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THREE!

by Holy Sheboygan!

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1.
Over-policed. I'm in the belly of the beast. I'm in the teeth of the river. Gonna drink away my liver while I'm sucking on the teats. We're in a big, bright house with plenty of glass. It's safe and it's clean, and it's kicking my ass. I'll tell you what- I've got a lot of nerve. To make it big in this town you gotta swim with the turds. Over-policed. I'm in the belly of the beast. I'm in a portal going nowhere. Always working, and I don't care if I float or if I sink. Where people don't like to leave and hardly anyone visits. It's a nice little town. Nobody's moving around. So, thank god we've made a perfect place for our children; they'll grow up just like you if the water don't kill them. Over-policed. I'm in the belly of the beast. I am hung up in the tension of the moments we don't mention while we're falling on our knees. I've seen you. I've seen you. Seen you living in your house- all the lights are out- and the walls are glowing blue. I hear you, wish I could cure you. You're bored and running out of things to sigh about. Letting them tell you what to do. Over-policed. I'm in the belly of the beast. I am swirling in the vortex; always wishing I had more sex while I'm choking on the beef.
2.
Most of the time I'm most of myself. And then there are times I'm playin' somethin' else. Most of the time I'm doing fine on my own But just this time could someone carry me home? Ghost set a time, I wonder... Does he remember how it feels to have bones that only get you so far? Ghost set a time, I wonder... Does he remember how to scream with a voice that only carries so far? Half of the day is half of my night And maybe today I'll do half what I might. Half the day spent digging trash on loan. Please today could someone carry me home? Most of the time I wander, looking for the next few years of my life. A ghost all the time I wander, looking for the past two years of my life, looking for the next few years of my life, looking for just one good year of my life.
3.
Swim With Me 02:46
Swim with me, swim with me And if my arms stop your legs stop And we'll both be none, we will both be none Better to be none, better to be none Than lost without our loves, than lost without our loves Salted cakes, salted cakes For the rivermaid to eat She'll never go hungry in a bottomless sea She'll never go hungry in a bottomless sea Show your fins, show your fins The boys waited wearily But the watermaid sat down below She'd whimper and plead There is nothing to see, there is nothing to see Cupping her greed, she'd eat her cakes Salted cakes, salted cakes For the rivermaid to eat She'll never go hungry in a bottomless sea Swim with me, swim with me And if my arms stop your legs stop And we'll both be none, we will both be none Better to be none, better to be none Than lost without our loves, than lost without our loves Than lost without our loves, than lost without our loves
4.
Trees 04:06
Trees with no mosses shoes with no laces Jobs with no bosses friends with no faces There’s glass that needs cleaning and jokes with no meaning It all ends up looking so grim. On old roads, they get you back On old roads, they get you back On old roads, they get you back Just the same, just the same, just the same. Threads left uncounted, shots with no frames Big boys not mounted and dogs with no names Drinks we’re not drinking, these ships just aren’t sinking No matter how hard that we grin On old roads, they get you back On old roads, they get you back On old roads, they get you back Just the same, just the same, just the same. Just the same with no doing the road with no paving My teeth with no chewing my soul with no saving
5.
Happy Place 04:39
It’s a long way there a long way from here. There are dragons and monsters and magical creatures. We live here- in a box inside another box, but the animals are playing and the sun is setting. There’s giant trees with leaves larger than your face, where tree frogs give you smiles make you laugh for a while. Mermaids live in a sea we’ll pass along the way. I spoke to them and they are calling your name. Come and see my happy place. I'd like you to see my happy place. Last time I traveled there by myself. I saw a fern made perfectly of glass from the sea. But this time, come. We’ll take my secret passageway. Did you ever think you’d travel through stars in the sky? Did you ever think you'd fly on wings made from beans you re-fried? Before you close your eyes, remember you might fall. Down down down down down down to the green below. Where the animals and plants who are waiting to say hello. See the taxi drivers? They’ll take you wherever you like in a special turquoise chair for the person with a heart full of gold. I love you. Did you ever think you’d love me, too? Enough to come and see a place made by me, made by you. Come and see my happy place. I'd like you to see my happy place.
6.
Say 02:36
Say that the wheel turns Say that the wheel turns Say that you've seen her here Say that the wheel turns Say that you've seen her Say that she wanders on Say that you've seen her bare feet crack the earth on my land... o-oh You are one to say that you've seen her bare breasts, slack and dearth, run dry on my lips Say, say, say, you talk, talk, talk, but words don't stop the walk, turn, walk, walk Say, say, say, stop! talk, talk, talk, stop! one two one two stop, turn, walk, walk Say that the wheel turns Say that you've seen her Say that she's turned her back Say that the wheel turns Say that the world burns Say that you blame her still Say that the wheel turns clockwork circling hands round my face... o-oh and you stop to say that the wheel turns tight rope wrapped in bands about my hips...
7.
i want to die of natural causes no note left behind me eyes wide open when they find me fully dressed, underestimated i've no good to leave behind only debt, pencil scratchings take whatever you're attached to i won't need it where i'm going may my body dissolve properly these hands, once made for labor, may they fertilize a pea-vine grasping forever skyward this brain once hummed with pulses may it feed something fungal or sink into the mantel uploaded with the network may my heart's course be more tragic: it's particles, may they wash up on one shore, then the next 'til it's searched the world over through a trillion seasons seeking when the world has finally crumbled, may my heart set its course for a distant constellation in this way, ad infinitum until the universe collapses in this way, ad infinitum until a universe is born in the last days may my heart be there as the universe is dying in the first days may my heart be there as a universe is born in this way ad infinitum through a trillion universes i want to die of natural causes eyes wide open when they find me fully dressed, underestimated staring through the ceiling

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Recorded in residence at The Wormfarm Institute in Reedsburg, WI.

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released April 17, 2015

Julia Blair - Vocals, Viola, Accordion
Cameron Carrus - Vocals, Upright Bass, Guitar
Ben DeCorsey - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Banjo
Jeffrey Edenberg - Vocals, Horn, Percussion, Organ, Toy Piano,
Recorder
Cary Foxx - Tenor and Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Rachel Graber - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Liam O'Brien - Vocals, Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Tapes, Tin Whistle,
Upright Bass

Tracked and Mixed by Pearly Whites Engineering.
Percussion Tracked by Casey Marnocha
Mastered by Casey Marnocha.
Produced by Holy Sheboygan! with Liam O'Brien.
Album art by George Ziegler.

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