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Whale's Mouth

from Violet Ray by Nuclear Spaceship

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lyrics

We were promised everything that we'd lost with time
the splendor of a world untouched and unspoiled
and yet here I stand, with no face to my name
the un-teleported man on Earth's charred soil

When I first entered the whale's mouth, every memory I had
was swallowed and eroded by the acid of the tide
replaced with metal filings that attached onto my brain
and swirled amidst the silver cords that circled down the drain

Pulsars and the faces of the men became a wall
of energy and sound that liquefied my brittle skull
the whale let out a soft cry that I took to signal death
resounded from the fragments of my parts that were still left

I remember, I remember who I am
I have nothing but a name
and what that name is, what could it be?
is it different than before?

Truth is currency in a state of constant lies
where minds are malleable as paper planets in the sky
each reality unfolds along expanded color wheels
knowing not which color will then turn out to be real

Now I know, I know what it's like
to ride through a life
and come out with something I can't return

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from Violet Ray, released June 24, 2016

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Nuclear Spaceship Maine, Maine

Fritz Derblansky: Acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin, banjo, sitar, shamisen, sax, trumpet

Josh Dominguez: Vocals, lyrics

Ringo Raskolnikov: Electric & acoustic bass, cello, violin, vocals, flute, tin whistle

Lucy LaFramp: acoustic & electric piano, organ, synthesizer, clavinet, accordion, vibraphone, melodica, kalimba

Charlie Barnaby: drums,percussion, harmonica, backup vocals ... more

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