Embers in God's Ashtray (Music and Poetry)

Promise Me Nothing: written and spoken by Ryan P Rohn

Arrows Aflame lyrics: vitamin c and cigarettes coffee brews as gods make bets with each other wake up from stormy dreams with echoes of their urgency uncovered it's 3a.m., what have you got to show? it's 3a.m. and I'm drawing back the bow, with one more arrow dipped in fire I saw rage and beauty crystalize as tears welled up in the eyes of Sophia's gaze edged out of the trinity before napalm scented tyranny of brass persuasion marked the days it's 3a.m., time to let the current flow it's 3a.m. and she's drawing back the bow, with an arrow baptized in fire written by Ryan P Rohn

Midnight Rider: written by The Allman Brothers Band Performed here by Ryan P Rohn

She Carries the Song: written and performed by Ryan P Rohn Lyrics: She carries a symphony And nobody hears the music She never shares the melody Because they'll just refuse it Flat words speak Like being read from teleprompters She tunes them all out, Like the sirens and helicopters Because she's strong, She don't belong Because she's strong, She carries the song Ryan P Rohn

Leaping Tiger lyrics: Vitality... The tiger's leap Force of life will be answered A morality Defangs the beast Without teeth - a virtue less creature Return to your nature Leaping Tiger Fate is what you call it; Slow murder of spirit Drains the color from your eyes Duty to the collective Death of perspective From each direction do the buzzards cry I won't deny Leaping Tiger written by Ryan P Rohn

Lyrics: Crossing into the dark again, Where I left behind a friend How do you know the one in your skin If you deny your devil within Well, Jekyll tried and what happened to him? He created Hyde, a result of that sin And they both died as separated twins, Never to know each other and mend The split Drawing up from my deep well The broken voices that once fell Echoes trapped inside this cell Like the ocean's pulse inside it's shells Whole is the soul that rings the bells To signal the marriage of heaven and hell written by Ryan P Rohn

Aphrodite's Letter to Lucifer/ lyrics: A tempest brothel draws a band of wild angels to the crashing night sky Hiding out from the hassle in an ancient Celtic castle, Lucifer drinks his wine Pulling himself together with Aphrodite's letter - how her clever riddles rhyme She wants the kind of love she knows, no interruptions in the flow; like the patterns she designs: She signs off.... with her decision It's time to let go In safety's undertow is a death too slow Thunder cracks as he turns his back to all the revelry outside; He'd rather brood upon legendary pawns, and all that history contrives With his stringed instrument, he channels resentment against eternal lies But, to his surprise, a flash across the sky opens his tired eyes... to realize a new vision It's time to let go In safety's undertow is a death too slow Jump that shooting star and ride it out of sight Splendors of Heaven were just a bit too bright Outer space cools my face like an evening flight Still this heavy will until I own it's might; Until I become light How many dreams are screened by the means of unredeemable gods? How many hearts bleed clean, standing before regimes, and their firing squads? I'll miss the trust and the stardust coat of her cosmic bed, But this truth renews a youth I never knew - now these old doubts are dead; Now I'm led by this conviction It's time to let go In safety's undertow is a death too slow written by Ryan P Rohn

A short poem written by Ryan P Rohn

Glorify the Ride, lyrics: bridge high above desolate waters I'm overgoing, until I reach the other side and I shall not survive this path of knowing, but I'll glorify the ride we may recognize each other once these lies are allowed to die keep your lamp lit low, dear, if it's my tune you're humming unlock your window, dear; midnight may find me running; for they'll be tracking my trail on this path of overcoming written by Ryan P Rohn

A funky instrumental written and performed by Ryan P Rohn

a profound poem of personal empowerment, presented with the poise and persuasion of a professional prose-smith... written by Ryan P Rohn

This song is about the Oglala Lakota war leader Crazy Horse who defended his people by taking up arms against the U.S. government. Lyrics: Crazy Horse, a warrior force; They could not take your picture Crazy Horse, you stayed the course; Your soul they could not capture Like a curse, worse came to worse; They took all they were after Sign no treaty with the greedy genocidal bastards And you did get Custer at the Little Big Horn River Crazy Horse, your enemies divorced themselves from nature But there's no defense against the consequences that follow after They meant to erase their own disgrace by censoring history; But truth unfolds stories untold, And people are listening And you did get Custer; His scalp forever missing Written by Ryan P Rohn

Lyrics: Emerging in the Afterglow drifting in the afterglow of memories unclear: we lived here long ago and dove into our fear, beyond the fading sirens as nameless streets stretch out of focus... around a boat overturned are ripples never noticed this would never be my home: I learned at an early age, and knew the beast was around the corner before I turned the page.. out of body, lost in mind, I roamed a dream lit path.. caught trespassing with eyes blind, tho I escaped the wrath - apparently emerging in the afterglow - a fire long since disappeared.. rekindle the dying coals dimmed over the years... once upon a battle ground you burned up in your own flame.. risen from the ashes now - you are not the same written by Ryan P Rohn

visually descriptive, strong brewed poetry with humor and force: written by Ryan P Rohn

Ariadne and The Open Jail lyrics: I broke the dam and now I flow with the current - let the raging waters rise Idols be damned, saviors and serpents drop like scales from my eyes Of blasphemy bans, I breached the black curtain - a kingdom within not found in the sky And from her solitary window, Ariadne's cries hold me in this limbo - somewhat hypnotized Climbing the stairs of the old lighthouse tower, as apparitions peer over the rails, If I reach the top by the ships appointed hour, a warning signal I shall hail; for all here are captives, gone mad as they devour any light shown through the pale mist of progress; Just ask the goddess - Ariadne, unless she's escaped the open jail Written by Ryan P Rohn

Gonna Live my Life ( Gonna Play my Song) lyrics: Gonna live my life, gonna play my song Nothing else to do, when it's all gone wrong I don't need thought conditioning, Just this guitar and a cheap set of strings ... and the love you bring Gonna spend my time, heaven knows how long To come so far - got to be strong I can't see much of a future here But right now is the moment I hear The tune born in my ear Gonna live my life, gonna play my song How you lose your mind when the music's gone, walking around in a faceless trance Well,count me out of that song and dance ... I'm here to take a chance Written by Ryan P Rohn

I Will Not be Detained written by Ryan P Rohn

Gardens of Armida lyrics: Gardens of Armida, She offered me shelter; Weary solitude for hidden helter skelter I woke up tangled in her vines I broke free,but then She summoned me with a grin I sensed the lie but had to taste again The euphoria of her wine Gardens of Armida I've known but a few Restore me in the vault of creative solitude To cultivate my roots in it's underground Vein Never far from fools drunk on piety, Drooling in their born again virginity, Dethroning the goddess - weapons Unsheathed, and sharpened by their Shame Gardens of Armida, glimmer of paradise Moisture of her vineyard fails not to entice Deserters of the battle, with it's shrapnel In their hearts Her hummingbirds stay active for the Nectar she provides She will hold you captive beneath the Grapes of your own vice, If you keep warm the saddle of Her affections ... And her art written by Ryan P Rohn

Ariadne and The Open Jail Written by Ryan P Rohn

Spandex Yoga Lotus Lady written by Ryan P Rohn

September, I'll See You Again lyrics: September, I'll see you again if I can make it to that border long evenings I will miss, now that Spring has got us cornered cool me once more before the sun begins to rage, and I'll shield my candle from the idiot winds if the age let's take a ride along the mountain side at dusk, when crimson meets indigo and we don't need to know what becomes of us September I'll see you again, but I'm not going to hold my breath in between bitter sweet waves of ecstasy and death, hanging in the balance as these modern nightmares pivot ... the only way to save your life is to go and fucking live it! let's take a ride... September, I'll see you again if I can avoid disaster reprieves of Neptune ease my exile on Saturn her messages are too sublime for me to find a pattern I hope to see Diogenese greet me with his lantern let's take a ride.... Written by Ryan P Rohn

Lust for Lift-Off lyrics: Throw me out to the hungry wolves Ends always justify the means Well, the devil's a beast with miles under his hooves, And I'm damned to this underbelly oddyssey Hard pressed, second guessed, put to the test Just like the rest throughout The Great Obscene; Sporting post traumatic, pistol whipped party vests, Chased by a lit trail of gasoline I've got a lust for Lift-Off, A rocket aiming in the dark And I'm going to set it off All it takes is one spark I've got a lust for Lift-Off, Something they can never steal And I'm going to launch right off This suicide wheel Out at the private Lake side bonfire, The cognito demons host their evening pyre; Named after their favorite dark desires, they scan the scene for souls to acquire; But soon learn it's all a pitiful shame; Superficial sins - tragedy of the lame So they torch the raffle and take down the bell Even the music's got no soul, They're going back to hell! I've got a lust for Lift-Off, A rocket aiming in the dark I'm going to set it off All it takes is one spark I've got a lust for Lift-Off, Something they can never steal And I'm going to launch right off This suicide wheel written by Ryan P Rohn

Lens of a Free Mind lyrics: Tell me a story in the light of the moon Tell me a tale by the fire I need to remember the twilight's boon And the mysteries that inspire Speak to me of the tragedy and the triumph after the fall, But never tragedy without art; that is the worst of all Close to the sun Icarus flew, with his wings made out of wax Exhilaration was all that he knew in a flight that just couldn't last A step of caution - the walk of the wise upon which a life can be saved, But when caution cripples - courage dies, and a spirit lies in an early grave Will you call me an enemy for simply trying to see through the lens of a Free Mind, that can't be covered or confined Tell me a story in the light of the moon Tell me a tale by the fire; The call of the raven, the cry of the loon; The crash of life's colliding desires Relate to me the irony of how upright creatures crawl away from life, for a guarantee that all the risks have been recalled Will you call me an enemy for simply trying to see through the lens of a Free Mind, that can't be covered or confined written by Ryan P Rohn

Veteran of the Schizophrenic Universe written by Ryan P Rohn

Jagaloons (with a punch) Written by Ryan P Rohn