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release #052
released May 5. 2015

1. consume
2. unfinished book
3. mind
4. devil
5. doubt
6. conversations
7. litwop
8. alienate
9. internal
10. disfunction
11. love
12. l’éternel printemps

FULL ALBUM STREAM AT STEREOGUM – HERE

recorded by
james whitten at living room studios
new orleans

mastered by jamal ruhe
at west west side studios – new york

asian man records – 295
community records – 052
broken world media – 082 cassette tape

cover photos & layout
by greg rodrigue

release date:
Tuesday May 5th 2015

lyrics:
should have expressed my perspective. became what was meant for sale. looking back blank expressions. sensitive to condition. c.o.n.s.u.m.e consume me, consume me. place the sign on my back, label me and negate facts, that all that we have ever known should be constructed by our souls. all that we have ever known should be constructed by our souls. i’m like the book that you never finished, you put me down, yeah you but me away, chapters open, yea words unwritten, none of it was what you wanted it to say. i tried to make it work and you turned the page, i’ve got one thing, yeah you’ve got to listen, i never, i never wanted it this way. i never, I never wanted it this way. tattered corners, yeah i’m busted at the seams, on the shelf collecting the gray, layers of forgotten memories, a new story for some one else to read. you are not your mind, you are not, you are not your mind. ultimate irrelevance of all of this, ultimate irrelevance of possessions, ultimate irrelevance of status, ultimate relevance of the un-manifested. gain the world and lose your soul. devil will take hold of your heart, if you don’t stay sharp. you missed the mark, you forgot your heart. father figure on the wall. wouldn’t you like to see them all? i’ve tried to make it work so many times, but i can’t seem to make it work out right. when doubt creeps in, you can never, you can never win. can’t see your own face, hidden behind the walls that you create, visions of failure, lined up ten feet tall, in order to conquer them, you must address them all. don’t let the thoughts build a nest, or else you won’t get rest, i will make the best of this, i will make the best of this. if you got something to say to the world. with no medium to say it. how bout we put together a band? and then we can play it. this mind has some power. held back by barbed wire. are you ready to put it to use? come with me, we’ll have some great conversations with some great people. are you ready? are you ready to put it to use? decipher. a message withholding. a fire. the future unfolding. get up! get up! wake up! come on! come on! wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up! get up get up are you ready to put it to use? put it to use! we’ll have some great conversations with some great people.
withdraw. dissect. i will connect in time. alienate, how do you feel when the sun goes down? do you lose all faith in yourself? let the great spirit fight your battles, light your tunnels. when a part of you brought him to life. there is no point, in strife after death, with everything connected as one. waste no time on regrets, look forward to the future, if you fall down, get right back up, you can be your, own savior. believe in yourself, make your own decisions, study your weaknesses, utilize your abilities, you can be your savior. Internal to find the new way through, Internal to find the new way to you. testing me. testing me. testing me. not how this ends, not how this. monetary arrangements x monetary arrangements – nothing to do with this. i will remain patient, i will find a way, i will remain patient, i am not afraid. these dreams will be answered these dreams will be x testing me x destroy you. i will see through this, i will see this through / love is the answer love is the way love is the answer let’s start today. i’m not my feelings. rife with shame, a life spent ambling, never named, amongst my loved ones, a common thread, long for catharsis. restrain my hands, make me yours, i wanna feel powerless, come inside what’s mine is yours, what’s yours is mine, what’s mine is yours. i submit to you, now conquer me, a servant of your temple, let tradition die, i wanna feel as you feel. simple, small human beings, significant insignificants of the grandest of scenes, we are the old, the tired, the new, we are the christian, the rasta, the hindu, we and i and they are you