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The Assembly of Animals

by IVES

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Shaun Peterson I followed Claire on youtube on a whim long ago. I was so excited when she came out with this album and I still love it. I wish I could force everyone I know to listen to it. Favorite track: The Girl and the Leopard.
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1.
Here is the sea You were born from it from fighting And here is the land They brought it from below The soil at your feet Has come to learn the weather So why then can't we
2.
[Verse 1] And I’ll be giving to you just one chance to Rock the boat, get out Then I’ll be shaking all you predators to the core (it’s all on them, the problem) From a world bleak and cold This may take off your blindfold And I’ll awake the only way that you can thrive (We have questions, any answer is a right step) [Verse 2] And as the gardens of the island rise in Acrid smoke, we will learn Who’ll be willing to forgive these drastic means (It’s to outlive the syndicate) The day we’ll set alight, for the only real good fight And then we’ll throw away the keys to every door (We have questions he’ll alleviate, the gardener) [Chorus] I tell you the world is terminal But cut the pacifists and you break the retaining wall But they're out in our gardens, praying for our children [Bridge] Oh now that we have some time alone Oh I might as well say it We've our backs to the wall This may take off your blindfold [repeated x4 and joined by excerpts from other sections] [Chorus 2] I tell you the world is terminal (another pacifist doubter, another wide-eyed coward) But they're the catalysts for a war for us all (another weed in the flowers, another one with no answers) [Outro] Oh but they're out in our gardens (we might, we might, we might) They're out in our gardens (rock the boat, get out) They're out in our gardens (we might as well just let them in) Praying for our children (this may take off your, this may take off your) [repeated and joined by excerpts from other sections] We might as well just let them in
3.
[Verse 1] Oh little darling, I have searched for you And oh little darling, you have saved me too Look little saviour, we have miles to go But I will stay with you [Verse 2] Here in the summer, it’s as cold as snow But we have each other, and that’s more than they know Weather’s in our lungs, but it’s only wind [Bridge] And they may come, all the fighting ones But I’ll hold you here in my hands And they may wake up, before time is up They may wake up [Verse 3] I’ve been alone now, for all of my life But murder has given, me reason not to die [Bridge 2] And they may come, all the sullen ones But I’ll hold [Chorus] Cause we’re the only ones Who will believe this story And you were wrong About just so many things that I can do You sinners [Repeat chorus] [Bridge 3/Outro] And they may come out As our boots stomp loud I will hold you here in my hands And they may wake up, before time is up They may wake up (It's in our lungs)
4.
[Verse 1] Here I come Mmmm I’ve been waiting for the tricky one, no Here I come I have to tell you honestly I’m not one for games, no longer playing [Verse 2] Mmmm if you could see them now you might return, oh I’ve cleaned up The fire’s have all been and gone They’re happy now, they moved well on [Bridge 1] And there’ll be no hiding, now, from me I’ll rise the tide, oh, to permeate the gate No you will not beat me I have a terracotta army You can’t kill me [Bridge 2] Well done You’ve escaped the square but where are you now [Middle 8] The world is not, some story book Just prise open your eyes and look Your perfect town, their breeding ground [Repeat] (Mmm you’re not the tale Not a line in this story No you’re not the tale You’re not the tale Just a second rate body No you’re not the tale)
5.
[Verse 1] They’re coming to the roundabout It’s turning ‘em, turning ‘em Will they give 'em things to talk about? Cause that’s what counts In this endless story, what’s the use? They won’t kneel before me 'cause I refuse [Verse 2] The sea is filling up the ground It’s trouble in, no way out You just don’t have the strength to swim Already holes in your skin And they won’t let you win [Middle 8] When will I stand again Oh no, oh When will I stand again Cause that’s what counts (No they don’t want a leader, they want a dictator They want this old machine of arrogance and brainwashing No they don’t want a leader, they want a dictator Now they’re in his garden he will cut ‘em systematically) [Repeat to end]
6.
[Verse 1] Dear, for you I would do Things that I won't admit to The past seeps through In all I do And I bet you the earth that that's true [Bridge] Oh darling, you're all I am living for now For now Only a relic of The only thing they couldn't take But you're the story [Verse 2] Won't fight, I'm theirs I am scared Guess that's why I'm here and not there No-one can understand how this got so far And now they want to know where you are [Bridge 2] Oh here the ground is a wasted, charred metaphor People are nothing now, just herded and tossed to the sea But you could be the story [Middle 8] There is a point, in my life Where I will have to say here, I'm ready to fight No credentials and failing knees But I'll be ready to fight, and for you There is a point, in our lives Where we will have to say no, I'm ready to fight No credentials, no you with me But I'll be ready to fight, and for you [Harmony layer 1] (The past's parting, the weight of the weather is bearing down This is the making of, something unwritten in me, if I'm the story) [Repeat] [Harmony layer 2] (With just one body, I'm not ready to fight I'm not the story)
7.
[Verse 1] We're coming to the roundabout It's turning me, turning me There's plenty now to talk about Oh god, the water's come into my house I just don't have the strength anymore They're shooting holes in my door and I'm not brave like you You'd never let them through [Chorus] I put all my armour down Hands up at the roundabout I never signed up for this And I will not stand again
8.
[Verse 1] Another voice comes through the bars Said I'm not the villain, you've started fires But with the change, it'll all make sense I'll sleep soundly when I get to retire [Bridge] Now I'm superior But don't know who is in my mirror These words have not been mine No it must be God, must be the divine [Verse 2] I am no sheep I draw my lines There goes Arendt's theory of why I'm here But if they're right, evil's in me No alternate reason it's so unclear [Bridge 2] Now I'm superior (Is it at an end) Strike three, these hands have brought fear (I see her in my) No I can't tell her they're mine (No, oh will I be, no oh will I be?) Now it must be God [Chorus] And will I be on the boat? But who will show me mercy now? The afterlife, if even they're right Am I on the boat? But who will show me mercy now? Another voice, 'nother cry Am I on the boat? [Repeat] (Will I see her in my sleep, for the rest of my life?) [Repeat]
9.
[Verse 1] Perth, my friend Is it at an end All the fear and deceit? Now or do you Harbour evil too Side streets, waiting for me? [Bridge] Cause I might be free But I'm just a body [Verse 2] Believe that I As the years passed by Could have raised a new me But at what price? Should I catch my eye Perth dear, what would I see? [Bridge 2] Cause in the grand scheme I'm just one body What would my life mean? One trilobite breathing [Middle 8] Now consider you, Perth Just a tiny map fragment Not a speck on the earth No matter what happens between all the people The blind little people And though I am one of them I have to mean something I have to leave you [Repeat]
10.
[Verse 1] And oh hey, I've been hoping to do this my way So would you lead me to the archway Where all the angriest kids play And little Lucy, let me stand you up so you can see And move your arms and legs dependently But know you can't do this without me [Chorus] Said the girl to the leopard, they think they have won Well you'll knock them for twelve when you come With skin in your claws oh all bets will be off A red letter day [Verse 2] Oh and my friends, they think I'm proud of being different They don't know what makes me distant Or that I could kill them with my bare hands But I have mercy, don't understand the senseless fighting Blind fish colliding in the vast sea Just wasting time before the shark eats [Chorus 2] All these soft, cloying fables of kindness all round No they won't scratch the surface in mama's town The kids in my story now grown up with guns They paint the town red [Middle 8] The last three years have been The stealing of youth in my eyes So I will go and find My cat in the woods The last three years have been The curtain man's reveal and fall Oh yes I've seen it all, so now to the woods [Repeat] [Outro] The schoolgirl skipped across the playground Basking in the mess she'd made now Whistling another song She hadn't lived to write her own The cat lay still, its fur combined with Spattered walls, marred just for hiding Knowing he would end his bloodbath With the one who dared to ask
11.
[Verse 1] Roll it on, Nahyad The whole world speaks to you Take it all, you liar It still won't fix this [Bridge 1] And oh for you, they're waiting in line for you The dead and alive, for you You'd better pray now [Verse 2] Ideas above your station They're no good now for you Predators are not patient They'll tear into you [Bridge 2] Don't think you knew, what would happen Come on, now did you? They're all screaming for answers too Get ready to pray now [Chorus] You'll breathe in my air Cause we've met before So lets use this time Like we've met before There's dust through the air But have we met before? And I've come all the way round To where we met before [Repeat]
12.
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[Verse 1] Run, run, with your hands to your mouth They lie in wait here for us now Peace/piece, by, by, fragmented peace/piece Always knew God would bring us to our knees [Verse 2] Lust, greed, all seven for free I fear no-one's there to oversee The waves have come, they're cold at our heels No-one to heed our last appeal [Bridge 1] What has praying done, your pleading's worthless What the devil will cite for his purpose (I've killed your) [Verse 3] We're all just mice, with words in our reach The stories just told to keep us breeding [Bridge 2] What has praying done, your pleading's worthless What the devil will cite for his purpose What has praying done your pleading's worthless [Middle 8] I've killed your dream, my heart just bleeds Lost to the sea, my heart just bleeds [Repeated to end]

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released March 29, 2017

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Alt rock/electronic concept album. Music and artwork by Claire Laurenson (UK)

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