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Lyrics to "Spirit Youth" LP
/// MY CHARIOT ///
terrifying is the sound, the ice breaks beneath you
they would never pull you out, but i would and i will
drawing ever closer now, the construct surrounds you
i can only give you more, though you push me a way
the hole you feed, it will gratify you instantly
but what of me, am i far too real for you to see?
"the end is nigh, it lives i die
or bow before its feet
we synthesize, blow open wide
and i'll wake up obsolete"
all alone out there,
miles of beach stretched between us
all your feelings soiled with with acid and sad
crawling through the sand, your mountain of data
everything you've sought, corrupted and bad
the hole you feed, it will gratify you instantly
but what of me, am i far too real to see
"the end is nigh, it lives i die
or bow before its feet
we synthesize, blow open wide
and i'll wake up obsolete"
in the waning light of what's digital
make you whole
I will pick you up, i'm your chariot
take you home
/// CRUCIFY YOU ///
we were always meant to be
and even if you disagree
you could never get away
with your arm chained to the gate
sometimes i can't control the things i do
but you know i only want the best for you
is too much to ask for you to say?
"i will not defy you"
and if things should go awry
i'll forgive you love, in time
there's no secret you can't keep
there's no cut that is too deep
sometimes i can't control the things i do
but you know i only want the best for you
and if i should find that you could ever stray
i would crucify you
oh, and i will run you through
to show i care, to long for you
promises i'll hold you to
and you to me, an eye to you
oh, and i will run you through
to show i care, to long for you
promises i'll hold you to
and you to me, i'm watching you
sometimes i can't control the things i do
but you know i only want the best for you
somehow you never seem to go my way
so i must crucify you
/// BLUE LILY ///
we were here when the heat had found us
under thousands of lilies so blue
with a weight so thick you could taste it
could you feel it too?
drilled into the hull, and sinking slow
into the deep, forever blue
blue
It was clear when the fog had lifted,
we were here all along and i knew
that some words, they would rise to the surface
with unguarded truth
depicted on the scrolls
the ancient hoax
a lucid stream of wilted truth
truth
drilled into the hull,
i love you so
into the deep, forever blue
blue
and i love you
(oh, i do )
drilled into the hull i love you so,
into the deep, forever blue
blue
/// DREAM ABOUT ME ///
someplace far away
echoes through the hills
swinging through the trees
i heard you say
something from the past
steady as the sea
in and out of phase
i heard you say
"dream about me"
softly, candy-sweet
like sugar from the hills
a sound delivery
i heard you say
empty frequencies
if you're hearing me
i'll be here tonight
i heard you say
"dream about me "
oh, wait for the night
oh, wait for the night
dream about me
/// NOVEMBER ///
on a clean page
in a frigid trembling leaf
endless gray skies
to the cracks in every street
I blush, a cold rush
as the trees undress for me
the wind disrobes them
and shakes with teeth
november
in the slow fade
in the trail of wasted days
winter's still freeze
to the summer's endless haze
from the snow banks
to the sewers where they drain
peaceful in rest
amongst decay
november
(are you lonely? i am lonely)
november
/// TRACE //
a hand can trace
a heart, some shapes
a lover's back,
a sleeping face
so unknowing, and so unsaid
could you tell if
someone instead
would trace
would trace
would trace
would trace
(if i were gone, you would go on )
of touch, and of taste
feelings too small to trace
in the warmth
of sun in your hair
in a doubt
you're not sure is there
you will trace
will trace
will trace
will trace
(what i can't see is killing me)
when feelings fade i will retrace
and i will stay with you
when feelings fade i will retrace
and i will stay with you all the time
/// A KEY TURNS ///
there is a figure in the glass
she moves through the dark house
white candle visions flicker fast
uncover the unfound
leave everything that you have known
it must go
cut down the tree to plant the seed
all you need
and to your side, i will speed
a key turns inside another past
uncovers the unclear
ghost resin synapse fires fast
she knows she has been here
down to the place you've been before
there is more
slide like a spirit through the leaves
do you believe
there is truth to what you've seen?
(bridge)
leave everything that you have known
It must go
cut down the tree to plant the seed
all you need
love is a light that can't be killed
so rebuild
never again to shed a tear
the coast is clear
in the dreamhouse, we are here
/// SPIRIT YOUTH //
drag it out in summer slush
a brilliant dayglo green
the brightest days i've ever known
were empty and serene
cherry bomb, you loud guitar
exploding out of tune
the chords that rang, the songs we sang
had ended all too soon
the unrelenting tribal drum
of all our teenage years
is distant now, and yet somehow
still ringing in my ears
summarized on spools of tape
the magnet realigns
the spirit youth floats into space
it's making love with time
you are yesterday, you are far away
and i miss you
you are beautiful, you are magical
and i love you
i'll sing along, you're my favorite song
play along, unburied when you want me to
sing
along, you're my favorite song, play along,
unburied when you want me to be
(drag it out)
you are yesterday, you are far away
and i miss you
you are beautiful, you are magical
and i love you
for thee, i sing
/// THROUGH THE SNOW ///
i'm running through these fields again
black my mind, let's go inside
i'm doing this to feel again
swallow time, I'm alive
sing to me the astral song
lead me through the snow
it's cold, i know
but I want to go
so lead me so, so lead me, so
in the moonlight, with the plantlife
i held my breath under the stream of thought
smoke transforms the earth tonight
and it paints my life, and all is white
he is there in candy stripes
and we go for miles, with static smiles
space is but a pinwheel's flight
on a screen i see, its symmetry
bliss will eat my dreams tonight
i'm outlines, aware
of all my seams
a wire-frame
a conscious dream, a conscious dream
in the moonlight
with the plant life
i held my breath under the stream of thought
i am here, in the water
and i remember, i'm alone
i am here, in the water
and i remember, i'm alone
(i will come down now)
/// WHITE MOTH ///
oh, was it luck or misfortune
that brought you to this place
why have our eyes
been averted?
is it mutual distaste?
so happy there
in the spotlight
moving wings with grace
shadows they swing from your wingtips
pushing the air through space
you
ooooh
you're cutting me right in
two
oooh
i'm saving myself for
you
oohh
you're cutting me right in
two
She never danced with me anyway
is this so wrong? it's been so long...
oh, you and i aren't so different
with perilous desire;
i think i could die by her tongue
and you, drawn to the fire
and aren't we so forgetful?
why am i in this place?
why are you there on the ceiling,
pushing the air through space?
white moth you stole the show
white moth you're all i know
this feels like it's home
now
white moth you're all i know
white moth you stole the show
white moth you're all i know
this feels like i'm home
now
white moth you stole the show
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2010 European Tour CANCELLATION :(
Current mood:
Dear friends,
disappointed
It's with sadness and quite a bit of surprise that we've had to cancel our European tour because of travel complications surrounding the volcanic ash cloud. We are already working on plans to return and, as soon as we solidify those, we will certainly let you know. (More info here). Thanks, as always, for being so supportive.
In happier news, our new album, Spirit Youth, is released digitally today at iTunes, Amazon, and others. If you'd like to hold the CD or vinyl in your hands, you can pre-order those at Insound, for release on May 18. You can also download a new song, "Crucify You," right here OR stream the album in its entirety here.
Much love,
The Depreciation Guild
4:39 PM-
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- Colour Me Pop2 years ago
That volcano ash cloud ruined a heck of a lot of international pop shows! London will always be here for you.
/jennifer - OH inverted World2 years ago
Gutted that we won't be having you guys down to play at the Old Queens Head tomorrow night. Hopefully we can have you back again soon, unless of course aliens invade or something...
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SPIRIT YOUTH • THE NEW ALBUM • MAY 18 2010
http://bit.ly/SpiritYouth
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Warmer Climes Mixtape #85
I forgot to post this up a while ago. It's is a mixtape i did for Warmer Climes, which is a beautiful blog. We're post number 85 (which i might add, was a great year for music).
http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2009/12/warmer-mixtapes-85-by-kurt-feldman-of.html
love,
kurt
bravo fellas bravo