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Ocean's Daughter

by Light Music

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1.
Nessun Dorma 03:15
I knew a girl who had a face like a cat Who'd save the world if she'd only get past Her allergies Oh, shaky knees And she said, "Polaroids will steal your soul, And when I die will you just say 'So it goes?'" I've never felt so alone In a room full of people  When the stars lined up Mine was already made But your mind hadn't changed A pity, I know And your silk white sheets Your crumpled summer dress Yeah I think I'll confess I'd call it home Holden Caulfield, sugar me sweet 'Cause she got the eyes and the mouth for me Shake your shackles and your chains to the beat 'Cause she got the shackles and the chains on me On me  When the stars lined up Mine was already made But your mind hadn't changed A pity, I know And your silk white sheets Your crumpled summer dress Yeah I think I'll confess I'd call it home
2.
True Colors 04:36
In the season Bound and gagged This man failed In hindsight But he means well And the deal is signed Got the modern shake I've got to make you, make you Make you mine  Show me your colors dear I’ll make you whine On your face And on mine Lost, oh my god Feel it to find All my ideas Thrown on the pyre  In the season Bound and gagged This man failed In hindsight But he means well And the deal is signed Got the modern shake I got to make you make you Make you mine Sometimes my Brittle country smile Holds its breath for you Hoping for a clue Seeking out The harmonies the sounds That make us all electric In this gritty little town And down comes the gavel Forceful as you crack Your crazy crooked smile I hear it when you sing You played the piano like a demigod Half-drunk on moonshine Crooning about blue skies I wish they could be mine But not around here  In the season Bound and gagged This man failed In hindsight But he means well And the deal is signed Got the modern shake Got to make you make you Make you mine
3.
What’s the matter Sweet mother? You’re killing me with your sighs Raise the stakes and Spin the chamber Cut the cord and realize That it’s all fucked now It's all fucked now It's all fucked now One more tragic 90’s child Cosmopolitan Jack of all trades Master of none Silver spoon-fed kid Something older than Bricks and mortar Something that takes its precious time Mother nature I’ve no patience I want more than what is mine And it’s all fucked now It's all fucked now It's all fucked now One more tragic 90’s child Cosmopolitan Jack of all trades Master of none Silver spoon-fed kid I'll side... I’ll side with the ocean’s daughter I feel the endless slaughter I’ll side with the ocean’s daughter I’ll swim in the murky waters
4.
Inside 06:24
Feel it coming up From the sea bed now It’s turning me inside out It’s filling your eyes with doubt It’s true  The shadows on her face Made her look like you Playing tricks against my mind Keep your diamonds on the inside I’ve said it once before You can keep my youth It is less of use to me Than your body ever could be  Feel it coming up From the sea bed now It’s turning me inside out It’s filling your eyes with doubt It’s true  The curtains in this place Made me think of you (how?) Oh that faded floral print And your legs were wrapped up in it The second fall from grace Was foreseen by you (how?) With your dirty crystal ball Then you threw it up Against the wall  Have you got something else to say? It’s not the only easy way Have you got something else to do? Before I double back for you  I know it’s wrong But I still fantasize Of being inside of you When the fire and brimstone falls down Tiger teeth beneath the kitten’s veil What she hides now Is just a temporary detail ​ I know it’s wrong But I still fantasize Of being inside
5.
Shelf Life 01:28
And I have been inventing you The concept Since I done gone and saw 'La Belle et la Bête' I'd be the pious to your priestess The pupil to your pulpit The skeleton in your closet What I wouldn't give
6.
Measure me Measure me Get out your pointy instruments Place me where I need to be Test me Test me Get out your pen and pocket watch Tell me what’s the record that I need to beat?  Boy you’re standing on hallowed ground We got your secrets Know where you can be found You’re hiding out Like we knew you would Feel like a damned man Just like you should  Censor me Censor me You better learn to knock it off Or i'mma have to go and count to three Master me Master me How could you ever be my anchor If you can’t even stand on your own two feet?  Boy you’re standing on hallowed ground We got your secrets Know where you can be found You’re hiding out Like we knew you would Feel like a damned man Just like you should  (There's something you can do)  Between our bodies there’s a space That’s filled with magnetic waves Forces when so aligned Could make our worlds collide Electromagnetically  Between our bodies there’s a space Between our bodies there’s a... Between our bodies there’s a space  Entre nos corps il y'a un vide Qui est remplit d’ondes magnetiques D’un force quand aligné Rendré nos mondes en huerté Electromagnetiquement ​ Entre nos corps il y'a un vide Between our bodies there’s a... Between our bodies there’s a space
7.
In the lower atmosphere There’s a cyclone running switchblade Howling like a pack of wolves  Our love was in this house But never at home These faded fingerprints are like Hieroglyphics on my walls We were the golden ones But we started too young I saw your name in lights But all you saw was Something left alone  In the lower atmosphere There’s a cyclone running switchblade Howling like a pack of wolves  Our love was on the road Down by the airport Your mother found us there And I just couldn’t hold my own We took the only oath and Made it our own The aging took it’s toll So now we have to Grow up on our own ​ In the lower atmosphere There’s a cyclone running switchblade Howling like a pack of wolves I can’t get the feel I can’t get the feel What does it mean?  Can’t get the feel, no I can’t get the feel What does it mean?  Tie me up! Who holds the key now?  From your bedroom window you can see me Why don't you just come home and please me?
8.
Petrichor 03:22
East from the evening sun There's another sky That I know you look on In another life Wash your dirty handprints from my wall The bed was right beside Still get teary-eyed Stuff my life in boxes on the floor Pieces of our love inside Say the last goodbye You should stay strange But don't become a stranger Foreign as before East from the evening sun There's another sky That I know you look on In another life Did you take my pictures down, bury me at sea? Memories are ashes now scattered in the breeze That's the way it goes but it goes the other way too But you'll never know if there's nothing that you'll do East from the evening sun There's another sky That I know you look on In another life If I put the feeling behind us I'd be lost Even more
9.
Silent you were bound up And grateful for the sound Falling off from where your lips used to be It's an art of letting go So remember just to leave your love behind you Every time you begin Saying Don't go quietly Bleed your reverie Don't go quietly Bleed your reverie Add needles to the words falling On deaf ears a pin dropping Softly and discreetly you spoke Shaking in the silence They stuck you in the crazy house To clean you out and dirty your name Saying Don't go quietly Bleed your reverie Don't go quietly Bleed your reverie
10.
You Run Me 05:35
Through the slivers in the sinews Like the tendrils of a plant I feel it creeping in I feel it moving in Through the cracks In my spine Her dress it drags her through the fray Been running how long? Away I’m not the best I’ve got to lend This ship is sailing now Through the slivers in the sinews Like the tendrils of a plant I feel it creeping in I feel it moving in Through the cracks In my spine I feel Milwaukee summer Calling me back around At last Saturday sun Sings in your eyes (Don't leave) Picture the trees Silver leaves that confide (Winking) Patient wolves Beckon you home (At me) Making you an offer That you can’t refuse (I don’t mind) (Grace) There’s a reason you should fail sometimes (Fully) For a great disappointment (Breaking down) Softly Once you started did you care? I don’t mind Through the slivers in the sinews Like the tendrils of a plant I feel it creeping in I feel it moving in Through the cracks In my spine She dotted up the golden crest Along the steps of The Siberian steppe Her dress it drags her through the fray

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Light Music presents their debut album ‘Ocean’s Daughter’. Written over the course of two years, their debut album – Ocean’s Daughter – was recorded and mixed in 2014 by acclaimed producer and engineer Beau Sorenson (Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Mould). The album is a tonal and emotional exploration into the depths of love, worship, and forgiveness. The loosely conceptual album follows the oceanic heroine Aphrodite as she travels through a saga of love in modernity, exploring from different angles the strength, power, beauty and independence she embodies unequivocally through her manifestations of love.

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released August 21, 2015

Brendan Benham - Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Rhodes, Synthesizers, Trumpet, Mellophone, Auxiliary Percussion, Horn And String Arrangement
Shae Lappen - Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer Programming, Drum Programming, Horn And String Arrangement
Daniel Mena - Bass, Auxiliary Percussion
Ed Zuehlke - Drums

Featuring:

Nessun Dorma, Inside, You Run Me
Violin - Marielle Allschwang, Allen Russell
Viola - Amelinda Burich
Double Bass - Rob Lundberg

Pack Of Wolves
Tenor Saxophone - Chris Firkus

Produced By Beau Sorenson And Light Music
Engineered By Beau Sorenson
Tannery Recording Studio, Milwaukee, WI

Mixed By Beau Sorenson, Brendan Benham And Shae Lappen
Beaunoise, Portland, OR

Mastered By Jeff Lipton
Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice

Artwork by Ella Dwyer
Photography by Ben Wick

Special Thanks to Chris Hein

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Light Music Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Light Music cannot so simply be classified as electronic rock. The band marries classical nocturnes to psychedelic-pop and euro-house. They craft rock opuses that are underscored with poly-rhythmic beats, fiery guitars, and ethereal synthesizers. The band members have played together in various forms for the past decade, and they draw greatly on that chemistry during their live show and on record. ... more

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