spiral-m

©2005 Matthew Checker

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Some of us feel like we gotta have a little more money
Better our lives with more money
It’s this crazy world religion

I gotta admit that I feel I need a little more money
Makes me free with more money
Means I start the real livin’

But I still see you in the Wild
And I can see you and your liberated vision
And you could free me and my mind
For you are naked and you’re free and you are satisfied with nothin’
All the time

I couldn’t stop myself from stealin’ more money
Although it was ‘legal to have’ money
At the end of the line somebody suffered

We’re all of a kind when we want to be a real Somebody
We know it demands a little more money
And we take it when it comes

But I still see you in the Wild
And I can see you and your liberated vision
And you could free me and my mind
For you are naked and you’re free and you are satisfied with nothin’
All the time
rpt.

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ABOUT INTERNATIONAL VIBE

An early song of mine. There’s an old recording of this which can be had for free if you buy the new one (production in progress)!

Some people  seem to have too much money and others too little. The thing is, when money always takes priority in life, it inevitably wreaks havoc and pain. Banks, speculators, greed……. let’s get into the moment more…..

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About Movin’ On

This was one of my few songs which I managed pretty much to do in a roll. Maybe because it is harmonically simple, or maybe I just fell into the simple rhythm — I don’t know. In any case, I hope it encourages you.

The world is your oyster. Make what you want out of it and get connected with healthy mindsets that support one another. Be your true self…

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© 2007 Matthew Checker

CONSUMPTUOUS  – definition – adj. – describes the short-lived feeling associated with trying to fill an inner void with material things

….. Joking, I made it up…..;-)

Hey, all you people, they wanna send you underground
No rest for the wicked
I said, hey, all you people, they wanna send you underground
This plot is thickening – time to make the new life begin

Buy the latest tool to save your soul as none before
Mega satisfaction pill until the thrill’s no more
Taking for the thrill of it, buying for the sake
Taking all the time no matter how I try
I can’t fill the void inside

So I stand on my own and put my mind at ease
Time to consider what it is I really need
Stand 10 miles away
You can still see the dollars in their eyes

Hey…..

I’ll stand on my own and ease my mind of clutter
There is a simple life with much more than bread and butter
Stand 10 miles away
You can still see the dollars in their eyes

More and more – what a pretty mess we’re in

Hey……
Time to make…. rpt

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ABOUT CONSUMPTUOUS

More recently I’ve come to see the term “consumer” as inherently perverse. It reduces human beings to mere parasites. There is nothing in that speaks to me of gratitude and giving back. Yet it is the norm to describe so much of life in terms of an abstract economic growth model: our mantra of the day. Consumers are the working units of the economic machine. Humans are mechanical and no more. At least this is the pervading energy in our materialistic world.

As someone who lives within the system I am totally aware of the limitations to being different in a positive way, short of opting out entirely. Yet I am also under no illusion that the system consists of individual choices every second of the day. Let’s not be suckers for advertisements that manipulate our fears.  We can make a difference, and there is a growing body of motivated people who are doing exactly that!

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