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Cetacean

by Maharani

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1.
Breaching 01:40
Hate to celebrate in a state of envy Hate that I'm addicted to sex and candy Hate that I'm a girl in a boy-born body Hate that I've been stuck in a static loop Turn me on Set me free Hate that I can't speak about my taboo Unacceptable to be unlike you Hate that humans kill all the other beings Planet harms itself 'cause it just can't cope Transcend (Escape.)
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Truly, Truly 02:07
Foresee the strength of God And live without a thought You know she'll take good care Give you hope in despair She made the stars You know they're far as You look into me I see your tree So once that we've grown old Provided our trees hold We'll let our genes unfold And make the Earth more bold God made the whales She let them roam But humans kill We boil and seethe Truly, truly Truly, truly.
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Do you believe that your soul never dies? Did you ask someone who seemed old and wise? Butterflies cycle through life unaware Water falls mighty so that you may share Antarctica sends you her warmest regards Nourishes you with her music and arts Children come listen, this song's old as time Careful lest God should take you in your prime.
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Tides 01:42
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Cetacean 02:42
You turn around to sea Ocean is your destiny You will live underwater That's where you can be free Where you want to belong This desire's so strong That you cut off your legs You know you've been here before One last look to the shore You dispel all your worries That shook you down to your core You submerge your head Just one moment of dread Then you know that this is home You can't deny your old past Every once in a while You return to take breath there Still the same old smell Oh, you miss it so badly You go back in your dreams To the forests of your youth.
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Marshmallow 01:35
Marshmallow
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Ann Alive 01:48
Does your mutter know your mike? When I turn meoptics, from suchurban prospects, 'tis my filial's bosom, doth behold with pride, that pontificator, and circumvallator, with his dam night garrulous, slipt by his side. Ann alive, the lisp of her, 'twould grig mountains whisper her, and the bergs of Iceland, melt in waves of fire, and her spoon-me-spondees, and her drickle-me-ondenees, make the rageous Ossean, kneel and quaff a lyre! If Dann's dane, Ann's dirty, if he's plane, she's purty, if he's fane, she's flirty, with her auburnt streams, and her coy cajoleries, and her dabblin drolleries, for to rouse his rudderup, or to drench his dreams. If hot Hammurabi, or cowld Clesiastes, could espy her pranklings, they'd burst bounds agin, and renounce their ruings, and denounce their doings, for river and iver, and a night. Amin!
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This time I'm comin' for you, yeah Mission statement red white and blue Turn my cheek but only to make up Paint my toes and grow my hair I'm a freak but you gonna got to wake up Kiss my foes and breathe their air This time I will trust God to make me Confident about my power Confident about my beauty And that I deserve to shower Need to know if it is really True that she's my very saviour Why are little children raped and Why this extinction behaviour? Come time, come trust Ascend at last True love is real I hope, I feel When I die, I'll go back To the same place I was before I was born Call it consciousness Why should it be more, why should it be less?
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Sayonara 01:26
Sayonara to all the girls In the moonshine Soaked in light.
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Liaison 03:29
Turn on your bright black eyes and my Mind falls to the unwise when I'm Up in the air We're in your lair Now you remember that once you and I were in love Pataka ina vou Solemn wishes sent from despair Get behind me now Satan, take care Just for a day Wish away Baby please hold me, we might perish under God's stare Pataka ina vou Too late, sealed our fate Childhood is gone By the light of the sun Time ran away Memories fray Hold me and ask God that only one last time we may.
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Black Anger 01:24
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Night Dive 03:05
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I wake up in the morning Look out the window at the sky It's been grey for months on end Spring doesn't even get to try I'm so sick of this weather Sun, come warm my skin Save me trees, turn green now You don't know how I've been.
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Leviathan 01:36
Met you nighttime in a street That's where people meet Of a certain creed Drove in the backseat of your car Dreamin' very far Life's not on par If we should meet again Hope I can be your friend And that I'm in a band I'd love to know your past But we're goin' too fast Nights are not known to last What's it like to be a whale? That kinda sense of scale Makes humans pale Pineal glands are in their head So they dream in bed Of lives they never had Spirituality Don't come easy to me Teach my third eye to see You stop, we take a break Does McDonald's have cake? Will you ask for my sake?
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Pixie 03:01
Wind blows cold in your hair, take my hand We know it's not fair that we can't Be together We've lost our minds, laughing hard They're gonna find that I'm a part of you Deep truth Storm is over and we're dripping wet We lose to our fear but won't forget That this was our first love.
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Sleep Tight 02:02
Sleep tight, Karina. Monsters under your bed turn out as friends if you look right, so Sleep tight, Karina. Silly thoughts in your head will go away if you Sleep tight, Karina, Karina. Sleep tight, Karina.
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I'm leavin', I've got the leavin' blues I'm leavin' 'cause I believe the news My baby's leavin', leavin' me for a bruise I can't stop teasin', teasin' what I choose My baby's leavin' me with abuse What if I'm going to lose? I'm leavin', I've got the leavin' blues I'm leavin' 'cause I believe in the news.
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You try, but you can't You try, but you can't see what I mean You fly, Peru land You fly, an orang-utan to me Question's why the fauna breathes Question's why you're comparatively easy to see Question's why the lion sleeps Answer's high in the sky, well it bewilders and beats me It beats you, yeah, it beats you up It beats and treats and misleads you, mister naked-on-top Well, well, well, well, won't you look what we've got You're in your smarty pants, you make me wanna throw up You are scum, the likes of which I've never seen before I'm gonna kick you as you're lying down on the floor.
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Cotton Candy 02:41
Cotton candy
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O-Ren Ishii 03:23
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Medica 03:18
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Fluidity is the name of the game That I'm losing on my vain quest to fame I was born with a set of genetics That did not predestinate me to be good at rap aesthetics Let me preach to you, and this point is emphatic Rubbing your hair on a balloon is electrostatic Kid, I appreciate your ambition's galactic But let me tell you a strategy ain't the same as a tactic Tactictoc I'mma give your door a knock 'Cause I heard you wear a Stetson you got from Edison and that you've got some medicine That's supposed to help with writer's block. "Fine", you say, "this guy's got a message And he relays it without a degree of professage But how can I know for sure his story ain't embellished? Should a sheep trust a wolf just 'cause she knows she will be relished?" Well, no! Duh. But there's another reason You can trust me aside from the fact that my flow is pleasin'. "What's that?", you say. Well, it's 'cause I'm freezin' Out here and I'm not in a position to commit treason. "Okay", you say, "that's good enough. But recently I've had it very rough My wife developed a cough And - wooooooah. You didn't tell me you had superpowers." And I say, yeah. But I only use 'em for good. Your brain starts meltin' My empathy is heartfelt and Limited to your wife and kids What will they say when they see you blown to bits? I'll take them out for dinner at the Ritz Tell some jokes about you and we'll all have laughter fits. You met a super hero And now you're dead (nowwwww yooouuu'reee deeeeaaad) And I met your wife And we had lots of sex (fuuuuuckkked yooouuuur wiiiiife).
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Vignettes 01:51
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Unto Others 02:29
Trespassing sideways Full of love for the wrong people Soul-body dissonance Look at the others Work their asses off, deserve to live Live your dreams instead of you Raised by Gorillaz It's no wonder you turned out this way Normal grown-ups never play Intimidation Sends me text messages Physical affection No one ever mentioned this Do unto others As you'd like for them to do yourself Shaking hearts instead of fists.
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Tree 03:58
First kiss Holding hands Cozy Snug in your bed Ticklish bellies Cheeks aglow December Gets dark by four Plush toys in your room Keep you safe Fend off all your fears As you sleep I love you With all of my heart But I can't Say that out loud Now I'm not Afraid anymore My memories Will always stay warm God has tree skin God has tree skin She's you She's you She's you.
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In Its Tummy 01:32
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Blue Whale 04:22
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Stars 2 01:20
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about

Spent the last one and a half years making this double album about whales and God and the like. Taught myself how to play electric guitar in the process (an Ibanez AF55). Recorded and mixed entirely on Tascam Portastudios 424 Mk II and 488 Mk II, except for the drums. I'm emigrating from Germany to California in January, so please consider leaving a donation if you download. I hope listening to this music will make you transcend like making it did for me. Peace and love always.

credits

released December 3, 2017

CETACEAN (((91:49)))



DOLPHIN ((22:54))

1. Breaching (1:40)
2. Shields (Dolphin) (2:13)
3. Truly, Truly (2:08)
4. Coming of Age (1:58)
5. Tides (1:43)
6. Cetacean (2:42)
7. Marshmallow (1:35)
8. Zest for Action (Tape Delay 001) (4:01)
9. Coast Highway (1:36)
10. Ann Alive (1:49)
11. Underwater Garage (Tape Delay 008) (1:29)


HUMPBACK ((22:58))

1. Out of This Funk (1:26)
2. Forest Adventure (0:59)
3. Sayonara (1:26)
4. Liaison (3:29)
5. Yellow Shadow (1:16)
6. Planet Blues (Tape Delay 007) (2:26)
7. Black Anger (1:25)
8. Cascades (Tape Delay 003) (3:53)
9. Night Dive (3:05)
10. Cold and Grey (3:31)


NARWHAL ((22:56))

1. Leviathan (1:37)
2. Shields (Narwhal) (1:13)
3. Pixie (3:01)
4. Sleep Tight (2:02)
5. Leaving Blues (2:18)
6. White Anger (1:06)
7. Cotton Candy (2:41)
8. O-Ren Ishii (3:24)
9. Autumn's Sweet, We Call It Fall (2:14)
10. Medica (3:19)


BLUE WHALE ((23:01))

1. Fluidity (3:59)
2. Vignettes (1:51)
3. Unto Others (2:29)
4. Tree (3:59)
5. In Its Tummy (1:32)
6. Blue Whale (4:23)
7. Stars 2 (1:21)
8. Fubinaca (3:27)




All songs written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by Maharani except:


Lyrics for D10. "Ann Alive" excerpted from Finnegans Wake, written by James Joyce.

Drums on H10. "Cold and Grey" written, performed, recorded and mixed by John Bombson.

Drums on N5. "Leaving Blues", N6. "White Anger" and B1. "Fluidity" performed, recorded and mixed by Ronald "Cockboy" Johnson.

B1. "Fluidity" written, performed and recorded by Mary Celeste and Maharani; produced and mixed by Mary Celeste; additional guitar performed and recorded by Jenni Uzzell.

Drums on B8. "Fubinaca" written, performed and recorded by Joey Vetter.



All songs mastered by Jack Morrison at Warblers Inc. and Maharani.



Artwork and design by Karina Ruiz. Handwritten lyrics by Maharani.

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