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The Chemistry Sessions

by Isaac Riley

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1.
When the winds of storms calm down Everyone left will turn around and everything will be upside down But I'm fine and after all is said and down I know it will be won Harmony dissonance will reign Harmony dissonance will reign and in the end the story goes on and on and on and on... Harmony dissonance will reign Harmony dissonance will play Harmony dissonance dismay Harmony dissonance will sing
2.
Anastasia, why did you leave? To go where no one knows... People always say, they don't know where The people... where's the people Anastasia, you were so lovely Never lost the world Between you and me, you and me, oh I wish you would come back Come back to me... Wish you would come back Come back to me... I wish you could stay and be with me, Anastasia Anastasia... oh...
3.
(instrumental)
4.
I've been down this road many times and I've seen many things, I won't lie But to call themselves human After all I have seen - a disgrace to all of humanity I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS To claim their derision - is a goal is no better than the men who hold us so I think they know they can't be anymore than they be so they lie and say it's what I've wanted to see AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS To take me away from this world would be a blessing in disguise (instrumental break) Take me back - I want to go home They will stop the show, they'll stop the show and I have no sympathy for Circus Freaks... and I have no sympathy for Circus Freaks... and I have no sympathy for Circus Freaks... and I have no sympathy for Circus Freaks... AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS
5.
(instrumental)
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(instrumental)
7.
When the winds of storms calm down Everyone left will turn around and everything will be upside down But I'm fine and after all is said and down I know it will be won Harmony dissonance will reign Harmony dissonance will reign and in the end the story goes on and on and on and on... Harmony dissonance will reign Harmony dissonance will play Harmony dissonance dismay Harmony dissonance will sing
8.
(instrumental)
9.
Imperfection, her affection is so crystalline Her emotion and devotion is so out of line Operating in my dreams now I'm a lunatic Hoping one day we'll be lovers, making me feel sick Losing sight of what I have is not a problem, no All I want is to be with her, not to lose control After all that we have been through, can it ever change After all that we have been through, should it ever change A moment with her A moment with her A moment with her A moment with her A moment with her A moment with her Surrounded by love, you feel alone Surrounded by lies, you know you're alone Surrounded by days, it feels like the night Surrounded by peace, it's always a fight No perfection, our affection isn't worth the time My emotion and devotion doesn't feel as right Operating in her dreams now we're both lunatics Hoping one day we'll be lovers, making me feel sick Losing sight of what I want is now a problem, oh All I wanted is to love her, now I've lost control After all that we have been through, it can never change After all that we have been through, it should never change A moment with her A moment with her A moment with her A moment with her A moment with her A moment with her Surrounded by love, you feel alone Surrounded by lies, you know you're alone Surrounded by days, it feels like the night Surrounded by peace, it's always a fight Surrounded by love, you feel alone Surrounded by lies, you know you're alone Surrounded by days, it feels like the night Surrounded by peace, it's always a fight
10.
When the winds of storms blow cold Everything left will turn to stone And after all, I've lost control But I'm fine And after all is said and done I know it can't be won... Harmony dissonance, harmony dissonance Harmony resonance, harmony resonance will sing Harmony... Harmony... Harmony... Harmony...
11.
Anastasia, why did you leave? To go where no one knows... People always say, they don't know where The people... where's the people Anastasia, you were so lovely Never lost the world Between you and me, you and me, oh I wish you would come back Come back to me... Wish you would come back Come back to me... I wish you could stay and be with me, Anastasia Anastasia... oh...
12.
TBA
13.
By the dried-up stream, we slit our throats and dreamed When the buildings burned, was it some concern? Mother laid in bed, what was it she said? Gather all your worldly jewels and scatter them like fools Don't you make a fuss, days so perilous When the day is done, we'll ride... who cares what we find? Another misspent night, we thought we got it right The driver lost the wheel, the ice turned into steel We shivered like refugees way down on our knees By the dried-up stream, we slit our throats and dreamed When the buildings burned, was it some concern? Mother laid in bed, what was it she said?
14.
These withered hands Have dug for a dream Sifted through sand And leftover nightmares Over the hill A desolate wind Turns shit to gold And blows my soul crazy The end O the end We live again O I grow weary of the end O hungry days The footsteps of fools Gazing alone Through sex-painted windows Dredging the night Drunk libertines Stink like a colognes From the newfangled wasteland The end O the end We live again O I grow weary of the end Love is a plague In a mix-match parade Where the castaways look so deranged When will the children learn To let their wildernesses burn And love will be new never cold and vacant These withered hands have dug for a dream Sifted through sand and leftover nightmares The end Of the end We live again Oh I grow weary of the end
15.
I've been down this road many times and I've seen many things, I won't lie But to call themselves human After all I have seen - a disgrace to all of humanity I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS To claim their derision - is a goal is no better than the men who hold us so I think they know they can't be anymore than they be so they lie and say it's what I've wanted to see AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS To take me away from this world would be a blessing in disguise (instrumental break) Take me back - I want to go home They will stop the show, they'll stop the show and I have no sympathy for Circus Freaks... and I have no sympathy for Circus Freaks... and I have no sympathy for Circus Freaks... and I have no sympathy for Circus Freaks... AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS AND I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CIRCUS FREAKS

about

Earlier this year, I released "The Gunsmoke Sessions", a nigh-complete collection of the recordings I had done for my 2016 album Gunsmoke, including but not limited to alternate mixes and isolated elements, unused takes, completely unreleased (and often unfinished) songs, and so on and so forth. It was a fun little romp going through the archives and finally cleaning house!

So I thought I would do it again for the 5th anniversary of another 2016 release: Chemistry! Included in this "Chemistry Sessions" release are pretty much the same things as the Gunsmoke one, i.e. an assortment of alternate mixes, unreleased songs and other fun trinkets.

Everything has been remastered to get rid of all that dodgy compression that I put over the final master tracks, so you can enjoy the original mix of Chemistry with new life breathed into it! The same goes for every additional track as well.

You might notice a couple of these tracks claim to be from 2017, which might be a bit odd since Chemistry was released in December of 2016, but I have gone ahead and included one or two early album sessions from the beginning of 2017 to round out these recording sessions. Maybe it's "cheating", but I felt that they were more appropriate here than on the never-coming-out "Another Ocean Sessions". Such is life!

Although I have different reasons for it this time, I've once again opted not to include the 2020 remix of Chemistry in this release. If you want to listen to that, you'll have to either buy it separately or you can always pull it up on streaming.

And that concludes my foreword. Please enjoy this release!

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released December 25, 2021

Isaac Riley - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Organ, Game Boy, Synthesizers (Various), Vocoder, Mellotron, Slide Guitar, Frippertronics, Production

All* compositions on this release written by Isaac Riley. All recordings by Isaac Riley.

Album artwork by Isaac Riley.

*with exception to tracks 8, 13 and 14, written by Brian May (8) and Beck Hansen (13, 14)

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