Flailing Beautifully
by April Fish
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Invalid
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Move Away
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Little Alison
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Bandage On Your Sleeve
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All Dolled Up
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No Safer Place
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credits
released 20 August 2011
Katie Morton - Vocals, Piano
John Costa - Warr Guitar, Guitar
Music and Lyrics by Katie Morton
Recorded by Jono Scaife www.reverbnation.com/ovoidic
Mastered at STL Audio www.stlaudio.co.nz
Photography by Heather Mosher heathermosher.ca
Katie Morton - Vocals, Piano
John Costa - Warr Guitar, Guitar
Music and Lyrics by Katie Morton
Recorded by Jono Scaife www.reverbnation.com/ovoidic
Mastered at STL Audio www.stlaudio.co.nz
Photography by Heather Mosher heathermosher.ca
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Stories are variations of truths. Stories are made up.
Stories are honest
... more
lies.
Stories become songs, and songs are poems cloaked in sound.
This is art.
Art is in the eye of the beholder.
∴ April Fish are artistic liars. The cheeky blighters.
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- Track Name: Invalid
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I call you out
You call it, "Invalid! Away with your assumptions!"
So I'm curious
Why is it I'm sensing your rage reaching up to the ceiling?
Hard and fast, tougher-than-nails
You think I'll bend to your whim and will?
Well, I won't
And nobody's gonna die today
From a crippling conscience
I care for you – that wasn't a punch line
I challenge you with compassion
Don't turn me out
Don't you turn away now
Stay and talk it out like a strong man
Hard and fast, tougher-than-nails
You think I'll yield to your iron will?
Well, I won't
And nobody’s gonna die today
Put the hammer away; I'm not attacking your war style/make-up/long face
I'm just trying to relate
Communicate
We're not at war
Don't shoot the evil eye or I'll fall to pieces
I might fall to pieces
Yeah I'll come in pieces
Yeah, I come in peace
The truth ain't pretty
If you're ready - or not - it's the same
Whether or not
You choose to face the shame
It is apathetic white but I'll deliver a rainbow
Don't tell me it's pathetic
I'm just trying to help you
Hard and fast, tougher-than-nails
You think I'll bend to your whim and will?
Well, I won't
And nobody's gonna die today
Put the sticks and stones down; I'm not attacking your last name/free will/country
I'm placing no blame
There is no shame
Don't call it invalid... - Track Name: Move Away
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I don’t fit with you
I’ve got another plan
No thing I could say or do would help you understand
Oh hello, this is how I pass my time
When you’re not around
Tread with care or you might get ensnared
I don’t fit with you
I’ve got to move away
No thing you could say or do would make me want to stay
Oh hello, this is where I pass my time
You are in my bounds
Tread with care or you might get ensnared, dangling upside-down
You’ve made it clear you don’t go where you can’t redecorate
I’m not afraid to send you away because you can’t relate
You tried to move me around to suit your every whim
I will not let you stay, contorting my limbs every-which-way
This is where I pass my time
You are in my bounds
This is how I pass my time
I’ve got to move away - Track Name: Little Alison
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Alison, you take a bow and marvel and how lucky you are
In the crowd you see yourself from years ago, cheering you on
She doesn't believe in the audience
Looking 'round, wanting no part in it
Hating that she can't help joining in
Breathing toxic air, it's in her head that the world is all mad
So she must stay alert
Alison, you take her hand and wonder how you could ever have been so small
You try to hide emotions from so long ago, mirrored in her face
She doesn't believe that she's capable
Visions of triumph and happiness
Inundate her senses 'til she drowns
Suffocating in her seat with eyes bulging madly she fails to exhale in suspense
Alison, you take a bow
With no wings, you'll fall
With no gills, you'll drown
With no medicine, you'll die
But she doesn't seem to try to set anchor down, use a safety net
And she threw away the key, deliberately
She doesn't believe in the audience
Looking 'round, wanting no part in it
Hating that she can't help joining in
Breathing toxic air, it's in her head that the world is all mad
So she must stay alert
Suffocating in her seat with eyes bulging madly she fails to exhale her suspense
Alison, you take a bow - Track Name: Bandage On Your Sleeve
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I saw the bandage on your sleeve today
Something's tearing at your heart
No one heard your silent scream; no one who'd believe, but me
I saw the lightning flash out through your eyes
And there's a thunderstorm inside
So you search for a release to let the sea flow openly
And I'm concerned you'll never tell me when you're most in need
It seems so simple when you talk with me
But I'm sure there's something more
Things you never want to say; you'd rather keep me far away
You took the bandage off your sleeve today
Just to watch the blood run free
No one saw your secret smile, thinking it was all worthwhile
And I'm concerned you'll never tell me when you're most in need
I'll be waiting here patiently to pull you up when you hold out your hand
I won't let you drown in the sea inside your head, please understand
I'll be waiting here patiently to pull you up when you hold out your hand
I won't let you drown in the sea inside your head, please understand I'm concerned
You never tell me when you're most in need - Track Name: All Dolled Up
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Painted features never come to life
Like Mona Lisa with your eternal smile
Ever staring, shiny marbles for eyes
Forever peering at the same blue skies
What you need, you'll never see
You'll never know, you'll never grow out of your clothes
There's simply no way out
Never, no way, nohow
You're just one face in the crowd
Free will is not allowed
Watching wearily as your garden grows
Quite contrarily right beneath your nose
What you need, you'll never see
You'll never know, you'll never grow out of your clothes
There's simply no way out
Never, no way, nohow
You're just one face in the crowd
Free will is not allowed
Dressed up, dolled up, made up, round up, lined up in order
It's time to grow up, to show up, to own up, to pay up now
What you need, you'll never see
You'll never know, you'll never grow out of your clothes
There's simply no way out
Never, no way, nohow
You're just one face in the crowd
Free will is not allowed - Track Name: No Safer Place
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You swore there was no safer place than under the covers
Curled up, you'd hide from the night in the darkest place on earth
You closed your eyes
Images that terrorise, illuminated in the night
Did soon arise, uninvited
And now you're desperately trying to rearrange all the pillows in a shape that just might keep the goblins at bay for just one night
To get some sleep tonight
You swore there was no better way to stay out of danger
Locked up, away from the crowd and safety in numbers
You closed your eyes
Images that terrify, ferocious and uncivilised
Did soon arrive, uninvited
And now you're desperately trying to rearrange all the pillows in a shape that just might keep the goblins at bay for just one night
To rest your head this time
You're never alone
You'll never be alone
You closed your eyes
Images that terrify, ferocious and uncivilised
Did soon arrive, uninvited
And now you're desperately trying to rearrange all the pillows in a shape that just might keep the goblins at bay for just one night
To rest your head, to get some sleep tonight
