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Sometimes I worry not everyone has listened to the gorgeousness that is Sleeping At Last’s Atlas series. JUST, ATLAS OKAY. JUST LISTEN. ATLAS. ALL THE ATLAS.
We hold these things to be true Like a flock of sparrows flying over you We plot and we plan Burning oil like the world won’t end Like the world won’t end
Another day, another world war Find out walking through the grocery store Watching bombs through the TV eye Light it up like the Fourth of July Like the Fourth of July
God’s on both sides But I don’t break it when the bombs start flying I know it’s just a symbol to you You, you come on like a freedom fighter You come on like a freedom fighter
Another gift from a far off friend Coming at you from over the sand That’s what the bellicose do We try to reach the human in you The human in you
God’s on both sides Thank God we make them try Don’t wake when the camera’s on you You, you’ll go out like a freedom fighter You’re gone like a freedom fighter
You’ll go out like a freedom fighter You’ll go out like a freedom fighter You’ll go out like a freedom fighter
It holds us like a phantom It touches like a breeze It shines its understanding See the moon smiling
Open on all channels Ready to receive And we’re not at the mercy Of your chimeras and spells Your chimeras and spells
We are of the earth To her we do return The future is inside us It’s not somewhere else It’s not somewhere else It’s not somewhere else
One day at a time
We call upon the people People have this power The numbers don’t decide Your system is a lie The river running dry The wings of a butterfly And you may pour us away like soup Like we’re pretty broken flowers We’ll take back what is ours We’ll take back what is ours
Fuck you You don’t fool me or anybody Fuck off You don’t fool me or anybody
Don’t need to feel Like time is real I let you down You Don’t need to feel Your dying need To make it better Don’t need to make sense Don’t need to get loud No need to make a sound
Don’t need to hear You made it clear I’m getting tired Don’t Be fake to people Living down and out I see you in the highest places Don’t Need fame or live In vain I boast The deck of cards
Don’t need to make a scene Don’t need to get loud No need to make a sound
Fuck off You don’t fool me or anybody Fuck you You don’t fool me or anybody
I see you there And I wonder how and why I’m here I see her there Always wanted Always wanted someone who’d Pay me attention Oh well now I’ve got it So why do I feel so alone?
We are small but we are many We are many we are small We were here before you rose And we will be here when you fall
Inside her eyes There’s nothing But a face No complexion and no life Even though I can’t see What she’s thinking I can tell Somehow I see her there
We have teeth and we have tails We have tails and we have eyes We were here before you fell And we will be here when you rise
Other mother See me cry Have pity All I want is to be at home There’s nothing There
I hear you in the trees Swaying as you sing to me (to me) Feeling as your heart Pulses through my weary body Taking off the tears And the heartache that I carry Time to throw it down (down) Time to light it up (up) Raise it to the sky and watch it Burn, burn, burn, burn
These days I’m feeling the sun come through Stealing the starry sky Revealing the magic show to me tonight I’m feeling the moon come through Stars sway under my feet The lights all around me glow And music takes me
I feel you as I breathe Sing the songs you sang to me I hear you when I sleep Singing with me as I dream And I just want to say Thank you, thank you for all you gave Thrown by the sound (sound) Time to light it up (up) Raise it to the sky and watch it Burn, burn, burn, burn
This isn’t about being right I’m just trying to follow This life where it goes It’s a gamble I keep you wasting my time With the daggers when guarding the Love in my heart is the battle Out at the house to the city The fire that led me, accused me The fire that feeds me I’ll be remembering always the fire That wasn’t my sea is the one who Redeemed me
These days I’m feeling the sun come through Stealing the starry sky Revealing the magic show to me tonight I’m feeling the moon come through Stars sway under my feet The lights all around me glow And music takes me
These days I’m feeling the sun come through Stealing the starry sky Revealing the magic show to me tonight I’m feeling the moon come through Stars sway under my feet The lights all around me glow And music takes me
I know you gotta, you gotta be on your own Who left you wanting, wanting to fall in love That’s alright cause all that I wanna do Is make you forget, forget that you feel so bad Give your heart a second to find the will again Put your sad down And tonight just feel with your body
And tonight just feel with your body
Put your sad down And tonight just feel with your body Put your sad down
So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure
And tonight just feel with your body So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure And tonight just feel with your body So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure, put your sad down I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure And tonight just feel with your body
So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure
I know you gotta, you gotta be on your own Who left you wanting, wanting to fall in love That’s alright cause all that I wanna do Is make you forget, forget that you feel so bad Give your heart a second to find the will again Put your sad down And tonight just feel with your body
So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure And tonight just feel with your body So baby no pressure I’m just talking pleasure (x4)
I saw Arrival last night (I loved it) and some of the music reminded me strongly of this piece, Nico Muhly’s “Mothertongue.” Which would also fit in very well to the movie, so if anyone is making a playlist of Arrival-ish music, you should include it.
Hat tip to Nadia Sirota and Meet the Composer for introducing me to Muhly, and to most of the other new-classical composers I know anything about.
