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Lunatics in Bloom

by Amanda Jayne

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EL SONAMBULISTA I could hook you up to scientific machines and I could make a graph of your dream frequencies I could map out the path that you tread when you're asleep but I could never guess at the secrets that you keep Sleepwaltz sweetheart ragtime big time inside of my mind slowdance romance let's you and I tango in rewind Yours is a haunted wood, that much is understood and branches fall just because they're in the mood but I'll throw away my tools and my methods and my compass cuz I don't really care if I get lost Sleepwaltz sweetheart ragtime big time inside of my mind slowdance romance let's you and I tango in rewind Sonambulista you're on my list of all my favorite things to do when I am fast asleep Sonambulator sooner or later we'll have to say goodbye and the alarm clocks will weep
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Origami Bird 02:44
ORIGAMI BIRD Whoever drew my body was coloring outside the lines but sometimes I can't help dressing to the nines fancy hats and plumes of smoke I build my queendom out of twine and bicycle spokes Once I knew a boy he tried to erase me he tried to make me over like he was the Avon lady but I'm a resourceful girl I'm an origami bird and my wings may be torn but my feet still work Sometimes people tell me hey, not bad for a lady I think it's kind of funny that they should mistake me for someone who knows the rules of etiquette if I'd known this was a contest I surely would have quit
3.
THE WRONG SONG A twist in the plot, a sleight of hand spin you around, start over again a scent in the air, the faintest trace of a strange affair in a familiar place I don't know what it is that you want me to say I don't know why I am dressed this way I don't know why we have cocktails in hand when we're standing in quicksand To open that door's like turning a page a trick of the light and you're center stage but you forgot your lines, you forgot your name you can't remember why you even came I don't know what it is that you want me to say I don't know why I am dressed this way I don't know why we have cocktails in hand when we're standing in quicksand Just when you think you know what's going on when you know all the words but they're playing the wrong song when the house lights go up and the scenery comes down when all you held as true comes crashing down to the ground It's probably time to make your escape it's probably time for you to find your way It looks like your life so it probably is but it feels like something is slightly amiss like someone crept into your home as you dreamed and changed all the locks but then left you the keys I don't know what it is that you want me to say I don't know why I am dressed this way I don't know why we have cocktails in hand when we're standing in quicksand You know all the rules, you can play that game but if you're not really you it just isn't the same so you wake in the dark just to trip over things an exultation of larks, minus the wings I don't know what it is that you want me to say I don't know why I am dressed this way I don't know why we have cocktails in hand when we're standing in quicksand Just when you think you know what's going on when you know all the words but they're playing the wrong song when the house lights go up and the scenery comes down when all you held as true comes crashing down to the ground It's probably time to make your escape it's probably time for you to find your way back out of the woods....
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Reignite 04:01
REIGNITE I woke up drowning in light I could not see it was shining so bright I wondered if during the night did all the love in the world finally ignite I used my hands instead of my eyes to see as I climbed out of bed I could feel the color red peeling off the door to which I had been led I stepped out that door and started to fall it felt like walking down an endless hall I could not remember what it was I was trying to forget Something that went unsaid something undone or some kind of regret but I knew that I would not come to harm cuz I knew I would land in my mother's arms
5.
ONE CONTINUOUS BEND So you're walking down this road the road that never ends and all you can see before you is one continuous bend and you don't know what you'll find a catastrophe or a friend when you finally hitch a ride and you're on the move again But that's okay because you're alright this ride is golden he's going to drive all through the night And you don't know where you're going you've got no special place in mind as long as the wheels keep rolling you'll always be doing fine and sometimes the scenery is pleasant to the eye and sometimes the scenery is like a well run dry But that's okay because you're alright this ride is golden he's going to drive all through the night You've got twigs in your hair a telltale sign of where you slept and your suitcase couldn't hold all the secrets that you've kept and sometimes you wonder about the folks back home and sometimes you wonder where you'll lay down your weary bones But that's okay because you're alright this ride is golden he's going to drive all through the night
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HUMDRUM DELIRIUM The black ink of night spilled over the day soaking everything with darkness where do you go when you dream? who do you miss? I work in my garden by the light of the moon growing lullabies for you your breath on your pillow like a butterfly kiss and my heart is filled with a broken bliss The sweet perfume of lunatics in bloom keeps me company in the gloom I go underground to keep you safe and sound from humdrum delirium Words in search of a melody like a ghost without a body but before the morning comes I will harvest you a song
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Boombox 03:56
BOOMBOX Goodness gracious golly gee I'm the luckiest girl that could ever be cuz I love you and you love me husband and wife sitting in a tree The birds and the bees they form a crown around our hearts that beat so loud we both have a boombox in our chests shakes the foundation of our nest The neighbors complain about all the light that comes pouring out of us day and night To have and to hold you're solid gold wanna be with you till I'm really old for better or worse you are my wealth you are my sickness, you are my health The neighbors complain about all the light that comes pouring out of us day and night Will you marry me again when we are 93 I want to marry you all the time you know it's true I do you know I do, you know I do! Till death do not us part we can dance around out in the yard wearing nothing but our skeletons and if we get bored we can haunt our next of kin Will you marry me when we're 93?
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Exit 34 04:34
EXIT 34 We're demented and dark we're beautiful and proud we live far away from the outskirts of town far away from the metropolis far away from the bustle and hiss we're dripping with jewels that cling to us like thieves like mothers afraid that we will leave the forest in which we were born the forest off exit 34 we throw a good party we know how to entertain and everyone's invited it's a tradition we maintain we'll greet you with a smile or a shotgun it depends on what you deserve but one thing's for certain you'll never get bored if you take exit 34 so take off your hat and unleash your tail cuz supper is waiting and so is the ale the midgets are impatient for you to see their latest interpretation of a tragedy and the clowns are hiding out in the barn afraid of a city boy's charm but you can't fool me cuz you weren't born off exit 34
9.
EVERYBODY LOVES YOU It's not that I don't love you so It's just that it's time for you to go It's not that I don't care about you anymore It's not that I don't long to be your lazy whore Our love is blind It's deaf and it's dumb Too much of a good thing Will only make you numb I know that if you stay I can't resist The way you make me feel your taste on my lips Everybody loves you You know that they really do You don't need me I wish that I didn't need you

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released July 18, 2013

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Amanda Jayne Barcelona, Spain

Soundtrack for a slow ride on the merry-go-round. Circus, accordion, stories wrapped up in a sonic dreamscape with a dash of humor and sometimes some spooky stuff.

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