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Lyrics

Highway Hypnosis (5:58)
Words and music written, produced, and performed by Scott Badger

Oh, my eyes are half-closed
My mind is numb from
the sound of the road
A road that’s dark and long
I’ve got all night and so far to go
I’m on automatic
The world’s going by like a dream
Everyone passes me by
I don’t know what the whole thing means

Highway … highway hypnosis
Trying to make my way
on down the road
Highway … highway hypnosis
I’m sleep-walking through this life
I know

Oh, I’m barely awake
This trip doesn’t even seem real
I drift in and out
I can barely feel the wheel
I roll the window down
I turn the radio up
Another cigarette
And maybe I’ll wake up

Highway … highway hypnosis
Trying to make my way
on down the road
Highway … highway hypnosis
I’m sleep-walking through this life
I know

All my friends are the same
Except they think they’re awake
They can’t feel this fog
They don’t know what’s at stake
They only watch the white line
That snakes out into the night
We’re all so dazed and confused
Watch out for that bright light

Highway … highway hypnosis
Trying to make my way
on down the road
Highway … highway hypnosis
I’m sleep-walking through this life
I know

Onward (6:14)
Words and music written, produced, and performed by Scott Badger

What about you; What about me
The future is frightening
but it’s gonna be
more than me; more than you
The future is coming
and it’s coming soon

Don’t give up
We’ll succeed
The human condition needs to be relieved
Just hold on; hang on tight.
You’ll wake up from you and it’ll be alright.

It’s coming fast; the change is near
When you don’t know what’s coming;
Y ou don’t know what’s coming till it’s here.
Oh, it’ll take you up ... wake you up;
M ake you more than you are.
I hope to see you there where everyone’s a star.

Don’t give up
We’ll succeed
The human condition needs to be relieved
Just hold on; hang on tight
You’ll wake up from you and it’ll be alright

Overman (6:39)
Words adapted by Scott Badger from the writings of Friedrich Nietszche
Music written, produced and performed by Scott Badger

He will be faithful to the Earth
He's the Overman

I teach you, the Overman
I reach for you, the Overman
Beyond the man who will be overcome
Beyond himself, he will be overcome

He is the meaning of the Earth
He’s the Overman
Shall be the meaning of the Earth
He’s the Overman
He will not sin against the Earth
He’s the Overman
He will be faithful to the Earth

This is the hour of our great contempt
This is the flowering of our great contempt
What matters my happiness?
What matters my reason?
What matters my virtue?
We’re a laughing stock to the overman.

We are a bridge to the Overman
Talking monkeys to the Overman
I beseech you my brothers
I beseech you my brothers
Remain faithful to the Earth

He is the meaning of the Earth
He’s the Overman
Shall be the meaning of the Earth
He’s the Overman
He will not sin against the Earth
He’s the Overman
He will be faithful to the Earth
He’s the Overman

The God Instinct (12:13)
Words and music written, produced, and written by Scott Badger

Wouldn’t it be great to have a father
who’d forgive you
whenever you confessed
Oh he’d protect you from the crushing forces
that surround you.
God is your most urgent wish

We need help, we need hope
And your friends believe their faith is a virtue
All your friends believe
So all of your fears are relieved

Our grief for the dead is too much to bear
We’re compelled to believe
when they’re no longer there
And all your friends believe
So all of your fears are relieved
And all your friends agree

That someone needs to punish
those who hurt us and never answer to the law
And there must be some kind of reason
some kind of meaning
or life’s not worth living at all

Chorus

When good things happen God gets the credit.
When bad things happen
he works in mysterious ways,
And there must be a higher power.
This can’t be all there is.
That’s what he says when I pray.

Chorus

And it can be too much for one man, to much to understand
The unknown is unknowable still.
So we let go and we let God
in the face of
a world that we just can’t control.

Chorus

What Matters (4:26)
Words adapted by Scott Badger from the writings of Jean Paul Sartre
Music written, produced and performed by Scott Badger

This is the thrust of our existence,
We all make what we will be.
We are what we conceive;
What we will ourselves to be
In our struggle to be free.

Where is the center of desire?
Is it all within my self?
But the self is like a child,
Like a thing that’s running wild.
Longing to be something else.

The transcendence of the ego.
The transcendence of the self.
The transcendence of our limits.
What matters? What matters? What matters?
Little else.

What kind of thing will I become?
Can the me inside remain?
Will I ever recall, any part of me at all
Will we all seem quite insane

We who want to be the gods
Where gods can not be found,
Freedom, freedom, life without end,
Raise your voices to the sound.

The transcendence of the ego,
The transcendence of the self,
The transcendence of our limits,
What matters? What matters? What matters?
Little else.

(Woman: "There are many unknowns here." Man: "That's when I am at my best.")

Man without limits
Man without fear
Man without mythos
This man is almost here.

The transcendence of the ego.
The transcendence of the self.
The transcendence of our limits.
What matters? What matters? What matters?
Little else.

Today and Tomorrow (8:44)
Words adapted by Scott Badger from the writings of Max More
Music written, produced and performed by Scott Badger

We are positive. We are dynamic.
We seek to realize our ideals
rather than endure an unfulfilling life sustained by fantasies.
We direct our energies enthusiastically moving toward our vision.
In this world, today and tomorrow, today and tomorrow.
In this world, today and tomorrow, today and tomorrow.

We can't just have faith
and hope things work out fine,
and pray that someone else
solves all our problems just in time.
We’re self-empowering and we’re self-assured.
We choose to take charge and create our future.
In this world, today and tomorrow, today and tomorrow.
In this world, today and tomorrow, today and tomorrow.

(interlude)

Living vigorously, effectively, and joyfully.
Exploring possibilities …
Mmm, responsibly.
Propelled with energy into activity,
Meeting confidently
Tomorrow's opportunities
In this world, today and tomorrow, today and tomorrow
In this world, today and tomorrow, today and tomorrow

So what to do?
Learn from your mistakes.
Just be alert.
Just strive to create
Solutions now. Refuse to whine.
And never give up. There's too little time.
In this world, today and tomorrow, today and tomorrow
In this world, today and tomorrow, today and tomorrow

We're moving forward, upward, outward, onward
We're moving forward, upward, outward, onward
We're moving forward, upward, outward, onward
We're moving forward, upward, outward, onward

Credits

I want to thank Nietszche and Sartre for their genius. I want to thank my biggest fan, Leeza for her unbridled support and feedback. I want to thank my colleagues, Scott Graves and Michael Odell, for their valuable comments.

Become more than you are. - Scott Badger