Curious Quail - One Thousand Lies
Part three of "Twelve Months"! The restrictions for this song were: Key of A Major, Vocals / Verse must be first thing, and "Your aunt has secretly been an Alien this whole time". Click More for Lyrics / etc!
More about 'Twelve Months':
On the first of each month in 2018 we are assigned 3 randomly selected restraints and have to write a song, record it, film it and release it before the end of that month. At the end of month 12, all of the songs will be remastered for a full-length with B-Sides. We'll be adding constraint polls for subscribers / social media followers as we get further along so if you wanna help prevent us from drowning, we're with you!
Gameboy's are a 2xLSDJ setup, Everyone recorded and film their parts remotely.
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CREDITS:
Recorded and filmed in San Jose, California, Mountain View, California and The Desert Art Colony in Palm Springs, California
Mixed and edited by Mike Shirley-Donnelly at the Desert Art Colony
Music by Mike Shirley-Donnelly, Joey Guthrie and Alan Chen
Lyrics by Mike Shirley-Donnelly
Alan Chen - Violin
Joey Guthrie - Drums
Abraham Myers - Lead Guitar
Mike Shirley-Donnelly - Vocals, Guitar, Gameboys, Wurlitzer
Curious Quail:
Twitter - / curiousquail
Bandcamp - http://curiousquail.bandcamp.com/
Faceboook - / curiousquail
Instagram - / curiousquail
iTunes - http://smarturl.it/CQiTunes
Spotify - http://smarturl.it/CQSpotify
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LYRICS:
He said he was an orphan
I guess I should’ve known more then
But you know I want to see the best in everyone
She gave him places to sleep
Before the waters got too deep
But what happened after no one
could predict
She said he was an orphan
But clearly he wanted more than
Whatever sob story would suffice
Then she told us he'd be leavin
but we found his body in the evenin'
Oh what
The
Hell
She'd agonize
Over one thousand lies
That should've been drowned at sea
Before we were ever there
No one should have to live like this
Hiding just to exist
We’d all have been drowned at sea
Before he would even care
At first she tried to cover
Stories leading to another
But our faces clearly were not buyin' shit
She relented and went further
Explained that he was there to hurt her
And we had to admit she had
No choice
She said that there were others
Always changing their cover
And all they want to do is live in peace
But then a sound in the doorway
And she disappeared completely
Oh
What
Next?
We'd agonize
Over one thousand lies
That shoulda been drowned at sea
Before we were ever there
No one should have to live like this
Hiding just to exist
We'd all have been drowned at sea
If she were never there