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The Layers of Honey

by The Cradle

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1.
Calendar Boy 03:31
Calendar Hanging out Doing what it's supposed to do, But not what I want it to. It's okay to waste my time It's okay to waste my time I'll find it again somewhere down the line. Body Hanging out Doing what it has to do, But not what I want it to. It's okay to waste my life It's okay to waste my life I'll get it all back when I meet my wife. Memory Fucking up Letting someone walk away, Feeling too fucked up to say "turn around- I don't wanna forget your face" But where was I last year this time? Where was I last year this time? ...I'll find that place again somewhere down the line. Partner My friend, I know everything is just like you said- You just need more than I can give. But I want that feeling now too I want that feeling now too I want to lay down and be sung to. Partner I understand I understand you when you say, You need someone to love you Every day And some of us aren't made that way. Well, I ain't no everyday man I ain't no everyday man But I'll be your calendar boy, if you want, when I can.
2.
Faces from the past Some come back again Faces I haven't seen Since I was nine or ten. Faces from the past Some come back again To reenact the lessons That I learned from them. Phases from the past Some come back again You know what I mean But it's not good to say. -fait accompli- -"done deal"- Phases from the past Some come back again You know what that means But it's not good to say...
3.
I'm losing everything I've got- I lost my hat and my notebook too. I thought I lost my sense of you... My house is falling apart But somebody's borrowed my tools- Now if I could just remember who... I'd fix my house, then I'd fix you There's something loose down there, I think. You stop and start like a busted sink. I've got to find my red hat I don't think I'll ever feel okay again, 'till I get that thing back on my head. I've got to find my black book It's got all the names of the people I've shamed By beating them easy at their own game.
4.
Honey 04:14
The layers of honey over everything... We're gonna start again We're gonna start again We're gonna remember everything. (the fact that objects move further than you'd have thought, when they go away, a twist tie under a table, anything bouncing, little animals- is this something to think about? should we have actually studied science? I want to know why it always seems, the thing is closer than it is. outside window bright, someone says "you keep speaking in general! You keep speaking in general!" and someone on the bball court yells...)
5.
Half There 01:18
Forgive me, please I know I've been half there... Don't think I'm insincere... I'm right here. Say that you understand Say "I can see the sign of you, that say, 'I'll be with you soon".
6.
Why's the light off? I know he's there I know he's there I know he's there I'm out here Under the glass Under the stairs- I know he's there... Why'd you do that? I know he's there I know he's there I knw he's there I'm out here Under the glass Under the stairs - I know he's there....
7.
Justice rider coming She's coming down to meet you, She's coming down to- She's coming down to meet you, She's coming down to- She's coming down to find out what you're all about- Justice rider coming. Such a gracious guy But every question's got an end Every question's got the end means in mind. Someone with your face And a rat in one hand And a sword in one hand- Someone with your face is coming to take your place.
8.
He asks "Are you sure?" I say "I'm sure" But I'm nervous Like a tourist ...I'm not sure... She opens Hole in the wall Queen of the field- How could I say no? It leads to another hallway That leads to another hallway That leads to a room that makes me feel Small... It didn't used to be this hard It didn't used to be so hard.
9.
Virtue 03:36
Every day when you fall You fall past The son's soft eye You fall past... Oh, faithful killer of mine Between the sun and I Oh, faithful lover of mine Between the sun and I Here's your knife, hold it tight Let's be gone From the false light Every fucker thinks they're So damn bright Thinks they'll shit light Oh, faithful killer of mine Between the sun and I Oh, faithful night of mine Come between false suns and I Oh, thank you knife of life Pain is a virtue I prize.

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"Danny told me he sold church gear for a living. Candles, vestments- family business. Great-grandfather bought the rights to the enterprise from his brother-in-law some time in the '20s. Danny runs it today with his dad. He was saying they're thinking of expanding into the home furnishing realm though too, because demand is waning so much these days. It seems the old ritualized way of worship is going out of style. Now it's more just one guy in a suit with a microphone and no candles."

"You filthy louse', Dr. Varley said between his wide white teeth. 'I ought to break your back. Mine is an honorable branch of an honorable profession'. 'Yeah'. I looked at him wearily. 'I know it is. Only it smells of death.' He didn't slug me, so I walked away from him and out. I looked back from the wide double doors. He hadn't moved. He had a job to do, putting back the layers of honey."


"Why's The Light Off?" official music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI2WWUxSHFo

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released September 18, 2016

anina ivry block singing on tracks 4, 6, and 9, and playing accordion on track 3

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The Cradle Brooklyn, New York

music of paco cathcart. brooklyn, NY.

for booking/whatever: pkcathcart@yahoo.com or
646 220 3328

i also engineer for other people/bands. hit me up for that analog natural jank.

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