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Aquatic Ceremony

by Aquatic Ceremony

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1.
Web 07:51
Your life is not a line It is a web, and over time It stretches and breaks Although you give your best Still you are weak and you need rest So you sleep, wrapped up in your mistakes And when you finally wake I will be here to give or take And then together we will spin the web again Again, again When your fingers weave with mine When you're late, forget the time Say something wrong Or sing the perfect song It may hurt Or lift me high To say hello Or say goodbye Within the pattern Of the web that makes my life And when we finally sleep These threads are memories That will keep us warm Or wrap us up like a cocoon... A cocoon...
2.
Spider 04:27
Spider resting on my window Eating a mosquito Crawling in my hair His web glistens in the sunlight Catches me as I am Walking up the stairs Someone asks if he can kiss me Says he'll travel with me To a distant land Sighing gently in the silence Am I seeking violence Or an open hand? Every blessing is a curse (repeat) Black hair falling on my shoulders Faces growing colder I take off my shoes Am I looking for admirers? A reason to cry? Or maybe just a muse...
3.
Baptism 06:20
I'm finished with my pity parties All they do is make my heart A bag I have to carry with both hands And any time I open it, it grows And it will only become heavier When others understand Yes, empathy exacerbates It never can eliminate the pain, it only takes away the shame Knowing that they're also hurting Makes me think it's fine to keep on Carrying my burden just the same It's time to let it go It's time to let it go And float away, float away... I tossed the bag onto the floor The latches burst where I was sore My feelings now escape against my will Now in place of empathy You're witnessing a ceremony Baptizing my sorrow with my thrill It's time to let it go It's time to let it go And float away, float away, float away... (repeat)
4.
Meditation 04:47
Silent voices in my head Oh, will they plague me till I'm dead? Or will I color them in And ride upon the lines that bend As each vibration carries me Each breath a wave upon the sea The moon that makes the rising tide Is a hammock upon which I ride Oh, I found a universe inside my soul (4x) A creature jumps from tree to tree Like thoughts across my synapses The serpents hiss, the birds all sing They are my voice, they are my wings I soar across a desert now I am the mouse, I am the owl I dip my fingers in the sand An ocean shore inside my hands (Instrumental break) Oh, I found a universe inside my soul (4x) Each star is a raindrop frozen in time I gaze at it and call it mine It falls from the sky but the sun still shines There's no outside there's no inside Oh, the universe became my soul (4x)
5.
Canopic Jar 04:25
In the netherworld There are curtains that hide the truth Hands are tied behind them Darkness covers our youth Candles in the corners Are not bright enough Only lighting milestones And not the whole of our love So don't bury my heart In a canopic jar Then it can't follow Wherever you are (repeat) In the netherworld We lose control of our souls No feet to walk a certain way No eyes to open or close While we're living We decide our fate But when the candle flickers out We can only wait... (Instrumental break) So don't bury my heart In a canopic jar Then it can't follow Wherever you are (repeat) Just because the future's known Does that mean it's written in stone?
6.
Shadoworks 07:58
The fireworks are flaring But I'd rather watch the shadows Of the ones that used to be They scratch the sky like spiders Captivate me more than rainbows Though their darkness makes them difficult to see Still each new one illuminates the remains of the last Sometimes we need the present to help us see the past Whenever I walk by I tend to light up the sky I ascend, then I burst and explode All their eyes are on me They ooh me and ahh me But the moment that I fizzle out, they go There they go I'm too exhausted to excite them Too reserved to invite them Our embraces become waves Our memories become graves I'm left with shadoworks, only shadoworks... ........................................................ Still each new one illuminates the remains of the last Sometimes we need the present to help us see the past I'm left with shadoworks, only shadoworks Shadoworks, only shadoworks...

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released February 7, 2015

Matt Cooley || Guitar
Eric Glenn || Bass
Chad McHenry || Drums
Amy Fitzgerald || Vocals

Produced by Aquatic Ceremony

Recorded and mixed at Zoo Station Studios by Michael Zeoli
Art Direction and Layout by Michael Schmid and Aquatic Ceremony
Photography by Michael Schmid
Winston-Salem, NC || 2015

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Aquatic Ceremony is a four piece collective on a journey of sonic and personal growth. We hope you'll join us!

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