Jason Ray McKenzie, by Jason Ray Mckenzie

Jason Ray McKenzie

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1.	Dance Under the Moon 05:28	lyrics	buy track
verse 1 The sky at night is bright it’s time to light a fire and sing a song The heaviness you feel won’t go away if you sit still for long You’re not a-lone get off your phone all of us are going through some shit Just move the energy it’s plain to see your body can no longer sit verse 2 The cycle’s ending and your head is spinning listen to the rhythm now The times you leave behind you can’t rewind you don’t need to anyhow The owl flies and your disguise is gone it’s time for you to spread your wings Just stomp your feet and feel the heat and pay attention when the fire sings verse 3 The last few years have caused you tears but you have grown into the real you Your body’s spinning and your grinning and your friends know now just what to do It’s time to congregate and celebrate the ending of the spirit war Now gentle men and divine feminine are dancing ‘neath the yellow star
2.	Love in the Time of Quarantine 04:20	lyrics	buy track
D5 D5/C# My heart was stolen through the phone your voice keeps me from feeling alone you’re twirling fearlessly on a pole texts and images touch my soul opening up and sharing dreams only you can say just what they mean — — calling-me-out when I try to flirt admitting your feelings are deeply buried in dirt watching from a thousand miles away your sleepy eyelids at the end of the day sudden mischief in your eyes you open your robe just to give me a rise sketching chairs and grey ashtrays you practice lines and circles everyday pills that calm and stabilize make it hard to feel and visualize you’re swimming naked in a pool thoughts of going back to complete your school feeling torn between two loves you hear the distant mourning of two doves filling out your questionnaire gives me hope in all of this despair you’ve become my guiding light — at the end of a tunnel burning bright
3.	High Roller Girl 04:03		buy track
4.	It's Why You're Alive 03:54	lyrics	buy track
All the planets around you when you arrived on this plane mark the next big adventure in your soul’s domain lessons embedded but all your memory’s gone follow your passion and new lessons will spawn Is she bipolar or is she more attuned did you know her before? Is there still a deep wound? Jupiter, Saturn meet up in Capricorn ushering chaos like Gabriel blowing his horn A planet divided with Pluto showing our flaws New cycle emerging into Aquarius It won’t be that pretty and it won’t be that quick But we’ll undo all the damage and we’ll heal what is sick You already know this This is why you’re alive There’s work to do before we can thrive It’s why you’re alive alive
5.	Deities Melting Time 03:36	lyrics	buy track
C9/F# C9/F Big mandala, fractals made of light geometric patterns enveloping my sight C9/B C9/A# mathematic visuals never seen before with eyes large circle spinning, my ego slowly dies Through the doorway onto an empty plane - Is this a higher dimension or am I going insane? I’ve been spotted, now they’re coming near - I can’t speak words, but my thoughts they seem to hear E F# G Wel…come third-dimensional being we looove to watch you dance and sing vibrations are everything and Love too, we love you A lady smiling, her chakras burst with light transparent body I’m no longer feeling fright more women appearing, a princess being wed one wags her finger when my eyes follow her to bed Wel…come third-dimensional being be ca….reful of things to which you cling vibrations are everything and love too, we love you They’re blowing kisses, it seems they have to leave One points her finger at something on the right of my sleeve She lifts a hatch door and waves to me goodbye The others follow, slammed door opens my eyes Fa…rewell third-dimensional being You are powerful beyond measuring vibrations are everything and love too, we love you
6.	Gandharvas in the Sky 04:49	info	buy track
7.	Walk Away 05:12	lyrics	buy track
(verse 1) Em Voice as soft as a summer mourning dove C just want me as a friend ‘cause you’ve sworn off of love Em skin so smooth like a new leaf in the Spring C for another day with you I would give up anything Am I tried to play it cool but my patience slipped away C I’m reading all the words that I should not have typed that day Em C ‘cause now you’re gone Am I’m swimming in the dark with the crickets chirping and C remembering how you fell asleep holding my hand Em C while I laid awake ’til dawn (Intro) Em (2 bars) Should I walk away? (verse 2) Em Eyes like whirling leaves in the Autumn moon C — every time we parted it felt too soon Em A smile like a sunrise over the ocean C feel like I’ve been cursed with a love potion Am Every time I hear my phone make a sound I hope it’s you C I can’t let myself be the one to break through Em C The si-lence now Am I’ve said too much already. You know where I stand C and I know that what I want is not what you have planned Em C in your life right now (chorus) So I’ll walk away… There’s no reason to stay… I have to walk away… Em Your heart is pure like December snow you were still sick but I didn’t know C Em Your song shined a light deep down in my soul but being my lover was never your goal C Am I’ve never been the one who did all the chasing this time I went too far and now I’m facing Em C a life without you Am Didn’t know you very long this shouldn’t be this difficult C I haven’t felt this way since I became a grown adult Em s’nothing new (chorus) I’ll just walk away… There’s no reason to stay… I’ll just walk away… let go of yesterday… I have to walk away…
8.	Kirtan Call 04:01	lyrics	buy track
Jai Ganesha, Krishna, Sita Ram Jai Ganesha, Shiva, Lakshmi Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Aum Namo Narayanaya Jai Ganesha, Krishna, Sita Ram Jai Ganesha, Saraswati

credits

released March 3, 2022

Roberto Riggio: oud, viola, and violin on “Dance Under the Moon”

Ramesh Mishra: sarangi on “Deities Melting Time”

Erika Alison: vocals on “Deities Melting Time”

Indrajit Banerjee: sitar on “Gandharvas in the Sky” and “Kirtan Call”

Jimmy Hill: electric guitar on “Walk Away”

Simon Page: pedal steel on “Kirtan Call”

All other instruments and vocals by Jason Mckenzie

All songs composed, mixed, and produced by Jason Mckenzie

Drum engineering, mastering, cover photo (plus mixing on “High Roller Girl”) by Nico Leofonte at
Alnico Studios in Austin, TX