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"A Trick of Light"

by Simeon Soul Charger

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He plucked his eyes and stared out at the Sun And wondered where their god was hiding He sensed him high and everywhere at once And dancing in and out of time We warn that nigh, an end will surely come To all what's narrow in the mind The greatest guides were those who followed none And left no followers behind From side to side I swayed out in the sun I wondered why and where did I come from And not from signs and not from sacred hums Did I find a faith that finds We dream in lights and saw their faith is naught But all their sadness all combined The seeker's prize is once a truth is sought Another truths asks you to find it And after day, a night will always come But even darkness has to die The prince of wands, four heads and seven thumbs Rejoice! It's just a trick of light From side to side I swayed out in the sun I wondered why and where did I come from And not from signs and not from sacred hums Did I find a faith that finds Make me a thin veil Mother Mañana Make me a portrait naked and playing shy And paint me aware, but take care or I'll die I FOUND A FAITH THAT FINDS!
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Heavy 00:40
Fate is kissing all the snakes Heavy is the weight of a world that you can't navigate Fate is kissing all the snakes Heavy is the weight of a world that you can't navigate And the boys are in the band And we're traveling land to land And the girls are in the corner Selling shirts to pay for gas This ain't the life that your mommas and papas are used to No this ain’t the life that your mommas and papas are used to The same creeping up the chain Ready for the fame and the world but you've still gotta wait Cos your songs are too long And the lyrics are too strong Well we really like your style But the music is all wrong This ain’t the life that your mommas and poppas are used to No this ain’t the life that your mommas and poppas are used to Give us a life that's certain Say your sister and your papas Fate twisted up the reins Ready for the way to unfurl, but it's drenched in a haze And the boys are in the band And we're traveling land to land And the girls are in the corner Selling shirts to pay for gas This ain’t the life that your mommas and papas are used to No this ain’t the life that your mommas and papas are used to Give us a life that's certain Say your sister and your papa
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Evening Drag 00:40
Back to the land of old familiar feelings And overflowing fountain cola tides I read the lines but couldn't find the meaning A greeting card in cold fluorescent light There's no consent to marry here But the cops can't carry off the queers So they raid the malls for Mexicans And cups of joe that never end This isn't home, but I'll pretend to Pick it up and start again The paranoids and prophets here Speak with one mouth but in both ears And everyone spoke of the apocalypse With a certainty I didn't have When the world didn't shatter Well I wonder if they cried or laughed And all the choirs and all the people greeting They all sang and praised and asked if it had changed I could have lied, but all good things are fleeting Well I knew it but it didn't look the same The more they spoke, the more they were revealing And I knew it was a sale and not their lives But I stayed quiet and let them go on speaking For everyone deserves a chance to lie Not alcohol or hurricanes Or snorting high school kids' cocaine Could scab a wound or twist a fate Or dull a child's fermented rage Better to burn out fast or so they say Than stick around and fade away And though we touched I never came The sex feels best when I feel ashamed And I ran to the paper like a confidant And I dressed it in the evening rag Well I should have known better But old habits kind of seem to last And I went to the bottle for my confidence And I dressed up in my evening drag And everyone chattered But I guess I only had to laugh How are you my friend He said I'm working for the weekends If you care enough to ask then I will tell And at the end he asked how was I feeling Well I heard you were somebody somewhere else Annie Star's in Zanzabar Where life don't move so fast Adam thought his mind apart But he was always into that And Mike Good really was good Well I stayed at his museum A magician could not escape The crushing load of father's weight Or pacify a mother's hate That keeps her children rightly raised And everyone asked are you a champion Of the puppet on the right of left They said everything mattered but I guess I only had to laugh And I ran to the paper like a confidant And I dressed it in the evening rag Well I should have known better But old habits kind of seem to last And I went to the bottle for my confidence And I dressed up in my evening drag And everyone chattered But I guess I only had to laugh
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How do you peel On the edge of a knife? Do you cry if you bleed? Do you cut thinly sliced? If I don't understand The avarice of man Should I tune in without thinking twice? How do I tell If I'm making it right? Do I like what I see Would I catch it on sight? Where is the piece of the man you couldn't sell? There in a dream? In the magic of a spell? The greeter of passage is Io She's glued to a wall on the stair The greater this message inspires The more they're becoming aware Hold on How do you feel When you turn off the lights? Can you see the abyss Is worth crawling inside? If I don't understand The amorous advance Should I do it without thinking twice? How do you deal? In a silent cry for help? Scowl at the mirror and imagine someone else? The greeter of passage is Io She's glued to a wall on the stare The greater this message inspires The more they're becoming aware Hold on Haven't you noticed that.... Now you are free to just walk out of the cell? How did you sleep? Have you woken from the spell? The greeter of passage is Io She's glued to a wall on the stair The greater this message inspires The more you're becoming aware
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Workers Hymn 00:40
You think your minds work in greater ways We ever knew those brains thought the simplest things Smiley faced, disillusioned imbeciles You'll be happy now tightly nestled in your dirt cells He said it's better here Living without fear Transcending all your cares But now your burdens bared He said it's better here Save us!! Save us!! We could but they pay us wages! Save us! Save us! We could but they pay us wages! Line you up, hundreds to a row Plant your naked shells in the ground, one by one by one Spinal grinding work for us, we are never granted fun But the point is kids, it's the fuel that matters! He said it's better here Living without fear Transcending all your cares But now your burdens bared He said it's better here (whispers of impending doom) He said it's better here Living without fear Transcending all your cares But now your burdens bared!
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She cast a shadow in the dark when she was silenced Manipulated by the king Her husband watches from the window of the attic He sips his rind, checks the time & stokes the basement fire Jane, Jane light the lampost Illuminate the sky Damn shame no one noticed, no Jane, Jane light the lampost Illuminate your mind Damn shame no one noticed Except the pigeon’s eyes She saw the ashes in the basement She heard the preacher over tea Her eyes have grown cold & complacent In Norman’s Castle What have they done to you my Janie Dear? Jane, Jane light the lampost Illuminate the sky Damn shame no one noticed, no Jane, Jane light the lampost Illuminate your mind Damn shame no one noticed Except the pigeon’s eyes She dreams every night Her visions are like a bird in flight Elusive & free Jane, you know exactly what’s to be
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(lyrics by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins) I put a spell on you Because you're mine You better stop the things you do I ain’t lyin' Yeah I ain’t gonna take none of your foolin' around No I ain't gonna take none of your putting me down I put a spell on you Because you're mine I love you, I love you, I love you And I don't care if you want me too I put a spell on you Because you're mine I put a spell on you Because you're mine You better stop the things you do I ain’t lyin' Yeah I ain’t gonna take none of your foolin' around No I ain’t gonna take none of your putting me down I put a spell on you Because you're mine
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I had dreamt of floating castles high Mounted on some dark clouds passing by Careful, careful, don't look down And then I noticed a person Was standing there above me I thought that the person was intending to harm me He chuckled and chortled And something most disturbing I noticed the person Was identical to me Do do do, do do do I was on a floating castle high Laughing at a person passing by Careful, Careful, don't look up God's conundrums claim my soul Fished out the rabbit hole Doomed from the womb It was planned I assume The return are so few And I laugh as I puke Steady boys, we are lost And loaded gun from the start Mirror parts on a page In the book of our greatest mis-takes What he needs, what he wants We the ghosts of Eden's plenty Walk the wings with wants of many Hail the sunshine on my soft skin Nail the sunshine to my coffin Pull down the gates Give us your troubadours The troubled, disconnected kind A fast escape for Captain Furthermore To our inventions pay no mind Take off the cape man You're no prophet I'm the you that you will be I'm gonna make you custom coffins You can do the same for me Pull down the gates Give us your troubadours The troubled, disconnected kind An impasse! A cage! A trap! And murderers, With good intentions Pay no mind A lot for us a loss for us A lot for us A loss for us The last escape of Captain Furthermore To our inventions pay no mind

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Simeon Soul Charger's 2015 release. 10 songs featuring a cover of the Screamin' Jay Hawkins classic "I Put A Spell On You". Artwork by Stonino from Pescara, Italy.

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released January 30, 2015

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Simeon Soul Charger is an American Psychedelic Rock band. Their music has been described as a cinematic pastiche of folk, blues, progressive, 70's psychedelic and stoner rock.

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