Say hello
Then you’ll know
Some people will never hear you
Others will always fear you
Either way kid it’s just a game
The camera stopped
The crowd didn’t know what they should watch
The actors slumped like sleeping robots
They pulled the plug ‘cause we know not how to love with one muscle pumping blood
Oh they don’t know what becomes of this experimental drug
No they don’t know what to do with us
It’s a trap you’d set in anybody’s path
Until you find some smoke and mirror
To set the mood, make things clearer
All laid out on a table in the dark
The camera stopped
The crowd didn’t know what they should watch
The actors slumped like sleeping robots
They pulled the plug ‘cause we know not how to love with one muscle pumping blood
Oh they don’t know what becomes of this experimental drug
No they don’t know what to do with us
credits
from Elephant Walk,
released April 9, 2013
Jeffrey Cobbold: upright bass
Will Fegan: drums
Justin Gaynor: pedal steel
Christina Loeb: bassoon
Liam McCormack: electric bass
Dan Melius: trumpet
Ramon Narvaez: guitar, claps, electric bass, percussion, vocals
Brad Pfiefer: trombone
Dylan Viola: vocals, piano, organ, claps, keyboards, programming, field recording
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