When a friend is diagnosed with cancer, or any life threatening illness, we want to say something. But what do we say? This is a meditation on transience and emptiness, two central zen buddhist teachings.

Is everything fine?

There's always a "but" isn't there? God Loves Me But... Music and Words by Demetrius Hill ©2010 Demetrius P. Hill, All Rights Reserved It's been made painfully clear, that life's not fair The rich get richer –– the poor poorer –– no one…

As the song says, this is a song I wrote for the RPM Challenge. I simply took my actual experience beginning at 12 midnight on February 1st, and a couple or three hours later I had my first song. The player takes away the intensity of this track…

The verses in this song alternate being about my best friend when I was a little kid, and my best friend at the time I wrote it. I thought it was brave and artsy at the time. Then I grew up. :)

Creedence. Not embarrassing at all.

This is about somebody moving from an unhappy place to a happy place. The happy place happens to be a rain forest. This is a true story. The end.