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Wax Cylinders

by The Savvy Swiss

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1.
Welcome 04:53
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Welcome to the country We’ve missed you, welcome home Come join the party Find yourself alone We’ll take you this tall This big, or this low Don’t have a problem if you can’t quite Stay afloat Stay afloat Because We’re full to bursting With so many people like you But I swear you’re special Swear you’ll find something to do We’re full to bursting With so many people like you But I swear you’re special Swear that you’re somebody new Welcome to liberty So glad that you found it at last You’ve left your misery Behind you, it’s part of your past Don’t look for gold now It makes up the sky, and the ground So don’t you worry Be glad of the things that you’ve found
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Black Cat 03:03
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There’s a black cat floating in the river Do you think that you can get him out I don’t know Who might have put him in the water It sure wasn’t me, no How could it have been me? There’s five days left til the summer And everybody’s counting down I don’t know why I don’t feel like all the others Maybe it’s only me Who’s reluctant to be free Yeah, yeah Oh, when the stars come out And you don’t think that you have strength enough to shout Let it all play out And even you might find that sometime is still better than never. You know love won’t last you forever Your time’s runnin out, You’d best remove all the doubt that You might have had as to whatever It is you think that you’re doing You’ve got a chance so don’t ruin it now Yeah, yeah Don’t ruin it now
3.
Box 03:27
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The waves take on a slower pace And ships come from a different place A place where people need more space To feel at home I look out on the horizon I wonder what it is they’re looking for And if they find it Will they share a piece with me? Searching slowly night and day I watch them rot their brains away Only stopping Once they’ve scoured every inch of the sea A wave brought up upon the shore The box which they’ve been searching for Could be bought at nearly any store I put it on the mantle
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Divided Bodies 02:42
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Sometimes I wish we could bisect ourselves Split roughly down the middle Or wherever the cracks run deep Then halves could go wherever they prefer to be And we’d find ourselves much easier at ease I don’t know where I begin How much is me and how much is stranger deep within We close our eyes and let it all sink in Have you ever wondered Where we all come from Not the people, but the parts That seem to fit together so neatly Personality that stacks itself in heaps All sentiment so sedimentary I don’t know where you and I begin We’re much as we, but much too strange Too deep within I don’t see myself believing But somehow someone put together everything
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Cope 03:58
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Well I saw you for the first time In a while And you seemed no different since I left you as a child Content is not the first word I would use to name your contents Your look exchanged did change But only in deference You were tense I was happy to see your demeanor much the same I found you looking clearer Through your washed out window frames Expectations disintegrate When you put them to the test You didn’t like my shoes Well I didn’t like your vest The music plays, you still gaze Upon, but not in focus A shared distraction that you just can’t enjoy It’s hopeless I didn’t expect a train wreck And nor did you, or so I hope So elated am I to shrug away Your penguin gestures, and watch you try to cope You’re good at appearing comfortable I thought I’d let you know I’d comment on your pastime But for fear of seeming slow I’m not the first to tell you Don’t live beyond your means He tried to see inside you And you looked a little green The music plays, you still gaze Upon, but not in focus A shared distraction that you just can’t enjoy It’s hopeless I didn’t expect a train wreck And nor did you, or so I hope So elated am I to shrug away Your penguin gestures, and watch you try to cope Don’t forget your train, jet Or motor car Cause you appeal much more when viewed from afar You get the picture, though your own might hurt the eyes It’ll come as a surprise That you’ve already lost the prize
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Tides 02:13
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The bus is rolling down the road And I don’t know where it’s going I want to see your face again But I know I have a while I am writing on the wall And I don’t intend on stopping I know I should have called you But I couldn’t find the time The garden glows and all of my beloved plants are growing I’d like to sit and watch them for a while The tide is rolling with the moon I sit around and watch the ebb and flow I am sleeping in the sunlight And playing in the rain I wish I could find time for you But you just won’t quite fit in The garden glows and all of my beloved plants are growing I’d like to sit and watch them for a while
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Radishes 02:48
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I’m chopping up the radishes And dicing all the cabbages My knives are not quite sharp enough And they’re slipping all the time I’m coming off the hook it seems For I keep seeing laser beams I keep on fighting just because I like to see them fly I’m busy moving dirt and I don’t really have the time To sit around and contemplate insanity by lack of rest I’m busy waving signs and I don’t really have the time To sit around and contemplate what all this means Second’s best but treasure chests And polka-dotted dresses seem to carry my imagination Far away from here The best that I can do is look around and find a rabbit-hole To transport me to some forgotten land I’m busy moving dirt and I don’t really have the time To sit around and contemplate insanity by lack of rest I’m busy waving signs and I don’t really have the time To sit around and contemplate what all this means I’m busy moving dirt and I don’t really have the time To sit around and contemplate insanity by lack of rest I’m busy waving signs and I don’t really have the time To sit around and contemplate what all this means
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Beach Girl 01:35
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Big sunglasses hide ugly faces Beware the disguises she utilizes Beware the disguises she utilizes You’ll meet your demise if you trust your eyes alone She’ll reel you in, she’ll keel you over She’ll take you out from undercover So get your wits about you, or you’ll be taken Never to return Don’t think she’ll relieve you She means to deceive you Big sunglasses hide ugly faces Beware of the mazes she sets ablazes Big sunglasses hide ugly faces Beware the disguises she utilizes Beware the diguises she utilizes She claims to be kind Watch out! She despise you
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Branflakes 01:03
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Water Up Above 04:41
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I often wonder what it means To tell the truth, or spill the beans And share these things with all your enemies A life of silence does appeal To one who only wants to heal The wounds that his existence tends to leave I try to live out day to day From time to time I throw away The chances given to me to succeed And every day the cars go by Some people work, I wonder why It seems to me they might like being free And I think I’d prefer a life under the sea With the sand, and the swaying anemone Where the sun shines through The water up above And clarity becomes unclean You see what it’s made of And the sea won’t forgive you Even if it needs to You’re alone in the world and that’s enough The human world is one gone wrong Our days are short, the hours long And everything we’re given’s gone to seed It’s not enough to say the word It falls on empty ears unheard And so it goes unlike the fantasy And I think I’d prefer a life under the sea With only thoughts to speak to me Where the sun shines through The water up above And clarity becomes unclean You see what it’s made of And the sea won’t forgive you Even if it needs to You’re alone in the world and that’s enough The ocean smooths out edges always rough But as time goes on, it seems to slip away from me Into the ocean, everything will someday be A part of all and all itself will wash into the sea And we might find a deeper harmony Where the sun shines through The water up above And clarity becomes unclean You see what it’s made of And the sea won’t forgive you Even if it needs to You’re alone in the world and that’s enough
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Various Eggs 06:24
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Round and shaped like planets misaligned Relying on a stagnant design They’re coming for you, don’t dare resist You’ve got the world inside your fist Patient but it won’t last for long They’re singing an incessant song They won’t tell you what you might know With just eleven days to go Arranged as if inside a machine Their world is deceptively clean The colors won’t surprise you much And they’re cool to the touch Prepare to lose the world that you’ve known Surrender everything that you own They’ll start by breakin down your legs You’ve got some various eggs And now it’s not the world that you’ve seen Corrupted by your reflective dreams They’ve drunk you down beyond the dregs You’ve got some various eggs
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Divided Reprise 00:13
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Has it sunk in that you’re leaving? It’s not the end
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Zombie Jesus 03:10
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Gather round Oh my children And I’ll tell you a tale A tale of ages About a boy Who lived long ago He was a small boy That lived in the desert next to some stuff Yeah don’t you know, they took that boy They nailed him to some sticks and they put him on a hill, oh yeah Then he died But he came back from the dead Because he wanted to save your sorry ass from hell, oh yeah Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus, he was dead and alive at the same time Zombie Jesus, he didn’t know who you are But actually he did anyway, that’s why he came back from the dead to help you Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus, Takin' all the people back with him that he didn’t even know Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus Yeah the real guy, who lived like a hundred thousand years ago and shit Zombie Jesus He was kinda like a really hairy dude But that’s okay, he had a kickass beard He glistened in the sun And fought in hell Sliced a demon, right in the eye with his Blade of Justice sword Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus And for all you Spanish speakin folks His name was Jesus No te preocupes, Jesus Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus Zombie Jesus You know he died, And came back.

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Most of the song titles were thought up ten minutes ago. Divided Bodies addresses one person, not all people. Welcome was written by Brendan as a school project (I got a B). The complete Branflakes beatbox session is available only by special request. Thomas’s
credit on track 9 is for the D pedal. On the last verse, the garden blows.

Recorded at Thomas’s barn by The Savvy Swiss in 24-bit 96khz digital. Produced by the
Savvy Swiss.

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released March 12, 2011

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