Caleb Orion

I’ve been recording demos of a bunch of songs that I may want to record at some point, and I just wrote this one today and I wanted to show it off. It’s a love song, something I haven’t really written in a while, so I hope it’s good. I tried a few things differently than I normally do, and I want to change a few of the notes that I sing in some parts. Overall, this isn’t what it’s going to sound like, necessarily, but it’s a start and I can figure out where everything moves with it. I hope it’s good! Leave a note telling me what ya’ll think. Also, the MP3 can be downloaded here: http://www.caleborion.com/music/CalebOrion-HereOnTheIceFlow.mp3

I’m a torch and
She’s my cigarette
I will light her up
I’m her vision
She’s my wish and
Sip from the silver cup

We’ll both stay here
In the street, yeah
Flagging down the beat
In the midnight
Of the warm light
Underneath the sheet

Baby winds her body in the soft air
Will she bend or will she break or will she
Run her fingers through my hair
I’ve been losing my mind looking at her
When she’s there, it’s tough luck,
Trying not to stare

I will wait for you
No matter how long you want me to
Just as long as you
Tell me it’s what you want to do

We’re two thin wires
Seperated by
Air that we can’t see
Let the spark strike
And the fire ignite
So that it can be

I’m a lion
She’s a baroness
Let her tame me
From the rat race
And the cat chase
We’ll be freed

Baby turns her head to look and see
I have eyes for her and she has eyes for me
I’ve been looking on for this long now
How can I keep her, how can I let her know

I will wait for you
No matter how long you want me to
Just as long as you
Tell me it’s what you want to do

I’m alone and
She’s at home and
We’re apart
I will wake soon
In my own room
With her in my heart

This is a song I wrote with a friend of mine, Nick Perry (he recorded both guitar lines). It’s based on a couple chords from a song I wrote, but it’s pretty much his composition from my standpoint, the guitar line is the centerpiece and everything else sorrounds it.

The drum kit is handmade using boxes and something I found to simulate the noise of a ride cymbal. I don’t have $300 for a cheap kit, certainly not $500 for a decent kit, but I do have a few bucks here and there for this. For the snare sound, I filled a pizza box with rice, and hit that. The bass drum, I had to tape and rubberband a sock around the end of my drum stick, and hit it against a syrup box from those soda fountain machines.

There’s no lyrics, but it’d make a good intro to some other song. It’s sort of 50s. You can download a copy here.

A song I finished a couple weeks ago, it was something I’d been sitting on for a while, the first few seconds at least. I didn’t know where to go with it, but then I magically knew what to do, and so I made that super abrasive bit in the middle, which really stands out, I think. It’s purposefully a very dirty song, from a decently dirty mind. No lyrics, just music. Dirty, grungy, meaty, electronic music.

Inspired in part by ZZT’s Lower State Of Consciousness (the original Munich version) and also by Aphex Twin’s Windowlicker EP (a disc that, of late, has made every day I’ve ever had into a dancy, bouncy, fun-filled day), I tried to make something that was reasonably enjoyable to listen to, but also unbearable. My next electronic song will probably follow a similar pattern, but I’m looking into more use of my voice, but not through singing.

Also: Download here.

This is my latest. I wrote the guitar line for a video I had to make for school. After writing it and recording it for that, I came up with some lyrics that I appreciated. I sound a little stuffed up in this, that’s because I am. You can get it here.

If you shake
Your shifting sands to me
I will climb up and be
If you waste
Your ways on someone else
I will die free

And the cold winds
Blow through my hair
Taking fragments of our
Photos everywhere
Building weapons
From dust and melody
Will you live for me?

If you tame
Your hair to send my way
I will give you my day
If you left
Your wishes on my knee
I will be true and stay

Will the King of hearts
Play his dirge for me
Blowing ashes far out
To the wide sea
Building western towns
From dust and melody
Will you live for me?

This is my first real song of 2008! I wrote it this morning, and I felt inspired to record it. I hope it’s liked, because it’s my happiest song on the site so far! Download the mp3 here.

She’s right here
She’s right here
And I’m with her

She’s dancing
She’s twisting
Through my mind and arms

And I’m burning up like I’m standing in the sun
And I’m hoping just to stay here with this one

She is beautiful
She is beautiful
And I’m holding her

She’ll twinkle
I won’t blink a little
Until she’s out of sight

And I’m burning up like I’m standing in the sun
And I’m hoping just to stay here with this one

I’ll stay true
I’ll stay true
For you

With all the love
With all the joy
Of a babe in full bloom

And I’m holding tight to the dawning light of you
And I’m keeping strong to the work of something new

She’s right here
She’s right here
And I’m with her

This one has been sitting on my desktop un-recorded for a couple weeks now. Download it here.
I’d like to do a little more with the song, as far as instrumentation goes, but I hadn’t thought anything through with it yet so I’m just posting this as is. If you like my music, consider helping me out by checking out my sponsors.

You were my bad news girl
You had big pockets
You kept them all filled up
Right to the brim
So simple I felt when I touched you
That you could reach me
You were the last ditch song
I had to shout

You were a neverending segment
In an old variety play
You were a masterpiece of quilt
I will never see complete
You wished for what I could mend
But you turned me down in the end
You were a classic silent movie
And I was your moment of peace

You held my hand to the end
Then you swept me under the door
I kept my grip on the air
Right through to you
If else was in the In crowd
Then I would be the one
You were the last tried method
I would try

You were my holy moment
You held thick punches
You were a large dossier
Of possible fights
I couldn’t end up with a glass
So you glassed me up tight
With a hole in the lid
I’m coming up
For light

New song! Yeahhhhh! Download it here.
I’ll have an older song I haven’t posted yet up soon as well. Keep an eye out for it.

You didn’t call me
Like you said you would
I’m holding on
To whats left for us
Check the dresser for love
You kept your secrets there sometimes
I don’t find anything useful
Nothing you would want me to find
Maybe you left me behind
Maybe you left

You were changing
Before I could change too
Out of these clothes
You were losing
Touch
I was making it true
I gave too much
Turn the other way
Turn around
Maybe
You left

This is an oldie but a goodie. It’s instrumental, so no words.

Grab it here.

This is a song I wrote called Seas. Give it a listen, download it, you might enjoy it. I employed a few instruments here and there to fill it out a little more. That’s pretty experimental for me, given my inexperience with instrument composition and mastering/production techniques.

Wait until the burning stops
Keep it up and don’t let it drop
You’ve got a world to recieve and
A whole lot of shit to believe in
Don’t wait to change your mind
You’ve got to get it all silver-lined
Keep up, Let go, Think fast
Remember history and forget the past

Treat your neighbor well she deserves it
Life’s a bitch, Stitch in time, Boy you’ve earned it
Car bombs, napalm, fight without fighting
Peace is proud, Silence - loud, Triumph is frightening
Carry all the weight on your back,
Let it go, Sun or Snow, Have a second heart attack,
The meek shall inherit the earth
Not surprising coming from poverty and virgin birth

Somewhere down the line
Everybody’s homeless
Coffin, Casket, Monastery, or Church
Everybody sees that it’s all a sea of lies
I surmise, it keeps us alive

Wait until the silhouette is blinded
Pick a lot, take a spot, don’t ask who defined it
The law is stone and the people here are sculptures
The past has been created as the sculptor

Somewhere down the line
Everybody’s homeless
Coffin, Casket, Monastery, or Church
Everybody sees that it’s all a sea of lies
I surmise, it keeps us alive

Sorry about the lack of updates. I just moved.
But on the bright side, I have a new recording up.
Download It.

I knew you
When things were dim
Things are much easier
With him
I know
I tried to
Be the one
You cried to
Every night
But I tried
Too hard
And everything became
Another fight
So this leaves me
Sitting on the floor
Writing songs about something
That is not anymore
You thwarted every excuse
To try to relieve
This open sore

These songs are for
Anyone with a broken heart
To listen to
Gladly
And I was there
Posting photos on the receiving end
The black lights glow
And the train whistles go…
Doo….

I would trade
Every single moment
To be in a room
With you again
Things could be
Better if we tried
But I don’t think
You’d be willing to
Go through anymore pain
Yeah I was lucky once
When you came on back
So turn around
Put your feet on the ground
And take another crack