To make a lyric sheet booklet, open to turn the earth.book.pdf
Then print on a printer with duplex (print both sides) mode,
selecting the "short edge flip" option.
If your printer doesn't have this option, first print the
odd pages only, then place them back into the printer upside
down and print the even pages only. It may take some experimenting
to get this right.
Other cool ideas: print on cardstock. print on paper you've
already printed images on (light images work best. try messing
with the transparency/lightness/saturation before printing).
Draw cool stuff in the white spaces.
Alternately you can just mess around with the non-booklet version
of the pdf and see what kind of cool stuff you can come up with.
Thanks for making it this far in your journey with me.
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+ steel rhythms rain. +
i've watched you slip
behind these walls
a hundred times or more
towering almost above
the sun
in inhuman glory
i've watched you slip away
w i t h er with the hours of each day
no closer to me.
(elusive in this sea
of smoke and shadow)
you've seen me crawling
through the dirt and wrecks
you've seen me caked in mud
while waiting at the edge
for the cool of night to fall.
elusive in this sea of smoke
and shadow
under the weight of gravity
i'm falling away
as steel rhythms rain
upon these words, unspoken
do you hear them scream?
how did we come to this place?
waiting on the first of may
or for some other day that never came
when will i see your face again?
i'm falling away as steel rhythms rain
upon these words, unspoken
do you hear them scream?
towering almost above the s u n
as all of our inhuman glories fade
elusive in this sea of smoke
and shadow
under the weight
of gravity
take this day. take my hand.
and tell me there are things
that cannot wait.
~~ to turn the earth. ~~
(we're) standing here in empty space
with the mouths
of all the hungry heavens
static settles on the world
sings between the statues
we're swimming in the sound
of secrets
and the hammering of drums
i've been drinking
from this bitter fountain
for so long
can i still taste the waters?
we weather winds
of consequence
making peace with a constant state
of war
cold sweat beads upon your brow
as you push to turn the earth once more
somewhere there is sunlight setting
on a many hued horizon
and so many fiscal years
fading like the plans we layed
in some other days.
i've been drinking
from this bitter fountain
for so long
can i still taste the waters?
we've been holding up the sky together
do you remember how it feels
not to bear this weight?
cold sweat beads upon your brow
as you push to turn the earth once more
into the fires
of today we race
headlong
tell me baby,
do you still think about tomorrow?
*** over the undergrounds ***
we're running in the heat
of a red sun rising
above these wasted spaces
over the undergrounds of yesterday
beside ruins of tomorrow
unearthed
by winds of today
and the fallings of our many feet
in places they've never been
you may cut the throat
of every flower
but you can't stop
the spring from coming
i've been down
you've been out
at the edge of despondency
with skin alive
your hands and mine
will build a will to dream
you may cut the throat
of every flower
but you can't stop
the spring from coming
we've come too far
in all our journeys
to be held back by anything.
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##### live//work//dream #####
searching through the snow
for shelter
across this landscape
stripped of all our traces
spaces we once knew
as our reflections in some
glassy pool
long since gone.
alien eyes
occupy the empties left behind
in our surrendered minds
i can see you turning grey
with the passing of so many
unchanging days
we live, we work, we work, we breathe
we live, we work, we work, we eat
we sing, we work, we work, we dream
we live, we work, we work, we breathe
i can see you turning grey
with the passing of so many
unchanging days
( drifting away )
we live, we work, we work, we breathe
we live, we work, we work, we eat
we sing, we work, we work, we dream
we live, we work, we work, we breathe
with alien eyes
we watch the sun pass by
to sink beneath the sky
one more time
and now we're searching
through the snow for shelter
across this landscape stripped
of all our traces.
>>>>>> last breaths <<<<<<
set adrift, delusion
the dream is dead
small fires burn, but they burn
ever brighter
here
empires and endless corridors
crash
down
around us
bathing in the last breaths
of our history.
these moments call our names
in a dead language
this glittering past
evaporates like mist
in august.
one world is dying
a new one struggles to be born
while we're hiding from this love
glowing with the dusk
beneath new flags
the future is closing in
it seems nearly close enough to touch
its' taste of burning rust is in the air tonight
beneath new flags the future is
>>>>> closing in <<<<<
it seems close enough to touch
while we're hiding from this love
glowing with the dusk
under e n d l e s s skies
where the morning rises and we breathe
free from ourselves
who we thought we were
and who you said we are
are we who we thought we were?
is this who we are?
these moments call our names
in a dead language
this glittering past
drowning in the last breaths
of our history.
:::::::: you (let me conspire) ::::::::
so many seasons of the salt of earth
drip from your graceful
motions
you reflect the rays
of a hundred suns
sundering these walls
of purple isolation
( let your petals fall like rain
across my face )
shivering in the wake
of storms you bring
the rainscent on your wrists
blankets me like sleep
will these moments pass
before our dreaming eyes?
before we can crash like waves
upon the shores of
here and now
let me conspire with you
forever soaked in restless songs
sensations dance
windswept across our skins
reflecting rays of a hundred suns
sundering these || walls ||
standing so tired
around us.
shivering in the wake
of storms you bring
the rainscent on your wrists
blankets me like sleep
this hunger feeds the blood that flows
like rivers in our veins
let your petals fall like rain
across my face
let me conspire with you
forever soaked in restless songs
sensations dance
windswept across our skins
don't let this moment pass ( before our dreaming eyes )
let's crash like waves
upon the shores of here
and now.
&&&&&&&&& beneath a sinking sky &&&&&&&&&
hiding from mirrors
shining jet in disrepair
awaiting angels from some distant
fading star
elysium evaporating
standing on earth
hallowed with radiation
wet with acid tears
defeat after defeat
holds us like a leaden weight
upon the silver altar
is this the end?
can we walk beneath a sinking sky
forever?
defeat after defeat
aching education
armour for the struggle
shoulder to shoulder
casting stones and petrol bombs
into the falling sky
this is not the end.
all songs by the silence industry cc by/sa/nc.
written / produced / recorded 2021 & 2022.
album photography/artwork by cesar malpertuis.
super secret tip: try playing You (let me conspire) and You (ambient)
on 2 devices at the exact same time.
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