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Ancient Rome

by Candandandy

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I've heard the stories that those boys like to tell you used to have the whole damn city under your spell you played the spoiled boy who got his way and they follow the leader, don't they? What a snake oil salesman "we act like the Rolling Stones" now it's so easy do you think it's just you who is crazy? We are a whole different person you are a whole different person I am a whole different person they are a whole different person We are a whole I heard that you banged up my friend Left him for dead in the trash he didn't even see you coming now you're after his cash There is one golden rule live and let live Just one there is only a tune that you did not pen We are a whole different person you are a whole different person I am a whole different person They are a whole different person we are a whole
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Boring 03:43
In deeper every day it is easy all or nothing spinning like a hurricane back and forth, all or nothing it remains a mystery there is nothing Chaser Mind eraser be careful with your only wish They keep saying "It's coming soon" but everything is boring, boring broken down and out of tune everything is boring, boring Metal lips, silver spoon everything is boring, boring Wired under the jet black moon Everything is boring boring Friends become your enemies telling their side of the story envy and jealousy in their eyes and on their minds it remains a mystery Chaser Mind eraser They keep saying "It's coming soon" but everything is boring,boring Broken down and out of tune everything is boring, boring Metal lips, silver spoon everything is boring, boring Wired under the jet black moon, everything is boring, boring
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Acid Rain 04:22
In the camera world hanging from the street lamps riding a tilt-a-whirl with a convertible top Whipping down the freeway looking at the ashtray in the highest gear and in the left hand lane It is pouring down acid rain the rest of them will wait for our arrival in Topanga Such a sight, beautiful night to get into some danger with my lovely stranger in the rainbow hills they are boring and vain they play a beauty game fashion and fame on the street downtown, people are going insane and it is pouring down acid rain The crowd will cheer and toss their roses at the entertainer they chase him down the hall and then into the elevator he runs, he hides, but they always find him sooner or later Come in, sit down, do not worry, all will be provided It's been a long time excuse us, we are delighted The day has come and finally we are united Soon you will know but do not get too excited The rhyme and the reason that you were both invited oh, you are invited When it leaves its mark on your throbbing brain you might start to think that you are going insane it burns your skin and leaves you rolling in pain it is pouring down acid rain acid rain
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Desire 05:01
Desire there is only one Desire I have only one Desire It is pleasure that we pursue There is not much left here to do "X" marks the spot, it is true underneath the sole of my shoe heart will beat for another measure enjoying happiness too searching for what seemed like forever it is pleasure that we pursue We do as we do, it is fun we do not wish to hurt anyone Sirens Wail and the whine Her eyes, they twinkle and shine the taste - flavor devine Setting the hook on the line Desire I have only one Desire There is only one Desire The wind is guiding the sail There is no direction home In our ears the honey comb The ship is aimed at the stone resist we shall never fail in and on to the great unknown We do as we do, may be wrong we do not wish to hurt anyone on toward the red setting sun we do not wish to hurt anyone Sirens, they wail and they whine Her eyes, they twinkle and shine The taste - flavor divine Setting the hook on the line Desire There is only one Desire I have only one Desire ONE Desire
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Doppler 03:42
Low tone head shake it is on, it's not on, it is on Low tone head shake Doctor Oppler Dear diary Interior design Inferior design Arterial design Guess What? Inferior Design Dear diary, The sound came today and it didn't change It stayed the same Did you notice too? that's weird huh? you showed me. Low tone head shake It is on, it's not on, it is on Low tone head shake Doctor Oppler Dear diary the sound came today and it didn't change but then another one passed and it did. and then one more passed and it didn't change! it stayed the same! Low tone head shake It is on, it's not on, it is on Low tone head shake *the siren passed me as i typed this out. it changed...this time.*
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Most of the families are all window shopping around the corner the junkies are still copping they wait for a distracted woman or man Out of the fire, into the frying pan Preaching to the choir Singing to the reverend Holiday windows the children get buried underneath (x4) their presents in present time there is a presence. it is present time in the snow white mass Where did those mornings go? when you believed in the lie There was no need for explanation for how a man achieves aviation Holiday windows the children get buried underneath their presents in present time there is a presence it is present time in the snow white mass
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A,B,C,D The Alpha betting male man he is a happy vampire he fills his mouth with blood his coffin door closes with a thud in the night he emerges satisfying his urges with a view of the new moon The alpha betting male man E,F,G,H,I, jk The alpha betting male man he splits the row of sevens dreaming of a jackpot casino lights, they draw him in like a lazy moth with a venomous bite The alpha betting male man L,M,N,O,P,Q A black cat crosses your path do the math a cracked mirror shedding its tear crystal clear walk under the ladder the moment it shatters The alpha betting male man R,S,T,U,V,---,X, Why?, ZZZ
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Looking through her webcam she appears, with an hour glass we start to do our lovely usual thing when it's over she smiles then disappears I can't help but wonder if she might remember me nothing compares to the taste of her digital fruit an ever changing flavor impossible to savor what a wonderful favor my favorite, my favorite screen saver on the beaches of Rio she wonders why there is an arrow pointed right at the meat of her pounding chest in the airplane, a layover, enough time for a make over wonderfully daydreaming of her man the years blew by, they kept speaking then one day her ring was missing her song so lonely her trees dripping ripe for the picking touching and licking so familiar, the two had never met they never will forget it's even better when they get together stumble over language with lightly packed baggage they steal away to the pumpkin carriage no one compares to her nothing compares to him she wore her gown her wore his new white suit but nothing compares to the taste of her digital fruit
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Paradise 03:41
Hey you! hey you hey, that's mine! That's my new invention! my new creation! I think it's pretty good! i think it's pretty good. but it's not ready yet but it could be so so so so so so so so so soon but it's not ready no, it's not ready. Cutting edge My new device will lead the way through 1,000 years travel the distance, travel the land, travel the sea but time is a desert of paradise. Maybe the Roman, maybe the Mayan, maybe the Aztec high in the desert of paradise A little more and more and more and more of the same in paradise Well see! no you've seen it. I didn't want you to, but you did can you tell me, please tell me what did you think? did you like it? Oh that's no good. well, why? Okay, well next time, next time I'll get it right. Next time I'll get it right in paradise There was a language that no one had heard speaking in tongues hanging around in paradise A little bit further, we go and we go. Here on the ship, we are throwing the anchor to paradise A little more and more and more of the same in paradise
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Here and there Where? Up in the air it's hard to tell the difference on the other side of the world Leave me a message at the sound of the tone I can sit right next to you but on the other side of the world Practice patience take good care of yourself There's a whole lot waiting on the other side of the world If you're worried, do not forget there's a place that we can go, it's on the other side of the world Now here's the fun part! waiting Everybody's lying you will never know Everybody's trying you will never know Everybody's crying you will never know Enough of that. It's better when you learn to swim There's a mega future growing on the other side of the world Two peas in a pod Just like you when we first met you opened up the door and let me walk on into your world Yes i still remember and most of the time i forget. You take your happy shadow all over the world Now here's the fun part! Waiting Everybody's lying you will never know Everybody's trying you will never know Everybody's crying you will never know Everybody Take me with you to the other side of the world Remember this? Everybody's lying you will never know
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The itsy bitsy spider does she know what she's done? she wrapped up all her presents then she handed them to me The itsy bitsy spider does she know what to do now? waiting for her new existence that all depends upon you when you see that it is synchronized invisible to the eyes World Wide Web sending and receiving World Wide Web Seeing is believing World Wide Web We're here and never leaving World Wide Web Infinitely weaving over and under, under and over World Wide Web! The itsy bitsy spider does she know what to do now waiting for her next dumb victim to fall into her new lair Dancing with her eight green eyes in the night draining each life with a bite World Wide Web Everyone is grieving World Wide Web The moment they are breathing World Wide Web The pleasure's in the pleasing World Wide Web Is infinitely weaving Over and under, under and over Silky white and morning dew spinning round and around World Wide Web Down and out the water spout The universe in a cloud World Wide Web Hiding in the flower bed like glowing red cigarettes World Wide Web Silky white and morning dew Spinning round and around World Wide Web!

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Ancient Rome is a tribute to PKD and his many great novels, but specifically VALIS. it's also a message concurring with the realizations of the exponentially propelling current state of this phase of the digital age.

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released April 18, 2020

The You Know is the solo project of Colin Ryan

Engineered, Mixed, and Co-produced by Glenn Aucoin
*Except for tracks 2 (Engineered and mixed by Ryan Rapsys), and track 6 (Engineered and mixed by Ariel Rosenberg).

Mastered by Jay Heseilman

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Candandandy Los Angeles, California

These songs are the beginning of a solo bedroom project based out of Los Angeles California.

Ancient Rome is a tribute to PKD and his novel, VALIS.

Art by Christian Bland

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