Album: Archive Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Date: July 19, 2016 Date Added: February 12, 2021 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwrc2bi-Eb7q9mvtmLZxyV7nUEYnW5l6o Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Hadron Color: '#89aebe' Groups: - Michael Guy Bowman - Beyond Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Commissions, novelty tracks, experiments in electronica from 2012-2016. Download features 10 bonus tracks. Wallpaper Artists: - Hadron Wallpaper Style: 'background-position: top center;' --- Group: Main album --- Track: Awake (2012 Version) Contributors: - Clark Powell (cello) Duration: '3:32' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2012-version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RhvFHAbB0 Lyrics: |- Awake again Here in my bed Eyes staring up at the ceiling A breath of air Light in my window Heart still aglow with the feeling I was dreaming Another time, another place A strange and yet familiar face Buried deep within my bed I wade through memories in my head My sock's half on Hand in a book Finger is still on the chapter We both were there I told a joke I can't recall what came after Just your laughter Clock goes off across the room And time restarts and life resumes I rise to meet the coming day But someone's laughing far away Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Kaolin Maia Cash, 2012 --- Track: Got It? Duration: '2:52' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/got-it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScxdTiqjD5U Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Soundcloud, 2013 --- Track: Airwaves Duration: '3:02' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/airwaves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbyW60mQzWk Lyrics: |- Keep your eyes on the airwaves Don't look down if you don't want to fall Out here, ain't nobody dancing Up in the air you ain't nobody at all Keep your forward direction Look for signs of the enemy, enemy You're too far gone for protection I am a spaceship who's looking for love (yeah) Open your doors and shoot your missiles Blow away everybody you pass Just a bunch of peculiar people Looking for a party to crash Keep your back to the sunlight Keep your eyes on the rubber T-Rex Save your teardrops for later You're going to need them for the part that comes next Wake up trashed in the ocean Look for signs of the enemy, enemy These drones can feel emotion I am a spaceship who's looking for love (yeah) Open your doors and shoot your missiles Blow away everybody you pass Just a bunch of peculiar people Looking for a party to crash Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Soundcloud, 2013 --- Track: Mad Science Duration: '3:14' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/mad-science - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2u8XytSCQ Lyrics: |- "Yes! This thunderstorm is just what I need to bring my creation life! LIFE!" Your career starts with a dream That becomes a brilliant scheme When you first acquire the rudimentary skills Soon you're turning lead to gold And making space's fabric fold And breathing life into the dead to get your thrills You may say it can't be done But baby, I am number one And the things that I can do Prove the facts I know are true! MAD SCIENCE We do it 'cause we can MAD SCIENCE It's all part of the plan MAD SCIENCE Yes, we have got the tools Consequence means nothing when you learn to break the rules "Steady, now. We wouldn't want to scare the poor creature. Look into its eyes; there's a light behind them. Yes! It's intelligent! It's learning! It's learning! Yes!" People first will be impressed They will call you a success Put your name on some important-sounding prize But when it starts to leave a scar They will say you've gone too far And they'll call your work a dirty pack of lies You may say my proofs are wrong You may say my tests are flawed You can shove it up your flask I'm too busy playing God! MAD SCIENCE We do it 'cause we can MAD SCIENCE It's all part of the plan MAD SCIENCE Yes, we have got the tools Consequence means nothing when you learn to break the rules Losing your patents to idiots in suits You run from the world and its trivial pursuits Living in exile with henchmen and minions Your work's too important for outside opinions In a castle far away You plot revenge throughout the day Putting touches on your horrid master plan Those tiny peons would not learn Which is why they'll have to burn Progress cannot wait upon the will of man You may say it can't be done But baby, I am number one And the things that I can do Prove the facts I know are true Don't pretend you're not intrigued You're as twisted as the rest You might mock me in the day But at night you are obsessed! MAD SCIENCE We do it 'cause we can MAD SCIENCE It's all part of the plan MAD SCIENCE Yes, we have got the tools Consequence means nothing when you learn to break the rules "Okay, back to work." Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Nich Maragos, 2012 --- Track: Millennium Bug Duration: '3:33' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/millennium-bug - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzogRWBZ1E Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Sixar, 2012 --- Track: Far Away Directory: far-away-archive Duration: 0:53 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/far-away - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiKtjk1Q9g Lyrics: |- So far away Way out beyond No capsule you could swallow Could possibly compare To the one that swallows you And takes you through the air Hollow rockets filled with solid fuel Faster than the Earth can pull Body of the aether's night Takes you on your maiden flight! Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Jon Drobny, 2012 --- Track: Gondwanaland Duration: '2:36' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/gondwanaland - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79TReINYQ0 Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Soundcloud, 2013 --- Track: Diamonds and Diamonds and Diamonds Duration: '1:56' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQVevEiNKM Lyrics: |- Hidden from the naked eye Beyond the view of telescopes Behind the diamonds in the sky From where the oldest light elopes Nothing written in the waves The signal's clear, the picture's black Nothing standing in the way The anti-matter stares straight back Nothing to see but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds Objects brighter than the sun Shift to red and fade away A universe built on the run Eclipsed so easily by the day Nothing written in the waves Event horizon, no return Nothing standing in the way Perhaps these things cannot be learned Nothing there but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Michael Orr, 2012 --- Track: Bandages Duration: 0:56 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/bandages - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOz_7QFr68 Lyrics: |- Colin Burns But he does not char The fire laps at his appendages Embers spurned Cannot leave a scar He is safe behind his Bandages The alias The other skin Who knows what can lie within The Bandages The Bandages Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Colin "Bandages" Burns, 2012 --- Track: Electroverture Duration: '2:38' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/electroverture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9O7DOmuEqk Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Commission for Cari Garafalo, 2013 --- Track: Emery's Theme Duration: '1:24' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/emerys-theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqCIGInFoA8 Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Commission for Emery Ferguson, 2015 --- Track: Know That You're Mine Duration: '1:58' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/know-that-youre-mine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4cJj6lakM Lyrics: |- I’ll pack a blanket, a handwoven basket Of red roses and wine Rest with me here on this bed made of grass And I’ll know, know that you’re mine In the cool of the evening the sound of your breathing Seems all that you dare need to say With incense and flowers, the minutes and hours Like fluttering leaves slip away The sky turns from blue to an orange to black With the slow passage of time We ought to be home, but you know that I’m yours And I know, know that you’re mine We will look to the skies with our twinkling eyes And we’ll write out our names in the stars Though it’s dark here on land, when we’re both holding hands All the lights up above will be ours Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Kalen Boley, 2012 --- Track: Just Destroy It Duration: '1:30' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/just-destroy-it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QZ-3oBnzOI Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Commission for Lindsay Hejl, 2014 --- Track: In The Marching Band Duration: '1:00' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-marching-band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEfXNE2Rpw Lyrics: |- Some bands only play in small bars Show up in their own cars Only just to pass time But my band always plays arenas You probably have seen us Playing at the half time Sequined soldiers of the football stands Killing our evenings in the marching band At every game we're in demand Our parents are our biggest fans As long as we're in marching band Some bands never really get big Only play a few gigs Not at all immersing But my band always goes to contest Cannot get a night's rest Always up rehearsing If the team keeps winning, wouldn't that be grand? Going to playoffs in the marching band Loading the equipment van Testing our attention span Oh why'd we join the marching band? Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Mason Herschberg, 2012 --- Track: Make It Bounce Duration: '1:47' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/make-it-bounce - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Z9FMR4R_E Lyrics: |- Make it bounce Make it bounce Make it bounce Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for McKinley Freeman, 2012 --- Track: Explosion Force (They Do It Right) Duration: '1:57' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/explosion-force-they-do-it-right - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gtR6iQAPGQ Lyrics: |- When the moon is high and the night has fell They ride like demons out of hell But they're not demons, they are men Who send the demons back again Men of action, men of dreams Armed with guns and laser beams Hunting down all supernatural beings Explosion Force, they do it right! They drop the bomb and win the fight Riding in the Explosionmobile Fighting for justice and keeping it real Who will live and who will die? When the war is over, then you'll see why Explosion Force, they do it right! Roll call! Arthur, demolitions expert Felix, demolitions expert David, demolitions expert Bryan, who's also a demolitions expert YEAHHHHH Together fights this secret crew Sent from VASCU A secret cell of the FBI Sworn to make motherfuckers die Bad guys from the Cult of Scars They will find out where you are Where there's an ass to kick, they can't be far Explosion force, they do it right! You may bark, but they will bite Ghouls and goblins, you best beware You're no match, your ass is theirs Who will live and who will die? When the war is over, then you'll see why Explosion Force, they do it right! Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Jeremy Geist, 2012 --- Track: The New Window Duration: '2:26' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-window - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ZLS3bp13s Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Soundcloud, 2013 --- Track: Polyominoes Duration: '3:56' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/polyominoes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Nkz4nKzNo Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Soundcloud, 2013 --- Track: Slow Bay Duration: '2:41' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/slow-bay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feyHwRVnPWE Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Soundcloud, 2013 --- Track: This Sunset Duration: '3:20' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/this-sunset - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzAs-WDXdNU Lyrics: |- As I watch this sunset The enchantment of the long night descends around me Through the fading blue sky, stars arrive quietly And the chirps of crickets herald the golden hour The day is at an end And there are ten million things I'll have to do before I sleep In the morning, there will be ten million, yet still And then again, a sunset But in this moment The sun is not just some giant ball put there to make me feel small It is an old friend who I have known longer than anyone else And this evening, I am by its side to tuck it into bed In this moment I can feel only the grace of the world around me This calm, this light, this air, this body This sunset Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Kickstarter reward for Leigh-Ann Peach, 2012 --- Track: Jungle Boogie Duration: '4:00' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9m1mux-BU Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Outtake from [[album:homestuck-vol-10]], 2016 --- Track: Awake (2013 Version) Duration: '3:28' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2013-version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKaslOTrXs Referenced Tracks: - Awake (2012 Version) Lyrics: |- Awake again Here in my bed Eyes staring up at the ceiling A breath of air Light in my window Heart still aglow with the feeling I was dreaming Another time, another place A strange and yet familiar face Buried deep within my bed I wade through memories in my head My sock's half on Hand in a book Finger is still on the chapter We both were there I told a joke I can't recall what came after Just your laughter Clock goes off across the room And time restarts and life resumes I rise to meet the coming day But someone's laughing far away Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Soundcloud, 2013 --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: Aba Daba Honeymoon Directory: aba-daba-honeymoon-archive Duration: '1:27' Has URLs: false Referenced Tracks: - track:aba-daba-honeymoon Lyrics: |- Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab Said the chimpie to the monk Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab Said the monkey to the chimp All night long they chatter away All day long they were happy and gay Swingin' and singin' In their honkie tonkie way Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab Means Monk I love but you Baba daba dab in monkey talk Means Chimp I love you too Then the big baboon one night in June He married them and very soon They went upon their aba daba honeymoon Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab Said the chimpie to the monk Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab Said the monkey to the chimp All night long they chatter away All day long they were happy and gay Swingin' and singin' In their honkie tonkie way Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab Means Monk I love but you Baba daba dab in monkey talk Means Chimp I love you too Then the big baboon one night in June He married them and very soon They went upon their aba daba honeymoon --- Track: Valentine To Sarah From Julian Duration: '2:12' Has URLs: false Lyrics: |- Nobody Would ever have guessed we'd be homebuddies Or that you even would be somebody To someone you barely knew like me Like me Like me Like me I met you Through a mutual friend Oh, we were introduced All I knew was you liked Doctor Who I guess that was good enough for me For me For me For me I wanna play that Like a snow-baked thing I couldn't say that 'Cuz this ain't just a fling I wanna know you Like the back of my hand I gotta show you The person I really am We'll make our own world Where we can run away To where it's all play All day Yeah yeah yeah [Dare you to transcribe this part, Niklink!] You called me Just seconds before I tried to Make my plea For you to entertain this Fantasy So glad to know that it was Not just me Just me Just me Just me Now you're here We're sharing together in these golden years And though our lives have many hopes and fears I'll be there with you and me You and me You and me You and me You and me (Mwah!) --- Track: Ismelda The Bearded Mermaid Contributors: - Erik Scheele (piano) Duration: 0:52 Has URLs: false Lyrics: |- (Ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct privilege to bring the sounds of Ismelda, the Bearded Mermaid!) (Once again, faster!) (Faster, still!) (Yes!) --- Track: Emery's Theme (Fast Version) Duration: 0:57 Has URLs: false Referenced Tracks: - Emery's Theme --- Track: Conro Corp Anthem Duration: 0:36 Has URLs: false --- Track: Get Start! Duration: '1:48' Has URLs: false --- Track: You Are The Birthday Boy Duration: 0:26 Has URLs: false Lyrics: |- Hooray for you, kid It's your birthday Let's all sing along Birthday Birthday Birthday Birthday You are the birthday boy Birthday Birthday Birthday Birthday You are the pride and joy You're one year older than you were last year So let's all have a big three cheers For this is the best day of the year Happy birthday to --- Track: You Are The Birthday Girl Duration: 0:26 Has URLs: false Lyrics: |- Hooray for you, kid It's your birthday Let's all sing along Birthday Birthday Birthday Birthday You are the birthday girl Birthday Birthday Birthday Birth You're the best girl in the world You're one year older than you were last year So let's all have a big three cheers For this is the best day of the year Happy birthday to --- Track: Old Buggy Now (Solatrus remix) Artist: Solatrus Duration: '4:04' Has URLs: false Referenced Tracks: - Old Buggy Now Lyrics: |- Riding through the night like a jaded vagabond No one else in sight I could be the only one Hear me radio, play the song I know Take me where I long to go 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now Who can hear me or stop me now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now Guided by the stars burning up petroleum Here inside my car I could be the only one Somewhere in the sky a satellite on high Watches with its lonely eye 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now Who can hear me or stop me now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now Who can hear me or stop me now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now --- Track: Ithaca (hrmnzr remix) Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Duration: '4:14' Has URLs: false Referenced Tracks: - Ithaca Lyrics: |- (The journey made by all) I spent the best years of my life waiting For this moment A time to call my own, a place to call my homeland It’s come here far too soon I sit around my room Hatching my plans and schemes I mostly leave forgotten I spent my longest nights awake wondering through the outside Amused but still deranged, divided on the inside Returning to the core The place I can’t ignore The wonder behind the fear I just can’t seem to shake off Oo-ee-oo To dream or do To do or die To sink or fly Oo-ee-oo To get a clue To run and hide To laugh and cry I turned my back on battles won and sailed to new adventure The journey made by all, a lonely mortal tenure To Ithaca I sailed And though I have not failed My home is a fleeting camp, the journey’s just beginning Oo-ee-oo To dream or do To do or die To sink or fly Oo-ee-oo To get a clue To run and hide To laugh and cry I spent the morning hours awake writing down the lyrics Resolved to get it right - to capture the true spirit Although I sing along That moment now has gone My heart still a restless sea where Ithaca is calling