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by Meera

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1.
The Otter 04:21
Life on the river I lay back and I float around the bend I don't know where it's flowing I can't see where I am So I'm scared of what's downstream So scared of the sea I just hope that I can trust you Life out in orbit I spin out of control I let go I don't know where I came from I can't see by the stars So I'm scared of escaping So scared to be free I just hope that I can trust you Life as a human I'm locked up by myself No one else I don't know if it's normal I'll never know if I'm right So I'm scared of everything So scared to be I just hope that I can trust you
2.
Glutton 05:03
Are you hungry You want something to eat There's more meat than you could shake a stick at There's more meat than you know what to do with Don't take too much You could get sick Things will get ugly Then you'll regret it Are you lonely You want someone to love We've got more hearts than you know what to do with There's more hearts than you could shake a stick at Don't take too much You could get sick Things will get ugly Then you'll regret it There was an old woman who lived in a shoe So many children because they're so cute And when they grew hungry she put them to bed She beat them to sleep and she loved them to death There was an old woman who lived in that shoe Too many children because they're too cute And when she grew angry she bit off their heads She beat them to sleep and she loved them to death Are you guilty You want a price to pay There's more punishment than you could shake a stick at We've got more punishment than you know what to do with Don't take too much You could get sick Things will get ugly Then you'll regret it
3.
When I was nine years old way back in Ohio The hired man was digging up a well on my father's land He found a fossil there It was a massive bone and since then I've known That a race of giants lived in the northern hemisphere Ten thousand years ago they lived right here It seems incredible and yet it's the truth That a fossilized and petrified calcified primeval brute Was turned to stone but he was not alone There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward the river Even giants think they'll always live forever Where a stream once flowed into the Ohio everything was turned to stone The Bible speaks of this There were giants in our midst But they slaughtered one another in a meaningless war Thank your lucky stars that we don't do that anymore That gravel-encrusted skull that was found by a river shoal Double rows of very sharp teeth The massive jaw measured twenty five feet It was turned to stone There were hundreds of them walking on the sand toward the river Even giants think they'll always live forever
4.
Bury me standing on my feet I've lived this life down on my knees Homeless at home Wheels in my bones turn on their own Familiar with a fate unknown Call me a devil and a thief I'm just an orphan on your street You do me wrong but I'm moving on I'll leave you a song and you'll be dancing all night long This earth's not enough My heart can hold more Oh heaven above Bend your arms and break these bars Trespassing for one thousand years Poisoning roadsides with my tears Cursed by the land Roots in the sand You can't understand who I am I'm a flowering weed A saltwater stream A fire in the heat Can't you see This earth's not enough My heart can hold more Oh heaven above Bend your rules and break these laws I'm not in the cards I'm out past the stars Where dust and ash is all we are
5.
You do all the work for us honey badger While you sustain our lives we'll just sit back Dig it out Chase it down for us as we gather Then we'll swoop in and pick up all the scraps And we'll wait around for you to feed us You've never let us down that we recall We would thank and praise you but we're just unthinking animals Dumb brutes and beasts of instinct That is all So come and take what you want honey badger We can't keep you from your heart's desire Though we may bite and sting you by the thousands You just don't give a shit if we expire And we'll wait around for you to notice You've never looked our way in all these years We would found religions just to vie for your attention But you're always on the run The hunt Just busy taking what you want We long to hear your gracious grunt To know that you are near You're really pretty bad ass honey badger We all wish we could be just like you So we'll follow in your slow-motion footsteps In this jungle we don't know what else to do Oh honey badger
6.
The Wash 04:24
I wrapped my heart in a blanket I took it down to the stream I held it under the water That's when I started to dream I let no sign of a struggle out The clouds were waiting for me Led like a lamb to the slaughterhouse Now I'm free I looked for love in the fire But I lost my faith in the flame So I turned the thermostat higher Til my face was burning with shame But I let no sign of a struggle out The clouds were waiting within Led like a lamb to the slaughterhouse Filled with sin I thought I knew you I drove my car off the cliff side I lost my way in mid air I turned right into your driveway But there was nobody there I let no sign of a struggle out The clouds were waiting above Led like a lamb to the slaughterhouse With no love I thought I knew you
7.
You don't know if you're guilty or innocent You're not really sure you believe in right and wrong You're like an animal that just evolved Scratching the edge of the map to see where your instinct left off But no one can tell you the way to go You've just got to follow someone who knows Hey I'm gonna leave you better than I found you I wanna see you stand and walk upright I don't wanna hear any more about your gene pool I just wanna lead you into the light You don't know if you like boys or girls You're not really sure you know which one you are You're like a frozen embryo thawing out You need a womb not the back seat of someone's car But no one can tell you the way to love You've just got to follow someone who knows Hey I'm gonna leave you better than I found you I wanna see you grow up into a child I don't wanna hear any more about your hormones I just wanna open your third eye You don't know if you're at home at work or play You're not really sure you know why you're here at all You're like a poltergeist in time and space Smashing all your dishes against someone else's wall But no one can tell you the way to live You've just got to follow someone who knows Hey I'm gonna leave you better than I found you I wanna see you materialize I don't wanna hear any more about your demons I just wanna bring you back to life Hey I'm gonna leave you better than I found you I wanna see you rise out of your mind I don't wanna hear any more about what you can't do I just wanna show you you're divine
8.
The Secret 02:02
Je veux que le matin l'ignore Le nom que j'ai dit à la nuit Et qu'au vent de l'aube sans bruit Comme une larme il s'évapore Je veux que le jour le proclame L'amour qu'au matin j'ai caché Et sur mon coeur ouvert penché Comme un grain d'encens el l'enflamme Je veux que le couchant l'oublie Le secret que j'ai dit au jour Et l'emporte avec mon amour Aux plis de sa robe pȃlie Translation: I want the morning not to know The name that I told to the night In the dawn wind silently May it evaporate like a teardrop I want the day to proclaim The love that I hid from the morning And bent over my open heart To set it aflame like a grain of incense I want the sunset to forget The secret I told to the day And to carry it away with my love In the folds of its pale robe
9.
You're like the sun I'm the moon Whatever you say I'll do I'll dance with this world Like a broom My arms around her Eyes on you I wanna see your face Let it fill my eyes I wanna hear your voice Wander through my mind I wanna feel your touch Spin me to the core I come to beat your heart Down like a door I don't belong In this town But white as their ghost I'm bound Chained and restrained Like your horse I'll drag your sea On all fours Just let me see your face Although it blind my eyes Let me hear your voice Thunder through my mind Let me feel your touch Knock me to the floor I come to beat your heart Down like a door I wanna beat your heart Down like a door
10.
Your Life 05:25
So here we are In the here and now Me and you You and I In the same place at the same time somehow And people are watching People are looking Everyone wants to know What's the situation What's our relation What's our affiliation So I look at you Yes I look to you Here in this crowded room See what you'll say See what you'll do When it comes to me What a waste What a shame If you won't take advantage of this chance today To take me on Make me yours Have your way with me It's like the windows of heaven Are opening wide tonight And it's gonna rain And aren't you thirsty Isn't this what you've been waiting for When it comes to me, that It's your life So hear what I'm saying Please answer my praying What are you waiting for I'm offering my heart Offering my love You don't want to waste this sweet resource Just sign on the line please And seal it with kisses Deliver me to your door In this contract my kingdom In the fine print my freedom The controlling interest is yours Just tell all these people Now here assembled What your intentions are When it comes to me, that It's your life

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all songs written by Meera except
3. Holocaust of Giants by Melora Creager
8. The Secret by Gabriel Fauré & Armand Silvestre

vox and instruments - Meera
percussion - Phantom Farmer

produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Phantom Farmer

photo by Cathy Breshears

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released February 6, 2015

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Meera Nashville, Tennessee

Artisanal songs in the mystic tradition.
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