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A Song is Swallowed by a Fish

from SPELLS by The Light Switches

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This song got swallowed by the fish/ Whose bellies are the black
Space surrounding stars/ Shining distant dark
Underneath and up above/ Creatures claws and human love
Where the sun and moon make mirrors/ To reappear and disappear

White. Black. Light.

This place behind beauty beyond faith/ Cast sharp shadows on my face
Dreams the colors lose their minds/ Reminds my mother of the time
You were a vision she'd create/ You were a day she'd celebrate
While I wondered if she know/ I was leaving her for you

White. Black. Light.

People gave their stories to a book/ That everyone got like it or not
Owned and loaned/ til every one fought
But the people will remember/ What the people once forgot...

I'm sure! Egyptians bloodied doors/ First borns went to war
Second ones were whores/ Third ones did the chores
Raised a flag and built a fence/ Treated sister like a tent
When it rained raised up the rent/ Wondered where that brother went
When there's trouble in the hills/ Til it overflowed and spilled
But everybody's thrilled/ Cause it paid the bills/ And it paid the bills
And it paid the bills/ and it paid the bills
For the temple of the trees/ Golden Buddha on his knees
Is a wild wolf who runs/ From a child with a gun
Is night owl on a post/ To a lover and her ghost
Is the jasmine blossom's words/ To the passing humming birds
A trillion years of fallen tears/ That the raindrops call careers
Where the sun and moon make mirrors / To reappear and disappear

White. Black. Light.

This song got swallowed by the fish
Whose bellies are the black
Space surrounding stars
Shining distant dark

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from SPELLS, released March 18, 2011
Guitars/Singing: Michael Musika. Drums: Jesse Olsen. Piano: Eric Kuhn. Organ/ Bass: Matt Adams. Ukulele: Sleepy Todd. Singing: Indianna Hale.

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1. Girl group for the living and the dead. 2. Characterized by layered imagery, and internal rhyme. 3. Your soundtrack to evade capture by the police.

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