1. |
Monkey Jar
02:49
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MONKEY JAR
Jump thru hoops
Like the mastodon feeds
On the monster that eats all the seeds from the monkey jar
Swing from the trees
Like a demon
That sleeps with the two headed beasts
Playing dead in your backyard
Hide in the basement
Cant feel my face and
It's coming loose
Neolithic from a cave man
Digging deep underneath millions of years
Just to see If we're
If we're still here
Can't stand the feeling that you're spinning on the ceiling
To a record that's been peeling off the wall
A Neanderthal
This has all happened before
It's what they all saw
Before it started to fall
Can't stand the feeling that you're spinning on the ceiling
To a record that's been peeling off the wall
A Neanderthal
This has all happened before
It's what they all saw
Before it started to fall
They said it's happened before
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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2. |
Upside Down
03:30
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UPSIDE DOWN
The arrow the shovel the dirt in the mouth
The scalpel the surgeon the hole in the ground
The needle the fortune the plastic the moon
The favor the beggar the flavor the vector
I'm living without her
All in this world is forgiven
All is this hole in the ground
All in this hole isn't missing
A hole is a weight upside down
The barrel the handle the blood heading down
The specter the phantom the girl underground
The beating the torture the plastic the moon
The razor the beggar the flavor the vector
I can't live without her
All in this world is forgiven
All is this hole in the ground
All in this hole isn't missing
A hole is a weight upside down
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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3. |
Gray Dorian
03:12
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GRAY DORIAN
It's in the portrait of another like the other wants to see Turning the pages while the faces are all turning in on me Ones undercover to discover what the other wants to be Or if you'd rather run for cover while the other sets you free
It's just the story of Gray Dorian
The same old story that
We are running from
It's just the story of Gray Dorian
It takes a lover getting younger to forget about the sea Going to places that the faces never wanted us to reach It takes us under like the lover always watching over me It's what the other from another never wanted you to be
It's just Historia Historian
The same old story of Gray Dorian
It's just Historia
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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4. |
Reverse the Rule
03:08
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REVERSE THE RULE
It's not safe
Watching shadows
When the voices say
Better stay under the covers
Till the monsters dead
Does your heart stlll beat
Electricity bleeds
What a mess to clean
Where the hell have you been
Does it matter
Looking back
Over the shoulder
That you can't escape
Is like channeling the rabbit
While you're still awake
Catch your death in here
Gravity's not clear
How is breathing air
In the atmosphere
Under water
Reverse the roles
Our planets won't align
Beyond the universe
Is out of time
Does the mind affecting matter
Change the frequency
Of the fire set in motion
Misdirecting me
Every harpy knows
If the worlds below
Asked the Argonauts
Why her wings won't grow
Doesn't matter
Reverse the rules
Or planets won't align
Why bend the spoon
If it won't change your mind
Beyond the universe
Is out of time
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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5. |
Zephyr & Sycophant
03:02
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Zephyr & Sycophant
If you think you can float
On the wings of a goat
Go ahead
No one can stop you
Toast the king
Monkey sing
Hope he brings enough
Of the right stuff
To flatter me
Take my hand
And we'll land
On the back of this hurricane
Trust the the plan
That we'll stand
For the Zephyr and the Sycophant
Don't you think
There's a plan
For the man with the gold tooth
Hiding in a tollbooth
Look around for the sound
Make believe it's electric
Put it where you left it
Keep your nose
To the ground
No ones searching for a bloodhound
Upside down
In a crowd
You can find it
On the next cloud
It's like a poison underneath
Every fading memory
Imitating what you're seeking to remember
Keep treading water when it's deep
Ignore the fingers that will keep
You weightless
Levitate us
Like a feather
If you think you can fly
With that hole in the sky
Go ahead
I can't deny you
Monkey king
Make her sing
It will be enough Of the right stuff
To matter
Take my hand
And we'll land
On the back of this hurricane
Trust the the plan
That we'll stand
For the Zephyr and the Sycophant
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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6. |
Spirit In A Wormhole
03:24
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SPIRIT IN A WORMHOLE
It's not like
I'm gonna show you something you don't know
Unlike a cinematic vulture
You only listen if it's stereo
Keep geIng smaller
In the picture
Will you shrink
If I grow
Inside the belly of a John Doe
Will you dim
If I glow
Like a spirit in a wormhole
It's not like
I'm gonna show you something you don't know
Sleight of hand needs the elbow
Ignore the static from the crystal ball
There's something missing from your rainbow
Will you sink
If I float
Face down in the middle
Will you stay
If I go
This wheel of fortune is a hard road
Reverse the image if it gets old
Leave a message if we're not home
There is magic in the undertow
We'll get there faster
If you don't know
We'll get there faster if we don't know
Zoom in
Hold it steady
Jump in
Only if you're ready
Zoom out
That's what this is all about
Danger and transparency
Let's disappear and then we'll see
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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7. |
Finding Betsy Dar
03:50
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FINDING BETSY DAR
The blue that's nearest to a star
The head that saved Andromeda
The distance in between a broken heart
Is measured in tears
Ugly people say I'm dumb
A key won't fit a skeleton
The difference in between us in the end
Is measured in years
Who can say you're gone
It's just been a long long time
Who can say you're gone
Count the rings around us now
The underworld a crimson flower
Can't find a way to carry on
With nothing to lose
I'll follow you into the sun
The ghost you made a promise from
Can't find a way to carry on
Like nothing is wrong
Who can say you're gone
It's just been a long long time
Who can say you're gone
Do you remember Betsy Dar
A satellite a fallen star
Can't find a way to carry on
Like nothing is happening here
Who can say you're gone
It's just been a long long time
Who can say you're gone
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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8. |
This Chimera
03:41
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THIS CHIMERA
This body's seeking to remember
Underneath every storm
Sometimes breathing under water
Keeps the distance from the bottom
Don’t forget to breath in
Find the missing constellation
In the darkness that grows
Tell the lightening to avoid
It won't last if we ignore it
Take another look in
If you think you can remember
If you think you can forgive her
It's like fire breathing in
This confusion can't escape its meaning
Empty spaces filling in
Till there's nothing left to hold your place in
If Medusa sees a world made of stone
Look away to keep the sky from falling
If a meteor can't find its way home
Keep the pieces if they're broken
If you think you can forgive her
This body's seeking to remember
Underneath every bomb
Kill the messenger your sending
I won't ask to see the ending
Don't forget to breath in
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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9. |
Sonic Eclipse
04:00
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SONIC ECLIPSE
Nothing comes from something
You forgot exists
Just like the messages that stream
Beyond your fingertips
I don't expect plaid patterns
Form a monkey suit
Or enlightenment
From standing in a bowl of fruit
So keep on swinging from the finger
Pointing back at you
And don't worry bout the talking heads
That told you to
Take a left turn
Hang a right
It doesn't matter which direction
This is outta sight
Splutter splash
Pulled from an eyelash
That demonstrated your related to a cosmic fish
Take a left turn
Hang a right
It doesn't matter which direction
This is outta site
Clutter clash
We'll hold a black mass
Believing opposites are evidence
That we exist
Nothing comes from everything
You thought was true
And how no one wants to exit this terrestrial zoo
I don't expect straw monkeys
Broke the camels back
And folding space with red herrings
Caused a heart attack
But if you keep on
Keep it moving on
You might not get run over
By a sonic eclipse
Take a left turn
Hang a right
It doesn't matter which direction this is outta site
Breaking glass
Here comes the backlash
Opposites are evidence we don't exist
Take a left turn
Hang a right
It doesn't matter what the fuck you do
The heads were right
Breaking glass
Here comes the backlash
Opposites are evidence we don't exist
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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10. |
Whales Fall
03:28
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WHALES FALL
Many days
Wasted hours
Casting shadows on ourselves
While the gods are watching
Mending stars
Dinosaurs
Floating candles
Open doors
Keeping her in the balance
Done getting caught
In the lines we're crossing
Don't tip the scales
Keep the whales from falling
Tiny hands
Spin the bottle
Spirits rise
Winning battles
Don't get lost
In the ending
Whales will fall
When they're ready
Crashing waves
Sunken hours
Casting blame on future selves
While the gods are watching
Albatross
Dragons tail
Sleeping prophets
Nightingales
Hanging in the ballast
Done getting caught
In the threads we're crossing
Don't tip the scales
Keep the whale from falling
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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11. |
Blackhole
02:36
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BLACKHOLE
Don't let the weight of the whale
Inside the spaceship that you sail
Into the veins of this candy girls heart
Burning britches
Switching lanes
Currents eating zombie brains
Nothing left but sea glass and runes
You better take the wheel
The salty captains not real
And he's anchored us to the sun
Don't drink the tears that swell
The imps that whisper cant tell
That poisons better served all alone
Blackhole
Don't know which way to go
It's such a drag on the heel
We're toxic fathoms from here
And lady oceans not feeling well
Blow out the particles in space
The price to look upon her face
It's time we drift into the centerfield
Blackhole
Don't know what waits below
Big salamander is here
Can't wait to see it disappear
Into the body of this shrunken skull
Blackhole
Where did this planet go
Reach for the silver
Set the table
Tell the babies that are able
Throw themselves into a wishing well
Break down the motion we create
It's further in than we can get
It might be better to forget our name
Blackhole
Nowhere to land below
Lyrics by Linda Brancato XOL
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Arson Whales California
Whales:
Linda Brancato
Joe Kimberlin
Brad Penner
Stephen Linn
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