked for Jesus, Krishna, Sitting Bull and God But now I know the thing I thought was far is near us It’s in the Fish, the Human, in the Plant and Dog I said Dog! The lives You save the young You feed The hurt You stop the blind You lead The bombs You find the love You give You’re always helping us Humans live The homes You guard the drugs You stop The sheep You herd the help to cops The sleds You pull the moods You lift The mines You find the wounds You lick The smiles You bring the tricks You do The unconditional things from You And if you understood these thoughts That You’re teacher – I’m the taught I think You’d think the better man’s not me I said Dog! The Broken Part (Ex-girlfriend broken heart song) This is the broken part: my heart Look at me – you see? I’m white Dying on another lonely Wednesday night This is the broken part: my heart Like a broken watch that’s spilling broken parts Look at me – you see? I’m white There’s no fluid in my face I’ve lost the fight This is the broken part: my heart Like salt on ice that cracks the ground apart Look at me – you see? I’m white That’s such a contrast up against Your blackened skin My Guinea Pig (True story about a guinea pig and what he taught me) My guinea pig You're the one I dig Nobody knows me better My little friend Let me make amends ‘Cause I know that I could be better Who said intelligence Was separated by this fence I see the people tower Tower over high but tell me why Those "people" have got their heads lost in the sky My guinea pig You're the one I dig You're the one who's taught me more than anyone My little friend Let me be like I've never been And let me hear what you always meant to tell me: I am here I am near I am nearer than you'd think I think you're thinking much too small So you're tall This doesn't mean a thing to me at all (guinea pig) Who said intelligence was separated by this fence Who said that getting smart depended on genetic arts I'll tell you how it is A guinea pig did teach me this: Commune Communicate Watersnakes (Depression and how we combat it) Turn on my radio Make some sounds and don’t be slow Because my heart is aching Because my hands are shaking The Watersnakes Have started snaking from my eyes Turn on my T.V. set Make-believe so I forget That in my head it’s aching And the smile here’s just faking The Watersnakes Have started snaking from my eyes I cannot describe the needs I need I cannot believe this greed And turn on my engine’s roar Let it rumble that I’ve learned That leaves from me need raking And the burnout here’s just baking The Watersnakes Have started snaking from my eyes We Were 1 (Ex-girlfriend love song) I would raise my love for you Make my mind erase for you And in my heart I would strain the chambers to put you in In your name I would walk til I was lame And when you’d slow I’d calm myself as well This old king would lose his wealth for you Now I know that you’d see eye-to-eye with half of me The other half was you can’t you see? And every time I’d hear your voice I’d thank God I chose to be with you Now I know that you’d see eye-to-eye with half of me The other half was you can’t you see? We were 1 Generaligion (Respect other people's beliefs and religions) So you tell me you've got a solid set of beliefs I'll tell you something: this is bringing me grief! The guy around the block had a similar sense of talk Who's right and who's wrong? Well, I'll be brief... There was a creator a maker a mover The same title turned a hundred times over Call it Big Bang Theory or something from Timothy Leary So many versions of a four-leafed clover Generaligion This is my vision Due to general indecision regarding religion Generaligion I've got this proposition: Be a positive, optimistic, open-minded person And call it religion You're at my front door at my T.V. on my street A million preachers preaching to a million different beats I'll make a conclusion from these logical intrusions Come together on the principle of fusion If you believe in living by a creek or by the city street If you believe that astrology or atheism's neat Zorasterism Zen Buddhism at the other end Everybody A thru Z is your friend CHORUS My brothers my sisters my friends and my enemies Don't you know can't you see That we are just one family? And even though families feud Even though this may sound rude Don't think that the rest of the world has to drink From the same cup as you ‘Cause I still will love you Any Day (One day success will come) Is that my smile Is that my joy Are those the things that aren’t yet destroyed? Is that the garden behind the weeds I’m so ready to live the new life I need Any day And is that my love That I’ve got to give Take it out from me ‘cause it’ll help me live And is that my strength inside Is that my will I know the emptiness is going to fill Any day The glass jar’s filling up with change The time and the effort’s got to pay So with confidence I’ll say That it will come Any day

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