Circle/Straw

by @ttg105

Liner Notes

#alternatetuning #farfisa #surrealadelica #chaosguitar #melodica

Note: "triangles of striped light" is taken from a Captain Beefheart lyric.

Lyrics

You sucked a circle through a straw
and it walked right out your rectangular door
into a square room filled with triangles
of striped light and asked "What is the world?"
and the striped-light triangles said
(What did they say?)

"It's a crack in the backside
of a tremendous, horrendous
and stupendous galaxy
of absurdity"

"Sounds good to me," said the circle
"I can live with that"
and shot back up the straw
into its very own circular world

Comments

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@daveyboy103
Dark stuff, very creative and original.
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@heliosonorous
Very dark sounding work, a song for the night, really like the background layers in here.
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@squirrelhavenstudios
These lyrics are great: somewhat circular in their own right, absurdist, funny and yet deep. And the psychedelic effect you are getting with your vocals and the farfisa and melodica is very cool. Nice work!
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@chill4matt
Congratulations on 14 songs! Creative lyrics that stand out! Love this about your songs. Also love the videos you've been making this season!
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@pfoo
Circles and triangles are reminding me of the short book Flatland, but this is like an alternate psychedelic version in song form. This is mesmerizing and all holds together well with the consistent guitar sounds throughout. Interesting to hear the other parts coming in and out. I really like this sound!
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@ambroise
Very powerfull lyrics. It's full ofvivid imagery, strong, sémantic short circuit, and surprising links. Yet however it feels like when I turn on the TV. Overall for the " tremendous, horrendous / and stupendous galaxy / of absurdity" part.
Love the guitar and the slightly spooky voice recording.
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@coolparadiso Mod
I listened sat at an obtuse angle hexagonally centred! I think the straw was right to go home. Love these lyrics
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@mahtowin
I love it when you play the guitar that way! And the farfisa sounds like ice cream!
It all has a scary mood … a bit nasty, gloomy, dark …
Very expressive and passionate!
Great lyrics indeed!
I love it!
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@ayais
Yeah, never can predict what you're going to hoover up if you walk around like that. Good that the backside wasn't active. The circle is so upbeat! Just carry on! A positive note for our troubled times.
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@fuzzy
Don sure was a great lyricist, right?!?
Yeah, these lyrics here are perfect in a surreal sort of way.
I'm liking the circular (no pun intended) acoustic guitar line juxtaposed with the chaos guitar.
I like the little jam session at the end.
Hypnotic.
Well done.
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