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Kokedama

by Leach

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1.
Tru Luv 02:07
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i’m here wishin for a ticket to sunday as if one day i’ll make it there i’m just looking to an empty clock an empty box as if one day it could be a true love, true love all my friends say they don’t really like to see me sad but there’s still an empty wallet in my pocket and my bag’s got a broken zipper where i keep my memories it’s the only thing there between my shoulders and my knees and the reason i’ve got to care: we could go on forever till 2065 or 3011 good heavens i’m such a monkey with my tail on the ground hand in my mouth calling you out as if it could be a true love, true love and i don’t know what to think when i blink and see the world come through you like a floodlight cause there’s a million suns but there just ain’t enough for gravity to pull you down, down, down, down, down to pull you down, down, down, down, down cause they’re all looking for a true love, true love
2.
Blueberry Queen 03:54
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i’m not sure what a man is made of is he anything but sticks and glue is underneath a creamy middle with a little bit of love or is he just what he do what he do in the middle of a summer night i’ve got the summer frights and my face is upside-down got a record that I think you’d like or I wish you’d liked but needle’s spinning inside out inside out and my face is on and my ears are on and my legs are on fire for what I can’t have cause my eyes are on and my hair is on and my heart is on fire for you she’s become my blueberry queen two cups of coffee and a magazine for her royal highness please my blueberry queen two cups of coffee and a magazine for her royal highness please and i don’t know that this road will do but my brakes are cut and I got no glue even if there’s another way the sun’s coming up and i don’t think you should stay no i don’t think you should stay but my nose is on and my chest is on and my liver’s on fire for what i can’t have cause my nose is on and my liver’s on and my chest is on fire for you she’s become my blueberry queen two cups of coffee and a magazine for her royal highness please my blueberry queen two cups of coffee and a magazine for her royal highness please
3.
Tiptoes 03:27
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in another world i’ll be the best man holding you with both hands dancing on my tip toes in another world i’ll get the rhythm down i’ll show you a sweet sound dance you on your tip toes but this is how it’s gonna go till i’m wrong till i’m wrong this is how it’s gonna go till i’m wrong till i’m wrong what do you think about predestination? are we gonna give up can we rewrite the equation still? qu’est-ce que tu fais-la ma cherie ma cherie you got the prettiest eyes that i’ve ever seen i’d be a fool to forget you but not a fool to let you go but this is how it’s gonna go till i’m wrong till i’m wrong this is how it’s gonna go till i’m wrong till i’m wrong
4.
Waiting on You 03:30
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if you wanna go i’m willin don’t cut your eyes out i’m on another plane if it’s easier i’m with it it lives in all of us for just a little while but i’m so simple i’m so simple i can’t read my mind and i’m so silly i’m so silly I can’t recognize I’m waiting on you, waiting on you too long if you’re gonna go i put the keys on the step but be gentle it’s a rental and i got no insurance left if you’re gonna go you’re a braver man than I stick a needle in my thigh and i’ll see you on a sunday but i’m so simple i’m so simple i can’t read my mind and i’m so silly i’m so silly I can’t recognize I’m waiting on you, waiting on you too long
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Evensong 01:33
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Grown Up 03:43
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is it too late has the sun gone down does my face look funny when i make this sound WAH are you grown up are you by yourself you might be dead inside but you’re in good health WAH do you waste your time are you on some drugs if you listen close you can feel the love you can feel the love i wish you’d show up I wish you’d blow up my mind I wish you’d show up I wish you’d blow up my mind Everything is sweeter when I close my eyes Everything is sweeter when I close my eyes
7.
Down to a Science 03:03
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Wearing a rosary like mardi gras beads I wish you’d stay and say a prayer with me I stare at you with all your glitter and papier-mâché shoes I wish I had a sense of fashion too but it don’t matter no it don’t matter cause i’ve got your love down to a science i see just how your heart behaves and if it’s rhythmic don’t worry about seasons cause i know some things don’t change i don’t got all the answers but I’ve got a few hidden in postcards addressed to me from you i burned the box cause that’s how I do I burned the box but it don’t matter no it don’t matter I’ve got your love down to a science I see just how your heart behaves and if it’s rhythmic don’t worry about seasons cause I know some things don’t change I’ve got your love down to a science I see just how your heart behaves and if it’s rhythmic don’t worry about seasons cause I know some things don’t change

about

I started this record as a response to creative insecurity. You see, I sing my songs into a computer to record them. This is, obviously, not the way people first began creating or recording music. For that reason, the computer and its many tricks can seem to get in the way of the magic that we may experience when we listen to or perform music. For a long time I was frozen by the prospect of again baring my soul to a computer, afraid that the computer might douse the magic. Then, as these songs made their way into existence, I got over it. In the words of David Byrne, “Music isn’t fragile.”

The record that came out of that tempered insecurity is one that I hope you’ll enjoy. A necessary sidenote: Kokedama is a Japanese art form in which the artist grows a plant out of a bed of moss. Neither of the two elements is rooted in earth, since the system is suspended in the air. I love the idea that two parts of this life-system are rooted together, yet the whole system is suspended in air. I think it’s analogous to a lot of our shared experience, especially growing up. We find things to root ourselves in while swinging through life.

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released June 2, 2015

Stuart Leach wrote, performed, and recorded each song.
Mark Chalecki mastered tracks 1, 2, and 6.

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