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tested on animal (EEP)

by fin o'brine

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a thousand miles 04:35
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There was a time when I was in tatters, When you sang for strangers and I lay in shadow Shone from the widescreen straight to my sickbed Dancing and dizzy, halo of bright red I know it’s mad that this path leads to you A thousand miles and the chances are so few I’ve got to keep moving on, what can I do? So for now sing on, oh my muse Lost in a wasteland, no star to guide me Quenching my thirst on a despairing daydream Raw but aroused while running on empty Hailing my new year, hailing my new queen I know it’s mad that this path leads to you A thousand miles and the chances are so few I’ve got to keep moving on, what can I do? So for now sing on, oh my muse Three omens led me from silence to earshot, Transporting strands of the genius that I’d lost Now safe in your soundscape, I revel in banter I don’t have the questions but you are the answer I know it’s mad that this path leads to you A thousand miles and the chances are so few I’ve got to keep moving on, what can I do? So for now sing on, oh my muse So for now sing on, oh my muse
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no fear 04:05
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Onto Beard, can you organise a conversation? There’s been a drought of my mouth and of my mind, He said, no fear, see you same old place down by the station, Help you into a joyous amber cloud Get a call, dry as a bone and feeling so much older, Tea’s too wet I think that I might drown Have no fear, I got sorted but it wasn’t easy Put the kettle on and I’ll be right round It does such strange things to me Opens up a box of thoughts I left behind Retrieves and frees my fawnings Sets in motion odder things I visualise Not legal but rewarding Every time I sit and talk I see the light Frees me of fear I’m caught in A haze of ignorance I know that I abide A state of bliss, I’m low and then I’m high Sketch on walls, blister fingers, add up thoughts and list them Paint a house, Plant a garden, stare at clouds, Have no fear, dance with catatonic rhythmic symptoms Climb a mountain, watch a sunset, laugh out loud It does such strange things to me Opens up a box of thoughts I left behind Retrieves and frees my fawning Sets in motion odder things I visualise Not legal but rewarding Every time I sit and talk I see the light Frees me of fear I’m caught in A haze of ignorance I know that I abide A state of bliss, I’m low and then I’m high Paranoia’s strong so now I know they’re out to get me, Shuts me down, sucks me into the sound, Soaked in fear I sing while every sinew screams rebellion I fall so often, can I not be proud? It does such strange things to me Opens up a box of thoughts I left behind Retrieves and frees my fawning Sets in motion odder things I visualise Not legal but rewarding Every time I sit and talk I see the light Frees me of fear I’m caught in A haze of ignorance I know that I abide A state of bliss, I’m low and then I’m high
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bunny 03:31
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The first your name you mentioned, the second was your past, the mansion and the parties, gifts in Gucci bags, A painting was in progress, to catch your wistful smile, the names came falling from you, with melancholy eyes... Waiting for the weekend, Waiting for a chance, Fighting time and pretence, This party can't last... Daily adulation, circles streaked with stars, hopping club and bathroom, drinks in every bar, Your joy you shared so easy, your charm enchanted all, your vibrant youth arousing the writing on the wall... Waiting for the weekend... Your chatter it was constant, between the toilet breaks, powdered nose and vodka, flushing out heartache, The blonde now long forgotten, the ears are boxed or binned, once the world was watching, but now you've fallen in... Waiting for the weekend, waiting for a chance, fighting time and pretense, this party can't, fight time, pretense, this party can't last...
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over you 04:44
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They said that you don’t fool around Lies are lost within your frown Don’t speak your mind but harvest doubt Under dress because your down ‘cause they still don’t see it Cute and smart and carefree In the end they’ll fall around Over you… Deepened thoughts whispered out loud Every word crafted in sound Subtle smile within the crowd Others live to shoot you down ‘cause they still don’t see it Cute and smart and carefree In the end they’ll fall around Over you… Keep your faith, your life is long, They say change but they are wrong Hold your course, your lights your source And then, again, you’ll feel it… I haven’t seen you much around The lies they told are all unfounded Your were quiet, they were loud Just don’t let it get you down ‘cause they still don’t see it Cute and smart and carefree In the end they’ll fall around Over you…
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pia 04:43
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You said it’d be so easy We’d prey upon the wind The byways feeding all our hopes and sins You said I was your saviour My truth defied the lies I knelt unworthy, offered you my life You’re quiet now and lean in I stare along the road The borders close but we’re so far from home The dust cloud blinks and flashes Our music drowns the din Of sirens calling, five oh is closing When we escape and adopt Spanish ways, Pietro & Pia’ll be free, On our wedding day when we whisper our names, Till death do us part, till we dream She’s reached and you’d reacted A mortal Texan sin Your life in forfeit, can’t give up, give in Ahead the roadblock glistens As fire and ice combine Two miles beyond lies our new life When we escape and adopt Spanish ways, Pietro & Pia’ll be free, On our wedding day when we whisper our names, Till death do us part, till we dream A splinter of glass and you slump on the dashboard Eyes open, vacant, I scream Our future is final, my rage has no rival, I’ll fly from this night into dreams…
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fear of falling 04:40
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Now rest and rely on golden sunshine to brighten the morning In darkness we sleep, a canvas for dreams, so no fear of falling The sunset that soaked dragonflies and ghosts, fades into twilight, As stars come to life and horoscope the sky, tell fortunes till sunrise Soon I’ll float away to some other place The feeling is just beginning As sheep leap and land to sandmen commands The dreaming is just beginning Like bright Autumn leaves from time wizened trees, we break free in silence The compass, it spins, the wind gives us lift, the moon offers guidance… Soon I’ll float away to some other place The feeling is just beginning As sheep leap and land to sandmen commands The dreaming is just beginning Now rest and rely on golden sunshine to brighten the morning In darkness we sleep, a canvas for dreams, so no fear of falling…
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hermit violence 06:00
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The house, the hill, Silence grows around it fed on rumour The tales the myth Fire lights anxious faces growing bolder Some laugh, some leer, Pointing fingers at the childish faces, Foolish, the fear, Darkness holds no threat in empty places Here I sit with sharpened knives, My crucifix is saving lives so, Leave my years to hermit violence, Cut myself if I don’t find you So in they creep, Stealing glances over shoulders, they come The basement leaks, Locks now rusted open, prayers won’t shut them Here I sit with sharpened knives, My crucifix is saving lives so, Leave my years to hermit violence, Cut myself if I don’t find you (x2)

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released April 13, 2012

Aidan Bolton - Recording and Producing
Katherine Atkinson - Violining
fin o'brine - Guitaring, singing, writing and producing

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fin o'brine Ireland

Tested on Animal (EEP) is the second release from this Dublin songwriter. Its an intimate mix of memory and fantasy. Lullabys and nightmares sit side by side. Experience and hallucination battle for belief. An honest record, that could either introduce the day or beckon the night. Sedate melodies and quirky riffs bolster the stories told and it retains a character that is difficult to pin down. ... more

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