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Mad Valentines

by Bryan Scary

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1.
Yesterday a man got off the train at Emerald Station On a spiritual vacation Seeking higher elevation Made his mind to go out all the way Pulled into a desert town of population seven Claiming evidence of heaven Left before the bread could leaven Trailing twenty men of crooked faith And onward they go Pitching their lanterns low Freaking out on Andromeda's EYES!!! Andromeda's Eyes Make you see lies Tampers your alibis Up up and away You swagger and sway For another horizon line A life on the run will leave you in doubt And the under the sun will put you out of mind But Andromeda's Eyes will take you away Early morning magic At the top of crystal canyon And who knows when they'll be landing So the man is reprimanding Saying, "Soon There Will Be Dues To Pay" Stuck inside a prism Made of Crooked Alabaster Making Andromeda master What a greedy buncha bastards "Get your minds out of your eyes today" She isn't amused This isn't a pleasure cruise Throw away those Andromeda's EYES!!! Andromeda's Eyes Make you see lies Tampers your alibis Up up and away You swagger and sway For another horizon line You gotta believe, there's no reason to doubt She's everything that you've dreamed about So fine, but Andromeda's EYES "We believe in nothing but the energy that comes from Andromeda's Eyes Beautiful the queen of everything we've ever seen that's Andromeda's Eyes Come into our lives we're letting come what may Dreaming of a deity we must obey Andromeda's Eyes and the way is wide to take our soul away Take our soul away!"
2.
At the instant of my death I won’t fall on any sword or attempt to hold my breath til the cutting of the chord I will hide my disgrace in the pastures of your face I could never be afraid in the little private whirl we’ll make Kiss-a me baby Love-a me girl Quit sayin maybe baby - It’s a Gambler’s Whirl Now the gambler plays at cards And he fights a mighty fight He may lose and fall apart It’s a most unholy sight But in time he may win Count his blessings and give in A new card for him to play - I wonder: will he whirl it all away? Kiss-a me baby Love-a me girl Quit sayin maybe baby - It’s a Gambler’s Whirl And life is the chance you take, don’t let it get the better No matter which card you play - you’re in for heavy weather SO BET ONE ON ME
3.
Waiting on a cherry tree in Eleanor’s garden (Waiting All Day Long) A situation that I’m putting my heart in - it’s never been wrong (it’s beating oh so strong) She’ll be here sooner or later, I’m a patient lover It won’t be easy to hate her if she finds another By and by she’s always the same - and it’s a crazy game I don’t care if she cuts off her hair I’m certain she’s OK up there And I don’t care if she’s even aware Beg you pardon to The Garden Eleanor Playing the piano down at Eleanor city, finding the words (it’s getting so absurd) And everything I say about her’s a pity, cause it won’t be heard (such an exotic bird) I beat a drum that is louder than a fax machine and… I light a fire to tell her my positioning She doesn’t even give me a wink (That’s what you think) I don’t care if she cuts off her hair I’m certain she’s OK up there And I don’t care if she’s even aware Beg you pardon to The Garden Eleanor "Eleanor’s Crazy, She’s a Lady, But She Will Never Be Free Eleanor’s Crazy, She a Lady, But She Will Never Be Me" I don’t care if she cuts off her hair I’m certain she’s OK up there And I don’t care if she’s even aware Beg you pardon to The Garden Eleanor I don’t care if she cuts off he(r hair She’s walking on the clouds up there And I don’t care if she’s even aware Beg you pardon to The Garden Eleanor
4.
High on a little hill Very strange in her ways, getting lost in the days high on a little hill She doesn’t care about the time (So many minutes past her prime) She’s lost all reasoning and rhyme But she’s trying hard to mine how she used to be Once a maiden so fair - she was caught unaware and sent adrift to sea Where she was tossed beneath the waves (And the moon began to fade) Now she’s nothing but a shade (Floating freely out of place) And when the winter winds are blowing… You’ll find her where the wild rose is growing So baby if you’re going to the Amazona Fair Where people stop and stare at all the funny things up there Twists of the world, but nothing so absurd as the amazing girl That’s Maria St. Claire She’s got the moves, the grace, you can see right through her face So if you feel a whisper in your ear - that’s Maria St. Claire They say that she’s lost her way That she’s slave to a spell that a kiss could dismiss And put her in her place But where to find a handsome prince - who is lacking fingerprints? And when the ocean’s overflowing All the princes will be busy rowing So baby if you’re going to the Amazona Fair Where people stop and stare at all the funny things up there Scared of the world, and everybody’s heard of the amazing girl That’s Maria St. Claire She’s in our eyes each night, and she gives us all a fright Then floats into the clouds without a care - that’s Maria St. Claire
5.
In the gallery of the wunderkind Sits the candy girl Trying to learn her lines Needs to another way to Nirvana and soon Caught the latest craze wore a painted daze All the stars came out to her twist and pout But a perfect pitch always goes out of a tune This is a message from Doctor Blue won’t you put me in a take apart the blues in you Oh whoa whoa whoa Get yourself turned on Oh whoa whoa whoa It’s a Babylon - (so they say Bye Bye Babylon my friend You were just another tramline to the end See you later, alligator Again and again til the train comes round the bend Bye Bye Babylon today I got a feeling that I simply gotta get away Sayonara, old euphoria Gonna fill my soul with the morning glory haze BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE Cosmic apathy Anesthetic Eyes Not the kind of thing we can get behind And a blushing veil doesn’t look so divine Cause the bittersweet will only rot your teeth And a microscope is a magazine You can shoot a star but you can’t make it shine Ours is the shoulder to listen to We’ve been waiting in the wings to get a message through Oh whoa whoa whoa Get yourself turned on Oh whoa whoa whoa It’s a Babylon - so they say Bye Bye Babylon my friend You were just another tramline to the end See you later, alligator Again and again til the train comes round the bend Bye Bye Babylon today I got a feeling that I simply gotta get away Sayonara, old euphoria Gonna fill my soul with the morning glory haze BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE You made a devil deal and signed the papers Now you’re playing cards with the money makers But everybody’s such a lady hater Oh you’re gonna show them all You took the bait and let them tow the aura And now you’re dancing dumb with the dinosaur-a Down at the funhouse playing old Pandora Ya bang on the drunken drum
6.
Beyond the railing there lived a lady plain With a bitter man in her way She dreamed in colors, her isolation grey Sure to carry her to the grave Is she gonna pull herself together? Is she gonna weather him today? Who’s she gonna follow - is she gonna grovel in her sorrow? But tomorrow with be a brighter day When the bell rings to take her little blues away They’ve been waiting - congregating All the people saying: HEY OK IF YOU WANT TO BREAK AWAY FOLLOW THE RED UMBRELLA WHEN YOU CAN’T TAKE ANOTHER LONELY DAY AND YOU WANT TO RUN AWAY FOLLOW THE RED UMBRELLA - THE RED UMBRELLA IN THE RAIN She’s leaves the stable They make her “Angel Face” Put a ruby into her lace No competition - nobody left to race In a party you know your place Pushing through the unassuming masses Selling bloody passes to the play Are they gonna follow? Are they gonna see the new tomorrow? And the arrows go shooting through the rain And the gallows are hardly twenty steps away An eraser to replace her All the people saying: HEY OK IF YOU WANT TO BREAK AWAY FOLLOW THE RED UMBRELLA WHEN YOU CAN’T TAKE ANOTHER LONELY DAY AND YOU WANT TO RUN AWAY FOLLOW THE RED UMBRELLA - THE RED UMBRELLA IN THE RAIN

about

An EP recorded in LA with The Shredding Tears band during the Flight of the Knife tour. The songs were written at the same time as Knife, and subsequently orphaned due to the stringent conceptual framework of the full-length. Closing track "The Red Umbrella" was recorded with Bryce Goggin in Brooklyn. The EP entered the world on Elijah Woods' Simian Records, and Old Flame Records, in 2009.

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released October 31, 2009

Brian Bauer: Drums
Graham Norwood: Guitars, Vocals
David Ostrem: Bass, Vocals
Mike Acreman: Keys, Vocals
Bryan Scary: Vocals, Keys

Produced by Jonathan Sadoff
Mixed by Jonathan Sadoff and Eric J. Dubowsky
"The Red Umbrella" was produced/mixed by Bryce Goggin
Executive Producer: Elijah Wood
Artwork by Anne Kyle

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