1. |
Dwaal Theme
02:22
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bass, drums/tambo, vox: kai
casios, accordion: francis
harmonies: charlie
I’m still sitting here waiting for the day
When my clay starts to break
But till that time I can open my eyes
And sing a brand new world
The cars pass my eyes
They fade away like the days
Always running, running away
But our feet’s still on solid ground
We can only ask
Do
We
Animate
All
Love
Through
Radio
Operators
Under
Porcelain
Embryos?
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2. |
Brightened Screen
04:03
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all by kai
Stolen people
From a blue jean briefcase
Vacuum them away
For your hands are tied
To the brightened screen yeah
Time to get some rest
Sitting in your snowball
Riding down the beaches
Mouth wide open
For your hands are tied
To the brightened screen yeah
Time to get some rest
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3. |
My Keeper
02:23
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drums, bass, guitar, main vox: kai
harmonies: charlie
Breathing in his pretty pleasure pictures
It won't hurt him, just trying it on for size
But it digs
It digs deeper
Through green colored eyes he's putting it all into place
Yeah he lets it consume all the senses
From his fingernails all the way to his feet
In rosy waters
And he's speaking,
"You're my keeper!"
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drums, hello kitty keyboard, guitar: kai
melodica: desi
bass: charlie
singing saw: francis
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5. |
Nighttime Vines
02:41
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guitars, bass, shaker, vox: charlie
euphonium, casio: francis
Listen to the radio I’m standing on your chair
Your little garden grows in warm air
Your plants unwind coming into bloom
They climb up your window and into your room
Im tangled up
Won’t you please wake up?
Im tangled up
Wont you please wake up?
All these vines inside my bedroom
They want to stay here forever
Dont stay forever
My headphone wires like vines inside your bed
They twist around your fingers they wrap around your head
The trees are out to get us, their branches reach so high
So they grabbed onto you, and took you to the sky
Im tangled up
Won’t you please wake up?
Im tangled up
Wont you please wake up?
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6. |
Supernova Part-Time Gal
01:35
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drums, bass, guitar, synth, vox: kai
harmonies: charlie
Took a train yeah
Above the street
He was a hard hitter
Liked it sweet
But all the trick he's
Played have knocked him down
Racing down the road
In his favorite gown
Not every road that you walk
Will be found
Spinning in velocity
Burning through the ground
Took the freeway
Wearing his getup
The lights were glaring
Through his eyes
All the mouths were moving
Cuz he's a supernova part-time gal
Now his body lies in a ship canal
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7. |
(You Are) A Lion
01:40
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all by kai
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8. |
Wasting My Goodbyes
02:45
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all by kai
Where did I go wrong?
Wasting my goodbyes
Was it in between?
The cracks of your eyes
and the sky?
Cuz I'm wasting my goodbyes
Wasting my time
Where have the days gone?
Into a void and never to be found
Lost and confused
I watched them walk
Walk right away
Where did I go wrong?
Wasting my goodbyes
Was in between?
The cracks of your eyes
and the sky?
Cuz I'm wasting my goodbyes
Wasting my time
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9. |
Fever Dream #1
02:03
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guitars, vox, bass, drums: kai
one-string guitar: francis
She walks slowly
Past the flowers
Trembling through
her skull
Mixed reaction
Chemical abstraction
We just want to go home
To see our gardens
Grow
To see our feet
Fall below
Seesaw moving
I can’t move me
It’s just a fever dream
Social interaction
You’re an improper fraction
Wet your feet and go outside
To see your garden
Grow
To see your feet
Fall below
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10. |
Supposed to Be
03:54
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piano, drums/tambo, vox: kai
guitars, harmonies: charlie
euphonium, trombone: francis
Leave me a smile
Promise that you'll wait a while
I will always stay with you
Sitting in the trenches of the blue
I will always stay with you
never seeing but always looking through
Lady in white
Can't help but close the door
In through the night
Lives behind the corner store
Wait for the clicking to stop
Growing from bottom to top
I am thinning
From the way that I once shone
Portraying the face
of a boy made unknown
washing the sheets,
cashing receipts
I've walked the sea
beautiful and round
Life is a dream under the reef
Where my left arm floated down an invisible stream
Nothing stays, Nothing stays where it's supposed to be
Nothing stays, Nothing stays where it's supposed to be
Mercury shows the leaves
The sap drips through the weaving, winding,
untemporary, olive green and airy,
plants it seeds and spreads
plants it seeds and spreads
Leave me a smile
Promise that you'll wait a while
I will always stay with you
Sitting in the trenches of the blue
I will always stay with you
never seeing but always looking through
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11. |
Iceberg Hymn (Full)
02:27
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recorded in ontario, canada ice lake, december 2016
as well as chicago, illinois lake michigan 2012
pitch manipulated by kai
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12. |
Jettison 0
02:34
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drums, bass, guitars, synth, vox: kai
harmonies: charlie
Jettison zero
Do they know where it goes
When they're sleeping
Jettison zero
From a planet of one
Leave some for the rest of us
Don't seem to get anywhere
Without you
I watched the ceiling
Cave in today
It didn't amuse me
Jettison zero
Please take my senses away
And all the green faces
Are staring
(in my general direction)
Don't seem to get anywhere
Without you
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13. |
Motorpike
01:10
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all by kai
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14. |
I Was a Child Today
03:46
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guitars, piano, clarinet, vox: kai
harmonies: charlie
Had a dream today
That it was all green
No preoccupations
No brightened screen
But you hoped for the world
Do you know what
You're running from?
I was a child today
Wasn't told to run away
You feel this world
Do you know what is chasing?
This is all I need
I patiently recede
Till my flowing walls break
I am sleeping miles away
I am a child today
Where your feet pick off
And my hands flow through the earth
Blackened from its dirt
That I rise from each day
And this is all I need
All that I can see
and will never let go
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15. |
Orange Coriander
04:36
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guitar, snare drum, vox: kai
accordions, casios: francis
piano, harmonies: charlie
There lives in my house, a bud with bright hair
She walks with a gleam, and is ever so fair
She sits with me all night, she never says goodbye
And when I'm feeling blue, she sets the day anew
You weren't a rich man, you weren't much more
But you gave me a token before I walked out the door
When I was a sailor, I took in the summer breeze
Now that it's winter, my heart can only freeze
I still have your orange coriander (x2)
But you do what you please
Treading through your disease
Way down you do
And now our shoes are all shined
This old tether untwined
Safely in our homes
We don't let out any call
We can't hear you at all
Way down, way down
But please don't leave us behind
We will bloom from our spines
My dear, my dear
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16. |
(Please) Don’t Drown
03:41
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drums, bass, guitars, vox: kai
harmonies: charlie
I didn’t step outside
Till it got much colder
Looking through
Stain-glassed eyes
I didn’t step outside
Till the world was on fire
And I’m not leaving it to you
Looking for a sign
To brighten up my day
But I can’t tell by
My ways
Please keep this
Sucker punched heart
Away
Feet are drifting from the shore
Don’t drown
And now I've had my share
Of this weird feeling
Maybe I'll get used to it
But I stand tall
Cuz I'm a mountain splitter
And it's all a blur
Feet are drifting from the shore
Don’t drown
Don't drown!
DON'T DROWN!!!!!!!!!
(x some amount of times)
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