SONG LYRICS FOR BLUE HORIZON

  • Been workin’ hard, the job’s hardly done
    A zero-sum game table for one
    I’ve lost my style, I’m losin’ the knack
    I’ve got to find a way back on track

    So, I’m leavin’, I’m on a retreat
    I’m cruisin’, avoiding defeat
    My lowly routines have come to a stop
    I’ll be climbin’ to the mountaintop

    I asked for help without sayin’ please
    Was barkin’ up, up all the wrong trees
    But now I’m saved, I’m saved by the bell
    I hope to hear that ring for a spell

    ‘Cause I’m leavin’, I’m on a retreat
    I’m cruisin’, avoiding defeat
    My lowly routines have come to a stop
    I’ll be climbin’ to the mountaintop

    You can come along, we’ll explore together
    some reason and rhyme through the nasty weather

    We’re leavin’, we’re on a retreat
    We’re cruisin’, avoiding defeat
    Our lowly routines have come to a stop
    We’ll be climbin’ to the mountaintop

    We are bustin’ out, we’re in need of good rest
    But you haven’t seen the very last of us yet

    We’re leavin’, we’re on a retreat
    We’re cruisin’, avoiding defeat
    Our lowly routines have come to a stop
    We’ll be climbin’ to the mountaintop

    We’re leavin’, we’re on a retreat
    We’re cruisin’, avoiding defeat
    Our lowly routines have come to a stop
    We’ll be climbin’ to the mountaintop

    Words & Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2025

  • Let’s weigh the anchor, the wind will take us
    The journey starts when we set ourselves free
    Exploring new life and new directions
    We’ll hoist the sails, map the uncharted sea

    We’ll set our course for the intangible frontier
    Forging our way right through the storms faced without fear
    We’ll ride the waves and follow the stars
    Working together now, we’ll travel far
    In the intangible frontier, the intangible frontier

    We’ll search the world to find the treasures
    That moth and rust cannot ever destroy
    The truth will guide us to peaceful harbors
    And charity for all hands to employ

    We’ll set our course for the intangible frontier
    Forging our way right through the storms faced without fear
    We’ll ride the waves and follow the stars
    Working together now, we’ll travel far
    In the intangible frontier, the intangible frontier

    We’ll fight our battles and sail on
    Resisting the enemies inside us all

    We’ll set our course for the intangible frontier
    Forging our way right through the storms faced without fear
    We’ll ride the waves and follow the stars
    Working together now, we’ll travel far
    In the intangible frontier, the intangible frontier

    Words & Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2025

  • Slade grew up on the streets as a noble clan outcast
    His own father would look away from him in great shame
    He’s the bastard that nobody ever talked about
    He’s the Molesworth archduke that got secretly kicked out
    Was forbidden the use of his rightful fam’ly name

    Slade Pencarrow keeps his sword nearby
    But keeps one hand on the wheel of fortune
    Slade Pencarrow could see in your soul
    But keeps one eye on the blue horizon

    Slade’s charisma and theft got him by out on the street
    Fights and scheming became now his only way of life
    Upon stowing away to the Caribbean Seas
    Became part of the crew of the stolen Golden Fleece
    Wind filled mainsails and gold filled his treasure chest of dreams

    Slade Pencarrow keeps his sword nearby
    But keeps one hand on the wheel of fortune
    Slade Pencarrow could see in your soul
    But keeps one eye on the blue horizon

    Pencarrow rose in fame and in standing
    Best helmsman of the ship and the sea
    All feared his sword and keen mind in battle
    Emerged from treasure fights with the key

    In Jamaica he dodged his half-brother and his wrath
    As the Gov’nor, decreed Captain Bannister the noose
    Slade then snuck to the farms setting free the island slaves
    And together rose up, local tribes joined them in waves
    They constructed a fleet that is unmatched to this day

    Slade Pencarrow keeps his sword nearby
    But keeps one hand on the wheel of fortune
    Slade Pencarrow could see in your soul
    But keeps one eye on the blue horizon

    Pencarrow sails the Nomadic Spectre
    The crew appearing when there is need
    They went from rags to rags to riches
    And helped the people whom they have freed

    Slade Pencarrow keeps his sword nearby
    But keeps one hand on the wheel of fortune
    Slade Pencarrow could see in your soul
    But keeps one eye on the blue horizon

    Words & Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2024

  • See beneath the canopy
    Find the hidden treasures

    (canopy)
    The truth runs deep in the calm of the water
    (under the canopy)
    The light reflects through the leaves of the trees
    (under the canopy)
    Your state of mind will commence a transforming
    (under the canopy)
    And bring you to a place where you can breathe

    Hear beneath the canopy
    Find the hidden treasures

    (canopy)
    A symphony echoes out from the branches
    (under the canopy)
    The wind will dance through the leaves of the trees
    (under the canopy)
    The birds take flight and begin a new movement
    (under the canopy)
    With sounds of life that are carried on the breeze

    Walk beneath the canopy
    Find the hidden treasures

    (canopy)
    Explore the big and the small of the forest
    (under the canopy)
    The path leads you to your own peace of mind
    (under the canopy)
    You will arrive at the point where you started
    (under the canopy)
    And you will know the place for the first time

    Words and Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2025

  • A long time ago as Raven soared through the air
    The people below lived in the dark with despair
    The selfish old chief kept hidden the ball of light
    To handle the grief the Trickster planned a strange fight

    The Raven circled above ancient trees
    He watched the people and heard all their pleas
    The darkness held them in unending night
    The Raven carried their hope in its flight

    The Raven changed to a tiny spruce needle look
    He floated on through by riding the forest brook
    The chief’s daughter came to have a drink in her cup
    All seemed as the same, she drank the spruce needle up

    The Raven circled above ancient trees
    He watched the people and heard all their pleas
    The darkness held them in unending night
    The Raven carried their hope in its flight

    The daughter gave birth, the boy was Raven’s disguise
    And down on the earth the chief heard his many cries
    That selfish old chief now finally gave him the ball
    With wings in relief he lifted brightness to all

    The Raven circled above ancient trees
    He watched the people and heard all their pleas
    The darkness held them in unending night
    The Raven carried
    The Raven carried
    The Raven carried their hope in its flight

    Words & Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2023

  • The streets are full of mud
    The shoppes are closing down
    The swords are stained with blood
    The beggars fill this town
    Remaining hopeful eyes look to the sea

    Captain Pencarrow approaches at the helm
    Huzzah! Huzzah! Sharing all the gold
    Captain Pencarrow brings freedom to the realm
    Huzzah! Huzzah! Sharing all the gold
    There is enough for us all

    The rulers turn away
    Discussions are in vain
    Their greed has won the day
    The slaves are still in chains
    Remaining hopeful eyes look to be free

    Captain Pencarrow approaches at the helm
    Huzzah! Huzzah! Sharing all the gold
    Captain Pencarrow brings freedom to the realm
    Huzzah! Huzzah! Sharing all the gold
    There is enough for us all

    With Slade Pencarrow this crew will never fail
    Huzzah! Huzzah! Sharing all the gold
    We’ll raise the anchor and hoist up all the sails
    Huzzah! Huzzah! Sharing all the gold

    We’ve joined the captain to fin’lly see this through
    Huzzah! Huzzah! Sharing all the gold
    The blue horizon brings joy to all the crew
    Huzzah! Huzzah! Sharing all the gold
    There is enough for us all

    Words & Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2025

  • At the dawn of the creation
    Aeolus held the charge of wind
    Akin to thee angelic forces
    He formed the atmosphere from within
    Filled the voids between expanses
    And lifted clouds above the sea
    And once the earth was in a balance
    The godness set the wind to blow free

    Captain Aeolus soared across the sky
    Led storms through the mountains, taught the eagles to fly
    Captain Aeolus whistled through the trees
    Cruised down through the valley, sailing over the sea

    Seeds of life swirling the planet
    Abundance sprung from fertile land
    Aeolus fought for life that’s fragile
    And hurled against those with choking hands
    Stormed the shores and every castle
    Then guided ships across the sea
    And once the earth was in a balance
    The godness set the wind to blow free

    Captain Aeolus soared across the sky
    Led storms through the mountains, taught the eagles to fly
    Captain Aeolus whistled through the trees
    Cruised down through the valley, sailing over the sea

    Captain Aeolus soared across the sky
    Captain Aeolus whistled through the trees

    Captain Aeolus soared across the sky
    Led storms through the mountains, taught the eagles to fly
    Captain Aeolus whistled through the trees
    Cruised down through the valley, sailing over the sea

    Words & Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2025

  • So many eyes on the glamorous for bringing us love
    So many ears on the squeaky wheel for bringing priorities
    So many minds on a fantasy for bringing us joy
    So many fights based on fearfulness for bringing security

    On a quest, throw a saddle on a powerful beast
    Boldly go, ride to where all the cartographers cease
    On the verge, turn away at the mysterious end
    No no no, back to jumping to conclusions again

    So many steps to what’s comforting for bringing us peace
    So many hopes on the magical for bringing us certainty
    So many goals of no consequence for bringing success
    So many bets on the speedy hare for bringing us victory

    On a quest, throw a saddle on a powerful beast
    Boldly go, ride to where all the cartographers cease
    On the verge, turn away at the mysterious end
    No no no, back to jumping to conclusions again

    If we can live more fearlessly
    With science and discovery
    The self-correcting paradigm
    Is surely marching through our time

    On a quest, throw a saddle on a powerful beast
    Boldly go, ride to where all the cartographers cease
    On the verge, turn away at the mysterious end
    No no no, back to jumping to
    back to jumping to conclusions again

    Boldly go
    Breaking through
    Make it so

    Words & Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2025

  • Time for bikin’ on up the road, up the river
    Up to Whiskey Bend
    Time for hikin’ to Goblins Gate, Geyser Valley
    Up past Whiskey Bend

    Oh sweet sunshine makin’ my day
    Oh sweet moonshine makin’ my way
    Goin’ fishin’ without a care
    ‘Til my supper’s stole by a bear

    Time for bikin’ on up the road, up the river
    Up to Whiskey Bend
    Time for hikin’ to Goblins Gate, Geyser Valley
    Up past Whiskey Bend

    Hikin’ waytrails for many miles
    Kickin’ off my boots for a while
    Teasin’ my friends for a good laugh
    Got me with a riverside splash

    Time for bikin’ on up the road, up the river
    Up to Whiskey Bend
    Time for hikin’ to Goblins Gate, Geyser Valley
    Up past Whiskey Bend

    I’m afraid my canteen has sprouted a leak
    But the water’s so pure at Hurricane Creek

    I am watchin’ the mist way up on the ridge
    I am checkin’ for trolls at Dodger Point Bridge

    Watching elk and skippin’ some stones
    Tellin’ stories without our phones
    Stress drifts by like leaves from a tree
    Down the river so far from me

    Time for bikin’ on up the road, up the river
    Up to Whiskey Bend
    Time for hikin’ to Goblins Gate, Geyser Valley
    Up past Whiskey Bend

    Time for bikin’ on up the road, up the river
    Up to Whiskey Bend
    Time for hikin’ to Goblins Gate, Geyser Valley
    Up past Whiskey Bend

    Words & Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2025

  • Envision beautiful gliding doves and eagles
    Engaging bicyclers gladly dodge alder elders
    Escaping bullheaded growling dogs ain’t easy
    Exploring botanists groupies dream about expos

    Ethereal elevations, euphorical emanations
    Empirical expeditions, exuberant explanations

    Excelling bonafide groovy dudes axe egos
    Enchanted blueberry garden days appear epic
    Enlightened Buddhistic guru dads ace ethics
    Explicit bittersweet godly dice astound empires

    Ethereal elevations, euphorical emanations
    Empirical expeditions, exuberant explanations

    Equipment broadcasting guarded discs aired eyeful
    Encoded bionic golden droids alarm evil
    Essentials benefit ghostly dregs as earthlings
    Ensembles battering graveyard drums arouse echoes

    Ethereal elevations, euphorical emanations
    Empirical expeditions, exuberant explanations

    Envision beautiful gliding doves and eagles

    Words and Music by John Eric Klemesrud © 2023