1. "Ultralite"

a woman escapes the pain of her broken heart in a homemade aircraft... (Lyrics)

"There is a sense sometimes that pain weighs us down, so I imagined the narrator building a plane and taking to the sky to escape it."

6. "Test Pilot's Lament"

a pilot is reassigned to Utah; time for a road trip...(Lyrics)

"It's based on the rumor that all top secret aircraft projects have been moved from Area 51 to White Sands, Utah."

2. "Not Made of Stone"

driving through the desert with Deep Eddy...(Lyrics)

"This is based on a real trip I took through the desert. Deep Eddy wasn't there though; I abducted him and added him to the song later."

7."The Great Highway"

has plans for the narrator...(Lyrics)

"The Great Highway is a six-mile stretch of road in San Francisco that runs along by the Pacific Ocean."

3. "How Now Is Soon "

an homage to the song by the Smiths...(Lyrics)

"In this song the narrator goes to a club and witnesses two guys chatting each other up. I wrote it after seeing a Theater Rhinoceros performance of Design for Living by Noel Coward."

8."Suspension"

sometimes the pain is so bad, memories aren't worth keeping...(Lyrics)

"A woman travels into space to forcibly remove the source of her anguish."

4. "Blood With Salt "

blood is a hard stain to get out...(Lyrics)

"This song was inspired by the scenery along the route taken by the Coast Starlight train from the Bay Area to Eugene, Oregon."

9. "Save a Prayer"

the song by Duran Duran...

"It's their best song, in my opinion, and maybe one of the most beautiful ballads ever written."

5. "The Jaguar"

a woman stalks someone who's done her wrong...(Lyrics)

"How can somebody go through their normal daily routine after ruining somebody's life? Inquiring minds want to know."

10. "Death and the Maiden"

same title as the Schubert piece, but this Maiden is different...(Lyrics)

"She lives in modern times, she suffers modern torments, and she delivers modern retribution."