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Genius Loci

by DeatHat

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1.
This is the way that it always begins; An intake of air to the lungs Then a melody lifted from things in the wind And the words we've all heard sung Your voice it can lift me right out of my shoes Or sink me away in the stone You drench me in violets and oranges and blues I hear every undertone Sing me awake Sing me away You say you're leaving, and I sing along The ending's my favorite part There's comfort in every familiar song I know all the words by heart
2.
Little Girl 04:40
Silent like the floor Forgotten like the passing wind Just like an unseen rock Tripping people along the way Upset by my presence Upset like a robot When the program's not coming smooth Silent like a picture Just like an object of inspiration Just like someone tossing your book When you're writing in it Claim my pride and forget who I am Live off of sweetness and dazzle myself with beached wind Sometimes it's so hard to walk among robots Sometimes it's so hard to even say a word Sit far, very far apart Just like the tall standing trees And watch this robotic depression move on my Trying to understand what it's like to be human
3.
Sailor, sailor, wither wander with your eyes of brown? I've wandered on my Lady's chambers; I've been upstairs and down. Sailor, Sailor, wither wander with your eyes of grey? I've seen this world from shore to shore and no shore can me stay. Sailor, sailor, wither wander with your eyes of blue? I go to see the secret things my Lady saves from view. Sailor, sailor, wither wander, with your eyes of green? I walk the wild and waving ways no land-man's ever seen. Sailor, sailor, wither wander with your eyes of black? The where I go's the wither whence I never can come back.
4.
The long, tall twilight, as soft as steel Taught me to dance; can I take a step with you? This city cuts you too sharp to feel Every thing you've heard is true For all the wrong reasons. They're down in the counting house counting old truths To kill the hunger of five dry days The flood is free, it's the drought you'll pay All our dreams are coming true For all the wrong reasons Oh, lies, my lover, no other can compare I got these bruises by accident, I swear I live in doorways and steps And our final words are true For all the wrong reasons
5.
Lay It Down 04:28
All my life, i’ve had trouble And i’ve caused it all myself What you get, you have to pay for You can’t hand it off to somebody else But you can lay it down, lay it down Sword and shield, you got to lay it down Lay it down, lay it down All you got, you got to lay it down We’re rolling like a boulder Not a thing can make us stay We pick up what we pass over And we carry it away But we can lay it down, lay it down Hurts and houses, you can lay them down Lay it down, lay it down All you got, you got to lay it down You know how much you carry You know how much it weighs How much of it is penitence How much of it is praise? Lay it down, lay it down Friends and fears you got to lay them down Lay it down, lay it down All you got, you got to lay it down All your worries, all your tears, All your pleasures, planets, worlds, weights and measures, cups and saucers, Labors, lovers, lightness, you can Lay it down, lay it down All you carry, you can lay it down Lay it down, lay it down All you got, you got to lay it down.
6.
Fever 4 U 03:13
My fever 4 U has run its course My hunger 4 U is sated Your hole in my heart has healed over Ur apple is eaten Ur cream has soured Ur glass is empty Ur cat is barking Ur light in my life has gone out
7.
Mitzy's 04:38
The last day you spent in New Orleans You'd walked home the old way from work The reasons you gave when you said you would live here Were faded and shabby and worn Now they're gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone and you don't even notice But these are the things that i keep to remind me We bust through the wall back at Mitzy's She said she'd put it on our tab The cops drove us back to your fancy hotel room I woke to the sound of your cab You were gone, gone gone Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone before I could tell you That these are the things that i keep I spent all the money you left me The Gremlin's still in the back yard As hard as we try, we just don't always make it And sometimes we don't try that hard Remember that drunk girl at Mitzy's? Remember the night when it rained? I wrote it all down when i knew you weren't coming A record for those who remain Now you're gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone and you don't even miss you But these are the things that i keep to remind me
8.
Hope 05:38
You're cold and worn to thread and bone it won't be long now. You've waited hours in the dark alone it won't be long now. You've wagered more than you'll ever earn it won't be long now heard devils sing, seen angels burn You've tried your key in every door The wolves are stretched across your floor your poison dish is rusted thin The wax you shed cements you in When all the stars threw down their spears And watered heaven with their tears The grapes they grew were strange and strong and bright And all that's ever grown in me The clinging vine esperity But it won't be long until that crop comes ripe Your wishes have all bled to grey You've given all you are away You can't leave and you can't stay You can't think of a thing to say
9.
Oh, Kelsey, all the things that i told you about me are legends and wives' tales We followed them down through a tracery town and they eddied and swam down the darkest of sidewalks Oh, Kelsey, I'm afraid that when all of my scratching is done, I'll be fallow The glimmering fruit needs soil less destitute and can only find root in the darkest of sidewalks Watch as the lantern light drifts through the neighborhood Running aground on the town's sides and edges All night they poured through the streets like molasses Refreshing past passion with kindness and newness We sat on the curbside and watched them roll past us Bright globes in their droves going home start to finish Oh, Kelsey, this frail hour is wrinkled and red-faced and mewling for milking They grow up so fast; nothing ever can last, and they wait for us massed at the darkest of sidewalks They made this town a river when they flowed slow through it with a river's shining blindness and their hands lands long, forgetting every wrinkle that they ran their fingers over, they took away no stories and that theft left scars Oh, Kelsey, brick by brick I am building a house I am proud to grow old in The structure is stout and the doorway's devout and the front door leads out to the darkest of sidewalks
10.
11.
First Gather all of the things you will need Hammer, nails, lumber, carpet, glass, seed. Grow your roots down deep Then Push the walls out as far as they'll go Sink a stable storm cellar below. Tar your roof watertight Out and in - everything Needs a place; make a place for each thing In and out, with, without What we thought we would have, we still build Next Fill your pantry with cans 'gainst the cold All the blankets your closets will hold Run a pipe to the spring Now Doors all open and let them come in Feel them brush through your halls, skin to skin And the building begins Out and in, blood, breath, skin Where we go when we don't know the way In and out, rust, distance, doubt And lose or find or forget, it's all kin It's not locked, come in

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released October 10, 2016

K. Stewart - Marimba, percussion, Fruitvale station, vocals
Erik Ostrom - Bass, percussion, lap steel, Bde Maka Ska, vocals
Jason Samaha - Drums

Track 1 written by Erik Ostrom, track 2 written by Myles Magnus, tracks 3 - 9 & 11 written by K. Stewart, track 10 written by John Cage

Recorded by Tom Gewecke
Mixed by Erik Ostrom
Mastered by Myles Boisen, Super Genius and secret Mayor of Oakland

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DeatHat was an experimental torch-noir duo active in the South Bay indie scene from 2005 - 2010.

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