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Sinks the Ocean

by The Even the Slept Collective

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1.
the oculus 05:07
lyrics
She said I’ve Got my back against the wall A spear beneath my rib A messiah at my door Is it a sin for me to live The way I choose to live I’m a pig with wings A gloating, listless fraud, I am Drive me, catapult me to the moon I’ve heard the secret cretans speak And they make perfect sense to me You’re silly she says A lewd hypocrite Here’s a nickel for those times we shared The ghosts beneath our bed and I’m the one You’ll cherish, take for granted Cathartic we rest, amused and annoyed Winded by this disconnect we dance around until we’re sick Mean to me, what I mean to you A heathen made of gold begets a lover drunk on bold regrets I’m open, if you’re open To trusting who we are I’m open, if you’re open To trusting who we’ll be A century of history steals the air we breathe A century of history grinds to a halt Inquisitive, she moves for the kill With wild eyes, aspiring, the matriarch zeroes in on me She was methodical, exotic and sensual She was meticulous, a natural at all things unnatural I screamed I’m unavailable But she knew my every move Wretch, you’re a momentary thrill But she knew my every move A century of history grinds to a halt.
2.
the jig 04:35
lyrics
No she don’t like it The Queen has come to claim her crown Gesturing down a corridor of snails The bigot leads me along, leads me astray Bring him forth, let him speak, let him plead his case for me There’s something lost beneath the evidence Let him testify Let him sing Here I am And able man is all I am and I’ll serve you right But no, she don’t like it The Queen You’re free to leave Consider your debts stripped clean But the city outside, they sharpened their knives Through incandescent, interchanging light They saw him alone Hope for our souls When they mob and they stab and they crush him Everything inside of him explodes Witness, and we feel it Hope for our souls When we look and we feel nothing Witness, and we feel everything.
3.
new china 05:51
lyrics
Hey freak show, Barnum Your suit, your skin, is pristine Unfurl your tongue And make a meal of me Cloak and smiles Hollow hopes you sold to them, you stole They slave And make the same mistakes Unfurl your slick tongue And make a meal of me Humor the mannequins with gold The masquerade you sold to them, you stole Heed them, do what you will It’s all that I can stand If I’m irrelevant, then you’re coy If I'm mad then you my friend are better off dead Better undead, just better Monster at our pulpit the blasphemy is deafening It’s time we take control The source we think we know Like systems will fail Our lives are but a sliver in the swirl that never ends It’s all irreverent The solstice cracks the skyline You wait all night for a sign Heed them, do what you will It’s all that I can stand If I’m irrelevant, then you’re coy If I'm mad then you my friend are better off dead Every single thing from worm to nymph The cycle finds a way to start again We will start again.
4.
carbon copy 05:53
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Bolt and screw fuse with bone This makeshift process that formulates these clones On squeaky knees and morphine minds Walking single file in a militant fashion Test ready for replication Tear down your habits of thought And swerve toward accord A new day has rendered itself To save you from yourself Burn conformity and rile your known name Downplay hypocrisy and defuse your campaign I don’t know what you’ve been told But it’s not my place anyway to crack your mold Slide lengthways through oblivion Mirror, mirror on the wall The wall that was and will not be a rock for you to build Your mouth is alkaline Your words blades honed in fire Fake Every inch of you is counterfeit you perfect, porcelain pest This is clarity We can’t deny Face me There is sure to be a mess of things left when you confess this is parity We fall in line Assembling the end Where else would I be but lost when I rue the day Trying to be something I’m not Where else would be but lost when I can’t believe In anything outside of myself.
5.
one against one too many 04:55
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Stiff, alive but not living they found us Face down in the sun The coroners were fooled Our cause of death a blank on the video spool Headlines they read Our story well made us sound so swell and in love They write about, write about the fickle crowd The young couple who fell from above The radio, the TV screens Immortalize us The radio, the TV screens They mortify us Naturally it was found that we Were never who they thought we were at all Cruel world quit your frown You silly, sorry sucker you’re making me unsound A saint, a thief, a priest, a beast, a petulant, proprietor of skin A girl so sweet, so beautiful Such a shame to see her go that way If you could look away I’d make you understand And if you could be another way I’d make you over Stiff, alive but not living they found us Face down in the sun They write about, write about the fickle crowd The young couple who fell from above.

about

Recorded by Mark Montoro at Nebula Zone Studios in Philadelphia, PA.
Mixed and mastered by Jamie King at The Basement Studios Winston-Salem.

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released July 5, 2011

Chris Young: Vocals
Ryan McMurray: Guitars, programming, back up vocals
Kurt Whiting: Bass
Kevin Gauntner: Keyboards
Jason Mello: Drums

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The Even the Slept Collective is:

Ryan McMurray
Josh Cleaton
Kurt Whiting
Jamie King
Thomas Williams
Wolf Bayley
Nicole Roberts
Brad Davis

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