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Imperfect Strangers And Insignificant Others

by Pop Archeology Transmission

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daddeo4 Wicked good variety of sounds here. Hard to pick a favorite, just the way it should be. Glad extra tracks were added! Favorite track: Emperor Reversed.
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New Improved Dark Ages She came to this city in 1995. She thought she'd arrived. Maybe she'll get to be... Maybe they won't just see... The town drunk's daughter. That was the perfect time, the time she'll try to relive. For the rest of her life. Now she's talking her way to the door When it won't play the way it did before. Welcome to the new improved dark ages Welcome to the new improved dark days Her eyes have been dry for so long so long It's the same battle song. Whispering her real life away Maybe they'll stay... This time maybe they'll stay. Welcome to the new improved dark ages Welcome to the new improved dark days Welcome to the new improved dark cages it's the same thing you thought you'd escaped. Endless lines of imperfect strangers and insignificant others Lying to win. You come in OK but you'll leave KO'd That's how it goes. Welcome to the new improved dark ages Welcome to the new improved dark days Welcome to the new improved dark cages it's the same thing you thought you'd escaped. Endless lines of imperfect strangers and insignificant others Lying to win.
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Unforseeable 02:08
There is the road that goes into Indigo. I turn away and drive 'til it's day. That's my hand On the wheel. But it's too numb. To feel. It clicked into place. My life of escape. And now it's time to move on. It was unforseeable at the end of the day. It was unforseeable at the end of the day. There is the lake where the thin ice had to break. I wasn't there when she tried to reach for air. The ground was shaking. Without making a sound. Everything fell away. As I turned around. That whole landlslide tumbling down. It was unforseeable at the end of the day. It was unforseeable at the end of the day.
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I built it up Such a long time Out of brick and out of stone The blame rests on no shoulders but my own Built piece by piece and bag by bag Look by look and year by year Not a word of criticism came to my ears I built it high over my head Beautiful was my delight I turned around and set the fuse alight My paper castle how it burned how it burned My paper castle how it burned how it burned My paper castle how it burned how it burned My paper castle how it burned how it burned I struck a match and all around me Wondered what's got into him Dementia or surrender to the whim. My paper castle how it burned how it burned My paper castle how it burned how it burned My paper castle how it burned how it burned My paper castle how it burned how it burned 'Til there was no return Now that it's gone for the first time I can clearly see the moon
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Who Wants To Be Human? Who wants to be human? Well I do and I don't and I do and I don't know
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It's ok to lie the advertiser said As the CEO's wife climbed into his giant bed Yeah this much is true You've got your point of view Business is business There's nothing personal here Some things vanish and they don't reappear Yeah this much is true You've got your point of view You've waited too long The people that you hate aren't always wrong But you burned that bridge You've waited too long The people that you hate aren't always wrong Ain't it a bitch? Lightning flashes There's someone standing in the room A clap of thunder like a sudden gunshot wound Yeah this much is true Ah this much is true You've got your point of view And it might get opened just a little bit You shouldn't have waited too long The people that you hate aren't always wrong But you burned that bridge You shouldn't have waited so long The people that you hate aren't always wrong Ain't it a bitch?
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Ever feel indecision Ever feel you're cursed? Feet are clay and your hands are tied The emperor reversed. And I see what I could do And I see all the way to you When it feels like you're moving Then it feels you've stopped When you cross that bridge to somewhere else The bottom seems to drop And I see what I could do And I see all the way to you But I see blue upon blue I cant tell you what I'm feeling I can only hint and clue Maybe sometime in the meanwhile I'll find something to do And I see what I could do And I see all the way to you But I see blue upon blue upon blue upon blue upon blue upon blue
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Don't look back it's already gone The forklift ballet is coming right along So fire up the printing press There's money to be made Stay right where you are There's much more of the same Dish up some zirconium take as much as you can hold There's a Mr. Universe for every Barbie doll Information Runs the nation Superimposed Fact and fiction Don't look back it's already gone The forklift ballet is coming right along it's coming right along
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Got This Far 02:29
The cold wind is burning Rips right through my clothes I'm too tired to do anything But fall asleep in the snow. The call of the wild Left me cut up and scarred Looking back on my footprints I wonder how I got this far Some memories stay like a land mine to step on. Some memories I left behind in the passing trees Ornaments for other dreams Above me the birds are winging heavenward. Three little words Afraid of being heard The snow is confetti thrown For some parade I missed. The cold wind is burning Rips right through my clothes I'm too tired to do anything But fall asleep in the snow.
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Traded love for security Is that any way to be? Still she's not one to criticize She can't even look him in the eye Was I so wise? Was I so wise? Darkened room, empty bed Thoughts run through her head Thinking how it could come to this Remembering his kiss Was I so wise? Was I so wise? Games played patterns laid again my friend Trips made debts unpaid it never ends Games played patterns laid. Riding clouds of thick despair Disappear in air Feeling close, too close to breathe Is that what's up her sleeve? Validation from without Tempered with self-doubt A heady brew of discontent Suicide attempts Was I so wise? Games played patterns laid again my friend Trips made debts unpaid it never ends Games played patterns laid again my friend Trips made debts unpaid it never ends No it never seems to end.
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The termites cried as the buildings collapsed. Don't you think it's time to ...pay for the things that you grasped. Lovely mirror you can't look away. And sure enough you're thinking you'll put it down someday. Seems to me this city is blocking out the sun. And it's whispering in your ear that ...you're the only one. Lovely mirror you can't look away. And sure enough you're thinking you'll put it down someday. Lovely mirror you can't look away lovely mirror... Lovely mirror you can't look away lovely mirror... The pilot went blind an hour into the flight While the passengers argued ...about going left or right. Lovely mirror you can't look away Lovely mirror you can't look away Lovely mirror you can't look away And sure enough you're thinking that ...you'll put it down someday.
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twilight drift here in the twilight drift fingers brush this purple lake rippling like sound waves lifting birds cry and fly in my wake. just this lush moment remote mirrored floating brings the green springing back into my branches soothes the wounds from the daily avalanches ... yeah ... hidden in plain sight, ride rowing the boat to daylight sandwiches, thermos and nothing else near us gliding like a vanishing kite just this lush moment remote lakeside floating brings the green springing back into my branches soothes the wounds from the daily avalanches ... yeah ... here in the dark blue opaque fingers brush the surface... of... the... lake
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Last night I was blown away by a microscopic truth. We turn into a feedback loop and nothing's getting through I'm sorry for the pain you feel but the self inflicted wound will heal I'm sorry for the pain you feel but the self inflicted wound will heal Sisyphus, with a broken back, still built the pyramids Pandora and her can of worms dismissed everything he did How many of your memories were TV shows or were they real? How many of your memories were TV shows or were they real? Free falling through the sky of my mind Sometimes life's as easy as falling down the stairs to the endless status quo charade and that's about as much fun as self dentistry and I think I'll have to fly away I had this dream last night where I'm flying Suddenly I was lighter than air Watching the earth turn slow so far below. Watching the earth turn slow so far below.
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time is short doctor says and his voice hangs in the air and there's a map on the dashboard I chose this town to be nowhere well things add up and things fall down it's fading to black anyhow now that night is falling now that night is falling hotel room gideon's bible faulty wiring in my heart a balcony for a stage and an audience of stars comes one by one like a fleeting expression that sums it all up caught passing by in a car the information floating slowly through my pupil black as a period mark a period mark watch the sky and it falls away you'll see that joy gets mixed with pain now that night is falling now that night is falling
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Since you learned to channel surf you found it's easy to ignore That it's more like it is now than it ever was before. I was looking at the time, it was a second to none I was getting it together knowing it would come undone.
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Dark alley (dark alley) black star Four turkeys in a big black car The road is shiny (bright shine) the wheels slide Four turkeys going for a dangerous ride The lacquer crackles (black tar) the engines roar A ship was turning broadside to the shore Splish splash I was raking in the cash The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface (OOH) King's lead hat put the innocence inside her, it will come, it will come, it will surely come King's lead hat was a mother to desire, it will come, it will come, it will surely come In New Delhi (smelly Delhi) and Hong Kong They all know that it won't be long I count my fingers (digit counter) as night falls And draw bananas on the bathroom walls The killer cycles (humdrum) the killer hertz The passage of my life is measured out in shirts Time and motion (motion carried) time and tide All I know and all I have is time and time and tide is on my side King's lead hat put the poker in the fire, it will come, it will come, it will surely come King's lead hat was a mother to desire, it will come, it will come, it will surely come The weapon's ready (ready Freddy) the guns purr The satellite distorts his voice to a slur He gives orders (finger pie) which no one hears The king's hat fits over their ears He takes his modicate (indecipherable) cold turpentine He tries to dial out 999999999 He dials reception (moving finger) he's all alone He's just a victim of the telephone King's lead hat made the Amazon much wider, it will come, it will come, it will surely come King's lead hat put the poker in the fire, it will come, it will come, it will surely come King's lead hat was a mother to desire, it will come, it will come, it will surely come King's lead hat put the innocence inside her, it will come, it will come, it will surely come King's lead hat was a hammer to desire, it will come, it will come, it will surely come.
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Ooh, Jackie Blue Lives her life from inside of her room Hides a smile when she's wearin' a frown Ooh, Jackie you're not so down You like your life in a free-form style You'll take an inch but you'd love a mile There never seems to be quite enough Floating around to fill your lovin' cup Ooh, Jackie Blue What's a game girl, if you never lose? Ask a winner and you'll probably find Ooh, Jackie they've lost at sometime Don't try to tell me that you're not aware Of what you're doing and that you don't care You say it's easy, just a natural thing Like playing music, but you never sing Ooh, Jackie Blue Making wishes that never come true Going places that you've never been Ooh, Jackie Blue, you're going again Ooh, Jackie Blue Lives a dream that can never come true Making love is like sifting through sand Ooh, Jackie, it slips through your hand Every day, in your indigo eyes I watch the sunset but I don't see it rise Moonlight and stars in your strawberry wine You'd take the world but you won't take the time Ooh-hoo-hoo, Jackie Blue Lives her life from inside of a room Makes you think that her life is a drag Ooh Jackie, what fun you have had Ooh, Jackie Ooh, Jackie Ooh, Jackie Ooh, Jackie Hey, hey, hey, hey

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These are tracks I picked from Pop Archeology Transmissions work. Kevin Bowen and I had several tracks that didn't make it to the "It is what it is" CD and I thought that was a shame because we had some really good music that was not going to be heard. So I picked those tracks and added some from the album that I thought would be a good blend.

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released July 24, 2022

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Paul Ellis Washington

Paul continues to release albums in a style that blends French Impressionism, German Electronic American Minimalism and Indian Raga styles, forging his own unique touch in the Ambient genre.
Paul was a founding member of the synth band Dweller at the Threshold and has also released several solo works and collaborations with artists such as Steve Roach, Craig Padilla, Rudy Adrian, Ron Boots.
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