David Lucas
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01 Instead of Heaven 01 Instead of Heaven
Knowledge tends to confound us about death. Herein is a philosophical waxing from the perspective of quantum physics. f***ing hilarious. Admit it.
02 Does It Survive? 02 Does It Survive?
Most people at some point ask themselves the question: "does my consciousness survive when my body dies?", and that's what this song does.
03 The Fear in Your Eyes 03 The Fear in Your Eyes
Everyone wants to kill another human at some point. This song gently empathizes.
04 Sentenced To Die 04 Sentenced To Die
The history of capital punishment in 'civilized' socities inspired this song.
05 Your Life is Peeling Away 05 Your Life is Peeling Away
We all feel sometimes that we are wasting our time- that our life is slipping away. So I wrote a song about it.
06 The Fantastic Voyage 06 The Fantastic Voyage
The transhumanist movement motived me to write this song, specifically (and obviously) Ray Kurzweil's book "Fantastic Voyage: How to Live Long Enough to Live Forever".
07 The Starving People in Africa 07 The Starving People in Africa
The feigned sensitivity of your average or not-so-average middle-class American. Do something that really helps.
08 The Breakdown 08 The Breakdown
10 The Obituary of Thomas Smith 10 The Obituary of Thomas Smith
It's an obituary, put to music.
11 The Sacred Form 11 The Sacred Form
Questions on the nature of God and the human relation to Him/Her/It/Nothing.
12 Your Arrival 12 Your Arrival
The Gods are waiting. What are they waiting for? They are waiting for you to die.
13 The Angel 13 The Angel
The mythology of the angel of death inspired it. Isn't it obvious? It's also track 13, in case you didn't catch that. Spooky.
14 A Land of Slaves 14 A Land of Slaves
This a poem written by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and put to music. Modern post-industrial "slavery" inspired the adaptation.
15 Don't Think About Death 15 Don't Think About Death
Keep it from your mind, at any cost.
16 A New Life 16 A New Life
This is the album's culmination. It attempts to assert that there is a light somewhere in the darkness of our inability to understand our own existence. But it fails.
17 Instead of Heaven (Reprise) 17 Instead of Heaven (Reprise)
Re-consider the introduction. Make a choice.
