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We'll Build an Ark

by Seila Chiara

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Al
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Al Times change, and I no longer listen to many of my favorite albums of the past years. But not this one.

Some labels should fight for repress this beautiful album. Favorite track: This Is the Party.
Karel Hupjé
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Karel Hupjé A real pity this demo album has not been released as a proper cd or lp. It's a fantastic trip, with a lot of different styles. An emotional album, with superb composed and played music. A desert island album for sure. Favorite track: Stories Like Ants in New York.
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1.
We citizens fell with terrified looks From hoses to scare away the crowds, Our fingers like telephones. TVs swam down these rivers For fish to swallow our stupidity, While we met through profiles and publicity. This is me trying hard to turn into a ghost, Comfortably contemplating Great panoramic views of the city Without me. Please, without me. But in this satellite trash It's all about gravity, Malls and comely churches, You, yourself and Jesus. Originally buttoned-down, And you did it on your own: You should be awarded a medal Or a bunch of neet gift certificates. So lets clap our hands now, Since we're all so damn good at it. We Jane and John Does, We'll disappear now, We'll disappear now. We drag our rusted bodies, taking baths in other people's homes. We travel across the world to meet new people, and kill them. We love our money, just like we used to love our kids. We cut open our skinny wrists. We break hearts, but not really. We take over the world, with our too right ideas. We strap guns to our bodies, because we hate them and we are men. We chase each other in the midst of the night, some of us in blue, some of us just black. We yell into a microphone, hoping to be acknowledged. We are old and we accept, we are young and don't accept. We are, we were. We.
2.
People. People with their recent making up, Perfect before trashing up. People. Strobe lights to forget in slow motion, On a mission to trigger passion, People. I heard it was fun, Like a story to tell. So let's dance. Dance. Dance, dance. People. Quiet preys and loud hoorays, A million different shades of failing days. People, Leaning, thinking of feeling Another being with thoughts of giving. I heard it was fun, Like dreaming of life. People, people. Absorbing life through needles, People, people. Waiting for the devils. Colored like a pearl, Beginning to whirl around the world, With on top: the king, the queen, Her majesty the Queen, And this coked-up pregnant girl. I heard it was fun, Like jumping off a cloud, With people, and people, and people Like snowflakes Alone on Christmas Eve. I'm alone I'm not alone.
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Incessant pain, forgotten, He's considered it part of life Since he opened up his eyes to the absence of Well maybe if he seals them long enough? He heard one day, of people that do have This parcel of nothing locked inside That swells as time crawls endlessly ahead And drowns in a mirage you never reach. He dreams of knowing what to dream of. Oh, Mother Mary come to me. The heat stretches his stomach, Like a balloon ready to ascend. A screen is staring at a stuffed couch, The image is a falling sky. A cloud of ash blurs the screen: This is the end of the world. But from nowhere, Surges the man of solutions. We will fight the devil! The man spends millions and millions and millions And millions of pens And millions of toys And millions of books And millions of roads And millions of schools And millions of clothes And millions of food And millions of hearts As he goes to destroy, yet again and again, The usual innocents of war That would have dreamed to live The lives of three thousand. But this is what you get when you mess with us. He dies one morning, His head blown up By the dreams that never came. A man sticks a sticker on his car: God Bless America He smiles and feels so (proud). Kids put their right hand on their heart We pledge allegiance to the flag They smile and feel so (proud).
4.
A plane divides the atmosphere, A sharp orange thread, dissolving at its tail, Cutting through morning's avenging beauty, in regards to the night. A shadow is drawn at the shepherd's feet. He's alone, contemplating this daily firework, The sleeping village beneath him, And god above (there's god above him) demonstrating. (Pink, purple, yellow and, it's all red blue green). The mountain's edges heat up, offering a burning red contour, Like a red carpet for the advent of the sun. This has been a pleasure, he says. (Are you listening?)

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Demo LP

Released by Tokyo Jupiter Records in Japan as a CD-R :
1st press (11.2008) "Blue version" with Japanese translations - 100 Copies, 2nd press (03.2009) "Yellow version" with text explanations - 50 Copies

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released November 7, 2008

All songs written by Seila Chiara.
Recorded at home by Seila Chiara.
Mixed by Rafik El Alami.
Lyrics by Rémi Komornicki.
Artwork by Erica Dorn, Magali Tempère and Rémi Komornicki.

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So we were lonely and we made a few songs.

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