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Baby Steps - Singles 2013

by Woolen Warrior

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1.
Riddle 04:38
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gonna creep through the flatlands, gonna send you to seed gonna steal all your color, gonna drink all your mead gonna twist, gonna turn, gonna scratch, gonna stare best huddle together, cause this is my air well i'm lickin' my lips, and i'm rubbin' my palms gonna shrivel your stores, gonna freeze up the pond, go on build that fire, you know it won't last gonna laugh at your walls, cause I'm inside the house ahahahaha when the ground grows cold, and i've silenced the sun when i've soaked through your shoes, when i've rusted your gun When you know you can't hide, and your too tired to fight Remember these words, you'll know i was right
2.
Kettle Experiments 03:46
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3.
Fish Language 02:02
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everybody likes to talk about the weather i don't know why, cause it's always the same everybody seems to know about the part i don't know why, but they never told me it's like all the fish speak the little fish language and they all learned how to wag their tails and when i try to speak the little fish language it comes out all in bubbles and then i drown everybody seems to have a name worth saying i don't know why they forget about mine everybody seems to know the game we're playing if i don't know the rules, is it a waste of my time it's like all the fish speak the little fish language and they all learned it when they were young and when i try to speak the little fish language it comes out all in bubbles and tangles my tongue oh, i can't figure out the niceties, people never say what they want you to hear maybe its a dance or song or a gesture, something that makes it all perfectly clear It's like all the fish speak the little fish language and they all learned it when they were young and when i try to speak the little fish language it comes out all in bubbles and tangles my tongue oh, i don't speak your language no, i don't speak your language no, i don't speak your language no, i don't speak it
4.
In Portland (A Song About Olympia) 03:56
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they say in Portland everyone knows what not to wear i heard in Portland the city takes care of the air portland has a bar that makes its own infusions we wouldn't have to go to far, there's carpools leaving all the time portland is a place where we could have a garden we could settle down in a nice squat by the river with friends i heard in Portland everyone gets enough to eat they say in Portland there's always a place to sleep portland has a park that's biegter then ours portland's never dark, the climate's slightly more moderate portland is a port land, because there is a port there portland is called portland, even though there's another city named that in maine nobody get's old, in portland nobody get's cold, in portland there's no fucking cops, in portland it totally rocks, in portland in portland
5.
Receive The Summons 01:50
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word from the ocean receive the summons salt and devotion there's only one and hey now the sun is coming home prepare the basin wash the garment look for the face when it is the moment hey now the sun is coming home it's been a long long time
6.
Unsure Ground 04:26
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i was caught up in the storm's fray wreckage my own for a while some day we wont move away ya-ah ya-ee [x3] oh it's not impossible it's just a process we'll learn what we need to learn earn what we need to earn come on let's start today it's not impossible we'll find a place to stay come on let's start today sunny day lips unfurled branches bare dawn in the world unsure ground death and decay stick around my sunny day
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Mantras 02:32
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wake up nobody is coming you hold the key to your chains stop waiting on salvation you could be singing stand up you are perfectly able you have no need of masters stop listening to experts you could be singing wake up stand up breath in sing out
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Variations on a Theme 01:26
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nothing worse then falling for that same old line you'll do fine if you are worthy no use in denying our common ties meet the eyes of the ones you speak to ready your voice for the coming chorus sharpen your mind with the work of justice shelter the life of the common land secret are the places that the wise folk dwell sacred are the villages, sacred are the wells power in the edges, and power in the whole ancient are the names of the spirits groves no use in denying our common ties watch the tides and share the fruit from the aging trees that were once the seeds that our elders placed so that they could send help through time and space
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Words Get In The Way 02:24
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words get in the way building barricades high so i see you less everyday girl i gotta know why but words get in the way selfish sentencing (i can) bridle, bit, and rein (tell when) tied to tight to (you're not listening, selfish sentencing) speak when spoken to (my light-) always miss the cue (-house is) hiding in the words you say (growing dimmer while your ship runs astray) can't you ever just say what you mean i'm the one that's suffering in this jagged compromise is your love just like the bee that stings singing oh no you've killed me now static simmering (all i) sorry for the sting (need is) i've been sharing (sheltered space where I can feel safe but you) empty vessels make (hide be-) useful canidates (-hind the) always last to take the blame (circled logic you've placed to draw the eye) i still love you do you love me to?
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Weakness 03:28
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have been so risen low and hard to sleep with that i just wanted to let you know that i want to be with you i want to be with you ooh, ooh, ooh lies are told by those that cant accept their weakness but i am proud to rely on what's between us what's between us our house is a very fine house it's filled with things we've made i'll keep you safe at night we'll both still be afraid our house is very fine house it's built on solid ground we'll make it through the times we let each other down
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Clarity 06:46
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one day i went walking along the high ridges and saw such a sight that i almost was driven to float from on high to the welcoming waters that glimmered below in impossible patterns and when i returned to my vacated body i noticed the threads that derive from within me were part of a web on infinite complexity linking my soul to the ones all around me and as i drifted forward in time my clarity faded still i know the power that sleeps underneath what our senses perceive and our minds can conceive of see with the eyes of original purity embrace the all with the ancient simplicity you'll know the power that sleeps underneath what out senses perceive and our spirits can dream of
12.
Paper Bag 04:04
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found a paper bag, wonder if it saw the city wanna catch a cab, don't know where i'd go to i'd like to take you out, all in knives you'd look so pretty maybe we'll catch a show, sharper then a rose is i kinda miss the grass, always know the proper vender last time they kicked my ass, guess i shouldn't sleep there waiting to kill some time, never felt so much in danger i drink it til i'm blind, still can't make it taste good and i'm at the top of the week i never wanted nothing, never wanted nothing, never, from you and i'm at the end of the street i always catch you staring, always catch you staring, always acting wise with you gun and your disguise but a badge can't make you boss though tried to bum a drag, guess I should wear something queerer worse night i ever had wasn't much to sleep through they kicked em off the curb, wondered why I wasn't with em no one even said a word, they like it when you play dumb someone tried to sign their name red all over, red all over never really felt the same when i'm older, when i'm older
13.
Punk Like Library 01:16
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i wanna be punk like the library all the good shows are at the library learn how to fuck at the library i wanna be punk like the library oh na nanana nana i wanna be punk like the library revolution starts at the library make new friends at the library i wanna be punk like the library oh na nanana nana nanananananananananananananananananananananananana i wanna be punk like the library revolution starts at the library learn how to fuck at the library i wanna be punk like the library oh na nanana nana nanananananananananananananananananananananananananana
14.
Waiting Melody 02:30
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wind don't scare me it's been gusty learned my lesson heat is what you save i've been riding bags a laden i've been waiting i've been waiting soon I'll arrive so i will treasure quiet times when i'm just waiting i am waiting
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The Herald, The Hero and Other Stories 01:34
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i was in a hurry, i was getting pretty worried giving more then what i got, every hour on every clock i was gonna make it even if it left me tattered i was paying what i owed, i was reaping what i sowed but it wasn't meant to be, the story wasn't me and i spoke I was sick and stable, I was idle but my eyes were caught on fire, burned to cinder, never ceasing not releasing i was just a mumble but my mind would not stop searching for the word that i forgot, for the key that fit the lock but it wasn't meant to be, the story wasn't me and I spoke oh, oh i was righteous, i was just, like the river, like the rust i could feel the mortal coil, i was gonna tell the world to sing sing all your praises, take them to the darker spaces ring ring bells are sounding, time for struggle, time for pain i thought that the tower would fall, every brick and every wall that the roads would crack, that the earth would take them back but it wasn't meant to be, the story wasn't me and i spoke i am nothing i am nothing i am nothing i am free

about

Going into the year 02013, I was sitting on a big backlog of unrecorded material that didn't really seem to work as a album. I decided to attempt to record and release two songs a month for the whole year as a "singles" series. This proved to be quite a lot of work, but I managed to put out 8 singles and the Counting Stitches EP that year. Those 15 songs have been collected here for easier listening and downloading. I'm joined on these songs by a ever-changing cast of characters far more talented then myself. Thank you all, I could not have done it without you. The original singles mostly featured cover art by Izzi Ceccanti, which is now available as a PDF booklet included with the full album.

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released January 1, 2014

Musical Contributions from Sam Gray, Eric Williger, River Nason, Patrick Lebahn, Liam McNamara, Liam Hindahl, Polly Ceccanti, Kendl Winter, Jen Grady, Taylor Rushing, and Austin Dunn

Engineered at the Dub Narcotic Studio and Rose Home for Folk by Sam Gray with occasional help from Patrick Lebahn and once Nathan Gibson

Cover photo by Polly Ceccanti,
Original cover art all by Izzi Ceccanti
except Receive the Summons and Paper Bag by Sam Gray

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