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Paper White Narcissus

by Tripping With Grace

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1.
Kiro 04:29
Kiro Childhood friend If you can see your way to me See me til the end I’m at zero But I forget my pain When I hear the name (repeat) Kiro Childhood friend If you can see your way to me See me till the end I’m at zero But I forget my pain When I hear the name (repeat) Should I be older than a boy Or younger than a man Should I be bold Or should I follow like a lamb You could unfold me like some paper in your hand Instead you mold me into everything I am Kiro
2.
The evidence is plain to see Like the dark before the dawn It’s funny how a man can bleed Before his blood is drawn Tears that have fallen like rain Fears that have swollen with pain Then just when all the hope was gone From the smallest seed we came Can you feel us looming We can’t keep from blooming Paper white narcissus Growing underground I can’t believe you missed us We shot up all around In your secret garden Or in the alley just outside We can grow anywhere Paper white narcissus Growing underground All around us The consequence is plain to me When the innocence is gone It’s amazing how we toss it in Before the cards are drawn Tears that have fallen like rain Fears they have swollen with pain And just when all the hope was gone From the smallest seed we came Can you feel us looming We can’t keep from blooming Paper white narcissus Growing underground I can’t believe you missed us We shot up all around In your secret garden Or in the alley just outside We can grow anywhere Paper white narcissus Growing underground All around us
3.
Home Here 03:38
Perfect summer Sunday I’ve got no work on Monday There’s a slight chance of an afternoon shower But it’s low pressure baby My feet in cool water see And my hand’s where they ought to be Wrapped around your sweet self Don’t take me nowhere else I feel at home here I could be long here Or maybe longer If the feeling’s strong I feel at home here I’m never alone here I might have to stay here For the rest of my life Another month of Mondays Living my way or the highway On a permanent honeymoon I’m a lover not a fighter baby My feet in cool water see And my mind where it ought to be Wrapped up in your sweet soul With you I’m never old (chorus) Meanwhile back inside the city People slave their days away How I wish you all were with me Cause I don’t know if I’ll get back that way (chorus)
4.
Smoke Signal 03:29
I’m trying every method that I know Working hard to redirect the flow It’s obvious in everything that shows That you’re the only place I have to go It’s time to send it up I’ll never give it up If you would only feel this vibe I think that we would both enjoy the ride I’ll send this message out before the fire is out Sending up a smoke signal I trying every adjective I’ve learned Describing how the feelings have returned After all the bridges that we’ve burned I’m hoping that the tide will slowly turn It’s time to send it up I’ll never give it up If you would only feel this vibe I think that we would both enjoy the ride I’ll send this message out before the fire is out Sending up a smoke signal Sending up a smoke signal
5.
There By Now 05:03
Just when you think you’ll have the cake and eat it too That’s when you’ll sink far away from you The first mistake it happened but it conquered you For heaven’s sake break the chains off you Sister how does it feel When you turn the empty pages of your life And you say Lord it’s just a waste of time This turn it’s ours so don’t burn the hours away We could be there by now There by now Your last mistake it happens and I know it’s true The worst mistake to fake my point of view But it’s not our fate trapped inside an attitude It’s not too late to shake the reigns off you Brother how does it feel When you turn the empty pages of your life And you say Lord it’s just a waste of time This turn it’s ours so don’t burn the hours away We could be there by now There by now I’d stay but it’s time to go Delay but the feelings show The river must flow and it’s flowing Sister how does it feel When you turn the empty pages of your life And you say Lord it’s just a waste of time This turn it’s ours so don’t burn the hours away We could be there by now There by now
6.
I’ve run away from bad situations To the pleasure center in my imagination Till I come to a place of natural libation Numb to the pain and the burning sensation of love I choose thunder over rain for love I choose treasure over shame for love I choose pleasure over pain – over pain I’ve come away from sad situations To my private palace of idle fascination And I search for a place of cosmic elation Numb to the pain and the burning sensation of love I choose thunder over rain for love I choose treasure over shame for love I choose pleasure over pain – over pain I’ve run away from bad situations To the pleasure center in my imagination Till I come to a place of natural libation Numb to the pain and the burning sensation of love I choose thunder over rain for love I choose treasure over shame for love I choose pleasure over pain – over pain
7.
Crawl 04:06
Some say the man was a snail that emerged from a slime Long before Monkees and Beatles in Pre-Floydian times I crawled before I could climb And some say we slithered away from some black waterfall Some fool left the pool and the results are still with us all Before I walked I had to crawl Get down on my knees for it all I had to crawl Before I could dance at the ball Some say that man had a brain the size of a dime Well I say they’re wrong – it was bigger – the size of a lime And I crawled before I could climb And some say that man was a snake before he could talk I’m not too fond of the pond theory but there may be some truth in it all Before I walked I had to crawl Get down on my knees for it all I had to crawl Before I could dance at the ball I had to crawl Get down on my knees Get down on my knees for it I had to crawl
8.
My Chanteuse 03:59
Feeling like I do I do believe I’ll make my rendezvous With my blues Down at My Chanteuse Inside that smoky room It’s where I go To make me think of you I feel so blue Black and blue I say hey My Chanteuse Put me through to that smoky back room Beatnik blues from My Chanteuse Down the stairs in that funky black room Francophone on a saxophone Makes me feel kind of liquid and loose I say hey My Chanteuse Put me through to that smoky back room Feeling like I do I do believe it’s time to pay my dues For my blues Down at My Chanteuse Inside a smoky tune It’s where I go To get my mind off you And my blues If I choose I say hey My Chanteuse Put me through to that smoky back room Beatnik blues from My Chanteuse Down the stairs in that funky black room Francophone on a saxophone Makes me feel kind of liquid and loose I say hey My Chanteuse Put me through to that smoky back room
9.
Once 03:33
10.
Captain Swing is coming here He's traveling south from Lancashire To crush the new machinery That's ruining all the scenery He says he'll bring his army here With sticks and stones and riot gear To rush the walls of industry They won't cut down another tree Captain Swing we need you now No one else can save this town Captain swing your hammer down Run those gangsters out of town Captain Swing is getting near So raise your voices and pints of beer He's tearing down the factory And rearranging history He says he'll bring his army here With sticks and stones and riot gear To rush the walls of industry They won't cut down another tree Captain Swing we need you now No one else can save this town Captain swing your hammer down Run those gangsters out of town Captain Swing we need you now No one else can save this town Captain swing your hammer down Run those gangsters out of town Captain Swing we need you now
11.
Shadow 03:41
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13.
The evidence is plain to see Like the dark before the dawn It’s funny how a man can bleed Before his blood is drawn Tears that have fallen like rain Fears that have swollen with pain Then just when all the hope was gone From the smallest seed we came Can you feel us looming We can’t keep from blooming Paper white narcissus Growing underground I can’t believe you missed us We shot up all around In your secret garden Or in the alley just outside We can grow anywhere Paper white narcissus Growing underground All around us The consequence is plain to me When the innocence is gone It’s amazing how we toss it in Before the cards are drawn Tears that have fallen like rain Fears they have swollen with pain And just when all the hope was gone From the smallest seed we came Can you feel us looming We can’t keep from blooming Paper white narcissus Growing underground I can’t believe you missed us We shot up all around In your secret garden Or in the alley just outside We can grow anywhere Paper white narcissus Growing underground All around us
14.
Some say the man was a snail that emerged from a slime Long before Monkees and Beatles in Pre-Floydian times I crawled before I could climb And some say we slithered away from some black waterfall Some fool left the pool and the results are still with us all Before I walked I had to crawl Get down on my knees for it all I had to crawl Before I could dance at the ball Some say that man had a brain the size of a dime Well I say they’re wrong – it was bigger – the size of a lime And I crawled before I could climb And some say that man was a snake before he could talk I’m not too fond of the pond theory but there may be some truth in it all Before I walked I had to crawl Get down on my knees for it all I had to crawl Before I could dance at the ball I had to crawl Get down on my knees Get down on my knees for it I had to crawl

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This is the jazz-rock,, prog-power-pop sophomore release from the Phoenix, Arizona foursome Tripping With Grace

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released April 10, 2013

Executive Producers: Michael James Shannon and Jeff Percival

Michael James Shannon - lead vocals and rhythm guitars
Ward Aycock - lead guitar solos and rhythm guitars
Bryan Kuban – bass and fretless bass
Jon Robert Leech - drums and percussion

All Lyrics by MJ Shannon
Music by Aycock, Kuban, Leech, and Shannon
Except “All the Worlds a Cage” Music by Ward Aycock

Recorded and Mixed by Jeff Percival at Personics - Assisted by Bryan Kuban
Additional Processing by Terry Mashburn at Big Note Studios, Fort Phantom Lake, Texas
Mastering by Bill “BT” Thomas at Wisco Mix, Star Lake Wisconsin and
Bryan Kuban at Kube Music

Featuring:
Jeff Percival - keyboards and backing vocals
Matt Maher - keyboards on "Shadow"
Twyla Foreman – backing vocals
Thom Lynch – percussion
Gordon Cotten – organ and piano
John Renner – saxophone on “Smoke Signal”


TWG thanks Jesus Christ for everything
Copyright 2013 – Kiro Media / Chalooby Publishing (BMI)

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Tripping With Grace are Phoenix/Tempe Arizona musicians offering their own indie power-pop jazz-rock based on modern and vintage influences. TWG is Michael James Shannon on lead vocals and guitars, guitar virtuoso Ward Aycock on lead and rhythm guitars, Bryan Kuban on bass and fretless bass, and Jon Leech on drums and percussion. Lyrics are by Shannon, Music by Aycock, Kuban, Leech, and Shannon. ... more

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