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Modern Studies Of Ancient Times

by Little Sur

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1.
Ache 03:25
The thick air don't thicken my blood I'm so thin and frail but never have I been there Do you remember what I refused to always forget? And one by one pieces dispersed You're forgiven, but never wrong And one by one pieces dispersed You're forgiven, but never wrong The thick air don't thicken my blood Oh you're skin and bones but so much more that I could never see Lucid light spots and loud recollections ache and tear Do you remember what I refused to always forget, forget? And one by one pieces dispersed You're forgiven, but never wrong And one by one pieces dispersed You're forgiven, but never wrong And one by one pieces dispersed You're forgiven, but never wrong
2.
Without much direction I rode the wind If I could spoon-feed you time I think you'd have to give in I'd let you rattle my achings energies are ablaze Would you wash away your pain if histories were replaced? Wish my parents shared with me their own bags of bones I know they're stashed away tight beside their old unknowns To commiserate freely with half of yourself I couldn't understand a damn thing your half of myself And I've rattled off again Speaking in my tongues again If struggle is what we're made of Well, I'll be damned if this is the end And I've rattled off again Speaking in my tongues again If struggle is what I'm made of Well, I'll be damned if this is the end Been dreaming of flies marching down my throat Swallowing my insides, but what do they know? I let them rattle my aching energies are ablaze Would you wash away your pain if histories were replaced?
3.
Summers 01:40
Summers when fogs did roll The place I found where I remembered home Lick old wounds that taste only of chalk Mistakes, regrets, I can't even recall now Waking up to ocean rolling sky Fog horn bellows, speak their morning sighs Tranquil mist as I am on the rise The place I found where I remembered home Home Summers when fogs did roll The place I found where I remembered home Two decades plus and still I'm unresolved Lessons learned I've just begun to know now
4.
Interlude 01:11
5.
Restless 07:04
6.
What dreams were to keep, my love? Our ancient ways to be, forlorn My vision swayed I left here, before A splintered cadence kept us ashamed And I recall The rush to slow down A sea of change At once feels within What dreams were to keep, my love? Our ancient ways to be, reborn My visions swayed I came to, before Under lock and key We forget to breathe We forget to breathe We forget to breathe We forget to breathe
7.
Sue & Abram 04:11
When do you find your place to unwind? Couldn't remember when you last slept the night Pains in your body, smoke on the sky New family and children, a turn for youth again Balms of a progress, years kept unsaid The old and forgotten, in part to subside We travel our distance The earth rumbled loudly, and love would soon fade A park and two miles fractured my name Time left me footprints, space for my claim The places we all keep Tired but rejoiced We breathe in The currents are replaced We breathe in Signals pass within Never breathed in I am who you were We breathe in Currents are replaced We can breathe in Signals pass within The place we keep
8.
When I come down again Winter returns its trends We're quiet, erasing our ways Beliefs, a mind to stay Bloodlines beyond our time The grief was ours to find Room to room was cloaked We let our night rise bright We came under Siege it was up to our teeth All was captive For the seas had rose to speak

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released June 10, 2014

All songs written by Josh Meer except 'Interlude' and 'Restless' by Jacob Blumberg and Josh Meer

Performed by:
Jacob Blumberg-mandolin, guitars, organ, piano, percussion, sounds
Alexander da Silva-bass
Andrew Campbell-drums, percussion, voice (1, 2, 3, 6, 7)
Annika Zee, Kessiah Gordon-voice (1, 2, 3, 6, 7)
Josh Meer-voice, banjo, guitars, organ, piano, percussion, sounds
David Meer-bass (1)
Phoebe Ryan-voice (2)
Stefan Weiner-voice (1, 2, 7)
Alex Vita-voice (1, 2, 3, 7)

Recorded, arranged, edited, mixed, and produced by Jacob Blumberg and Josh Meer in New York City, NY

Mastered by Jason Moss at Millennial Studios

Artwork by Rachel Whitlow

Published by Oso The Bear

'Heartbeat Cycles' is for CJH

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