What Kind of Fool
From the Album: In Loving Memory of the Wonderful 94

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Music By Michael Paul, Jr. and Erik Chrisis
Words and Lead Vocals by Josh Gilbertsen
A very special thanks to Amber John, Erik Chrisis, Josh Gilbertsen, Tom Lyseng and Travis Freudenberg

Lyrics:
This is a confession of a confused man
Had to cross his fingers and drop all of his plans

No you're wrong
You don't know what truth is to me
I control myself
No one owns me now

But it sounds so good
(It sounds so good)
How could it be free?
It's too simple to work out
(How could it be?)
It's not the truth for me

No you're wrong
You don't know the truth
Me I control myself
No one to

But it sounds so good
(It sounds so good)
How could it be free?
It's too simple to work out
(How could it be?)
It's not the truth for me

No, it's not the truth you know
It lies, only lies
(What is truth to...? Can't you answer me now?)

This is what I want from life I wish to fight no more
The truth is often far from nice and leaves me rather sore
They say that truth is relative and just believe your eyes
But eyes just tell you what you want and leaves your soul to die

And nothing can come from words like that
Leaving you permanently cursed
Doomed to live out all your days with habits well rehearsed

This is what I want from life I wish to fight now more
The truth is often far from nice and leaves me rather sore
They say that truth is relative and just believe your eyes
But eyes just tell you what you want and leaves your soul to die

This was my confession of a confused man
I had to cross my fingers and drop all of my plans
I had to sit and hope they would
Hope they'd understand
Why he gave his life so freely to save the souls of man

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I Wanna Wake Up
From the Album: Nobody Sells - Available Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

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Guitars provided by Jason Tenboer and David Paul of 3 Nut Sup

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Words and music by Michael Paul, Jr.

©2020 Dead Poinsettia

Many familiar, but we can't be every one
Closed off to most good things when trying, so be none
And in the end it looks like all this will be gone
I wanna wake up

Sometimes the bad we do outweighs the good we said
Forever tainted reputation, made our bed
Tired of pretending now, it's not just in our head
I wanna wake up

However many times we're stopped, but want to go
Seems like the further headed down, we think we know
Living our life teeming with lies, the truth won't grow
I wanna wake up

Post thought, our lives corrupt by all we pushed aside
Without the love we sought, there's nothing, said goodbye
And now the end we've reached, results of all the lies
I wanna wake up

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Nineteen-Sixteen
From the Album: Nobody Sells - Available Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

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The Phantom Planet (1961)
Directed by William Marshall
Produced by Fred Gebhardt
Screenplay by William Telaak, Fred De Gorter, Fred Gebhardt
Story by Fred Gebhardt
Starring Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Francis X. Bushman
Cinematography Elwood J. Nicholson
Editing by Hugo Grimaldi
Studio Four Crown Productions Inc.
Distributed by American International Pictures
Release dates
December 13, 1961 (United States)

The Phantom Planet is in the Public Domain

Lead guitar provided by Ben Scruggs

Words by Michael Paul, Matthew Donovan Turner and Eva Hinrichsen
Music by Michael Paul, Jr.

©2020 Dead Poinsettia

It's One-nine-one-six!
I've reached the speed of light
And I'm nearing the abyss
I wanna know about the inside
Of this singularity
This voyage beyond an unending void
Hit the point of no return
Mission Control
I'm calling you
With looming uncertanty
Certainly I've been...

Swallowed by
Impossibility
Impossibly
Bent in the overdrive
Transmission
Shattered by the sea
It's shattering
What's on the other side?
On the other side

It's One-nine-one-six
The inevitible (Moving faster)
Maybe trapped inside the mass
My calculation: Almost invisible (I see nothing)
Infinitessimally small
This bending stretching
It's pulling us apart (Can't escape from)
Insurmountable blackness
Mission Control
I'm calling you (Do you read me?!)
With looming uncertainty
Certainly I've seen...

Time stopping
Beyond infinity
Infinitely
Bent in the overdrive
Flows changing
Constantly speeding
I cannot see
What's on the other side?
On the other side

It's One-nine-one-six
In the beginning (When we started)
Never had under control
Don't wanna know what's on the other side (Please don't tell me)
Bending and stretching the wave
Into the black void
It's pulling us apart (What can I do?)
We're past the point of no return
Mission Control
I'm calling you (Do you read me?!)
With looming uncertainty
Certainly I've been...

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Spastic Woodpecker
From the Album: Nobody Sells - Available Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

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Words by Michael Paul, Jr. and Eva Hinrichsen
Music by Michael Paul, Jr.
Tambourine by Tom Lyseng

©2020 Dead Poinsettia

He gazed upon the early morning, his eyes fixed on the prize
His brilliantly coordinated plan relied on size
The sun beat on his pileum as he fearlessly took flight
Upon the rocks a shadow cast his beauty and his might

Delusions of grandeur flowed up when from out of nowhere came
The ambush that blindsided him, yes his pride was all to blame
Plasticity won his body when they bent it out of shape
Spastic and disorderly insane was his escape

Unfazed and crazed he escalated and rose up to the top
On the way more challengers for they knew they couldn't stop
one by one he picked them off and the fallen he did mock
Victory had blinded him as the last came like a shock!

He gazed upon approaching evening his head hung in defeat
Moonlight danced on the horizon, the day was now complete
His worthy adversary stood like a king, all he could see
A pileated silhouette and expressions of it's glee

Tomorrow is a brand new day!

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Red Again
From the Album: Nobody Sells - Available Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

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Words and music by Michael Paul, Jr.

©2020 Dead Poinsettia

I don't know what I'm doing
And I'm pretty sure it's showing
I can't see what is left inside this tune
If I'm gonna tell the truth
When I woke up late last night
Yeah the only thing that I saw there was you

I don't know if I'm coming
I don't know if I'm going
I only know who I should walk next to
Cuz I'm standing at the door
I dropped the invite on the floor
And I see that there is nothing left to do

Cuz there's one thing
Only one string left
And I can't seem to take it anymore
Only one thing
Yeah just one string left
And I don't know much longer will it hold
No, No!

Yeah with everything
Whenever near you stand
You turn my skin a new shade of red
I'm red again

I can't see where I'm going
Too afraid that all is showing
I'm hoping that it passed right over you
I've been losing sleep at night
Even turning out the light
But it doesn't seem to matter what I do

Cuz there's one thing
Only one string left
And I don't know that I can do no more
No, No!

I don't know if I'm coming
I don't know if I'm going
I only know who I should walk next to
Please don't go!

Dual channels I tuned into
Because for matter would I have sinned
Just to get me in!

But there's one thing
Only one string left
And I hope that much longer it will hold
Only one thing
Yeah just one string left
And I don't want to cut it anymore
No, No!

But with everything
Whenever near you stand
You turn my skin a new shade of red
I'm red again
Yeah with everything
No matter where you stand
Don't turn my skin to red!

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Of Two Worlds (That's Game!)
From the album: Nobody Sells - Available Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

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Words and Music by Michael Paul, Jr.

©2020 Dead Poinsettia

Bit for bit production of a new normal
And I won't fake it, no I won't fake it
A classic face with a different mask put on it
And I just take it, yeah I just take it

Cuz I want this new reality to suspend my...

Disbelief, consistent reinvention
I can't give it, cuz I can't give away
The stylistic inspiration, gimme
I just live it, yeah just live it

Cuz I want emotion
From this simple notion
New character motion
Claiming my devotion

It's time!
Eight directions, one speed, a single jump
Take my quarters
Climbing to the top, grab 'em one by one!

Develop this obsession with a new dimension
And I will make it, yeah I will make it to the top 5
Button mashin', give it all my cash
Cuz I can't save it, no I can't save it

Cuz I want emotion
From this simple notion
New character motion
Claiming my devotion...my love!

It's time!
Eight directions, one speed, a single jump
Take my quarters
Climbing to the top, grab 'em one by one!
With a kick back, leveled up attack!
Drop another coin in the crack and smack!
I'm back! Top of the rack!
Takin' it all, 8 bit hijack!
It's my time
It's my time
It's my time, GAME OVER!

That's game!

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Foil Helmets...a dead poinsettia original...
From the E.P. RetroSpanner (Release Date: 2019 May 7)

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Words by Michael Paul Jr., Music by David Paul and Michael Paul Jr.
Produced by Michael Paul Jr.

And you know I've said it all my life
All you think I lost to crazy, now you know it to be true
Never to be stopped, it's all a lie
Slow manipulation happens in the secrecy of truth

And I won't let
And I won't let
And I won't let them get to you and, and
I won't let
And I won't let
And I won't let them get to you and, and

Take a leap of faith, for all this time
Quietly they infiltrated now it's coming into view
They always have the answers on a dime
Pay no mind to cookie cutter newspeak downloads from the tube

And I won't let
And I won't let
And I won't let them get to you and, and
I won't let
And I won't let
And I won't let them get to you and, and

One more thing
Wrap your head in foil, avoid the sting
It's too late
We come from long before, planted your race

Risen as the midday sun, my self created core
Between these two horizons I will fill my cup and more
From my sweaty tears, all that you know belongs to me
I send my eye to take it back cuz this is what I see

Now you know my warnings not a lie
And you think you lost to crazy, but you know it to be true
Never will it stop, it came alive
Slow manipulation happens in the secrecy of truth

And I won't let
And I won't let
And I won't let them get to you and, and
I won't let
And I won't let
And I won't let them get to you and, and

One more thing
Wrap your head in foil, avoid the sting
It's too late
We come from long before, planted your race

Risen as the midday sun, my self created core
Between these two horizons I will fill my cup and more
From my sweaty tears, all that you know belongs to me
I send my eye to take it back cuz this is what I see

#newspeak #thoughtcontrol #twoplustwoequalsfive #blackfriday #diversityisourstrength #sheeple #orsonwelles #ninteeneightyfour

Witness the New Magic Screen...a dead poinsettia original...
From the E.P. RetroSpanner (Release Date: 2019 May 7)

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Words and Music by Michael Paul Jr.
A special thanks to Chris Walega for the idea and title.

Standing in the cold
You'll never be alone
You've fallen in the line
To see the blue glow
And you want it
You want it

The new prepackaged
Thought downloads
They're everything you need
To feed your soul
And you want it
You want it

Crystal gazing in the cyclotronic world
You belong to the network and you've given us control
Your mind is not your own
We're filling in the holes
With the soil of deception
There's more dirt to eat, you know

Bigger, better, faster
Wait there's more
With a sleek new design
Could be all be yours
And you want it
You want

We provide the service
Priced so low
We tell you everything
You need to know
And you want it
You want it

So put up the plastic and surrender to the mold
In your mind no questions do exactly what you're told
Your Giving us control
Is better for your soul
Trust in us
We tell the truth
No LIE

Don't wait get your new thoughts on sale
Get what you need
Delivered right into your head
We ship for free

A beautiful romance reframes your head level
Poetic imagery manipulates you all
Your thinking on your own
Will cut you to the bone
Watch our newspeak
Take you to
New LIFE

This old disgrace
Time to replace
Find your new safe space
Diversity of thought, its best you let it go
It spreads like a virus, trust our reason, not your own
Your thinking for yourself
Detrimental to your health
Two plus two don't equal four
IT'S FIVE

The Bridge...a dead poinsettia original...

From the E.P. RetroSpanner (Release Date: 2019 May 7)
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Words and Music by Michael Paul Jr.
Produced by Michael Paul Jr.

Been here too long
Hold onto and let go
It's perfect, unstable and it should be
Now today is marked and name for you Victoria
For what and when, the distance has become

So now and then
Two sides a copper coin
Don't spend it waiting at the foot
Too great to stay and look away
Don't let it pass you up
Just standing there, staring at the void

Staring at the void

Grinding teeth and white knuckles
Sweaty palms grip the bar
Beating chest and blurred vision
Another step too far

Love brought me down
Please don't let me...

Shaking in my head I swear
Oh did I jump the gun
Paralyzed my certainty
The panic weighs a ton

Love brought me down
Please don't let me down

So many times in my head
Wondering why the bridge is always standing there
And I am afraid
But should I be afraid?
When I can see so easily
You're waiting at the other side

Been here too long
Hold onto and let go

#bridgethegap #fearandanxiety #panicattack #anxietyattack

At the Hands of the Face...a dead poinsettia original...
From the E.P. RetroSpanner (Release Date: 2019 May 7)
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Words and Music by Michael Paul Jr.
Keys by Dan Kelly
Produced by Michael Paul and Gibson Matthew Paul

Werewolf artwork by Jessica Burn

Am I the only one?
When I look up I can see your face
But your gaze comes and goes
While you’re on the watch
Standing above
Look like no one else
Turn your head toward the dark

What is your name?

Can’t you tell me why?
The tides inside me
Reaching out to touch
So much space in between
Locked into your eyes
When you’re watching
Something that you want?
Tell me what do you need

I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting for your call
When you want me
Still I’m waiting
The changing will be seen by all
When it comes from you

Am I the only one…
you’ve been calling?
Is there no one else…
giving up everything?
All the things I love…
accumulating…
disregard for all
Nothing left to be seen

I’d give anything to be
The only one, nobody else
And everything I need to be
Is hiding deep within myself

I’d give up anything to see
The other side, break from this shell
Cuz everything you need from me
Is waking up inside myself

Stretch my arms out
Pull the skin off
And what’s left inside
Worth it all

Feel the struggle there are two of us
Only one can survive
Pull this skin off, I am naked
Did you really think that you would be left alive?

Am I the only one?
When I wake up
I can’t see my face
Just the thing I’ve become

What is your name?

I’d give anything to be
The only one, nobody else
And everything I need to be
Is hiding deep within myself

I’d give up anything to see
The other side, break from this shell
Cuz everything you need from me
Is waking up inside myself

I’d give anything to be
The only one, nobody else
Cuz everything you need from me
Is waking up inside myself

#thewolfman #werewolves #splitpersonalities #multiplepersonalities #classichorrormovies

Spillville (Origins)...a dead poinsettia original...
From the E.P. RetroSpanner (Release Date: 2019 May 7)
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Music by Michael Paul Jr.
Words by Michael Paul Jr. and Matthew Donovan Turner

Spillville (Origins)
2019 All Rights Reserved

Nothing less and nothing more than you
Caught in a sea change replacing old with new
Hanging in a pair of scales
The past, present, future too
Kept it from all those I love
It's hidden in plain view

One by one, piece by piece this shell cracked up
Time to brush it off

Turn around and say goodbye to...

Disposable pulp at 10 cents a page
to cover it, conceal, define and reveal the ego
Nobody knows
Grow a new skin
From paper to screen
It's destiny, traumatic chance, automatic Hero
Alter ego

I'm gonna take a chance and tell the truth
I can't fake it
Cuz I'm afraid it
Will take me away from you

Save these few moments of solace
I will never give you up

Day and night I'll....

Disposable pulp at 10 cents a page
to cover it, conceal, define and reveal the ego
Nobody knows
Grow a new skin
From paper to screen
It's destiny, traumatic chance, automatic Hero
Alter ego

I am the Risen Man

Each morning watch the day arrive
With a fire burning in your eye
Cuz you can't let go
You can't let it go
You can't let it go

Disposable pulp at 10 cents a page
to cover it, conceal, define and reveal the ego
Nobody knows
Grow a new skin
From paper to screen
It's destiny, traumatic chance, automatic Hero
Alter ego

I am the Risen Man

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Words and Music by Michael Paul Jr.

Harmonies by Matthew Paul

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I sure like you, can I be your man?
Well I rode upon my horse for you so I could take your hand
Cuz there ain't no one like you, though I'm a man
There'll be no one like you unless I ride again

Miles and miles I rode, weathered by the wind
Burnt by the sunny skies, beaten by the sand
Cuz I can't stop this mangy heart, not till the end
Will there be no one like you unless I ride again

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Here is the "live" version of Space Chopper from the album Perfect Space by dead poinsettia.

Words by Michael Paul and Matthew Turner, music by Michael Paul

Special thanks to Tom Lyseng, Amber John and Travis Freudenberg