THE STORY BEHIND THEORY OF LIFE
While I was recording M.A.D, I remember getting a
call from three guys. They answered an old add that I didn’t even know it was
still posted at guitar center. The guys were Ted, Jim, and Carlos, a Cuban DJ
and two American rock and rollers. The next day we met at Ted’s apartment in
Kendall. I didn’t want to go get something going since I was already finishing
my album, but I went at least to see what they had to offer. I told them who I
was and played them the first five songs from my
record. They liked what they heard and Ted and Jim wanted to do something with me right
away at full sail studios located in Orlando Florida. They gave me a CD of
things that Matt, Ted, and Jim have done before on a software called Cubase. I
didn’t want to be rude with them but let me just put it this way, it wasn't my
cup of tea. So, I told them I wasn't going to go. That same day I got a call from Jim saying, fuck Ted, lets go do this
thing together, him thinking that I didn’t liked Ted as a band member because of
his obesity. It felt weird seeing this guy talking about Ted like if he hated
him and supposedly he was his best friend. That made me feel quite bad for Ted.
So, I went to Ted's apartment drank a few beers with the guy and we have
remain best friends till this day. Anyway, drunk and full of ideas we
thought it would be great to record a new album together and so we did. I
named it Theory of Life. I was suppose to do all the instruments and he was
suppose to sing the entire thing. Ted had to leave to his home town do
to personal problems and still up to this day Theory of Life is just sitting
there waiting for him to sing it. One day I promise it'll be done
THEORY OF LIFE PRODUCTION THOUGHTS
For this album I wanted to make it feel like a lot of artists contributed for it. That meant that for every song I had to have a different sound for every instrument. Might sound like a hard thing to do but to be honest it was the easiest album I have ever recorded. It took me a week of work to do the entire musical on it. Which is a sad thing because it is still sitting there waiting for Ted's Vocals. But it'll be done soon and believe me when I tell you that it sounds GUUUUD.
I will update more my thoughts on the production when I get his vocals recorded.
BELIEVE
There was a girl that I use to love
Walking a line to the havens above
Holding on for all of this time
How could I know all this love I would find?
If you only believe
That my love is true
deep in my mind
I’ll be thinking of you
All of my dreams and all of my pride
Here and there alone I cried
When love’s finding you
You’ll start to dace
This is the time for our best chance
If you only believe
That my love is true
deep in my mind
I’ll be thinking of you
Words cannot define these rays of light
All right here for
You will only find peace of mind
When you learn to live life
SINNERS AND DREAMERS
Isolate to demonstrate
To prove your gonna make it
Dislocate to re-fabricate and
Tell the story how you want it told
Cross the line
So many hide behind
Sinners and dreamers
You’re all the same
Living life and thinking that is just a game
Tempt your fate and contemplate
This zoo is full of fakers
Walk with me the steepest hills
And tell the story how it should be told
Cross the line
So many hide behind
Beggars and believers they are just the same
As the sinners and the dreamers
You’re a fake, piece of shit, you make me sick
I’m I heated cause I like to rock
Or is it just that I play to hard
Every one is so full of shit
I like what I hear
Now watch me play, ha
Play it loud if you wanna be heard
Don’t wimp it out like some other jerks
Stay cool in the metal world
Playing music till your ears exploit
Cross the line
So many hide behind
SEA OF DREAMS
In a mixed up world
She would show me dreams
Sites I try to never ever leave
And around to the times of high tides
Of her higher limbs
And of our lives we will try
We will live a full life
Touching down, queen gets crowned
I hear the thunder coming one time, one time
When I look to the sky
It makes me want to fly
And think of all the good times
Through the fields with the sun I will run
Then the stars will come
All of our lives we will try
We will live a full life
Touching down queen gets crowned
I hear the thunder coming one time, one time
WORST PARTS OF TOWN
No you don’t get everything you want
Yeah some things come back to hunt
I’ve seen the world at it’s worst
I know that life can be a curse
All you take and all you give
Makes it hard for me to live
I followed you down
I’ve seen your head laying in the
Worst parts of town
You got me down
I know you better then I know myself
Don’t give a fuck about no one else
Take me please
Save me and see
What’s happening
TRANSITION
I
You are feeding the flames
And I feel the pain
Of someone I blame
But love has remained
Don’t want to leave behind
This life of joy and laughs
Where I was born I fought
To have a better life
Don’t want to go
They won’t take me away
Those are the words he said
Before passing away
I want to change that day
And make it go away
II
I felt relieved inside
Knowing how hard you tried
To hang on to this life
And all your dreams inside
Let go and rest
Yet, this is not the end
This is the way of life
We all got to transcend
Don’t worry I will be fine
This is just what I said
I’ll see you everyday
When I think of the past
Lonely I’ll never be
You looking over me
III
Go
No one knows if I would see you
again
Now it’s not my time so I say
Good bye
CLOUDS
Now days come and go
Everything is bound to show
It’s full of love, holding on
Keeping this rhythm moving on
I can find a dream deep inside in my heart
A mountain stream like the sun is shining hard
I dream of a world and the world is kind
I dream of a girl and the girl is fine
The sky is blue
Clouds dream
Wind blows through the trees
That girl will bring you to your knees
Take her hand and ask her
Would you marry me?
Our stories have been told
From a dream I’ll always know
It’s high above in this love song
That keeps you moving on and on
I can find a dream deep inside in my heart
A mountain stream like the sun is shining hard
I dream of a world and the world is kind
I dream of a girl and the girl is fine
The sky is blue
Clouds dream
Wind blows through the trees
That girl will bring you to your knees
Take her hand and ask her
Would you marry me?
REACH
I can see the night time coming fast this way
Graving my guitar getting ready to play
Rocking my song cause my soul does dream
Dreaming so real like you’ve never seen
Oh my god won’t you get there fast
I wanna rock this night
till I see sun light
Yeah, that’s what I want to do
Yeah, that’s what I’m gonna do
I strummed so hard when I played
And I always seemed to fight my way
Busting my amps all the way to the top
Playing Overkill all the fucking night
Yeah, that’s what I want to do
Yeah, that’s what I’m gonna do
WHAT I WANT
What I want I your love
What I need is your touch
What I want is your love
What I need is your touch
Well, every time I’m away from you
You know I nearly loose my mind
There’s something about you girl
That gets me oh so, high
What I want I your love
What I need is your touch
What I want is your love
What I need is your touch
All of my thoughts are wanting you
When I look in your beautiful eyes
There’s one more thing that I’ll always do
Is make you smile all the time
What I want I your love
What I need is your touch
What I want is your love
What I need is your touch
Well every time I’m away from you
You know I nearly loose my mind
There’s something about you girl
That gets me every time
What I want
SWEET LOVE
I can hardly hide the way I feel
We used to have a love that was so unreal
Sweet love, Sweet love
Sweet love, Sweet love
From the wine to the greens
Chasing dreams
It’s always the same
with Amy Marie
I would climb that lengthy ladder straight up
Amy kisses me with her blush
Straight up, Straight up
Straight up, Straight up
From the wine to the greens
Chasing dreams
It’s always the same
it ain’t me Marie
Sweet love, Sweet love
Sweet love, Sweet love
WHIPPED
She wants
A little bit of my time
And it haunts
If I don’t hit it right on the dime
A lonely fool
Like a broken rule
It’s a bad man
Walking away
With nothing to say
In a bad land
Go! go! Go!. . .
I’m gone
And I don’t know what I would find
Yet I’m strong
Getting stronger all the time
There’s a rebel who fights
All the demons inside
He’s a bad man
Fighting them down
With the knowledge he found
Deep inside of him
Leaving
All the bad things way behind
And now I
Have a love of one of the kind
She never complains
Of the choices I make
She’s the finest one
I think I’m in love
And I’ll never let go
Isn’t this the best
DOWN THE LINE
Welcome to the new world where we’ve seen
Everything to the extreme
If you take me babe
Then you’ll drive me crazy
This river screams
These waters will flow down my mind
Every inch of the future is not hard to find
We belong together til the end of time
Forever and ever right down the line
Baby, when I see you standing there all alone
Take me home
Forever it’s such a long time to see you girl
In this world
These waters will flow down my mind
Every inch of the future is not hard to find
We belong together til the end of time
Forever and ever right down the line
Darling, let me take your pain and send it all away
And you’ll see
True love from me cause you’ll drive me crazy
This river streams
HOLDING ON
Golden times
Let it ride
I hope it all comes true
Words inside fill my mind
What to say to you
There’s no one here
There’s no one there
It’s over now
can you feel it?
She can dream
Memories
Set her free
Across the sea
She waits for me
Begging my return
With freedom’s hand
I make my stand
Red, white, and blue
We won’t live in fear
And cry no tears
Together we’ll be strong
We can dream
The raging sea
And the world is free
Forever we’ll be
If united we stand
Fighting what’s in our way
In olden times
How they tried
To make it good for you
Truth in time
Amazing lies
I wonder what is new
They won’t live fear
Hide behind their fears
Engaging sounds
Will reveal it
S.O.B
You can’t come around here
No matter what you say
Get the fuck out of my house
And get along on your way
Running through my mind
Wasting all my time
This is my life to hell with you
Cause I’m gonna get it right
You can’t come around here
With all those game you plays
Turn your fucking life around
Before it is to late
Explaining all your lies
You should’ve thought it twice
Get the fuck out of my face
Before I black an eye
Right from the start
You never had any heart
Now I believe
You where a Parasite
You can’t come around here
You fucking hypocrite
I can see what you amount to
And I’ll tell you it ain’t shit
You get me pissed off thinking of you
And I’ll tell you what to do
Take a long walk off a short pier
And die like a pig
You fuck head!!!
Right from the start
You never had any heart
Now I believe
You where a Parasite
HEY, NOW PEOPLE
I know it’s strange
Some things they rearranged
I know this planet
And I’ve got to have it
Hey, now people
All around the world
Stand up for you people
and make your voices heard
You’ve got to start somewhere
If you want to be anywhere
No more turning in circles
Or running home totally scared
Hey, now people
All around the world
Stand up for your people
and make your voices heard
Anyone can say it’s a long day
Searching for a dream
Makes a hard day
TIME @ HAND
I heard you say that I’m gone away
Gonna leave you there with nothing to do
I held you close then walked away
I got on the plain with nothing to say
And it’s a long road, and it’s a long way
Out on the road trying to get it right
Singing my song about our lives
Working hard to be number one
It ain’t so easy, it’s a lot of fun
And it’s a long road, and it’s a long way
And it’s a long road, and it’s a long way
Calling throughout the land
What is this?
This is time at hand and I’m calling
Throughout the land
What is this?
This is time at hand, time @ hand
I heard them play when I was a boy
And the music brought me nothing but joy
Practiced hard for hours a day
I got on the stage cause I wanted to play
And it’s a long road, and it’s a long way
Pages to turn
Got to live my life
In between these stage lights
Carrying on with light of the sun
It ain’t so easy, it’s a lot of fun
And it’s a long road, and it’s a long way
And it’s a long road, and it’s a long way
Arsenio Oro & Ted Kellepourey 2003