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Four Movements EP

by The Mantis Opera

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1.
Sandcastle 07:51
If you made a sculpture out of sand Only to stand by as it's swallowed up by the ocean Was the beauty in the product? Was it in the making of? I once drew a swan for my sister I guess that giving time can prove the worth of something special Would you argue that a gift is more than just a box of junk? We deserve a chance - Were you built in advance? My point is that some of us were made to feel privileged As if people are walking vessels of fate It's easy to rely on the feeling that everything will be ok We're endlessly waiting on redemption For suffering shame at the hands of aspiration - If I were a painter How could i sleep at night knowing perfection is a lie? Stop panicking son, with the time you've been given You could sell all your things and go backpacking in Thailand I know your one to pity the man Who is waiting for god to return him to his childhood We're brought unto earth with the promise of heaven Where we're free to submit to a life in a cage Like the man who lives in silence
2.
Symbiosis 05:50
It's clear to me, I know There's a world within our own, unbreakable If an idea is worth the effort It can swim against the tide, irrelevant [like a dance, in the dark, none can see, such a lie] Like a whisper in a crowded room Barely heard or understood Open culture couldn't be more a lie - No, how'd we survive? Generations laid before us have a mountain to climb And i pity myself, I abhor all the lies The fear of being ignored's what keeps us up at night Acknowledge my existence Subjective consciousness Deprived of acknowledgement Can question it's role As an object of free will Who lives as a witness To ubiquitous influence It has on the universe - Words were such a common way Of expressing meaning We drift into a new climate Learning to speak in pictures The message written on your face Is the fate of reason Endemic to a mass culture Formed of false impressions It's easy to assume descent To a bastard logic We deify the word further Resenting the change in seasons The infant of our time ascends To a higher being Our wish is one in denial Of changes in human nature
3.
Reykjavik 07:18
Unscrambling signs Recovered from our eyes It's no wonder On a planet bathed in light Under glass I yearn for the past Without origin There is time enough at last The universe defined in patterns The reason how and why things happen Does every question deserve an answer? All mystery abolished after? - The will to learn The weight of a soul As families are offered to the sun An elemental god enshrined in gold Is waiting for the rapture The harvest has begun - In this garden of sin I've found a new god to believe in A faceless guard to a paradise With no way in Kindness is a virtue Tell me a good thing you have done Whats that behind you? The vacuum on the other side of the sun Mother denier Soaking in the mud of a holy war Held by a wire As if to hover unaided - When we stayed in Reykjavik I was dreaming of abstract science fiction You were mesmerised by how the sunlight never left the sky If only I had realised That we build the world from shapes inside our minds And in the day we were sleeping to the sounds of the street It was a lullaby without a cadence without counterpoint A soft and hollow radiance And you were golden in the shining yellow night
4.
February 08:44
What's the point of carrying on? I'll only end up hurting those I love again For picking me off the floor 'Cause I'm scared of losing it all Of watching as my castle slowly tumbles down Of a barrier at the shore Oh February, be kind to us When all I want is lost - Look into my eyes Colder now in spring Was it no surprise? I'm so glad you came - How did we get here? With a crater between us This city is poison And it's pushing us out I was in Heaven I want to share it with you In a world that hates us Got to see it through - I'm in pain without you here I live in a shallow grave Please don't you ever leave Oh tomorrow I suffer enough Hold me above the throne of a god Oh tomorrow please only be kind to us - Monsters eating me inside, jumping out Out of a gap in the wall This room is so cold Yeah I live here Will someone tell me who is in charge? Tell me who is responsible

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released August 26, 2016

All songs written, recorded and mixed by Allister Kellaway

Vocals, guitars, electronics, samples and glockenspiel by Allister Kellaway

Drums by Ed Bernez

Acoustic guitars in Sandcastle and February by Henry Nicholson

Violas in Reykjavik by Sally Wragg

Sampled drums in Sandcastle and Symbiosis by Ollie Renouf Donaldson

Musical saw in Reykjavik by Polly Lindsay

Additional vocals in Symbiosis, Reykjavik and February
by Henry Nicholson

Additional vocals in Symbiosis and February by Anna Lena Bruland

Additional vocals in Symbiosis and February by Michael Clark

Additional vocals in February by Lily Wolter

Additional vocals in February by Lucinda Juan

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