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diff --git a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido/album.txt b/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido/album.txt index c2623bf0..3b977744 100644 --- a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido/album.txt +++ b/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido/album.txt @@ -11,19 +11,52 @@ URLs: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/forever Track: Dawn of Man References: Sburban Jungle URLs: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/dawn-of-man +Lyrics: + I was about fifteen<br>I was walking the beach<br>I was racing a wave<br>It knocked me off my feet<br>I fell into the tide<br>It spat me back on the sand<br>I laughed without a clue<br>How lucky I was to land + It's been a long long time<br>Since my life was spared<br>It's been a long long time<br>But I'm still not scared + It was the dawn of man<br>I held the bone in my hand<br>I was hungry as death<br>Wondering through the sand<br>I met a wild boar<br>My bone came down with a crack<br>I tasted flesh and blood<br>And swore I'd never look back + It's been a long long time<br>But I had just begun<br>It's been a long long time<br>Out in the African sun<br>It's been a long long time<br>Since I learned that skill<br>It's been a long long time<br>Since my very first kill + If anyone's out there to see what I have done<br>Can somebody tell me what we are to become<br>Our tiny lives, they fly right by<br>This godly frame, it does not care<br>If we live or die + It was the month of june<br>It Tiananmen Square<br>The thanks were on TV<br>But I was not yet there<br>The guns they all went pop<br>We heard the screams and shouts<br>I was brought into this world<br>As they were taken out + It's been a long long time<br>So many people to mourn<br>It's been a long long time<br>Since the day I was born<br>It's been a long long time<br>And yet no time at all<br>It's been a long long time<br>And yet no time at all + If anyone's out there to see what I have done<br>Can somebody tell me what I am to become<br>Our tiny lives, they fly right by<br>Who were they, and next to them<br>Who the hell am I? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Beta Version URLs: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/beta-version ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: No Release URLs: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/no-release +Lyrics: + She's changed, she's new now<br>She's moved on somehow<br>The pain is gone now<br>But she still needs room to breathe + You've changed you're silent<br>For all those years spent<br>Explaining what it was that you really meant + Now you won't say it aloud<br>You'd rather be silent and proud<br>But down inside you still lies the beast<br>If she's the reason you live<br>You'll only get what you give<br>And what you've given is no release + You've changed, you've grown up<br>Your wounds have sewn up<br>Your time has shown up<br>Yet you still can't find your way + No lies, no secrets<br>This is your life, now keep it<br>In time you'll see it + The faces you have put on<br>Have held you back all along<br>You're a king, not a pawn, so cease<br>To be so loyally fake<br>You'll only get what you take<br>And what you've taken is no release + And one day, everyone will smile again<br>We'll feel like a child again<br>And look behind us<br>And think of all the stuff that's going on<br>The stuff we're growing on + It's an ashen quadrant affair<br>Except you just don't care<br>Your only aim has been to appease<br>Lay down your pride and your gun<br>You're not the only<br>Who's still looking for some release + And if the rules they can bend<br>You know you still could be friends<br>But it doesn't rely on me<br>This is as far as I go<br>I only say what I know<br>And what I know is you need release ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Fly URLs: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/fly +Lyrics: + Fly fly fly whatcha say<br>Whatcha gonna do<br>Change your ways change your life<br>Change your point of view<br>Been so long since your feet<br>Felt the open air<br>So far back down the line<br>Were you even there? + It's so cold the rain blows in your eyes<br>It's so cold the days go flashing by<br>It's so cold you've lost all track of time<br>It's so cold you turn back into slime + Dream dream dream dream your life<br>Make it up from scratch<br>In your dream you're the star<br>It's you who makes that catch<br>Can't hold on, cannot grope<br>Your fingers will not clasp<br>Measurements fall apart<br>The tools you cannot grasp + It's insane you must be high on pot<br>It's insane the air this man has got<br>It's insane the stuff you must be on<br>It's insane you wake up and it's gone + And you're on your way to work<br>And you still can't work it out<br>And you can't recall the details<br>Or what it was about<br>So you read a bunch of websites<br>And you study archetypes<br>But you throw away the answers<br>'Cause it's all a bunch of hype + And you're on your way of work<br>But you just can't work it out<br>And you can't recall the details<br>Or what it was about<br>So you hustle through your morning<br>And you waste your afternoon<br>And at night you still are wondering<br>If you'll dream again so soon<br>And you lay awake and wonder<br>And you never get your sleep<br>Cause you're still waiting for the answers<br>But you never hear a peep<br>And you die alone and angry<br>And you're wrapped up in a shroud<br>And the world's far below you<br>And your feet are in the clouds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Lies With The Sea References: Sburban Jungle URLs: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/lies-with-the-sea +Lyrics: + Lonely submarine in murky shades of blue and green<br>A silent knock on Davy Jones' door<br>Octopi and hydronauts explore unsalvaged shipwrecks caught<br>In coral reeves that span the ocean floor + The geothermal chemistry<br>Of vents below the deep blue sea<br>Burning on and on<br>The winking of an angler's light<br>You make this underwater flight<br>Down where there is no sun + My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean + My, the continental shelf and all its sunken wealth<br>Boens of those who walked the plank<br>The depth to which these pirates sank<br>Crushed by pressures deep + The submarine has lost its way<br>Shall we ever make it to the bay<br>From where we once did meet<br>A sonar ping still rings for help<br>Diffused amongst a cloud of kelp<br>Where mermaid kingdoms breathe + My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean Commentary: <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> “Lies With the Sea” is one of two songs based on sketches from dreams that I put on Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido - the other, aptly enough, is “Dawn of Man”. @@ -35,9 +68,24 @@ Commentary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Chain Of Prospit URLs: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/chain-of-prospit +Lyrics: + Hold up before your hopes and dreams are sold up<br>You haven't failed yet don't hold up<br>Don't cut the tape before it's rolled up<br>You've always got a chance + Rock it and if the picture isn't clear just shop it<br>You're swinging by the chain of prospit<br>The future's always there so pop it<br>Back into its place + You've got a reason to live<br>Got a reason to live<br>No matter what you say<br>No matter what you take away<br>There's always something you can give<br>And buddy that's the reason<br>That you've got a reason to live<br>Got a reason to live<br>Don't care what you've been through<br>Don't care what people think of you<br>There's always something you can do<br>And no one knows it better than you + Praise you, the absence in your life delays you<br>The note that desolation plays you<br>You know you mustn't let it phase you<br>If something's in the way + Own up, there's data structures you can bone up<br>You might be feeling like you're Homestuck<br>But you can make it by your own luck<br>Snap it into place + And if the wind should blow<br>I will know<br>I will go + Reversal, all matter and its great dispersal<br>The secrets of the universal<br>This isn't just a dry rehearsal<br>We're living for today ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Pumpkin Tide URLs: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-tide +Lyrics: + Destroy your desk, it's useless now<br>Build yourself a fort to hide<br>Close your eyes and crawl inside<br>You're sailing on the pumpkin tide + The ship you're on is yours alone<br>The wind will push your sweet sweet ride<br>But this foreign wave just appearified<br>You're sailing on the pumpkin tide + Focus on the sound of my voice<br>You are under my control<br>Obey my will or I'll bury you alive<br>And it's you who'll dig your own damn hole + Forget your friends, what good are they<br>Suckers filled with words that chide<br>Heads green with envy but orange with pride<br>Screaming at that pumpkin tide + Listen to their whispering voice<br>The current where the pumpkins roam<br>You never saw a thing<br>Never saw the thing you thought you saw<br>Just shadows looking for a home + The door into your heart is locked<br>Its key is buried in your mind<br>Too heavy to carry but too huge to leave behind<br>Without it you will surely die<br>But even that's just another lie<br>Sailing on the pumpkin tide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: The Deeper You Go References: Sburban Jungle |