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Placid

by The Friendly Vines

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1.
Schenkerians 04:25
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I miss being in a place where I did not wish I were somewhere else I feel like I have to move but I have awful motion sickness help When being in love gets boring what words do you use What do you do when the good life bores you True to myself, an illusion to you
2.
Douse 04:25
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I was smitten and struck And in some ways I'm still reeling Still laughing and smiling and staring And I still think about it But I'm not sold and not lost I'm not burning like Zelda not at all I'm not dreaming but I'm smiling and staring And I still think about it I guess I'm convinced I will be Lost, fallen, sold And when I'm lying awake Fighting for feelings in the dark I get angry and sad And think of her as something I could have It's deathly quiet and people are sleeping And I am gagged by their sleep With no one to scream to And i think of her as something I could... I could... All cruel and oppressive With all the personal tenderness Of an open wound Leaking puss and blood What I could... I am straining to be still But my neck tenses sorely And I roll over Thinking again and again I might... Unable or maybe unwilling to tear her Away from my desire The hunger of a war criminal With all the grace of a free fall I begin to think what it would be like to live underwater. I do this from time to time; picture myself sitting and breathing slowly under the weight of the water. I am cool and there are fragmented veins of light that come and touch me and remind me of where I was before. I was sitting in my room dreaming about her, and how I didn't love her. I would dream about taking her places and talking. I would dream about taking her memories and her wishes and owning them myself. I would scare myself thinking about the times I might have with her, thinking about the me she might fall in love with. I might see myself happy with what I might become. I might finally see myself.
3.
Artifacts 02:13
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I sat by the sink Your beloved organs fought protesting I took care of you Remembering whose are whose Love i felt, glitches and artifacts Love i felt, glitches and artifacts You two, you two sat in the room Your beloved hearts pumping in tune You couldn't see me But you took care of me Love i felt, glitches and artifacts Love i felt, glitches and artifacts Sunshine, sunshine
4.
Slow Stride 03:08
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Slow stride However prideful is A walk half minded When one’s mind is split. In fog And many slow mornings Walk in clouded vision When one’s mind is split. Melodies are sometimes Most delicate and graceful Even in quick step and Deliberate rhythm’s trance. Sung like the peace in a bond Like nights of Jane and Elizabeth’s Sister sleep. peace in separate And soul bound passions. In fog Now more than ever. Thoughts are weakly doubted When one’s mind is split. Awake late at night in Clearest darkness most serene And most uncertainly between An understood untethering Or an indomitable loneliness Standing around layers of Falling white linen. they pour Across stung rose like smoke Graceful ink blots. sensible smog. Spreading like stains in water. One mind bore through by Warmest red shrouded in blue. Slow stride A pendulum of thought Arcs in agony When one’s mind is split.
5.
You Have It 02:59
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I lied to you I lied to you so you would not think you were hurting me And because I did not want to believe You were capable of hurting me You are soft and warm and I hate That I accidentally equipped you with jagged edges I hate that I gave you the power to hurt me But now you have it And you will use it Whether you like it or not

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available at
friendlyvines.bandcamp.com/album/placid

A collection of songs which come from a place of temporal peace and beauty whose core is blighted with emotional and spiritual turmoil.

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released November 25, 2013

Robert Summerhays: writing, production, music, lyrics (unless otherwise noted)
Meysell Quintana: Mixing/mastering, additional production on "You Have It"
Jay Hartmann: album art, lyrics on "Douse" and "Slow Stride"

"Artifacts" samples "What Me Worry" by St. Vincent

Recorded in American Fork, UT
Mixed/Mastered in Los Angeles, CA

Special thanks to Jay Hartmann for providing art and inspiration, and to Cameron Lewis for letting me record in his basement for two weeks.

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