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The Castle is Burning!

by One Dog Clapping

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1.
Meatsuit Cheapseats 09:03
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There was codekill on the verge I stopped to decipher it there was codekill on the verge I stopped to take life from it I left my skin, I left my bones, I left my footprints in the blood There were fingerprints knocking at the door they left vibrations I couldn't trust We make new shapes out of those imposed so the system doesn’t crash we change these shapes before they enclose that’s how life moves amongst the trash In the cheapseats try to see whatever you can Kills 99% of bacteria kills 99% of life kills 99% of hysteria the 99% of your life In the cheapseats you try to see anything you can If the boundary is fluid it’s not a boundary if the boundary is solid you’ve got a quandary Got the lever on the floor it isn't even hidden got the fever but I want some more or is it forbidden In the cheapseats you try to see everything you can I met the Gods but didn’t know their names they waved and walked on by I see new Gods almost every day I can’t be expected to remember everything! In the cheapseats you try to see what you can In the cheapseats you try to see anything you can In the cheapseats you try to see everything you can There was codekill on the verge See the codekill on the verge always codekill on the verge I stopped to give life to it
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Don't Blame the Cuckoo 04:45
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I'm feeling lucky as I turn and face events again staring down the fire in my eyes that I'd written off as dead I said I'm feeling lucky as I turn and face the fates again updates every hour shifting sands in real time And if you die Don't blame the cuckoo I said that I'm lucky! as I'm making my escape again somewhere impossible going back further down the thread I'm tellin you I'm lucky I never waste my footprints sirens wailing on message shifting cycles in a rhyme And if you die Don't blame the cuckoo I feel lucky watch me build a bigger castle see how it turns into a city where even siren songs are cries for help I said I'm feeling lucky! in my technicolour dreamcoat nanoparticles shifting every which way to fit the pantomime And if you die Don't blame the cuckoo
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Counting Zero Sums 05:47
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You sweep it under the carpet until it grows into a mountain send up your best explorer wonder why he doesn’t come down cheap at all the prices cheating all with prices keeping all the prizes can you count the zero sums You wait until they’re addicted and then you cast the first stone You make criminals of victims Then ride your horses through their homes cheap at all the prices cheating all with prices keeping all the prizes can you mount the zero sums Just to gaze upon it gives me sweet release did I think that out loud? The trophy’s there on the mantelpiece now get your picture and get out cheap at all the prices cheating all with prices keeping all the prizes keep them all cheap at all the prices cheating all with prices cheapen all the prizes another zero sum
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No Wheels on My Wagon 06:09
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No wheels on my wagon, I'm a statue on the road watching as the vehicles forever come and go where they think they're going I can only imagine as I wait here by my unmoving wagon are you going? No wheels on my wagon, I stop and look around I wasn't really moving but I only noticed now if it’s better to travel than it is to arrive then look at this wagon - it's in no state to drive are you going somewhere? are you going somewhere? are you going somewhere? or just jumping up and down no wheels on my wagon, I'm playing a new game the object is to be a statue without a name if you had a memory then what would be your action? come and play the game with me take the wheels off your wagon are you going somewhere? are you going somewhere? are you going somewhere? or just spiralling around the wheels turn around, wheels within wheels automotion and automation illusions of movement despite corrosion and abrasion, delusions of improvement Because you're kicking your heels and jumping up and down head up in the clouds but nothing on the ground blinded by the sights and deafened by the sounds are you going somewhere or just spiralling around? are you going somewhere? are you going somewhere? are you going somewhere? or just jumping up and down are you going somewhere? are you going somewhere? are you going somewhere? or just spiralling around
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Disappointed Fantasist II 03:21
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I can’t get right today I lost something when I lost my way I’d talk if I had something to say that’s not disappointing at me I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round Listen I’m missing My day is lost to wishing I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round I can’t keep waiting for the world to fall down I’m a disappointed fantasist Why does it always turn out like this? I can’t quite work out why I think some things and they must be mine It’s not as if I even try and insults to the winners I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round Listen I'm missing my day is gone to wishing I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round I can’t keep waiting for the world to fall down I’m a disappointed fantasist Why does it always turn out like this? It just won’t work today I can’t think where I lost my way I’m sure I had some things to say or absolutely nothing I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round Listen I’m missing My life is gone to wishing I can’t keep waiting for the world to come round I can’t keep waiting for the world to fall down I’m a disappointed fantasist I’m a disappointed fantasist I’m a disappointed fantasist I’m a disappointed fantasist Why must it always turn out like this? Why must it always turn out like this?
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Rabbit in the Headlight Blues 04:18
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A little bit of everything is coming in again a little bit of everything and everything’s remains a little bit of everything is driving me insane a little bit of everything and everything again oh, I don't know whether to laugh or die You'll never get to heaven when you're hedging your bets you’ll never get to heaven with your hands out-stretched you’ll never get to heaven with a secret handshake you’ll never get to heaven with a tension headache oh, I don't know whether to laugh or die you’ll never get to heaven by following fools you’ll never get to heaven by following the rules You'll never get to heaven with a feather in your cap you'll never get to heaven with your mind intact you’ll never get to heaven without knowing where you’re from you'll never get to heaven with your pants still on oh, I don't know whether to laugh or die You’ll never get to heaven without losing your grip you’ll never get to heaven without losing your shit You’ll never get to heaven shouting out your name you’ll never get to heaven going back the way you came
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Make Your Own Shadow II 05:34
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Where's your sense of skullduggery You'll never fit in these open eyes Where's your notion of foul play My advice, oh here's my advice You can start all over again Just a scratch you need not itch It's not as if anyone will know You can make your own shadow seems that I'm anaesthetised the sun will rise over my dead body Caught you walking on the walls Time to let the brackets go free had enough, not home again What if there’s no such thing as eventually? Before you give in, there's this to consider When you aim your belief, it sits a bit better You can take it anywhere you go You can build your own shadow seems that I'm anaesthetised the sun will rise over my dead body (See the light there's magic in your sight dancing flames make the dancing shadows) But I didn't like your halo And it doesn't resolve It's not hard to envy you my advice... seems that I'm anaesthetised the sun will rise over my dead body (See the light there's magic in your sight dancing flames make the dancing shadows See the light dancing with your eyes dancing flames make the dancing shadows) Find one that’s real is this one real? hide one that’s real is that one real?
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Colony 6 04:48
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She felt it through the buildings he heard it through his teeth it was artificial, lazy it was whispered incomplete oh they made it to Valhalla but their timing had no essence they’re expected to dance to the echoes of their ransom So here’s your chance now you can make us regret what we never gave to you and now you’re never gonna get you’re not the only one who cannot guess what hid behind the screen the density, the atmosphere and all that’s in between When your mind is doing spirals then you never stop to think it’s irreplaceable, this chain of logic and oblique you’re paying for it now what it costs for a parade! but with the wheels returning you’ll get it back in spades And there are monsters in the ashes you can hear them choking when it’s quiet a black reservoir of creation they sell amazement by the campaign nations rise every sunset with delusions as limitations the puppets are sold their strings the clowns are wearing the crowns All that wasted disinfectant!
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New Valhalla 08:59
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Were you listening in New Valhalla as the heroine ran off with her clothes we were dancing around the campfire hoping that she would come back to one of our shows Pyramids! I want me some pyramids! I want my name to be remembered across the land Mountains! I want to move mountains! I want the world to shake as my legend expands keeps things in their place encourages escape accommodate watch them change their shape Footprints! I want to leave footprints! I want the children to know these tracks were mine Monuments! Statues and monuments I want to leave proof that I was here behind Fiddling! I’m just fiddling Rome can go to the ashes for all I care Are you watching in New Valhalla? Look upon my works – if you can find them – and despair Worth its weight in dust Worth its weight in ashes Worth the time in rust Worth its weight in trash

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'The Castle is Burning!' is the first album in a new One Dog Clapping series entitled 'Meeting the Changing Landscape.' This album takes stock of the landscape we find upon exiting Entropy House.

All songs are Flipdog, as are all performances. On this album, at least.

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released March 27, 2018

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