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[Jeff]

[Jeff]

[Allegro]

He Poos Clouds | Owen Pallett


He Poos Clouds with Orchestra | Owen Pallett


LYRICS.
Lazy, you lazy poet, your words are reckless, and I can't feel it
But hey, hey, all the boys I have ever loved have been digital
I've been a guest, on a screen, or in a book!
I move 'em with my thumbs, I move them with my thumbs
I write his name in nothing, he whispers to the author
That I will be the only one

Escape! Escape! This time, for real!
We fool around in the service lane
He's the only friend I have who doesn't do cocaine
And all the boys I have ever loved have been confidential
Had a broken home, or a seedy past
So I know it's gonna last
And move him with your thumbs, I move him with my thumbs
He needs, he needs my guidance, he needs, he needs my time
Though I am not the only one

He swam! To the edge of the wall of the world!
Followed my voice, and he cried
Master! The answer is maybe... Maybe not... Maybe not...
Maybe not! I have goals!
Gotta fulfill the seven prophecies!
Gotta be a friend to grandmother!
Gotta rescue Michael from the White Witch!
Gotta find and kill my shadow self
Gotta dig up every secret seashell
You may have been made for love...
But I'm just made!

[Jeff]

Thanks for that, Allegro. I'm embarrassed that Pallett's a new discovery for me. Better late, I suppose, etc.

[American Dream]

[psynapz]

Weirdly, I thought of Nordic when I heard this for the first time today.

[Allegro]

Thanks for that, Allegro. I'm embarrassed that Pallett's a new discovery for me. Better late, I suppose, etc.

Thank YOU, for Pallett's introduction. I had been waiting for Wiki to get unhidden so I could quote from Pallett's page a memorable excerpt:

“Pallett's second album, He Poos Clouds, was released in June 2006, though the video, directed by Jesse Ewles, was released on March 1, 2006. The album consists entirely of string quartet arrangements. Eight of the ten songs are about each of the schools of magic as described in the rules to the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The album was named winner of the 2006 Polaris Music Prize. Uncomfortable with receiving a prize sponsored by a mobile phone conglomerate, Pallett gave the money away to bands he liked who needed financial assistance.”

But, I hadn't read the wiki page or read the lyrics until after I posted yesterday, and I was surprised by both. From just the few newer singers and composers whom I've listened to during the last several months, they have written introspective, double-bind-ironic-sarcastic lyrics, I guess you'd say, and I like that, with less electronic and percussive backup, and I like that, too. (Perhaps Wombaticus Rex would have better words to explain my meaning. Eh?) When I say "newer singers and composers," I mean newly introduced to me, obviously.

Thanks, again.

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