Some days I dig so low,
Feelin’ like a walking disaster.
Am I the one I know,
Or am I just another bastard?
But if you saw what I just saw
I’ll bet you’d be a soul reactor.
Lights on – lights all off,
Which one will be the way we’re after?

So I wait for the glow in the sky…
And pray for the love in your eyes…

And I sing my song
And I sing my song
Gonna’ sing my song
All night long.

If we could just slow our roll,
What’cha think would be our chances?
Would we really see the fire below,
More than just a couple glances?
A cinematic siren show,
Complete with all the swirling dancers.
I ask the night to please show me,
But she rarely bares all her answers.

So I wait for the glow in the sky…
And pray for the love in your eyes…

And I sing my song
And I sing my song
Gonna’ sing my song
All night long.

©John Modell

Black and white,
Or 10 million shades of grey,
Some people swear
There’s a picture there in that haze.
A pretty picture
Where a perfect story plays-
Where light and dark
Always go their separate ways.

But it’s not that way, not here today
Now you don’t see things
In that same old way?
Do you, do you, do you?

I’ve seen
love in a time of war,
Brotherhood
with bones knocking on the door,
Good and evil
sharing the same spotlight.
When something’s wrong,
How come we still got right?

From the corner
She fights to see the light.
He sells peace,
But just loves a fight.
Topsy-turvy
Is this earthly delight.
How can she smile,
How can he sleep at night?

Don’t seem right-
Not here tonight.
Now you don’t see things
In that same old light?
Do you, do you, do you?

I’ve seen
love in a time of war,
Brotherhood
with bones knocking on the door,
Good and evil
sharing the same spotlight.
When something’s wrong,
How come we still got right?

How could they bring
A child into this scene?
How can the pious
Really be so mean?
What’s going on when
True love turns all green,
Gangsters are heroes,
And everything’s in between?

What does this mean-
This in between?
Do you really know
What’s behind that screen?
Do you, do you, do you?
Do you, do you, do you?

I’ve seen
love in a time of war,
Brotherhood
with bones knocking on the door,
Good and evil
sharing the same spotlight.
When something’s wrong,
How come we still got right?

©John Modell

Scan the video see the news.
The people you watch all wear your shoes.
What do we thank for this small feat?
The earth it moves, but we can barely speak.

Realize, we wander under sacred skies,
So comfortable in our disguise.
Too blind to realize… The beauty in our eyes.

So fluent in sin, so blank of face-
Too blind to realize we are just one race.
Time to knock down those doors,
And clear those shelves.
When we embrace each other,
We embrace ourselves.

Realize, we wander under sacred skies.
So comfortable in our disguise
Too reassured of our demise-
Get wise, and open up those eyes-
Keep ’em looking for a greater prize-
Keep ’em looking out to the skies.
It’s time we realize… The beauty in our eyes.

Look at the stars- they shine so bright!
Why do they shine on such a lonely night?
Come, we’ll watch them together,
It’ll be so sweet.
We’ll loosen those ties,
Then we can leave our feet.

Realize, we wander under sacred skies.
So comfortable in our disguise
Too reassured of our demise-
Get wise, and open up those eyes-
Keep ’em looking for a greater prize-
Keep ’em looking out to the skies.
It’s time we realize… The beauty in our eyes.

©John Modell

What if we were pulling for one side?
Could I beg you for a ride?
Maybe we could find a song that we both knew?
Before we’re taken by the tide?

Cold water on the sea-
Cold water won’t cover me.

When will our planets find a row?
How can we find that Northern Flow?
Why is it so hard, so damn hard,
to find a friend and not a foe?

Cold water on the sea-
Cold water won’t cover me.

How you keep them devils from your soul?
How you keep from digging that same hole?
Stars in the sky shine their light
On our ground.
Favor their light and savor this sweet sound.

Cold water on the sea-
Cold water won’t cover me.

©John Modell

One step then another,
I feel you there all the time.
All the places that we wandered,
We were both so alive.

If you love so deep and true,
You know you’re gonna’ cry.
One way or another, you know,
A tear’s gotta’ fill the eye.

It’s true the heart only breaks from love
The moon shines her light from behind a cloud
In my dreams we still dance and kiss-
Forever… We’ll hear the music of this night
Forever… We’ll hear the music of this night

It’s better to have loved that’s true,
Then never to have loved at all.
But I will miss you every day,
Especially when leaves start to fall.

One day someone’s gonna’ miss me too,
Just like I long for your call.
That will always be the cost of love,
Or there wouldn’t be any love at all.

It’s true the heart only breaks from love
The moon shines her light from behind a cloud
In my dreams we still dance and kiss-
Forever… We’ll hear the music of this night
Forever… We’ll hear the music of this night

©John Modell

Adorable corruptor – I see it in your eyes
The moment I embrace you – is when my will dies
Adorable corruptor – you know what I need
Baby baby baby – you got what I need

You saved me from the rising sun
You turned the darkness into fun
You pulled me from that burning sun
You squeezed two souls right into one
Right into one… Look at what you’ve done

Adorable corruptor – you can see it in my eyes
You see that iris widening – you see all nine lives
The Poe is in the puddin’ – my blood is in your eye
Adorable corruptor – on your black wings we’ll fly

You saved me from the rising sun
You turned the darkness into fun
You pulled me from that burning sun
You squeezed two souls right into one
Right into one… Look at what you’ve done

Adorable corruptor – Our love never dies
Baby baby baby – through dark skies we fly
Adorable corruptor – I know what you need
Adorable corruptor – I got what you need

©John Modell

My heart pounds the swift release-
Of distant lives we’re passing.
Stories we’ve known, or soon will know-
Some we can never fathom.

Harmony grows
Where the night bloom flows
And the heart always knows
Where the high road goes.
These Roads, These Roads, These Roads

Wonder lives to be revealed
Through the darkened underpinnings.
Our brotherhood pulled into the light
By sheer force of these roads we are driving.

Harmony grows
Where the night bloom flows
And the heart always knows
Where the high road goes.
These Roads, These Roads, These Roads

The wind wraps this coursing steel
Which divides scattered points of longing
The highway rolls, we gather time-
Our kinship always there in the dawning.

The road’s a piercing beam of light-
The wave that brings you to me-
You’ll always find me there in the night-
We always drive so truly.

Harmony grows
Where the night bloom flows
And the heart always knows
Oh, it knows.
Harmony grows
Where the night bloom flows
And the heart always knows
Where the high road goes. These Roads, These Roads

©John Modell

Not all the files arrive so clear.
Forgotten pictures pass so near.
The stories you told –
Somewhere in here.
Just out of sight they salt the tear.

Our favorite star, crystal clear –
A mystery night is out here.
Your echoes arriving, so sincere –
Your beautiful eyes, they’ in here.
Your beautiful eyes, they’ in here.
A mystery night is out here.

I want all our lines to cross so near.
Elevate circuits while we’re here.
Amplified signals tune so clear.
The Raconteur whispers in my ear.

Our favorite star, crystal clear –
A mystery night is out here.
Your echoes arriving, so sincere –
Your beautiful eyes, they’ in here.
Your beautiful eyes, they’ in here.
A mystery night is out here.

Tell me your story so I can hear.
Filter the static oh please my dear.
The message resolves –
Transmission clear.
Your beautiful eyes always in here.

Our favorite star, crystal clear –
A mystery night is out here.
Your echoes arriving, so sincere –
Your beautiful eyes, they’ in here.
Your beautiful eyes, they’ in here.
A mystery night is out here.

©John Modell

Hush sweet darlin’-
Hold the stars
In your sleeping arms tonight.
Hush my darlin’-
Near your heart
Hold their everlasting light.

Celestial bodies, so tired and lonely,
Wander through the galaxy tonight.
So far, yet so close within,
The stars shine their own light-
Strange angels fill
The deep blue sky in flight.

So- Hush, sweet darlin’
Hold the stars
In your sleeping arms tonight.
Hold the stars
In your sleeping arms tonight.

©John Modell

CASA DEL SOL: STRANGE ANGELS
1. Sing My Song 6:59
2. Love In A Time Of War 6:18
3. Realize 5:53
4. Cold Water 5:40
5. Leaves And Trees 6:24
6. Adorable Corruptor 7:11
7. These Roads 5:42
8. Mystery Night 5:38
9. Strange Angels 3:47

Total Time: 53:27

CASA DEL SOL is:
Mad Johnny Modell - Lead Vocals, Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars,
Background Vocals, Mandolin, Percussion, Keyboards, Drum Programming

Wally Llama Ingram - Drums, Percussion

Mike D DiPirro - Electric Bass, Upright Bass, Background Vocals

Mighty Dave Peliicciaro - Piano, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Fender Rhodes
Piano, Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Synthesizers

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:
Stevie Blacke - String Arrangements, Strings
Mike Olmos - Trumpet
Howard Wiley - Tenor Saxophone
Marty Wehner - Trombone
Beverly Alkire Modell - Background Vocals, Theremin

COMPOSITIONS:
Music and Lyrics - John Modell
Arrangements - Casa Del Sol

PRODUCTION:
Producer - Mad Johnny Modell
Additional Production - Danielle Goldsmith, Mighty Dave Peliicciaro
Recorded by Danielle Goldsmith
Mixed by Danielle Goldsmith & Mad Johnny with Mighty Dave
Recorded and Mixed at Tiny Telephone Studios, Oakland, California, USA
Mastering – Joe Gastwirt

ARTWORK:
Kim Mai, Mike Hampton

MANAGEMENT:
Beverly Alkire Modell for Modular Entertainment
Andrew “Padru” Lawton – Road Manager, Spiritual Advisor
Dylan Cortez-Modell – Digital Media
ProspectPR - PR

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:
John Vanderslice, Gary Brawer, Ben Bernstein, Beverly Alkire Modell, Laurie
Steichen, Aimee Leroux, Dylan & Margarita Cortez-Modell, Indigo Modell, Lydia Ingram, All Our Families, Ancestors and Strange Angels, All of Our Musical and Artistic Inspirations, Fenrir, Freya & Zoe, Oaxaca Mexico, Albert Hoffman