DISTANT STARLIGHT

by Jef Bek

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1.	Distant Starlight 14:06	lyrics	buy track
Universal light that shines for all to see Giving space along the path of floating free Far apart yet back on track you intergalactic refugee Interaction changing fast a symphony of energy Now you reach the final stage the transformation feels right Can’t resist you must persist the distant starlight Letting go your soul to skies Giving way as all must do As your soul begins to rise And all you see comes true Distant Starlight Shine on me Shine on us all The universe aligns the stars in you Now you’ve reached the outer guide Taking in your newest you All within and from inside Begins to shine anew Giving light against the sky/As you modify Transformation magnify/And intensify All you seem to quantify/As they multiply Gives your soul the reasons why/And you clarify Justifies the day Moments come and moments go/All you wanted to know Gathering the overflow/In the distant plateau Loved ones continue drifting away Galaxies collide searching Upon a rising tide bursting Light becomes night becomes new becomes you becomes here becomes clear you can see destiny Starlight Shine on me Shine on us all Timelessly
2.	Momentary Champion 03:59	lyrics	buy track
Everyone you’ve ever known Dreams you’ve shared or never shown On a grain of sand in the ocean Teachers of morality Emperors finality Masquerading light that was once bright Vast and boundless sky Moving fast the sounds that fly away Momentary Champion Children of our galaxy Shine with curiosity Move towards the light Gaining foresight Sending out a sign As we watch the stars align today Momentary Champion In our hearts we know we’re not alone Thru time we’ve always known Pulsating in the undertone Asking every day Until we find another way
3.	Riptide 14:59	lyrics	buy track
Now a time of woven tales Told by fools who’ve set their sails “Come to me” her call commands Yet untamed by mortal hands Spirits rise she breathes of water Four winds blow a thunderous ride Driving force intensified Riptide Now as night begins to fall Stars grow heavy motions stall Plans you had slide off the page The evenings artists take the stage Our journey begins Let me pull you inside yourself Feel my waves as they come to you Churning inside At night the stars my body glows Lay your head in my open arms here One kiss in time now The show begins beneath my surface You’re of me serene brutality Tranquil touch and stormy tempers Mystic tales of voyage Candescent pervasive forces collide Riptide From the depths of Visola In her breeze Set adrift in the churning Of her seas Ancient ways unravel As travel appears divergent inside Riptide Come to me Turn the key All you seek yours to be Far beyond stood a grim reflection Casting shadows on the shore Waves that rage as the storm approaches Stronger than the time before Suddenly this castaway held vast arrays of sound Echoes of the sky had grown luminescent all around Riptide pulled from inside Outride nowhere to hide As she rose from her restless spirit None could fear it’s afterglow Undertow took strong her hold pulling Forces down below Cross and bare the consequence Far and wide the tide will flow Riptide Pull me back before time When you opened the sea Earthbound Turn around Come to me From the moment you fell from your nascent dome Pulled Cast out Then returned to be waterborne Now Home It’s been a long way home Finally home
4.	What One Has 04:46	lyrics	buy track
I never got what I wanted I always got what I did not want What I want I shall not get Therefore, to get it I must not want it Since I only get what I do not want What one has Has been given one Therefore, everything one has One is entitled to The more one has The better one is Because the more one has been rewarded for being good What I want, I can’t get What I get, I don’t want I can’t get it Because I want it I get it Because I don’t want it Therefore, I get better and through making more and more The more I make the more I have The more I make The more I have The better I am The more I am
5.	She Has Started To Drink 07:43	lyrics	buy track
She has started to drink As a way to cope That makes her less able to cope The more she drinks The more frightened she is of becoming a drunkard The more she’s drunk The less frightened she is of becoming a drunkard The more frightened of being drunk when not drunk (The more not frightened drunk the more frightened not drunk) Jack sees that Jill does not know Jack does not know what Jill thinks Jack knows But Jack can’t see Why Jill does not know That Jack does not know What Jill thinks he knows My heart aches through trying to stop you Giving giving me a headache You are a pain in the neck To stop you giving me a pain in the neck I protect my neck By tightening my neck muscles Which gives me the pain in the neck You are The more not frightened drunk the more frightened not drunk The more she destroys herself The more frightened of being destroyed by him The more frightened of destroying him The more she destroys herself
6.	They Are Playing A Game-Jack Is Afraid Of Jill 02:49	lyrics	buy track
They are playing a game They are playing at not playing a game If I show them I see they are I shall break the rules And they shall punish me I must play their game Of not seeing I see the game Jack is afraid of Jill Jill is afraid of Jack Jack is more afraid of Jill If Jack thinks That Jill thinks that Jack is afraid of Jill Since Jack is afraid That Jill will think that Jack is afraid Jack pretends that Jack is not afraid of Jill So that Jill will be more afraid of Jack And since Jill is afraid That Jack will think that Jill is afraid Jill pretends that Jill is not afraid of Jack Jack tries to make Jill afraid by not being afraid of Jill Jill tries to make Jack afraid by not being afraid of Jack
7.	When Silence Calls 11:48	lyrics	buy track
Winding across the future Twisting into the past Dreams that come home from darkness Enter your universe at last Dance of the serpentine Silence amplified Fragments magnify you Vision starts to fly Spirits that surround you Fly past a voice and rejoice all you see Moments mystify Can intensify you Scattered battleground Patterns that astound you Moving up the spiral serpent glides away When silence calls And walls close around you You discover couldn’t you turn into All that your dreams reveal As the walls begin to come down Then and only then You will see Everything change Quickly the dream concluded Gliding along the sand Castles that were eluded Civilization once had planned When silence calls And walls close around you

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released November 3, 2023

Music and lyrics by Jef Bek (ASCAP 2023) ©® All Rights Reserved
Additional Lyrics by R.D. Laing (tracks 4,5,6) used with kind permission of Routledge and the family and Estate of R.D. Laing
Mixed by Eric Snodgrass
Cover Art by Larry Beck
Design by ahaincdesign.com
Produced by Jef Bek and Eric Snodgrass

Jef Bek – drums, keyboards with vocals (1,4,5,6), slide guitar (4)
Callum Crush – vocals, additional vocal arrangements (1,2,3,7)
Chris Block – bass (7), guitars (2,3,7), mellotron (2)
Bill Henshell – bass (2,3), guitar (2)
Jeff Libersher – guitar (1,3,5)
Jill Marie Burke – vocals (3)
Dan Sweigert – guitar (4,5)
Thymme Jones – trmpt (4)
James Musser – guitar (1)
Joshua Finkel – vocals (5)
Greg Schultz – guitars (2)
Rick Zaccaro – bass (1,4)
Saskia Chen – vocals (1)
Steve Karolus – bass (5)
Cody Blake – tuba (4)
Dan Burke – guitar and sounds (1)

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Jef Bek Los Angeles, California

JEF BEK is a composer/multi-instrumentalist from Chicago. BEK served as the resident Musical Director/Composer for John Cusack's NEW CRIME PRODUCTIONS from 1989 to 1994. BEK moved to Los Angeles in 2005 and is a founding member of ZOO DISTRICT THEATRE. BEK has won 17 awards composing and performing music for theatrical productions. BEK wrote the music/ lyrics for EVEL KNIEVEL THE ROCK OPERA. ... more