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Tide Rising

by The Masses

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1.
Gonna cause that good kinda trouble 
That good kind of trouble
 Good kind of trouble tonight

 Sitting in my studio and wondering how 
Sippin a beer and losing myself in the sound
 And plotting and planning on how to keep our feet planted
 on the ground 
Everything that’s born it always tends to evolve, always comes to an end, it always comes to dissolve
 This type of society isn’t any different at all. Gonna cause that good kinda trouble 
That good kind of trouble 
Good kind of trouble tonight

 You keep fighting that good fight even when the clouds come around 
It may get dark, it may get gloomy, days will go up and go down
 You don’t like it, you can sue me, it will come back around
 Shying away from reality makes you look like a clown 

Hold your head steady and see that the path that we’re treading 
If we don’t change course, we may end up where we’re headed
 Many have said it, and I mean when I lay it down 
That we don’t have the time or the energy to mess around

. And so I’m calling on the people to break from your chains
 We ain’t got nothing to lose, but we’ve got this whole world to gain.
2.
Tide Dub 05:24
3.
Afterglow 04:49
I’m gonna sing this from my hearts deepest desire 
 You sparked up a flame and it turned into a fire
 Even when my tire’s stuck inside the mire
 My love for you is never going to expire
 You and me, we remember where we come from 
And you can feel it, steady like a kick drum
 We can move to the islands and be beach bums
 As long as I’m with you, I ain't worried about no outcome I don’t wanna let this go, I hold on to this feeling And then I’ll take it slow
 Oh, your warm afterglow 
I’ll hold on to that feeling 
and I’mma take it with me when I go But I, no I don’t mind walking this path forever No, I don’t mind walking this path forever with you Cuz I’m a lucky cloud underneath your blue sky 
Warming up the sunshine every time I pass by
 And your voice is a soothing lullaby
 And I ain’t gonna be worried about no goodbye
 I love you til the bottom of my well is bone dry
 Until it is bone dry I don’t wanna let this go, so I hold on to this feeling 
 And then I’ll take it slow 
Oh, your warm afterglow
 I’ll hold on to that feeling
 Cuz I’mma take it with me when I go
4.
I reach into my pocket 
It’s like a ghost town 
It’s like a ghost town 
You shut your door and lock it
 Nothing ever goes down
 It’s like a ghost town And the man says: 
“You got some nice bootstraps, fella, have you tried to give yourself a lift? 
I know it’s hard to move under all that pressure, but you just gotta deal with it.” 
But I can’t afford not to dream or to ignore
 The earthquake underneath our feet 
Shaking us to our core The path of least resistance
 It’s how we’ve been living
 It’s how we’ve been living 
We struggle through existence 
it’s the only choice we’re given 
it’s the only choice we’re given And the man says: 
“You got some nice bootstraps, fella, have you tried to give yourself a lift? 
I know it’s hard to move under all that pressure, but you just gotta deal with it.” 
But I can’t afford not to dream or to ignore
 The earthquake underneath our feet 
Shaking us to our core. There’s a thorn in your eye Cuz I ain’t got no bootstraps left 
They break more every time I fall
 Some of us don’t have the boots that fit
 and some of us don’t have boots at all But we can afford to do the math 
So don’t you ignore the earthquake underneath our feet
 And soon to be at your door
5.
Slow it Down 03:19
Slow it Down Got to slow it down
6.
Wanderer 05:51
When I sit down to my guitar 
In my mind, I wander far
 And when I listen to my heart 
I get my pen ready and I walk that tight rope through the dark

 When I think about the day
 There’s a million things to say
 But all that pain, it fades away 
When I lose myself 
The warmth in the music makes me feel okay So I’m here and then I’m gone 
We never stick around for too long
 But while I’m here, I’ll tell you what
 I’mma speak the truth and I’mma spread some love
 I’ll spread some love 
I’m gonna spread some love
 Restless nights and scattered dreams 
Life ain’t always what it seems
 Whatever will be will be 
But you’re never alone 
Escape the prison, cuz you’ve got the key 

In the Bardo, I’ll see you there 
We’ll remember, become aware 
Infinity is everywhere
 And it ain’t no lie
 You never needed to compare So I’m here and then I’m gone 
We never stick around for too long
 But while I’m here, I’ll tell you what
 I’mma speak the truth and I’mma spread some love
 I’ll spread some love 
I’m gonna spread some love
 I’m a wanderer 
You’re a wanderer
 He’s a wanderer
 She’s a wanderer
7.
Do you ever wonder where this top will spin?
 Or where it ends? Whether it has been all along? 
Do you ever see yourself living in the eyes of a stranger? 
Take a step back and see it all. 
 Do you ever feel like this moment, it isn’t just for some? 
And after that day of reckoning, it’s beckoning you to take a leap
 Take a leap into who you are But I ain’t never felt like this before
 Potentiality is oozing out of every pore
 So keep chasing what you’re looking for
 Cuz you’re gonna find it, so keep believing 
Don’t make this world wait anymore It’s the year of becoming Have you ever wandered through the caves and hills of impermanence? 
Do they have a place in your song?
 Have you ever longed to connect with a distant wind? 
It’s been whispering your name all along. 
 And I ain’t no stranger to pain
 But every time it comes around again 
I recognize the impermanence 
And I try to keep living 
And it always seems so strange how we can go against the grain 
And still flow merrily down the stream
 And dance within a dream so vivid I ain’t never felt like this before
 Potentiality is oozing out of every pore
 So keep chasing what you’re looking for
 Cuz you’re gonna find it, so keep believing 
Don’t make this world wait anymore It’s the year of becoming I check the rhythm and I go and check the crystal ball
 I feel the deep and warm love that we’ve been dreaming of
 The stars align and All provides, can you hear the call? 
 There’s no need to worry, cuz with love we’ve got a free for all.
 Your potential is calling for you to live it
 And you receive that warm love whenever you wanna give it
 It doesn’t cost a penny to uplift, but when you see it
 You wont believe it, you wont believe it. I ain’t never felt like this before
 Potentiality is oozing out of all your pores So keep chasing what you’re looking for
 Cuz you’re gonna find it, so keep believing 
Don’t make this world wait anymore It's the year of becoming
8.
9.
Burn Away 05:18
The wind blows cold, the wind blows cold But in my mind, it's the summertime I kick my feet up and I feel alright But I wish I felt this a day ago I was stuck under the rising tide The undertow was pulling me down all night Cuz everytime I struggle, I pull myself back up And I try to turn the page and focus on my passion And I remember the moments that shocked me into action The reason I am singin isn't for the fashion I been seeing dreams coming true with attraction Fillin up my night and day with my friends love and laughter Dreamin big and seein which dreams I can capture But the trip never lasts too long Let it burn away It doesn't last too long The bliss or the sorrow Let it burn away We live for today Not in the past or tomorrow The sun is warm, the sun is warm So I stick my toes into the sand Listen to the music play the band all night Can I feel like this everyday? So light that I could float away But you've gotta have darkness to feel the warmth of the light I can't help but feel love live in every section To you left and to your right is just your own reflection And you can activate your potential through meditation See the beauty and the meaning in your imperfections If you let compassion lead your direction You love will be pumping steady like the rhythm section We can bask in the warmth and the light Let it burn away Let it burn away It doesn't last too long The bliss or the sorrow Let it burn away We live for today Not in the past or tomorrow
10.
Bardo Dub 03:54
11.
I ain’t gonna lie
 The sun shining down on me, it feels alright 
It’s been a long night 
The darkness has followed us to broad daylight
 and it’s hard to discern 
but can’t you see the boomerang is coming on back around again?
 And don’t you get burned 
What you give is what you get, and that is always how it’s been. 

 And I can feel it 
I feel the sun shining down 
Warming up all our skin, I think it’s worth it for now
 And the light, is just breaking through
 Never any obligation to explain it to you 
It’s alright, we’ve got ever-lasting life 
Peaking over the edge and taking a leap makes us alive
 So I think you’re alright

 Remember the pills that they’ve been selling us have been making us sick 
But the poison provides a sense of comfort that keeps us addicted
 And it makes it so damn easy to forget 
But now we’re on the verge of waking up from a dream
 you take a look around you, you’ll see what I mean.

 We can make this better 

Don’t you know it’s time to let it all go
 Time to really learn how to take things slow
 keeping my head upon my shoulders turns into a big chore
 And I know it’s just the way things go 
You find a little faith, you find a little hope 
Plant it in the garden of your mind and your soul
 Nurture and water it, making sure that it grows 
And in the end you reap the harvest you sow
 The harvest you sow

 And I can feel it
 It’s in the air that we breathe 
The way that we’ve been living ain’t the way it ought to be
 Dollar signs in the eyes of representatives and senators
 They’re piling up their mountain of greed
 But they’re desperate to keep the fighting between you and me
 With their corporate media propaganda machine 
They’re hoping you never realize that it ain’t what it seems 
Or that their way is not the way it has to be 
No their way is not the way that it has to be 

 Remember the pills that they’ve been selling us have been making us sick
 But the poison provides a sense of comfort that keeps us addicted 
And it makes it so damn easy to forget
 But now we’re on the verge of waking up from a dream
Take a look around you, you’ll see what I mean.
 The signs are everywhere, they’re inside you and me 
Together, we can manifest reality

 We can make this better
12.
Take me to the place I love 
Looking up at the clouds above
 They’re looking back and they’re whispering my name 
they said “you’ve gotta path ahead, and should you choose to walk down it, you might stub your toe along the way” 

But I will 
 Keep on singing my heart out 
Keep on playing guitar and
 Elevating my path of humanness
 And I will
 Keep on loving and living
 Receive it every time I give it
 It’s the endlessness
 The endlessness of Love 

Moving down the path, I see 
Something warm is surrounding me 
It encompasses everything and it boggles my mind
 And it knows no boundaries
 Everybody stops to see that which is right in front of their eyes

 

But I will 
 Keep on singing my heart out 
Keep on playing guitar and
 Elevating my path of humanness
 And I will
 Keep on loving and living
 Receive it every time I give it
 It’s the endlessness
 The endlessness of Love It’s there when you’ve fallen asleep 
Helping you in chasing your wildest dreams
 She’s so ferocious and so tender 
And it’s alive in your darkest hour 
It lives in weakness and rests in power 
It thrives in commitment and in surrender

 

But I will 
 Keep on singing my heart out 
Keep on playing guitar and
 Elevating my path of humanness
 And I will
 Keep on loving and living
 Receive it every time I give it
 It’s the endlessness
 The endlessness of Love

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Written and recorded from September 2020 to January 2021, "Tide Rising" is the debut LP from The Masses.

Inspired by reggae acts such as Slightly Stoopid, Stick Figure, Passafire, and Mike Love, The Masses encompasses many aspects of reggae music in "Tide Rising", while adding pinches of more progressive styles and peppering the album with deep psychedelic dub.

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released February 20, 2021

Music and Lyrics: Cam King

Production: Cam King

Album Artwork: Ryan Benoit and Cam King

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The Masses Bucksport, Maine

The Masses is a reggae/dub project from Eastern Maine, USA.

Seeking to rest and play in the higher vibrations of Joy and Reality through reggae and dub music, during this critical time on planet Earth.

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