WEIGHTY ELEMENTS

ROCK

All songs written by Rich Cabela, Wayne Schmitt, and Tom Schmitt

LANTERN

  • In the dark of a broken heart, but the light is gone

    With a yearn to be there again

    It is always 'round the bend, it is always 'round the bend

    Your love is a lantern, your love is a light

    Your love is a lantern, your love is a light

    You've been down and you're ticking time

    And you've been drinking just to numb your mind

    You've been lying in your battle lines alone

    And you're behind on the debt you pay

    And you've been looking to the faith to save

    It is always 'round the bend, it is always 'round the bend

    Your love is a lantern, your love is a light

    Your love is a lantern, your love is a light

    Love is life

    Your love is a lantern, your love is a light

    Your love is a lantern, your love is a light

    Love is life

    ©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

SO GOOD

  • You give a love, give a love so true

    It's a love that I never knew

    You make me feel so good

    I live a love, live a love with you

    You make me feel so good

    I can't believe, can't believe your love

    Could it be that I receive your love

    You make me feel so good

    You're so good, you're so good

    I wanna take your hand and walk this land and tell it to the world

    I'll never understand the way that you can always make it real

    You make me feel so good

    You make me feel so good

    You make me feel so good

    ©2019 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

I COME ALIVE - 2

  • Sometimes when I leave the light off

    I can still see you throughout the night

    A feeling that I get deep down inside

    Sometimes when I need a light on

    Sense a power and I switch it on to bright

    Serenity I hold onto in life

    I come alive when I see the signs,

    wake up to my open eyes

    I come alive when I know it's right,

    listen to the heart and mind

    Sometime if I need a ladder

    I'll climb up to the top to reach the sky

    Moving out to somewhere and I really do know why

    I come alive when I see the signs,

    wake up to my open eyes

    I come alive when I know it's right,

    listen to the heart and mind

    ©2020 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: I COME ALIVE

    Genre: Rock

    ©2020 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 7-23-26

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: US5UL2439253

    PRO: BMI 50940241

    AudioSparx- 1342798

    BPM- 120

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, forceful, heavy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, bass guitar, electric guitar, percussion, synth, organ

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INTO THE HEART - 1
INTO THE HEART - 2

  • We never learn, we never love

    We never care, we never share

    We always seem to fall apart, we never look into the heart

    We never know, we never grow, we never seed, we never sow

    But in the end we will depart, we never see into the heart

    You break me down to save me, you bare my soul

    You shine your light to blind me, then make me whole

    We never dream it doesn't seem

    We never will a way to build

    Do we believe in who we are, we never look into the heart

    We never laugh, we never cry, we only hang as years go by

    How did we let it go so far

    We never looked into the heart

    You break me down to save me, you hold my soul

    You shine your light to blind me so I can glow

    You shake the ground to move me and help me down

    You show me what is in the heart

    We live to learn, we live to love

    We need to look into the heart

    We live to care, we live to share

    we need to be what's in the heart

    ©2019 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

REALLY WANNA KNOW

  • Can we move a mountain that is in our way

    Will we worry about the things we need to say

    Can we dream as high as we will ever be

    Will we see a storybook or fantasy

    I really wanna know, really wanna know

    I really wanna know what we'll do with our love

    What will happen to the circumstance we're in

    Would it stay the same if we would look within

    Could we be a little more than we are now

    Do we need somebody else to teach us how

    Can we grow, how will we know where we are going in this world

    Will we ever understand how we live within a plan and realize we have it all

    I really wanna know, really wanna know

    I really wanna know what we'll do with our love

    I really wanna know, really wanna know

    ©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

SPARROW IN THE WIND

  • You never stop the runnin' afraid of something you can't own

    A fear inside you looming anticipating getting old

    You want the things around you bound in so you will keep control

    Pointless destination and never knowing where you'll go

    You fly away like a sparrow in the wind from straight and narrow

    You pierce my heart with an arrow take it all beg steal and borrow

    Although there's involution your dissolution races on

    It's complicated for you so you think it must be wrong

    Your feeling with a notion, but indecision cries out more

    Then put your feet in motion, stand up and heading for the door

    You fly away like a sparrow in the wind from straight and narrow

    You pierce my heart with an arrow take it all beg steal and borrow

    You fly away like a sparrow in the wind from straight and narrow

    You pierce my heart with an arrow take it all beg steal and borrow

    ©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

SPECIAL KIND OF LOVE

  • It's a special kind of love

    This time is a big surprise

    This time we got open eyes

    This time will be something new

    If only because of you

    This time we begin to smile

    This time maybe stay a while

    This time we'll get back into

    And only because of you

    It's a special kind of love

    Even if we never say goodbye

    We will always feel this way inside

    This time is a magic place

    This time for the human race

    This time it's a well to do

    It's only because of you

    It's a special kind of love

    It's a special kind of love

    Wanna share the moments we give to you

    The revelations of love and truth

    It's a special kind of love

    It's a special kind of love

    It's a special kind of love...

    ©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: SPECIAL KIND OF LOVE

    Genre: Rock

    ©2018 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 3-5-25

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: CA5KR2516310

    PRO: BMI 50935860

    Label Engine-CAB001

    BPM-120

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, electric piano, bass guitar, organ, electric guitar, percussion

BE LIKE YOU - 2

  • Well you know it’s been a real fine summertime

    makin wishes come to life

    always feeling like we don’t want to end the night

    There you go you’re givin me that peace of mind

    I’m seeing dreams before my eyes

    Making memories that will stand the test of time

    And it feels so right just a being in love tonight

    You make a hard-working fun-lovin soul-searchin man out of me

    There’s always some sorta magic and you make it so easy to see

    You turn a gray sky into blue

    You make an old thing feel like new

    You have a way of living life

    I want to be like you

    You know I feel so close to heaven

    When you’re around me

    And I almost forgot to mention

    The way you love is how I love you

    Now I see the way of life you give to me

    The kind of world we need to see

    I’m hearing melodies that will move this heart of mine

    And it feels so right just a being with you tonight

    ©2022 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: BE LIKE YOU

    Genre: Rock

    ©2022 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 9-15-26

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: CA5KR2666079

    PRO: BMI 65630350

    Label Engine-CAB263

    BPM-140

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, bass guitar, synth, electric guitar

AROUND AND ROUND

  • I wanna get to higher ground

    You wanna make me sit on down

    I wanna be a freedom rocker

    You wanna put me back into the asylum

    Put me in asylum

    I don't think I'm gonna go that way

    You make me out a renegade

    You wanna put me in a cage

    I wanna tell the honest truth

    You wanna keep me in a queue

    Limitations and terminations

    Around and round

    Around and round

    Around and round we go

    I allow for the Son to shine

    You gotta twist up every mind

    I wanna be a one way line

    You only wanna redesign the sorrow

    Redesign the sorrow

    Around and round

    Around and round

    Around and round we go

    You and me are gonna break the tension

    And I really need to mention

    You will never bring me to my knees

    I've been looking to the future

    And you wanna rule the world

    I don't wanna be around your hate

    Around and round

    Around and round

    Around and round we go

    Around and round and round and round

    Around and round and round and round

    ©2019 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: AROUND AND ROUND

    Genre: Rock

    ©2019 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 5-25-26

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: CA5KR2648776

    PRO: BMI 50942265

    Label Engine-CAB234

    BPM-128

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, organ

GEMINI

  • Gemini, Gemini just close your eyes and dream

    Gemini, don't deny the limit is the sky

    Whatever your delight

    I never knew a woman who could light up any room

    Sharing all her love with everyone

    Gemini you know I know that it is what you do

    Genuine, yet having fun

    Gemini, city life is not the way you choose

    So much there to do

    Gemini, beautify the little ones you teach

    And keep them in your reach

    I never knew a woman who would light up any room

    Giving out her love to anyone

    Gemini you know I know that it is what you do

    Genuinely you're the one

    Waking up the moments that will celebrate your life

    There isn't any mountain you can't climb

    Looking through the years

    At all the things that let you shine

    Never running out of time

    From above you fell in love

    And all the seasons were aligned

    And all your feelings came alive

    Gemini, Gemini just close your eyes and dream

    Gemini, can't deny the limit is the sky

    Whatever your delight

    I never knew a woman who could light up any room

    Sharing all her love with everyone

    Gemini you know I know that it is what you do

    Genuine, yet having fun

    I never knew a woman who would light up any room

    Giving out her love to anyone

    Gemini you know I know that it is what you do

    Genuinely you're the one

    ©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

IT'LL BE

  • Don't you wanna be happy

    Do you wanna equalize

    Will you wanna live together and be alive

    Don't you wanna love another

    Do you wanna realize

    Will you want a revelation and be alive

    It'll be arousing, it'll be a test

    Gonna need to rise up to bear

    Don't you wanna see the beauty

    Will you want to realign

    Do you wanna have a reason to be alive

    Don't you wanna break the cycle

    Walk away from unaware

    Do you need a new persuasion to be alive

    It'll be the right thing, it'll redirect

    You'll be so bright and aware

    Don't you wanna love another

    Do you wanna realize

    Will you want a revelation and be alive

    It'll be for life then, it'll be till death

    Love is on the rise until then

    It'll be arousing, it'll be a test

    Gonna need to rise up to bear

    It'll be the right thing, it'll redirect

    You'll be so bright and aware (you'll be aware)

    It'll be...

    ©2019 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: IT’LL BE

    Genre: Rock

    ©2019 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 7-5-25

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: CA5KR2532633

    PRO: BMI 50939611

    Label Engine-CAB208

    BPM-100

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, forceful, heavy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, electric piano, bass guitar, synth, electric guitar, percussion

FEEL YOUR LOVE

  • Jump back into reality
    And I'm up to my neck temptation dissin' me
    Try to live in a way I know is right
    But the evil forces tug me to the side
    I'm gonna lose it, am I gonna lose
    I'm gonna lose it, am I gonna lose it

    I wanna see you
    I wanna feel your love
    I wanna reach you
    I wanna know you
    I wanna feel your love

    Look back at words that I have said
    And I've done some harm and I know that hearts have bled
    Gotta face confusion constantly
    And the battle rages to take over me
    I ain't gonna lose it, never gonna lose it
    I ain't gonna lose it, never gonna lose it

    I wanna see you
    I wanna feel your love
    I wanna reach you
    I wanna know you
    I wanna feel your love

    ©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

BOY ON THE RUN

  • Somewhere out there is a boy

    And somewhere in there is a boy

    There is a boy on the run yeah, there is a boy on the run

    And somewhere out there is a voice

    And somewhere in there is a choice

    There is a boy on the run yeah, there is a boy on the run

    You can’t always see if there is pain on the face

    You gotta go deeper to reveal the place

    Too easy to hide the way you really feel

    Too easy to be on the run, too easy to be on the run

    Somewhere out there is a war

    And someone in there is keeping score

    There is a boy on the run yeah

    There is a boy on the run

    Somewhere out there hurts a child

    And something in them makes them wild

    There is a boy on the run yeah, there is a boy on the run

    You can’t always see if there is pain on the face

    You gotta go deeper to reveal the place

    Too easy to hide the way you really feel

    Too easy to be on the run, too easy to be on the run

    No one to learn from no one to love

    No one to guide them show them the love

    They are our world they are tomorrow

    And we can’t let this happen any more

    And we can’t let them hurt like this no more

    We gotta love em while we can

    You can’t always see if there is pain on the face

    You gotta go deeper to reveal the place

    Too easy to hide the way you really feel

    Too easy to be on the run.

    ©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

TO FOLLOW YOU

  • I don't know why I reminisce about you sitting by the fireside

    You speak to me a ton of understanding, something I cannot deny

    I want to follow you into the world and blue beyond the wide and open sky

    I've come to realize the glisten in your eyes is true

    My younger days a flight and interception, nothing short of insecurity

    But then I find a path of sweet surroundings trying to keep satisfied

    I want to follow you into the world and blue beyond the wide and open sky

    I've come to realize the glisten in your eyes is true

    How long it's been over the years I wonder where has all the wisdom fallen

    So on we go into the blue and yonder, far enough for me to know

    I want to follow you into the world and blue beyond the wide and open sky

    I've come to realize the glisten in your eyes is true

    Sometimes I'm lost without a place to go, when will I find my way around

    Often I hide behind a burning flame in fear of something I don't know

    I want to follow you into the world and blue beyond the wide and open sky

    I've come to realize the glisten in your eyes is true

    ©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: TO FOLLOW YOU

    Genre: Rock

    ©2024 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 11-3-24

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: TCAIU2478468

    PRO: BMI 73483006

    Label Engine-CAB038

    BPM-75

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, forceful, heavy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, acoustiic guitar, bass guitar, synth, electric guitar

DON'T SAY IT'S OVER

  • I'm standing beside you on a great day, in a cool way

    I'm there to remind you it's your time make it good time

    You've got a life, maybe it's time you fill it with dreams

    You're not the only lonely heart...you fool

    Don't say it's over 'til it's over, don't say you're through until it's over

    Don't say goodbye until it's over, don't ever say, don't ever say it's over

    I'm talking about you, saying let go let it happen

    I know you can hear me, you can hear me, ya hear me

    You know the way, maybe it's time you realize your dream

    You're not the only lonely heart...you fool

    Don't say it's over 'til it's over, don't say you're through until it's over

    Don't say goodbye until it's over, don't ever say, don't ever say it's over

    So many times you'd say...I don't know where to go

    I can't force you into making up your mind

    Hold your head up high, breathe another sigh, happy knowing why

    I'm gonna believe in you

    Don't say it's over 'til it's over, don't say you're through until it's over

    Don't say goodbye until it's over, don't ever say, don't ever say it's over

    Don't say it's over

    ©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

TIME ACCELERATES

  • Sometimes when your luck is down

    And you've got nothing left to lose

    White lines they been calling you

    So will you change that avenue

    As time accelerates

    And you got nine lives you can celebrate

    But you got no way to intoxicate away

    Time accelerates

    One day when you're gettin' high

    And you got nothing well defined

    Realize that the years go by

    Because your world is so confined

    Locked out in a circumstance you can hardly understand

    Two steps and you're on your way

    But then you turn around again

    Your time accelerates

    And you can only hope to liberate

    But you got no way you can concentrate today

    Time accelerates

    Someday when your life is good

    And you've got two paths you can choose

    Will you act in a pompous way

    Or will you fill with gratitude

    Sometimes when your luck is right

    And you've got everything to lose

    White lies may be haunting you

    So will you change your attitude

    As time accelerates

    With only one life you can orchestrate

    And maybe you can start to validate with love

    Time accelerates

    Time accelerates...

    ©2022 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

BIRTHDAY PARTY

  • Is enough, enough when you're growing up

    Mission in your eye, let it be a modern day surprise

    You always recognize the way you need to be alive

    It's gonna be this time, you'll have a birthday party

    Invite your bestie friends, enjoy a little wine

    You're gonna be alright, and have a birthday party

    And let the worry slip on by

    You, you are the world to you

    It's gonna be this time, you'll have a birthday party

    Invite your bestie friends, enjoy a little wine

    You're gonna be alright, and have a birthday party

    And let the worry slip on by

    Somewhere whenever you're waiting

    For the love and peace of mind within your life

    There is a moment when you realize

    The dream and destination have aligned

    It's gonna be this time, you'll have a birthday party

    Invite your bestie friends, enjoy a little wine

    You're gonna be alright, and have a birthday party

    And let the worry slip on by

    ©2022 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

ALL THE THINGS

  • Did you miss her when she went away

    You never got the chance to say

    Give me something to hang on every day

    And now you’re hoping for another time

    And there’s nothing that can change her mind

    Is she saving you a special place in line

    There’s only one way you can go

    So find a way to let her know

    You’re all the things this heart could need

    All the things my future sees

    All the things that make a lifetime real

    You’re all the things that help me grow

    All the things I need to know

    All the things that let me love you so

    All the things and all ways so much more

    I know you tried to help her see

    Just how good her life could be

    But did you ever tell her how you feel

    Another time a different place

    A second chance to make your case

    To say the words finally face to face

    It's the only way to go

    You found a way to let her know

    You’re all the things…

    Simple words they make you smile

    If only for a little while

    Feelings that you know are true

    All this time they’re making you

    You’re all the things…

    ©2025 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

WHAT YOU SAY

  • What you say can save or break a heart...what can you say, what do you say

    What you say can mend or rip apart

    What you say has power it can hurt or it can heal

    What you say can ratify, but never be repealed

    What you say, what you say

    What did you say, what will you say...what you say will pacify or mar

    What you say can burn a bridge or throw you into ire

    What you say can be the truth or make you out a liar

    What you say can animate or maybe pulverize

    What you say can disagree or open up your eyes

    What you say, what you say, what you say

    Angels singing from on high, serpents down below, 40 days & 40 nights were not that long ago

    With the hate and anger that is brewing in your yard, what you say is tearing us apart

    What you say

    What you say is what you mean and it's what people hear

    What you say is vigilant and pulling at an ear

    What you say can build them up or make them disappear

    ©2020 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: WHAT YOU SAY

    Genre: Rock

    ©2021 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 11-22-24

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: TCAIZ2430190

    PRO: BMI 50936681

    Label Engine-CAB035

    BPM-146

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, forceful, heavy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, bass guitar, synth, electric guitar, organ, percussion

DANCING IN THE LIGHT

  • Shadows…shadows

    We’re dancing in the light

    Dancing in the light

    Soon be out of time

    Soon be out of time

    Shadows…shadows

    We’re Dancing in the light

    Dancing in the light

    Dancing in the light

    Dancing in the light

    ©2019 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

TRYING TO GET BY

  • You've been working through the night

    You've been trying to get right

    You've been using all your might

    And you've been trying to get by

    You've been running low on time

    Becaue you live a paradigm

    Days have gone beyond your prime

    But you've been trying to get by

    And you're gonna get a brand new job

    And you wanna try do some good

    And you wanna do the things you learned

    Have you ever been lit inside

    Get a lttle human pride

    So you can make it you keep on trying

    Your intentions over flow

    You don't wanna be furloughed

    You've got every right to know

    And you've been trying to get by

    And you know you wanna break that tie

    And you wanna be the one who decides

    When you get to step aside

    Did you ever get lit inside

    With a little bit of human pride

    And you will make it if you keep on trying

    You let a force into your life

    Buried in it will provide

    You can sense you are aligned

    So you keep trying

    Trying to get by

    Trying to get by

    Trying to get by

    ©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: TRYING TO GET BY

    Genre: Rock

    ©2018 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 8-1-24

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: USHM82433435

    PRO: BMI 50941814

    Label Engine-CAB071

    BPM-105

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, forceful, heavy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, bass guitar, synth, electric guitar

NOTHING TO ME

  • You can put me out, you can shout me out, means nothing to me

    You can rip my air, you can take my car, means nothing to me

    You might as well take everything I don't really need, means nothing to me, nothing to me

    You can't hurt my happy you don't have the strength

    I don't need nobody thinking they own me

    You can toot your horn 'til you be reborn, means nothing to me

    You can have your fortune, you can settle scores, ain't nothing to me

    Even if you wanna be the master of the storm means nothing to me, nothing to me

    When your law is just complaining, I don't want to know

    And you've got an explanation where you never go

    Nothing to me, nothing to me

    If you're in a fire and you live that way, means nothing to me

    If you come undone over everything, ain't nothing to me

    If you're always spinning time running away, ain't nothing to me

    Nothing to me

    ©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI

  • Title: NOTHING TO ME

    Genre: Rock

    ©2024 Cabela and Schmitt

    Release Date: 8-8-24

    Composers:

    Richard James Cabela

    Wayne Allen Schmitt

    Thomas Jay Schmitt

    ISRC: US5UL2447304

    PRO: BMI 69368981

    AudioSparx-1256540

    BPM-124

    Tags: Determined, driving, edgy, forceful, heavy, honest, hopeful, motivational, passionate, positive, purposeful, reflective, sincere, soulful, stirring, striking, strong, uplifting, vibrant, wholesome, drum kit, bass guitar, electric guitar

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WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG

  • Say you'll give your heart now baby, say you'll give your soul

    You wanna live your life now baby and never be alone

    The dream comes easy when you are young

    Love is just a feeling when you are young

    I remember someone saying when you are young

    The best is always yet to come when you are young

    Do you ever wonder baby, will you ever know

    Needing things to make you happy will never let you grow

    Say you'll give your heart now baby, say you'll give your soul

    Will you work on love now baby and turn it into gold

    The dream comes easy when you are young

    Love is just a feeling when you are young

    I remember someone saying when you are young

    The best is always yet to come when you are young

    It's only you and I who make it true

    It happens all the time, it's nothing new

    The dream comes easy when you are young

    Love is just a feeling when you are young

    I remember someone saying when you are young

    The best is always yet to come when you are young

    When you are young

    ©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI