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Gnarled Visions / Say No More

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Track 3 & Track 4 On  Animal Society I  By  Animal Society

“Gnarled Visions” Written by Erik Trabert
“Say No More” Written by Ric Albano & Animal Society		 Combined Length: 5:00
Listen to the Song:
[audio:AS/03-GnarledVisions-SayNoMore.mp3]		 2010
“Gnarled Visions”

Instrumental
Composition © 2010 Erik Trabert
Publication © 2010 Cygnus Wave Music

“Say No More” Lyrics

Lorna was a Tory who only moved from left to right
In constant semi-circles
So her head would not get light
She would never bake the bread
Nor would she ever make the bed
But she’d forge the cocaine cookies
From a script inside her head
She’d sweep the floor then fill the drawers, say no more

Trenton was a communist
From some town way down south
Who never fought for nothing
But he sure did have a mouth
And he was never in the loop
Because he never told the truth
And he’d snark the cocaine cookies
With a thirteen-inch-wide scoop
He’d check the score, consume the roar
And say no more

They hooked up on a Sunday in late April / early May
Bound by common passions and a dog they found astray
And an everlasting thirst
For forever-blasting bursts
From the sublime cocaine cookies
That soon drained their modest purse
They’d kiss the floor to thwart the gore
Say no more

How we both got here this morning
We must never speak a word
For the trust to stay unbroken
Nothing spoken, nothing heard
And we will never go again
To where we never should have been
Let us crush the cocaine cookies
And depart before we’re seen

Pray to Thor that we say no more about our rash decisions
Accept the bane of fortunes waned due to gnarled visions

Composition © 2009 Ric Albano & Animal Society
Publication © 2010 Cygnus Wave Music

 “Gnarled Visions” Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed April 2010
Recorded April 2010
at Cygnus Wave Studios
Mixed & Mastered in 2010
at Cygnus Wave Studios

“Say No More” Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander
Composed June 2009
Recorded March 20, 2010
at Saturation Acres, DuPont, PA
Mixed & Mastered in 2010
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Erik Trabert
Electric Guitars, Synths
Matt Roy
Drums

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Vieux Carre

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Track 2  On  Animal Society I  By  Animal Society

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 2:43
Listen to the Song:
[audio:AS/02-VieuxCarre.mp3]		 2010
Lyrics

They’ve always claimed that this day would come
It’s just not supposed to take this long
Just not supposed to take this long
Well, ain’t it a shame that we’d be the ones
It’s just not supposed to take this long
Just not supposed to take this long

Trapped on this jungle of concrete I-10
Hot and deserted, forsaken and frightened
Under the sign that reads “Vieux Carre”
Water galore but not one single drop to drink
Some have expired, many on the brink
Did they forget just where we are?

Dazed and confused, broken and burned
Foul toxic soup around every turn
Hell hath annexed our city
They told us to come to the voluminous dome
Where we would be “safe” in our interim home
That pledge a mendacity

They never claimed this day could come
It’s just not supposed to take this long
Just not supposed to take this long
Who can we blame for the unfortunate ones?

Composition © 2006 Ric Albano
Publication © 2010 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander
Composed March 2006
Recorded March 20, 2010
at Saturation Acres, DuPont, PA
Mixed & Mastered in 2010
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Erik Trabert
Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Matt Roy
Drums

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California

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Track 1  On  Animal Society I  By  Animal Society

Written by Ric Albano, Erik Trabert, & Matt Roy Song Length: 5:32
Listen to the Song:
[audio:AS/01-California.mp3]		 2009
Lyrics

You think you’ve got yourself a new friend
But is she really there for you?
A hybrid child-grown-adult friend
Who thinks her mother but a tool
To guard against the water side
Regarding just the daughter’s side
And to carry water too

Rage, such rage
No gauge to tamp down the rage

You think you’ve coined yourself a new trend
But will she really let you do?
Those deep-down chasms that you must mend
Can they be healed before you’re through?
May yet be some time left
May yet be some rhyme left
To tame the bitter shrew

Gauge, engage
That stage may still exist for you

And so I went to California
But could not get inside her door
Unless I’d fake like I adored ya
Unless I’d sell out like a whore

I went to California
The scent of fresh begonia
Lying hazy in the air
Flying lazy through the air
Gliding crazy on the air

Rage, such rage
No gauge to tamp it down

Composition © 2009 Animal Society
Publication © 2010 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander
Composed June 2009
Recorded March 20, 2010
at Saturation Acres, DuPont, PA
Mixed & Mastered in 2010
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Erik Trabert
Electric Guitars, Synths
Matt Roy
Drums

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Animal Society I

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Animal Society (Debut Album)Completed on December 10, 2010

These recordings of original songs were made at Saturation Acres and Cygnus Wave studios in 2010. The original intent was to release an album called Any Atomic Lies in late 2010, but disagreements ensued and the project was halted before publication.

Below are the mixes of the Animal Society songs as they were in December 2010, presented as an eponymous “album”.

Track   Composer(s)  Length
 1.   California     Ric Albano, Erik Trabert, Matt Roy  5:32
 2.   Vieux Carre Ric Albano  2:43
 3.   Gnarled Visions Erik Trabet  1:12*
 4.   Say No More Ric Albano, Animal Society  3:48*
 5.   Emily In Her Day Ric Albano, Animal Society  7:10
 6.   Sol’s Lament Erik Trabert  0:50
 7.   Love, Crime, & Paradigm Ric Albano, Erik Trabert, Matt Roy  5:04
 8.   The Lion Ric Albano  5:21
 9.   Matt’s Hatt Matt Roy, Erik Trabert, Ric Albano  3:09
10.   Change You Can Believe In Matt Roy, Animal Society  4:50

  * The songs “Gnarled Visions” and “Say No More” are combined as one digital track with a length of 5:00 even.

Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander and Ric Albano

 

Stone

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Bonus Track  By  Animal Society

Written by Erik Trabert Song Length: 3:27
Listen to the Song:
[audio:AS/AS-Stone.mp3]		 2010
Instrumental

Composition © 2010 Erik Trabert
Publication © 2012 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander
Recorded March 20, 2010
at Saturation Acres

Performers
Ric Albano
Bass
Erik Trabert
Guitars
Matt Roy
Drums

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