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If you and I are so close then why are we apart
And will I see you as I saw you once this painter sells her art?
The last of many pictures of a photo-leaving mass
Where everyone's a stranger and a mystery in a mask
It's the end of your life
And It's a new way of living
It's the end of the world
And It's only the beginning
Hail Iris and hail Kali
Both to whom you write the check
For all the cards you're to be dealt
It's these girls start the deck
And you'll scramble to recover and you'll heal and make amends
Make no mistake about it, there are no mistaken friends
All that you have lost
And all that you've been given
It's the end of the world
And It's only the beginning
Our lives are fused to the rhythm of the times
Every curse word rhymes
Cooped up covered up coming down in waves
Gather thy good will
'Tis the season to be brave
I'm in a mood to spill my guts out
In a room without a ghost
I play the crowd, I play the players
Guests of honor and the host
The insignias on our jackets pumped our bloody hearts with pride
The shelves left bereft of choices left us breathless, choosing sides
All that you have lost
And all that you've been given
It's the end of the world
And It's only the beginning
It's the end of your life
It's a new way of living
It's the end of the world
And It's only the beginning
It's only the beginning
It's only the beginning
It's only the beginning
It's only the beginning
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She didn't catch what I threw
That was new
She took the walk that I should have
No time like the present she gave me
No time
The blue sky of her eye was drenched in condensation
And she showered down her words as if to be some consolation
She said
Someday you
You're gonna break somebody's heart
The way that I am breaking yours now
You may not believe my words
But you'd do well to heed my words
There's gonna be more to the story of the boy
Stay still, stay down
It's gonna be hours upon hours
Til the noontime comes around
Don't move Don't think
Don't draw conclusions with disappearing ink
No time like the present she gave me
No Time
She lies like it's a prize
As if she offers compensation
And she showered down her words as if to be some consolation
She said
Someday you
You're gonna break somebody's heart
The way that I am breaking yours now
You may not believe my words
But you'd do well to heed my words
There's gonna be more to the story of the boy
She said
Someday you
You're gonna break somebody's heart
The way that I am breaking yours now
You may not believe my words
But you'd do well to heed my words
There's gonna be more to the story of the boy
A Still Love is still love
A Still Love is still love
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Desmond and Molly hopped on the trolly
That runs along the Memory Lane
This ride their last chance to visit their romance
That lives in a place no one can explain
The pair had departed to back where they started
To ride what had eroded in time
Their love was past brokenhearted and old enough to get carded:
Des and Molly at the end of their line
So long and so what's new
Welcome to a world that makes no sense to you
It's not good or bad It's squinting at the sun
The price of life is life goes on
Their kids were slower than molasses but both quicker than their classes
Closer siblings none were more than Mel and Pam
Found then lost their fortunes within a year or so
They were both bankers ruined by a royal scam
And even if we die alone at least we lived together
Locked ourselves inside a room and wrote some songs
They rode that trolley to the market where they terminally parked it
At the station back where once they both belonged
So long and so what's new
Welcome to a world that makes no sense to you
It's not good or bad It's squinting at the sun
The price of life is life goes on
The price of life is life goes on
The price of life is life goes on
The price of life is life goes on
I wanna sing like I feel when I listen to you
The reverb tail forever to be told
Syrupy and soulful as I hear it in my heart's ear
Hi-fi crystal clear
Evolution is just getting older
Education's just one more degree
When they were failed by intuition they'd Considered their tuition paid
One branch further up the tree
So long and so what's new
Welcome to a world that makes no sense to you
It's not good or bad It's squinting at the sun
The price of life is life goes on
So long and so what's new
Welcome to a world that makes no sense to you
It's not good or bad It's squinting at the sun
The price of life is life goes on
The price of life is life goes on
The price of life is life goes on
The price of life is life goes on
The price of life is life goes on
The price of life is life goes on
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All's well
In a groundswell that ends well
Your Rome fell today
Your drive home from Hell
And the tire in the wheel well
Scuffed up the highway
Leaving behind
More of you than they
Brother, I know where you've been
The goodness of your nature
Or the nature of your goodness
Kept you bound down to a plan
To find a broken human
And serve her all you can
Scrapbooks and scar tissue
Old records being reissued
Lest they be forgotten
That, and how they first got gotten
Brother, I know where you've been
Scrapbooks and scar tissue
Old records being reissued
Lest they be forgotten Or worse,
Remembered, once turned rotten
Brother, I know where you've been
Brother, I know where you've been
All's well
All's well
All's well
All's well
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With God's fire
I will consume
The whims
The drought
And ever the blues
My work is hard
My work is long
But without any proof of these dissonant truths
My back bears the load of the stories we've told
So I will endure
Nothing is easy
Not even Love
Under the cover of dry stalk
Lies the bulgar and the wheat
Under the scarring that covers your skin
Past the vulgar there is sweet
Under the words that are under your breath
Lies truth
So we will endure
Nothing is easy
Not even Love
One heals itself
Seals itself to one shoulder
One could never be enough (No no no)
To be too much (No no no)
To push us over
I just can't be cruel to ghouls, ghosts, and you
Because everything and everyone is gonna die
Like a caterpillar to a butterfly
Nothing is easy
Nothing is easy
Nothing is easy
Not even Love
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I've been the clouds
I've been the reason it rains
I've drawn your mind
And all its fascinations
I am because all of your property's sold
I've been Youth, The Envy of Old
This common man is proud to pull his head out of the clouds
And to greet you where you stand
On even, steady land
He'll hold your heart in his steady hand
And your pulse'll be the fanfare
Of this common man
I've been the rhythm
I've been the leg rendered lame
I've been the wild
And I have been tamed
Then comes you and all identity fades
Love comes true
Blown on the breeze and through blades
This common man is proud to pull his head out of the clouds
And to greet you where you stand
On even, steady land
He'll hold your heart in his steady hand
And your pulse'll be the fanfare
Of this common man
I've been the troll I've been the bridge he calls home
I've been loved
And I have loved alone
What will last long
Long after memory fades?
Quarter's spent. Have fun in the arcade.
This common man is proud to pull his head out of the clouds
And to greet you where you stand
On even, steady land
He'll hold your heart in his steady hand
And your pulse'll be the fanfare
Of this common man
And your pulse'll be the fanfare
Of this common man
Your pulse'll be the fanfare
Of this common man
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You will stand up or you will fall
God is a clown and a wrecking ball
You haven't told your tale
You will in time
Love always blows your mind
Power hits and power scores
You call them lovers
You call them whores
Try to steer your boat without the oars
Now you are in for all of time
Do you wanna trade sight for insight?
And do you wanna trade the colors of the dark for a blinding light?
Do you wanna just watch for all of your life?
Baby, this is the good fight
Love always blows your mind
Be bold, my son
Be true to light
Open up your chest with all your might
When you feel wrongest that's when you wuz right
There is no glow you need not shine
Do you wanna trade sight for insight?
And do you wanna trade the colors of the dark for a blinding light?
Do you wanna just watch for all of your life?
Baby, this is the good fight
Love always blows your mind
Love always blows your mind
Love always blows your mind
And when you're done
You're gonna swear upon your life that you were the only one
And not one of your brothers had inflamed as much nor suffered more
You can be sure that ain't half as bad as what's in store
It might not be such a bad idea for you to make peace with your lord
That's him chilling with a Slurpee
Peeking out at you from behind your swords
You will stand up or you will fall
God is a clown and a wrecking ball
You haven't told your tale but you're in line
Love always blows your mind
Love always blows your mind
Love always blows your mind
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Well alright then
That's it
Where we stand down is now where we sit
The meaning you squeeze from the end of a fable
To sing beyond your range
To play chords that are not playable
I love you from both sides of this table
I love you and I always will
My wife, I could do with a little bit of you right now
If I could sup from a bowl of your purebred soul
I think I could know true power
It is the meek who will reek of the spoils of the other one's war
And when the blood that they've shed gets into your head
You get the point of the sabres they bore
I am sure there will be a day
When I will smell taste and witness the joys on replay
These stories are written by victors they say
And when both sides lose love they'll both work with the clay
I love you
I wish you a life fulfilled
I love you and I always will
My wife, I could do with a little bit of you right now
If I could sup from a bowl of your purebred soul
I think I could know true power
It is the meek who will reek of the spoils of the other one's war
And when the blood that they've shed gets into your head
You get the point of the sabres they bore
You get the point of the sabres they bore
You get the point of the sabres they bore
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Just as we gave up
Our bodies gave out
Drowning in rivers of wine
In cement shoes of doubt
Queuing like soldiers the guillotine line
There's nothing I own in this world
There's nothing that's mine
But you make me smile
I am high
The waters cleave and I can breathe
You make me laugh
From a thought
I do believe
That I can conceive of a life
Way, way beyond today
Way, way beyond today
Way, way beyond today
Today
Just as we woke up
Our bodies gave out
Drowning in rivers of wine
In cement shoes of doubt
Queuing like soldiers the guillotine line
There's nothing I own in this world
There's nothing that's mine
But you make me smile
I am high
The waters cleave and I can breathe
You make me laugh
From a thought
I do believe
That I can conceive of a life
Way, way beyond today
Way, way beyond today
Way, way beyond today
Today
The waters cleave and I believe
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This record was recorded live at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 on 8/15/2022. Starring as Adoraborealis that evening was Mike Messer (Lead Vox/Acoustic Guitar) and Tom McCaffrey (Electric Guitar/BV). The raw board mix was then brought to Rad Hazard Studios in Brooklyn, and got sonically spruced up for release
released February 21, 2023
All songs © Mike Messer Adoraborialisongs (BMI)
Recorded live at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
on 8/15/2022
Produced by Mike Messer and Tom McCaffrey
MIxed by Tom McCaffrey at Rad Hazard Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Ryan Ball
At The Gearbox Recording Studio, Paramus, NJ
Acoustic Guitar, Vocal - Mike Messer
Electric Guitar, Backing Vocal - Tom McCaffrey
