The Sleeper's Opera * www.thesleepersopera.com *

Act I: The Lion's Den
Act II: Songs of the Wild
Act III: Stage Tricks
Act IV: How the Elephant Got its
Thick Skin
Act V: Beyond the Jungle

*...some animals should not be caged..*
	The Sleeper's Opera Experience 1. The Innkeeper's Grin (Keep the Customer Satisfied) 2. I'll be a Penitent Boy 3. Grace Falls 4. A Message to an Ant 5. The Lion and the Elephant 6. Contrivance of the Evangelist 7. Light My Fire 8. Ashes Turn to Stars 9. Keep Dreaming 10. Time Takes Me 11. The Queen Will Save Herself 12. Your Ears are Weapons/Your Tongue is on Fire 13. The Traveler's Dream of Motion (part 1) 14. The Uncomfortable Pose < Return to first page

Listen to Grace Falls

This is one in a series of three songs with drum beats on this album which were written entirely using my classic Casio WK-1300 keyboard...beats and all. (Classic being a relative term, of course...I say classic, you say old cheap starter keyboard for kids that doesn't even utilize the cool old school Casio sounds...semantics!)

(See also "The Queen Will Save Herself" and "The Lion & the Elephant.")

I am a firm believer in the power of limitations. I think it's good to set parameters around a project to help guide it and inspire creativity. In this case, my guidelines were to write only what I could play live, solo, and ONLY using that Casio keyboard and, possibly, my Digitech reverb pedal.

It's a simple song, but I like that about it. There's an innocence and sweetness that comes through in the music that contradicts the sadness and loss contained within the lyrics. This will always be one of my personal favorites.