Coming Back From the Head

by One Dog Clapping

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PreMeditation 07:43
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When the samurai found the space in his divinity He sought to send them silence they that lie about their truth He took them by surprise because they couldn’t have seen him coming So wrapped up in their story that their magic had decayed Though they keep me quiet Keeping that in mind it had no vein of cruelty He sought to send them silence, cleanly thus he took their heads But to every single horror still they kept on blind repeating Perhaps you’re already dead when you are just a talking head Keep me quiet (You’re never gonna see it if you’re never really looking You’re never gonna hear it if you let them do the talking You’re never gonna hear it if you give them all the talking You’re never gonna hear it if you let them do the talking never gonna hear it at all) The ego rules by fear that’s why we see it all around us Maintained by abnegation let the interest begin As the lights come down they were never there to start with All they had was your acceptance you could see what you would see There’s a minor phantom whispering in the corner with his fake fist All those glory days collecting dust they must have given them away for free And of all the things we can’t abide though collectively we no longer try Persuaded as we’ve been that the enemy isn’t there Denial of the forces though they spin til we’re exhausted Ignorance is bliss except for when it leads to this And it always leads to this On occasions there’s exceptions when someone drops a nugget Didn’t realise they had it or they wouldn’t have had it with them When the flowers grow through bullshit and we sold them out at harvest And the bullshit gets exhaustive and we’re all too tired to speak We all need quiet to think Give me quiet
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Veils (Closest to the Mirror) 04:35
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One little ripple is all you can see One inner symbol for all you can be One little difference is where you’re between One single thing is all that you need Come, hear signal is calling you free One single thing will always be real Once in the rhythm it’s all you can feel One is a symbol for all that you see And if you want this time to happen again Just take the one closest to the mirror and see what it shows Just take the one closest to the mirror and see where it goes Because you want this time to happen again Just take the one closest to the mirror and see what it shows Just take the one closest to the mirror and see where it goes
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Catch 21 04:14
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Oh how he stands in the corner cold dark and handsome he says you’re seeing a mirror he says you look just the same you go to meet your maker you find her playing a game she gives you boxes of signatures they’ve all got your name You’d be mad to play it you’d be mad to not She gives him back some energy he gives her back just the same They’re making patterns with energy they’re only playing a game You’d be mad to play it you’d be mad to not So play it like you mean it play it like its real you say you didn’t make the rules … guess what? You’d be mad to play it you’d be mad to not
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Trick of the Light 06:39
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I was floating down the river on the back of a sale I was flying in a mirror on the wings of a tale Something isn’t feeling right somehow I’m not seeing it right now Someone said to me that it’s all just a trick of the light Someone said there’s an elephant in the room I was hoping that the destination would appear by itself Of the journey that I should have been taking, it was happening somewhere else Something isn’t feeling right somehow I’m not seeing it right now Someone said to me that it’s all just a trick of the light Someone said there’s an elephant in the room Someone said there’s an elephant in the room Someone said there’s an elephant in the room Is there such a thing Is there such a thing Is there such a thing as a trick of the light Something isn’t feeling right somehow I’m not seeing it right now Someone said to me that it’s all just a trick of the light Someone said there’s an elephant in the room Someone said there’s an elephant in the room I don’t wanna talk about it Someone said there’s an elephant in the room I don’t wanna talk about it Someone said there’s an elephant in the room I don’t wanna talk about it Someone said there’s an elephant in the room
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Hujui Kitu 03:14
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Experience will usually leave a sign building pyramids in a hive mind Once inside the chasm once inside the prism once inside the chasm Once inside is all My invisible friend never went away If I could just see for a minute if I could just get a view If I could just see through the clutter desert God on a spree in a land of plenty all is motion that I understand it isn’t trying to hide what's up? Don't you reap what you sow? if I could just paint a picture the momentum pioneers are feeling cheated God permits there be a rhyme but remains silent on the reason everything’s flashing – content or meaning? – they’re just words if I could just get a signal over on the edge of your awareness the levels rising up like a meniscus Uncertainty - How do you deal with uncertainty? the same way you cope with a flow even from this distance with my eyes closed there's blood on the invoice All I ask for is a signal Once inside the chasm once inside the prism once inside the chasm Once inside is all This must be what it’s like inside a brain experience will usually leave its mark
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Heads You Bruise 02:30
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I can think of you some days Without crossing the line I can think of you some days Yeah that’s what I do with my time Because you left something with me Something not quite a disease So I still think of you some days Because I still think of me I think of you some kind of often That’s if I think of you at all When I need to invoke a shadow You’re waiting every time I call There is a way out of my prison But I’ve forgotten how you came in So I still think of you But things look different from within the wings you're feeling when you hide back inside the demons that you're feeding when/that you hide back inside (singing) I like aid to my head sometimes I’ll think of you in my old age Though I won’t be closing my eyes I won’t be remembering any good old days Even if I’m not out of my mind Because you left something important with me that I’m surprised you don’t need So I have to think of you sometimes When I think of me
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One Bright Spark 04:25
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From the valley of repeating thoughts To the mountain of a new idea Death is repeating thoughts Life is a new idea A spark across two opposites From the bottom of the path behind To the top of the path beyond It doesn’t matter where you stand Now is what I am A spark across two opposites Feel the need What does water feel like to the desert in question? A spark across two opposites Feel the need
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Bleshings in Disguise 05:03
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I went down to lighten up a darker place The cost, the meaning of everything I went through to brighten up another place Lost, or why was I here? Why do I remember Anything at all? Why don’t I remember Every single (say you’ve forgotten don't say you’ve forgotten) you dance around yourselves a little ritual you can surround yourselves a little festival you dance around yourselves within an interval you can surround yourselves another ritual Why do I remember Anything at all? Why don’t I remember Every single thing I went down to find myself another place At least the meaning of anything I came through to find myself a different place At most, why was I here? I woke up blind in another place I’ve lost the meaning of everything I keep on reminding me there’s different space I need to understand here Why do I remember Anything at all? Why don’t I remember Every single thing
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The Longest Three Minutes of Your Life 03:06
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Featuring the casual violence of your internal newsreader The information threshold will be closed today The information cartel is gathering The interpretation alone will take up several forests There’ll be posts for years! Make the most of your years and other cycles What you know is somehow always less And features the causal violence of that fucking newsreader walnut, meet Hammer
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Get My Face Out 04:51
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There’s something wrong with this picture Can you see a sea of faces? All the expressions, once hopeful Have now broken Every single one is screaming I hear every face down I say get your face out Unwind, Space out I’m taking you all in this picture It’s with me I keep facing apparitions Now frozen in sorrow Every single one is screaming I hear every face down I say get your face out Unwind, Space out
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Downgrade 09:24
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Yeah, you can downgrade but it isn't easy you'll need a negative serial number you'll have to match it up with a past life you'll have to listen out for a passing ghost yes you can downgrade but no one will hear you of all your options that's the one choice that is non-refundable and is non-negotiable yeah you can downgrade if you get my meaning first read the small print there are no words where you're going you will not need them they're in short supply down there use them wisely you can downgrade but no one will see you you'll be a one man show watched from within the ticket is priceless performance is worthless yeah you can downgrade just follow instructions remove the discs and give them to me the further you travel within your new freedom you may seek others but they won't seek you yeah you can downgrade the sum of all knowledge distilled in your membrane now cast to one side not even for auction no walk away kitty for what else is money but one more chain you can downgrade but we lost the manual you can't download it you're on your own now there's nobody watching there's nobody tuned in you're no longer receiving its uphill all the way yes you can downgrade I said there's nobody watching you can take it to the top you can take it all the way you can make it your signature your piece de resistance but no one will remember no one will care yeah you can downgrade if you trust your instincts but can you trust your instincts when you haven't used them for so long they were never upgraded they were never replaced with all the progress you forgot they were there yeah you can downgrade but down there lay demons watch where your feet fall don't leave a trail of all the things you do don't forget what you did I chose to downgrade look what happened to me

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Originally released in 2013, this was, er, updated in 2020.

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released October 20, 2013

All songs are Flipdog. ©2013, 2020

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is Flipdog, who has been home recording since the dark ages (1994), releasing it since 2001

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