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Off/On
02:52
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Off/On
A strobing light across the street.
Fragments of glass beneath my feet.
A signal coming in and out.
I don’t know what it’s all about, but someone’s shouting.
I can’t begin to see it all.
I can’t begin to paint the picture, sort the mixture into
off and on and off and on.
A quiet voice inside my head.
An empty room where words were said.
A broken phone, a flashing screen.
But I don’t know what it all means, and someone’s shouting.
I can’t begin to see it all.
I can’t begin to paint the picture, sort the mixture into
off and on and off and on.
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2. |
Plain House
02:20
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Plain House
Thirty-seven years old, not even close
I don’t care
I hate your
I’m in your
Plain House
While I choke I’ll still be gazing at your
Brickwork
Windows
Rooftop
Plague House
While I work I’m thinking always of your
Great Room
Foyer
Backyard
Gardens
Driving by I thought I could be happy
in your
Glaring
Gorgeous
Big House
On the mountain shining oh so brightly
I need this
I want your
Big House
In my life
Through the smoke for the first time I can’t see your
Rising
Falling
Plain house
In my life
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3. |
Specific Northwest
02:06
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Specific Northwest
How pacific: easy going.
Going. Gone. And ever knowing.
Knowing how to keep it focused.
How specific northwest.
And you are always a smile at sunset
How atlantic: dark & stormy.
Storming out of anger for me.
How specific…
And you are always a smile at sunset
How specific northwest
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4. |
MixeDistorted
01:29
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MixeDistorted
Four years in Foreman’s Fortress
We built it in a day
Video games played
95 NHLPA
For years in Foreman’s Fortress
We did it our own way
Sega on repeat
Piranhas eating meat
Experimental drugs
Playing drums and
giving hugs and
Skateboarding around
Deflecting townies’ seething frowns
Or schoolmates walking by
Posing threats and saying “guy”
Four years in Foreman’s Fortress
We built it in a day.
For years in Foreman’s Fortress
We did it our own way.
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5. |
Another Self
01:44
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Another Self
A freeway to another life.
I’ll drive with you away from all this strife.
The tank is full. This town’s a vessel of its former self.
We’ve gotta go: an exit plan to mental health.
I know it’s hard. It’s always hard until you’re on the road.
And then it’s gold. And then it’s almost easy.
We’ve got to make it
We’ve got to make it out
To see a different future
To sing instead of shout
A freeway to another life.
I’ll drive with you away from all this strife.
Another view. Another chance to be another self.
I’ll drive with you: an exit plan to mental health.
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6. |
Over The Hill
01:58
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Over The Hill
Over the hill and far away.
Nothing to leave, and nothing to say.
Look at the world through a clearer lens
with only a mirror and the hottest trends
Endless observations
Buzzing through your head
Magnifying rumours
(to make you do the things you do)
Over the hill. Over exposed.
Over concerned. Under the tow.
- - - - -
Look at me wave from the bottom below.
Countless instigations
Scrolling past your eyes
Amplifying anger
(to make you do the things you do)
Over the hill and far away.
Nothing to leave, and nothing to say.
Nowhere to fit. Nothing to pray.
Nothing to sing. Nowhere to stay.
Avalanche of sermons
Opulence of lies
Simplifying reason
(to make you do the things you do)
Torrent of endorphins
Waterfall of likes
Complicating feelings
(to make you do the things you do)
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7. |
Butterflies
03:36
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Butterflies
Nervous gestures.
Fluttering of timid feet.
Flowers on the breeze.
Laugh to make it easy.
I see you. I think you see me walking over.
You see me. I know you see me.
I wave my hand. You wave your hand.
I wave. You wave. I wave. You wave.
Quiet glances.
Awkward pauses. Silent cues.
New romances.
Reconnections. Rendezvous.
Similes and sighs.
Smiles and butterflies.
Hot and hazy skies.
Oooooh…
Picnic basket.
Stories for a million miles.
Catching up and on.
Hum a little song.
I watch you. I know you see me inching over.
I ask you a silly question.
Fluttering of timid hearts.
Flowers on the breeze.
Laugh to make it easy.
Similes and sighs.
Watch the butterflies.
Flowers on the breeze.
Smile to make it easy.
Similes and sighs.
Feel the butterflies.
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8. |
Keep Coming Back
00:46
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Keep Coming Back
Across city streets
Under golden skies
Travelling so long just to see the sign
Stopping red
Green traffic light
Walking so far in the depths of night
Ten worlds apart
But I see you there
Looking back at me full vacant stare
Knowing then
Not knowing now
Falling forward never going down.
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9. |
Praise Be
03:17
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Praise Be
In padded dreams
light attacks
not as it seems
The body soars
fractured visions
of spirit wars
On mountains high
reach up
to untune the sky
Praise Be
In a distant land
I can reach out
to shake my hand
Something on TV
groan-like sounding
self-love plea
In shades of green
moments of
small childhood me
Praise Be
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10. |
Siren
02:07
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Siren
Sirens here and over there.
Sirens sound off everywhere.
On open streets from in the park.
Sirens scream most after dark.
Nice to hear you friend. What’s that sound?
It’s that stupid siren coming ‘round.
What’d you say? I can’t hear you.
A siren’s screaming somewhere near you.
Emergency on every corner.
Fancy homes hide social disorder.
Sirens in this recorded song.
Sirens yelling all day long.
I track a siren from east to west.
Random assault’s my second guess.
I can hear them in my dreams.
The crows are flying overhead.
Siren below. Wednesday. Second dead.
As car horns sing an angry song,
siren arrives, 80 seconds long.
A guy turns left, tailing yellow to red.
Siren pulls up. One bandaged head.
Look in my eyes. There’s a siren in there.
I’m floundering about and pulling my hair.
I can hear them in my dreams.
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11. |
Tamboree
02:26
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Tamboree
Summer starting heavy
and the weekend’s stretching long
but not a long face to be seen upon
this dappled city lawn.
Meet me in the middle
on the blanket in the sun.
We can talk for hours and hours about
how life keeps moving on.
Grab hold while it’s here
’cause it is fleeting, it is fast.
If you don’t seize upon the moment then
the moment’s gonna pass.
I used to think that I could stay inside and hide away from pain.
But it don’t work that way.
Trust me.
It will multiply,
and keep you down.
I know times are heavy.
They weight deep and they weigh long.
And when they come for you, you come for me,
and we will write a song.
Meet me in the moment,
in the fleeting, sweet relief,
in the smiles and laughs and photographs
that help us through the grief.
I used to think that it would all end badly, but the sun is here.
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12. |
In The Meantime
04:31
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In The Meantime
Once in a while,
fortune favours the bold,
yet here we remain
even still unknown.
I guess every once in a while
the culture consumes ’til it’s cold.
Here we all still sit
nervously and hope.
Sometimes we can go so solo
As abstract as it gets
It can take only you to know.
So many times in this life:
a pull to search for the soul.
In the meantime, hope is found
waiting for the news to unfold.
Once in a while,
fortune favours the old.
In the meantime, hope is found
waiting for the news to explode.
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Positive People Montreal, Québec
Positive People is new music from Olenka Krakus and Jeffrey Moon, born in a small space in a big pandemic year. Olenka and
Jeffrey attempt to find a way to reconcile their love of smooth rock with their nostalgia for their punk/hardcore pasts.
photos: Olenka Krakus | Jensen Gifford
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