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Demonstrations [EP]

by Quark Lepton

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1.
Birds 02:25
And the stars were alive Cause they moved on the waves And the birds swooped down from the sky Like fighter planes And the lake in the night Was a desolate plain And the island was like a cathedral And the pilgrimage of yachts And the shopping cart boats With the cameras all flashing And me taking notes And the desolate feeling That never quite goes And the hair that I found on my pillow When the damn breaks like a tyrant And creates a new beach And the mermaids wash up Singing each one to each Will the birds still be jostling The limbs of the trees And shitting in the mud-orange surf? And the wounds that your teeth made Will never quite heal And it's ten thousand years Til I learn how to feel And I don't have to hear you Tell me it's real
2.
In the recesses of my heart There is a darkest part That pumps out the blackest blood Memories rise up like a flood I called you once, you didn't hear Wished that I could hold you near I came upon these things you'd had The hours wrought a changing point of view The words were small that could have made it better My heart could have called on your heart but I knew That the sharp blade that it would take to sever Those bleeding cords was cheaper than being true In the recesses of my heart There is a darkest part That pumps out the blackest blood Memories rise up like a flood
3.
Well I saw you walking all alone last night But I'd like to see your face in the morning light So I'll follow you closely, but not too close behind Got a feeling in my heart that is wrong but feels so right Well I was walking in the park just to ease a troubled mind I was looking for an answer, searching for a sign When a strange sensation shivered up and down my spine And I started to walk faster when I heard you come from behind You better run (I'd better run) Because I like the way you run You better race (I'd better race) Because I sure like the chase Be terrified (I'm terrified) I like that look in your eyes Now be afraid (I'm so afraid) I like that look on your face Now I'm knocking down your door and I'm coming inside You keep telling me no but that's a word that I like Don't tell me I can't love you 'cause it sure feels nice To pull your body closer and stare in your shaking eyes Well I try to pull away, but I just can't resist Your clinging arms and your uninvited kiss But somehow I always knew that it would end up just like this So I'll stay here in your crawlspace in domestic bliss
4.
How many sweethearts will it take to replace you? How many long nights and car rides and fist fights will it take To erase you? How many sweethearts will it take to replace you? How many one nights and cab rides and plan flights will it take To escape you? My friends all say you're just an idea to me But I would lie to myself gladly How many sweethearts will it take to replace you? How many tears dried and hurt pride and hard nights will it take To forgive you? My friends all say you're just an idea to me But I would lie to myself gladly How many sweethearts...?
5.
You trusted your heart and it led you to me You listened to those dark beats once more and they led you away You listened to that pagan drum once again Your heart will betray you in the end Skeletons of the past, they clank and they moan Your heart says meet them when it should say "run" It's been that same way since time began Your heart will betray you in the end The right hand hides from the left hand's gaze And you carry the scars to the end of your days In these woods it's so hard just to find a friend Your heart will betray you in the end
6.
When the shimmering splendor of the sunset is over And the stars signal paths from beyond, When sleep beside yourself or beside a lover, Do you see my face in your dreams since I'm gone? Do you wonder how I'm getting on? Is your life better now that we've parted, Better now that our path's torn in two? Do you regret all the plans that we've started, Seeking comfort in somebody new? Are you happy or sad that we're through? What's his name or her name, or their aliases? And what do you do with them when you're alone? It's been months, still I talk in second person And pretend that we have built some kind of home And know that lonely is even worse than alone Since you're gone I forget your face and your name and your scent Since you're gone You know I'm alone and stupid
7.
Last night I had the strangest dream I woke and stared through ceiling beams The night was all around The sky was blackened, shot with stars I heard your voice from passing cars You're all over town And loneliness is killing me But solitude is ecstasy And all you ever were to me Is dirt in the ground I dreamed your words A siren song I heard you curse And aeon long And I decided to be strong But gave in, instead Last night I had the strangest dream I tore apart a cosmic seam Your ashes on the ground The briny sea I called my home I floated waiting, all alone A desiccated man
8.
It's the first Christmas I've spent alone Since you left me There's no one but robots to witness The tears on my face And nothing but their cold metal arms To console me Since I'm spending Christmas alone and in space In the spaceship, there's no room for trees or for presents And no one to sit with and talk by the fireside And out of the portholes I see Endless black heavens And I'm cursing all my mistakes and your foolish pride Christmas in space, Christmas in space Oh I'm wishing that I could spend it back With you and the human race I'm tired of powdered dinners My life here it seems like a waste Don't wanna spend Christmas alone, and in space I got drunk the first eight days of Christmas With Unit Seven And was layed up in the infirmary for days And I wish I could call you up and say That I'm sorry But there's no frequency for phonecalls on Christmas, in space

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This album was created with guitars, banjo, keyboard, voices, glockenspiel, tambourine, shaker/ guiro, cajon, synth, drums, Monotribe, Stylophone, xaphoon, accordion, toy piano, plastic box, handclaps, foot stomps, toy piano, drum machine, and a floor tom.

Thanks: Bill, T(h)om(as), Perrin, Kelley, Sean, Charles, Tim, Stephanie, Ross, Scott, Josh, Gravidudes, and all hearts, sweet or otherwise.

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released February 18, 2013

TC Costello: accordion on "Landlord's Daughter", xaphoon on "A Darkest Part", toy piano on "Birds"
Smokey Green: intro vocals on "Landlord's Daughter"
Kelley McLachlan: lead vocals, guitar, music & lyrics on "Don't Tell Me I Can't Love You"
Perrin Skinner: lead and background vocals, additional lyrics on "Your Heart Will Betray You"
Sean Thomson: bass on "Don't Tell Me I Can't Love You", guitar solos on "How Many Sweethearts" and "A Darkest Part"
Charles Tomlinson: drums and percussion on "Don't Tell Me I Can't Love You".

Kind instrument donation: Bill Elliott, Kelley McLachlan.

Songs by Steve Nuzum, except where otherwise noted.

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