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Perfect Aquarium

by Perfect Aquarium

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1.
Hello 02:42
2.
Crown 03:33
I come drenched in red, my fingers are numb I'm blinded by sight, Don't know where I'm from This crown on my head, while tears fall like rain Don't know wrong from right, but can sense their pain When I first appeared, they cried and fell down, the first time that they had seen my eyes As my time drew near, they waited for my crown, the inception of future goodbyes I'm bathed in white cloth, yet naked inside Her blood doesn't taint, but also is mine The feeling of loss, it touches my core Beloved as a saint, an undeserved lore When I first appeared, they cried and fell down, the first time that they had seen my eyes As my time drew near, they waited for my crown, the inception of future goodbyes This life that we share, is euphoric pain It's drowned by my voice, they call out my name I'm breathing their air, now for the first time It wasn't my choice, that their world is mine
3.
Sun 04:14
When I look up at the sun, my tears melt away I don’t care about tomorrow, only today theres nothing to be done, you always provide No question, just follow, with you as my guide I know that where you are is where I belong You’re the one who builds my life to teach me right from wrong My need for you is strong, you're my life and blood with your guidance a flower, will bloom from this bud you can be always found, and youre always there without you i’d be scared, like no one would care I know that where you are is where I belong You’re the one who builds my life to teach me right from wrong I can’t believe the world’s so good I finally am understood you are the one that made me be You are the one that set me free I didn’t know that love is true Up until I encountered you
4.
You take my hand, I’m feeling dumb We make up much more than our sum You pick a flower for carnation Does this mean I’m the chosen one? Reject, refuse, resist resistance New confidence to run the distance A deferential calculation Are you asking me to come? I Take your hand, and my fingers are numb (but are you really free?) Now I alone make up our sum (but stop and dive with me) I pick a flower for carnation (that grows into a tree) Does this mean you’re the chosen one? (or just the one for me?) Resist, refuse, reject resistance (you don’t have to agree) Your confidence to run the distance (is a confidence in me) A deferential calculation (that I have made for thee) Am I asking you to come? (or become part of me?) You tell me that you think it's time Time to throw your past behind Do you expect to make this climb? (When we can't even breathe) But this is your mistake, not mine (and soon, conjoined, we'll grieve)
5.
The Descent 02:00
6.
Onism 05:19
Why Haven’t I become That which I desire To God, I am none I, myself, deserve more To be one of The Known To Have it all is all I want I stand in a room full of mirrors Close the windows to see just what I want to be, and with Each step I take its just another loss And I end up staring at my hands again How Could I possibly know All that I have missed, lost metamorphosis, now i’m left with myself to be one of the pure To do it all is all I want I stand on an endless beach of white sand, with the wind blowing cold under my feet again, as it blows a grain into my open palm, and the face of my hand holds my everything
7.
As I soar on the wings of an eagle waves beckoning to me and they drench me with how i should feel euphoric tsunami This contentment idyllic and burning Like sun amidst blue skies for wisdom, Ive always been yearning now I open my eyes I appreciate I evaporate I’m Rising and falling and drifting each image so fleeting As I summit the current’s uplifting I’ve given them meaning As the sun rays start bringing me higher spiritual procession a Resonant power now burns like a fire my Conscious expansion I appreciate I evaporate I demodulate I evaporate
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Omniscience 12:02
This is the fork in the road, all has led to this Diverge into infinity, Devour your consequences Tongue of the snake The Spectrum of struggle This is the peak of the wave Twist and turn Contort your experience Bend your time forever wonder How deep do you have to dive? To immerse within yourself Prod your way through the barrier Devour your consequences Twisting and turning Thick and contorting The path moves with hunger for more Hunger that earthly knowledge will not satisfy Misdirection had consequences Misguiding was inevitable Yet I am free The way is varied The way is open with each breath, I pry myself into the light in each fleeting second it becomes clear My mind is weak, however stronger than it ever was abandon the unfathomable complexities content with my universal illiteracy, satisfied with my Inexperience, I live in perfect simplicity I am all that I am faith that my shielded body Will preserve my path Come to the spear Come to the sacred one Find the fork, Find the split Find yourself amidst the dark Find your new form Escape that which holds you Towards the infinite one I follow the birds and the bees I follow the skies and the sea I follow no one but myself I become you You, the glorious and complete Who lives without life Who may never perish Who sustains us How can we be so vain as to not accept our unity? How could I have not understood that we all end the same? We are all the same We are one We are all We are power We are rage We are beauty We are strength We are suffering We are peace We are passion We are wisdom We are kindness We are love We are infinite We are nothing

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released September 3, 2015

Liam Bernard: Lead & Classical Guitar
Ben Saldich: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Isaac Roth: Bass, Vocals
Frank Klopotowski: Drums, Vocals

Vocals on "Infinitesimal" by Ella Garcia

Written, recorded, and produced by Perfect Aquarium
Recorded at Sleepy Wizard Studios
Engineered by Akiyoshi Ehara
Mixed and mastered by John Schimpf at 25th Street Recording

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Akiyoshi Ehara, John Schimpf, Ella Garcia, Chris Solberg, David Roth, Debbie Reed, Karin Hardison, Tracey Cosgrove, Rita Haronian, John Klopotowski, John Stansbury, Alan Saldich, Kendall Murphy, Jasmine Stade, and Nina.

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