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In Quicksand

by Ancient Lasers

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Quincy Clifton
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Quincy Clifton My favorite album of 2015. This is the best work by Daniel Finfer so far, and I find myself listening to the entire album daily. Favorite track: Holy Roman Empire.
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1.
Landed on a vacant runway, No one watching from the tower Lights that used to line the coast - All turned off and out of power And everyone's shutting down, I'll miss the way it used to sound Seems to me, from what I'm hearing, Everybody's disappearing Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me Everybody is disappearing I'm just trippin' right? I'm just trippin' right? Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me Everybody is disappearing I'm just trippin' right? I'm just trippin' right? Came upon a list of names All crossed off except for mine Somebody searching for me Bent on chasing me through time Met the devil after sundown, Offered me a golden idol Told me that I looked familiar, From out last trip around the spiral Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me Everybody is disappearing I'm just trippin' right? I'm just trippin' right? Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me Everybody is disappearing I'm just trippin' right? I'm just trippin' right? Maybe I'm wrong because it seems to me, you're the one who's disappearing and i don't wanna start a fight but whatchu on tonight? Maybe I'm wrong because it seems to me, you're the one who's disappearing and i don't wanna start a fight but whatchu on tonight? Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me Everybody is disappearing I'm just trippin' right? I'm just trippin' right? Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me Everybody is disappearing I'm just trippin' right? I'm just trippin' right? Just trippin' Just trippin' Asked him where the people went to Gave an answer I've been fearing 'Everybody's still right here man, you're the one who's disappearing'.
2.
Beat To Hum 03:26
I was wounded in the landing Woken up by distant chanting Every stream I stop to stand in Fills with blood I had a hand in From the branches, they descended Looking through me, what will they see? Lying down, I let them take me
3.
Chasing different waves Seeing different shades Rolling in the tide Thirsty Thirsty Cutting myself in half to rebuild a life; I already started Water is rising up, and now I'm afraid I'll turn out like them Cutting myself in half, floating away to undo myself again Sent through the prism down onto the floor I'm drowning in your hands Passing ships in glass Bridges burn too fast Sunken eyes in light Blinded Blinded Cutting myself in half to rebuild a life; I already started Water is rising up, and now I'm afraid I'll turn out like them Cutting myself in half, floating away to undo myself again Sent through the prism down onto the floor I'm drowning in your hands I should escape sometime
4.
Had to cover my eyes When I saw you on the screen Through the cracks in my fingers I saw home I saw home Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one Found a crack in our ice Glowing off the setting sun Your unlovable shadows Floated on Floated on Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one This isn't the end, you said Kill your idols with a pen (I'm not the only one) Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one (Under the setting sun) Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one (I'm not the only one) Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one (Under the setting sun) Whoa, whoa I'm not the only one
5.
Room Service 03:27
We tried to correct ourselves from all that we've been through In phantom hotel rooms we never checked into I tried to return but I'm asleep in the hallway, You'll try to convince yourself, You'll try to forget I know you've been here before I know you've been here before The stranger sleeping on the floor I know you've been here before I tried to convince myself I'm not still attached to The waves and vibrations that I can't get back to I'd like to believe you're not the net wrapped around me I tried to convince myself I tried to forget I know you've been here before I know you've been here before The stranger sleeping on the floor I know you've been here before In all the shades of black we've been We spend our time in rooms that spin We paint with blood on bathroom tile And they still keep knocking, but we're gonna be a while I know you've been here before I know you've been here before The stranger sleeping on the floor I know you've been here before
6.
Vines 03:36
Let's take a slow drive down infinite roads I'm building these chords from your palette of tones In chalk on the sidewalk, we wrote down our plans But it's my own writing I don't understand You take the high road, and I'll take the low I'll have the fire on before you get home A place to come back to, should you lose your way, Those vines wrapped around you, didn't they? Didn't they? I should have known you would wander this far Trying your best to forget who you are Born to a small town, but destined to leave These tales of the yes men you choose to believe You take the high road, and I'll take the low I'll have the fire on before you get home A place to come back to, should you lose your way, Those vines wrapped around you, didn't they? Didn't they? Once in a lifetime, and never again You wasted all that was possible then Somebody gonna come around someday Somebody gonna take it all away Nobody gonna get you back Nobody gonna get you back Somebody gonna come around someday Somebody gonna take it all away Nobody gonna get you back Nobody gonna get you back
7.
All The Time 03:54
Paralyzed, I'm turning to stone I've never tried to walk on my own Sinking through quicksand, it's up in my bones Swimming in rapids above the waterfall Burning fuel, I'm circling to land Everything's slipping right through my hands Separate myself and help me understand Looking back to where I have never been I'm stranded by myself in the terminal I'm stranded by myself in the terminal Powerless, I study mistakes Slowing down burned right through the brakes Picking through parts of what's left in its wake You cannot speak with someone else's tongue I'm stranded by myself in the terminal I'm stranded by myself in the terminal All the time I wasted, all the time I've wasted All the time I've wasted, all the time I've wasted I'm stranded by myself in the terminal
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9.
It was just a plane mistaken for a God Until we saw it burn on a distant mountain We forget the names of everyone we've been We're just another tribe spilling blood on the pyramid Just another age spent hunting through the night Locked in a cage like a wounded jaguar I wait all human history to watch it start to crumble In dancing through the fire with you we let it burn I'm just another jaguar you wounded in the jungle I wait all human history to watch it burn In every waking dream we still look the same I'll find a new shade when the day gets longer I've been here before but not as who I am now The channel slow-fades to the sound of static Just another age spent hunting through the night Locked in a cage like a wounded jaguar I wait all human history to watch it start to crumble In dancing through the fire with you we let it burn I'm just another jaguar you wounded in the jungle I wait all human history to watch it burn Our history speaks in a violent rhythm With blood on our hands at the top of a pyramid I wait all human history to watch it start to crumble In dancing through the fire with you we let it burn I'm just another jaguar you wounded in the jungle I wait all human history to watch it burn I wait all human history to watch it start to crumble In dancing through the fire with you we let it burn I'm just another jaguar you wounded in the jungle I wait all human history to watch it burn Wait all human history to watch it crumble Wait all human history to watch it crumble Wait all human history to watch it crumble Wait all human history to watch it crumble
10.
In Quicksand 04:25
Always one coming after you, Drawing a line in ink and feather Never works when you want it to, Don't waste your time applying pressure Another lesson in the quicksand Too late to reach for a strong hang It's kind of funny when we find ourselves Surprised our animals Start kicking in It makes it worse, it makes it take longer When I try to untie you And first things first, the poison gets stronger Once it gets inside you Now its all catching up with you Measuring time in pain and pleasure Shrinking space in between you two, Caught in the vines you grew together Another lesson in the quicksand Too late to reach for a strong hang It's kind of funny when we find ourselves Surprised our animals Start kicking in It makes it worse, it makes it take longer When I try to untie you And first things first, the poison gets stronger Once it gets inside you Another lesson in the quicksand Too late to reach for a strong hang It's kind of funny when we find ourselves Surprised our animals Start kicking in
11.
I'm worshiping soil you stand on These statues I've constructed Bloodlines of a civilization These tribes you leave corrupted Your vacancy grows like the vines grow These statues I've constructed I keep finding your face in the jungle These temples we protected Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman empire Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman Down in uncanny valleys We bow in huddled masses We follow all directions Both feet against the ashes All shallows in the basin Each stream the stone obstructed Mined out these precious metals Did what The Hum instructed Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman empire Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman I'm worshiping soil you stand on These statues I've constructed Bloodlines of a civilization These tribes you leave corrupted Your vacancy grows like the vines grow These statues I've constructed I keep finding your face in the jungle These temples we protected Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman empire Empress, your dynasty Conquers like a holy roman
12.
Every time I wake up, I remember that you're no longer sleeping next to me and then I wonder how we lost eachother, lights on the horizon join the sea Too afraid to face the day without you I find ways to put myself to sleep sending out these signals from the shoreline, This fire is dying Say goodnight When you can't stop somebody leaving, all that you can do is watch them go but when it only seems to keep repeating, you wonder if you're meant to stay alone Too afraid to face the day without you I find ways to put myself to sleep sending out these signals from the shoreline, This fire is dying Say goodnight
13.

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released July 23, 2015

Produced by Daniel Finfer
Additional production by Daniel Anderson and Stephen Coleman
Mixing by Daniel Finfer, Stephen Coleman, Chris Newton, and Jason Siler
Mastering by Jason Siler

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