Outer Voice

Outer Voice
(Ayarou)

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Stephen Jay's fourth solo CD "Outer Voice" is now available. In blending 8 and 12 strings basses with percussion from around the globe Stephen Jay and his long time collaborator Pete Gallagher unleash a musical force previously unknown to the planet, that does exactly what it wants, lives it own life, and turns on a dime. Featuring new explorations of poly-metric funk "Outer Voice" catalyzes the syncopation of time into something completely new, every time. The actual musical nuts and bolts combine sympathetic organic nuance with the great unknown to create a field of response possibilities involving a living musicality whose function as a psychic mirror is as natural as it is invisible. See what you hear.

As an added bonus "Outer Voice" features the late Joe Higgs (often called the father of Reggae) performing vocals on the track, "Secrets of Freedom". Recorded in the 90's when Stephen was Joe Higgs bassist this "lost" recording of one of Reggae's greatest voices sat in the can for nearly a decade before being rescued, re-mixed and re-mastered for this album.

  1. THE SYMPTOM - (mp3) (lyrics)
  2. BE LIKE THAT - (mp3) (lyrics)
  3. ALL OF THE ABOVE - (mp3) (lyrics)
  4. BOYOZO - (lyrics)
  5. CAN'T WAIT LONG - (mp3) (lyrics)
  6. SECRETS OF FREEDOM - (mp3) (lyrics)
  7. SO FAR - (mp3) (lyrics)
  8. NOW IS IN BLURLAND - (mp3) (lyrics)
  9. UMMA UMMA UMMA - (mp3) (lyrics)
  10. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE - (mp3) (lyrics)
  11. ODD BODKINS - (mp3) (lyrics)
  12. OUTER VOICE - (mp3) (lyrics)
  13. ARIAL VARIAL
THE SYMPTOM I went for a walk one day Suddenly swept away That parts a little bit hazy Hope happened to form a chain Nothing could be the same When the perspective changed Double the symptom wide awake Time came to a stop that day All of it sucked away Back to where ever it came from Then everything changes place Poking a hole in space Nothing to be erased Double the symptom wide awake, What did you say? Who might have guessed what's in our faith? Who might have guessed it? Steady our line our mind on second guess How better to tempt that fate Moving in empty space What might be measured in traces Hope happened to form a chain Nothing could be the same When the perspective changed Out of sight, between untitled and guessing Form a line, in time for butter and bread Why out signal the night as a blessing Climb a vine and eat bananas instead Double the symptom wide awake What did you say? Double the symptom wide awake I wanted something, when I thought so plain Who might have guessed what's our faith? Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
BE LIKE THAT Something happened yesterday I think it happened twice It felt like we had found a way Around our own device Only took a miracle Then it happened like that I listened to what you told me I gazed until you looked back Something like double or nothing Something like opposites attract Even when they're far away It could be like that Opposites could get away When nothing else will do I think about it every day The opposite was true Maybe not the way to expand it It could be better than that I looked for it where you showed me I've taken what you put back Do you still want the tsunami? Are we still on the same page? It happened to be one way Opposite of fate We passed some type of farm today Recycled by default The rumba sunk in film delay On site highly dissolved Old Usaka cut out in seconds Who look for sand become a fact Why number so, so boldly The walls are a fulcrum in back To presume live was to cut it Form was in the fact they sent a wave (Forms within the fact, forwards in the back) Almost out numb as in tide we Put more time into the act (Forms within the fact) An opposite can get away It could be like that Be like that. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
ALL OF THE ABOVE Make a wish, tie a thread One piece of that, line Opposite, end of it Was pulling it, tight Ball of string, unraveling Where ever it, might Back a step, up ahead Keep doing it, right Right in the middle, inside of itself In a finite way, to defy the desired style Fly on confetti, unscramble an egg, inside it No matter, keep awake Got enough of that, kind Without a shot, get what you've got Consider it, prime Out of sight, out of mind One end of that, line Disconnect, intersect For part of the, time Muscle head, talk in bed And silent as, night Something good, understood On making it, light Light as a feather, in spite of itself Riding the breeze, the design to defy style Right in the center, avoiding the trees, in silence Don't wanna, give away Too much of that, time The silent spot, believe it or not Was making it, rhyme No trouble, keep awake One piece of that, right The opposite, seemed to fit it The rest of it, might Don't wanna, give away One piece of that, time The silent spot, believe it or not Was making it, rhyme No trouble, keep awake One piece of that, right The opposite, seemed to fit The rest of it, might. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
BOYOZO Zimizai laba-- Namupa-e, Boyozo Wanyari Gariwadem Mizimilya, Boyozo Zanyguimata-Nyalaigeye Soho Lunga Lunga Batumanya Lay Zimizai laba-- Namupa-e, Boyozo Wanyari Gariwadem Mizimilya, Boyozo Wadogi Myeaganae Ma Ramani, Boyozo Quayzay Byorimietem Kwozilo, Boyozo Yanumoa Gajerenyny Badamoozi, Boyozo Yanumoa Gajerenye Zanytoaza, Boyozo Zimizai laba-- Namupa-e, Wanyari Gariwadem Mizimilya Boyozo Zanyguimata-Nyalai Soho Lunga Lunga Batumanya Lay, Boyozo Zimizai laba-- Namupa-e, Boyozo Wanyari Gariwadem Mizimilya, Boyozo Wadogi Myeaganae Ramani, Boyozo Quayzay Byorimietem Kwozilo, Boyozo Yanumoa Gajerenyny Badamoozi, Boyozo Yanumoa Gajerenye Zanytoaza, Boyozo Zimizai laba-- Namupa-e, Boyozo. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
CAN'T WAIT LONG I know you told me it would only be for a while You, making the way, that I could follow Still. you give me, no guarantee It's nothing but a gamble Except the way you try Can't wait long, can't hang on the wall Bring back to me, your smiling face I can't wait long, got no time at all Come back to me, again When I told you it was only what's in your eyes You, couldn't believe, but I guess now you know So, you tell me, what'll it be A little more to suffer I can't begin to try Can't wait long, can't hang on the wall Change everything, those names and places Can't hang on, got no time at all Come back to me, again Can't wait long, can't hang on the wall Bring back to me, your smiling face I can't wait long, got no time at all Come back to me, again Can't wait long, can't hang on the wall Change everything, those names and places Can't hang on, got no time at all Come back to me, again I know you told me It would only be for a while. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay and traditional Djerma © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
SECRETS OF FREEDOM Little girls, little boys, hear what I say to you Secrets of freedom The sun is gonna set and stay on fire Secrets of freedom Something's gonna catch the human fly And you will never fail, hear me now Stay at large Secrets of freedom, Integrity The sun is gonna set and stay on fire The drum's gonna stop keeping time Something's gonna catch the human fly Suddenly free in the blink of an eye Secrets of freedom, the sun is gonna set Secrets of freedom, the boss is gonna change Far away, stay at large Secrets of freedom, why not go to college Instead of going to jail Then you will have some knowledge And you will never fail Secrets of freedom, freedom, Secrets of freedom, freedom, stay at large The sun is gonna set One that might be Something's gonna seem Secrets of freedom, love your freedom children And I'm a gonna tell you again and again Secrets of freedom The sun is gonna set and stay on fire The drum's gonna stop keeping time Something's gonna catch the human fly Suddenly free in the blink of an eye Stay at large Secrets of freedom, why not go to college Stay at large, instead of going to jail Then you will have some knowledge And you will never fail The sun is gonna set and stay on fire The boss is gonna turn and keep it in line Something's gonna stop and stay in charge Everything change stay at large Secrets of freedom, (vamp) Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
SO FAR Right now it's looking right back Through a hole in the wall, opened a crack Not a sound, and not far away Far away from what you see it somehow took Picked up the weight put the weight all down Holding that's making one part of it So far, away So far, from that Really something how it's nothing like that Over the wall, open in back Another sound that's not far away Far away from how it seems to somehow look And even when you're getting your cake Holding it back, making it, breaking it Taking it that far away from whatever it is So far Seems to somehow look, nothing like that So far, away, appears to somehow look From that, to somehow look, nothing like that So far, okay, appears to somehow look To somehow look, nothing like that So far, okay, it could, from that Nothing like that So far, away So far, okay, appears to somehow look To somehow look, nothing like that Odds are, so good, appears to somehow look Far away from how it seems to somehow So far, it could Taking it that far away from whatever it is Appears to somehow look, nothing like that So Far It's lookin' right back through a hole in the wall >From that, not a sound, and not far away Far away from what you see it somehow took Making one part of it So far, away. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
NOW IS IN BLURLAND Just like that maybe no big deal It was not something I'm aware of Could have been typical to there For pause in a limited case Almost identical to what Just like you made we chose it You know whatever it is It's not the same Now is in blurland Now is in blurland, now is a bird in the hand Now is in blurland Now is in blurland, now is a single grain of sand Now wait there could be an ace here Or at least some strong potential Prepared for anything normal She pulls out all of the stops All the delivery sources Just right or didn't you know that Without more evidence to judge It's hard to say Now is in blurland Now is in blurland, now is a bird in the hand Now is in blurland Now is in blurland, now is a single grain of sand Now wait there could be an ace here Or at least some strong potential Prepared for anything normal She pulls out all of the stops Now is in blurland Now is a single grain of sand Now is in blurland Now is a bird in the hand Now is in blurland Now is in blurland, now is a bird in the hand Now is in blurland Now is in blurland, now is a single grain of sand. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
UMMA UMMA UMMA Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Hapapa sekit oh apa papase Hapapa sekit oh apa papase Umma umma umma Umma umma umma Voodoo ingles, hysnsa billi baha Voodoo ingles, hysnsa billi baha Mes ingles, hysnsa billi baha Mes ingles, hysnsa billi baha Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Hapapa sekit oh apa papase Hapapa sekit oh apa papase Uterine debt, hysnsa billi baha Uterine debt, hysnsa billi baha Less ingles, hysnsa billi baha Less ingles, hysnsa billi baha Umma umma umma, Umma umma umma Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Hapapa sekit oh apa papase Hapapa sekit oh apa papase Umma umma umma Voodoo ingles, hysnsa billi baha Voodoo Ingles, hysnsa billi baha Mes ingles, hysnsa billi baha Mes ingles, umma umma umma It's impossible, but you could be the same It's impossible, but you could be the same So come on, aka Cheka ama hass, ke si shi se Cheka ama hass, ke si shi se Wu, cheka ama hass, ke si shi se Wu, cheka ama hass, ke si shi se So come on, umma umma umma Yisa jessa jessa j, Yisa jessa jessa j, wassa papase Yisa jessa jessa j, hysnsa billi baha Hapapa sekit oh apa papase Umma ka amupha huh uhuh si shi se Umma umma umma Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I don't know what I was thinking before Let it go rather than asking for more of it When it looks a little like What I'm looking for And it does resemble something I'd rather not ignore I don't know what I was thinking before I don't know what I've been fighting it for Got to be a better way out of this war Even though it seems like That could be hard to do Either way the only difference Is looking through I don't know what I've been fighting it for I don't know what I was thinking before I don't know what I was thinking before Even though all of it's there to explore When it looks a little like What we're looking through Can it help resemble something That's easier to do? I don't know what I was thinking before. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
ODD BODKINS Cheka uh, cheka uh Dark down, dark down Dark down, gas and oxygen come apart Dark down, is that fire? Cheka cheka uh, is that fire? Dark down, who'll tell 'em Gas and oxygen come apart Whom who finds that far Except for whom who finds that far Dark down, Dark down, is that fire? Cheka cheka uh, is that fire? Come on fire, come on fire Warm inside, inside when Gas and oxygen come apart Whom who finds at far Except for him whom who finds at far Come on fire Come on fire, suffer Gas and oxygen come apart Dark down, inside when gas and oxygen come apart Dark down, is that fire? Cheka cheka uh, it is that fire? Dark down, who'll tell 'em Gas and oxygen come apart Cheka cheka uh Cheka cheka uh Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)
OUTER VOICE Or by then, we'll imagine Anything we call our own On the way to expanding our choice To a thought, all alone in one voice Outer voice, coming through all the other noise Part of it, leaking through a hole in the shell A conduit, opening to another choice Outer voice, does it happen all by itself? That again, out of the faith into the same Only know might have to try opening won't Miss the sound of a voice that nobody owns Or by then Or by then, we'll imagine anything we call our own Even then, on the way to expanding our choice To a thought all alone Or by then Outer voice, coming through all the other noise Part of it, leaking through a hole in the shell A conduit, opening to another choice Outer voice, does it happen all by it self? Even then, understanding Other voices all alone With the aid of a two colored chart And a toss, of a dart Outer voice, coming through all the other noise Part of it, leaking through a hole in the shell A conduit, opening to another choice Outer voice, does it happen all by it self? Music & Lyrics by Stephen Jay © 2003 Ayarou Music (BMI)