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We've Got A Map

by tidelands

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1.
Coil 05:53
Need it, want it, love it, be the Coil The beat arrives Chance and magic, the force that feeds us all The beat arrives You know we’re part of something extra-ordinairre You see it in the smiles of those who share Follow brothers, wives and mothers The beat arrives Joys and sorrows, bent and borrowed hearts, heed the call As the beat arrives The sky will fall the sun will radiate your golden face As we’re rising high above on waves of extraordinary grace En garde, touché, let’s fight With our words and guitars it makes no mind All bark and no bite, is the sign or the lie we can’t abide
2.
Tongue-tied while I’m perceiving The evil eye as it watches me Spend and burn Like I’m this months’ style worn by last months’ girl I won’t try to hide it I’m here to confess I’ve been acquired Like everyone else you see By blood and dust and sin and ruin Oh, if you’ve got a lie well I’m buying Haven’t you heard the new black is denial? Twist on the knife all you husbands and wives Cold is the gun that we give to our sons The evening will come when the bough will break And the baby falls naked in the ice-cold lake As mother screams “I told you so” We’ll pay our debts by growing old alone That’s right, Haven’t you heard the new black is not trying? Twist on the knife all you husbands and wives Cold is the gun that we give to our sons To rape the world for our reward
3.
Rock Bottom 03:46
Rock bottom Rock bottom calls me Rock bottom Rock bottom calls me towards it’s broken fence Our lives for which there is no recompense While soldiers die for so much less Forget the past, forgive myself Rock bottom Rock bottom calls out to me Rock bottom Rock bottom whispers you’re just ash in the wind This act commits the five poetic sins We’ve reached our mark so let’s stop trying We’ve dug this hole, so let’s now lie in it
4.
Sexy Fox 05:26
when i come back home i need some love a little freaky time like i deserve might be too hard, might fall too fast just take it slow we'll make it last don't get a coke don't take a chair everything we need we've got right here it's in my pants it's in your skirt it's in our minds all filled with dirt gimme all your loving all today all the tears we shed no washed away let me pet your fur you sexy fox show me where you hide your magic box everything we lost will be replaced (everything we lost...) we've paid the cost now let's embrace each others arms each soft caress until we're lost in endlessness
5.
Japan 04:56
I’m reminded there’s a shadow moving Eating at the edge of each denial Shocks then after, waves, disaster Even a bear reaches out for help There’s nobody there Just miles of waste / nuclear rain Trash made of what once was precious I’m divided both fear and anger Each from a source of course to be believed High brow banter, experts counter The images fill in the words they cannot Lost in a flood, but burned in our conscience We can’t go back, it won’t be the same We can’t go back, never again We can’t go back, and greed is the one to blame 今 夢に見る あの青い海  変わらない毎日は もう おとぎ話 目に見える この手で触れる 現実という名の ここは悪夢 空も海も山も 人も想いも消えて ただここにあるのは 自分と明日だけ we can't go back, and greed is the one to blame
6.
Toaster 06:17
Oh… When I settle down, it will be right When I settle down, it will be for all time Cuz that’s just what I’m like… Hold me close, now even closer This love is not a game All my life I’ve been the toaster I want to be the toast Tend her rose with rolling ciphers The flesh from whence we came The sacred road to life eternal Is right between your legs Some get wise, others older It’s not just one and the same With tired eyes and dogs a barking I stumble to your bed Oh… When I settle down, it will be right When I settle down, it will be for all time Cuz that’s just what I’m like…
7.
Twin Lakes 05:31
Hark, on o’er yonder mountain There is a fire, and it is coming towards us Gather your coat and blanket, I’ll saddle the horse and we’ll ride Through the night under the stars On our flight Once, maybe twice in a lifetime You’re given the choice to run or to stay and fight I’ll take the road that’s lonely and dark but we’re alive And we’ll rise, another start, another town Love, in our time We’ve seen wars; the guns and tanks arrived, goodbye To all we’ve ever known Now, as we are so much older We’ve got a son, and isn’t that what we did it all for Love, in our time We’ve seen wars, the guns and the tanks The Holy Rollers and their armies Have come to take away and play their evil games, hooray!
8.
Lets turn the tide from ebb to flowing back in to our minds We’ll wax the moon that’s waning grab the stars and steal their light And all the walls will fall, the golden road appears We’ve got a map so come along and laugh It’s only life We’ll build / decay, replicate DNA so all’s not lost I’ll write a song to heal the broken hearts, both theirs and ours Let’s light the fire that burns when we are gone What turns a frozen night into a sing-along? It’s only life

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The sophomore release from San Francisco duo Tidelands sees them reunite with Magik*Magik Orchestra, and continue to hone their brand of "orchestral indie".

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released August 7, 2012

all songs written, arranged, and performed by gabriel leis and mie araki
except track 7; produced and arranged by minna choi. performed by minna choi, tidelands, and magik*magik orchestra. additional vocals on track 2 by gavin hayes and terese taylor.
words by gabriel leis.
string arrangements (tracks 1, 6, 7) by minna choi, performed by magik*magik orchestra. m*mo is stephanie bibbo – violin,
ari lipchick – violin, ivo bokulic – viola, and annie suda - cello.
recorded and mixed by ian pellicci at tiny telephone studios, sf. mastered by roger seibel at sae mastering. cover photo by jonas lara. original artwork and design by chie.

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tidelands San Francisco, California

Tidelands is the musical collaboration between songwriter / guitar and flugelhorn player Gabriel Montana Leis and drummer / keyboardist Mie Araki. Sharp poignant songs with poetic lyrics are uniquely arranged with looped guitars and vocals, glorious horns, Moog synth bass lines, and boy / girl harmonies. ... more

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