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Somniloquy

by The Endless

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you are lit from within a perfect specimen and I want to get close close closer
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Merge 06:44
there is a ruby buried in flesh come and pull pull pull it out of me taste of it now let it sink down so I can pull pull pull it out of you and merge into my curves I want to merge merge into your curves let’s merge your body lit in the darkness I never meant to hide this hold me down through the dreaming and I’ll come I’ll come with you I’ll come ether to matter spirit to flesh I want to pull pull pull it out of you scrying for love when will it come to pull pull pull it out of me seduce me with your gravity let’s merge I’ve got negative space awaiting your grace let’s merge your body moves in the darkness I never meant to lie I hold you down through your dreaming and I come I come with you where do you go in the darkness a place that isn’t mine I hold you down through your dreaming and I come I come with you I come there is a ruby buried in flesh I want to pull pull pull it out of you taste through my mouth merge with me now as I pull pull pull you into me and merge
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did you send your hopes away like paper cranes on the wind a scattered lot your errant flock they will not fail you again I will hunt for the heart I will hunt for the heart I will hunt for the heart of you I will cut through the heart I will cut through her heart I will cut out her heart for you you need not be afraid of me said the wolf to the lamb you are free to harness me your fear is now your map but whatever did you expect? you are not of their kind. you are wild you are clean you are genuine I will get to the heart I will get to the heart I will get to the heart of you I will cut through the heart I will cut through the heart I will bring back your heart for you can you be the hunter and can you still release the trigger you are holding up to your beauty's beast? I will hunt for the heart of you The heart of you is what is true I will hunt for the heart of you The heart of you The heart of you
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I drove through the night with the moon as my guide I had to let you know I drove to the end where the sea met the land we had to speak alone I took your love I took your love your love was not your love I took your love I took your love his love is not your love I didn't realize it was a double-cross and I still want you for my confidence trick I did not need a map you were there in the square with the boys of Provincetown you were hoping to meet the ghost of Tennessee who did not want to be found I took your love I took your love your love was not your love and I didn't realize how I could double-cross and I can't believe you make such a good mark and I know how to hide it so far up my sleeve and I still want you for my confidence trick we walked down to the pier and we buried it there my love was not your love and I loved how you fell for it you fell for it, my friend I took your love I took your love his love is not your love
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you gave me your love it wasn't enough I had a kind in mind you weren't made of but was I not your Muse? when was I let loose? you don't come to my door for that anymore we let the pearl sink into the depths and none of those sirens offered it back we had a treasure you couldn't own why must you have jewels or nothing at all I gave you my love it wasn't enough you had a kind in mind I wasn't made of
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can you feel it feel her coming feel her strength as she pushes us away she is angry unforgiving she insists it’s too late to be afraid we waited we’ve waited we waited too long brace yourself brace yourself, darling brace yourself brace yourself, love there were warnings in the water and a red sky breaking with the day we waited we waited we waited too long brace yourself, love for the shock of it all the summer is over the harvest is in and we are not saved nothing now can stop her surging now you know it’s too late to walk away all that’s left is to allow her let her dance or be trampled in her sway
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Music and Lyrics: Neil Young
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Vespers 03:00
so I won the boy like a lottery still don't know how he could be mine he wove himself in with a sleight of his hand and all the loose ends intertwined so I sang vespers till the light would fade as a serenade to the night Suplicat I know what I am not don't take him away don’t take him away but I knew all about Entropy all that's bound will be torn apart so I laid my bets on Penelope still unraveling in the dark and I sang vespers till the morning light as a serenade to the night Suplicat I know what I am not don't take him away he is all I've got and oh it's a beautiful pain if one day what we start will unravel come apart then I ask the Abyss spare the cutting for our kiss we'll stay long in our song blessing the twilight
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Somniloquy 03:45
Herein what we speak We speak in dreams
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here’s where I strike the blow at superstition here’s where the candle goes out here’s where I ask you to forgive me cause I’m turning around I’ve waited too long for Rosabelle : Answer - Tell - Pray, Answer - Look - Tell - Answer, Answer - Tell Rosabelle (Rosabelle, Rosabelle, I can’t part the veil) I sat with the mediums and prophets I listened for your message to come and Arthur was a sly one with his poison and his lies I wanted to believe but we were compromised and you, with your mother face down on her grave waiting for that simple word: Forgive those days at Coney Island those strange backwater towns always escaping your chains, your past, your hell and Rosabelle : Answer - Tell - Pray, Answer - Look - Tell - Answer, Answer - Tell Rosabelle but if I saw you now what would I expect you to say? I’m the only one haunting us now I am holding you I am holding you this is holding me back the orbs in the photos the tables in the air the automatic writing and you were never there the handcuffs stay locked so now I am free the final prestige you saved it for me ‘cause ten years is long enough to wait for any man when I go, I’ll be gone for good I won’t try to come back.

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Dreams, ghosts, mediums, and stage magic permeate Somniloquy, the fourth release from husband and wife duo the Endless from Los Feliz, CA. Inspired by 19th century photographs of Spiritualists, séances, ectoplasm, and Bess Houdini, Somniloquy is an album of haunting female vocals and electronic shoegaze and dreampop sensibilities evoking such artists as Florence + The Machine, Bat For Lashes, and Imogen Heap.

The album includes the voices of Endless fans. “We wanted our fans to be more involved in the making of the album,” said lead vocalist Adriana Roze. “So we asked them to call a special phone number and share with us their dreams. We were absolutely inspired and amazed by what they gave us.” These recorded dreams became the backbone for the album’s titular track.

Somniloquy brings the first cover song for the band, Neil Young’s classic After the Gold Rush. “We wanted to present the song from the point of view of the human race in the 21st century, watching the devastation of the environment and wondering how we missed the warning signs,” said David Roze, the band’s guitarist, bassist, and engineer. “So there are a lot of harsh, metallic sounds that are juxtaposed with the more organic sounds of strings, straining to make themselves heard in the fray.”

Reflecting on their ten years working together, the band is still in love, both with their art and with each other. “As artists and as a couple, we’ve created a wonderful dynamic of give and take. We’ve learned balance in our lives and in our art, and it has made the process of creating music together a real gift.”

Somniloquy is produced by David and Adriana Roze, released by their label Queen of the Moon Music, and mastered by Matt Brown at The Brewery.

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released January 1, 2009

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The Endless are a husband-and-wife folktronica duo from Los Feliz, CA, mixing haunting female vocals and electronic shoegaze and dreampop sensibilities while evoking such artists as Florence + The Machine, Bat For Lashes, and Imogen Heap. Their four albums have been met with worldwide critical acclaim and they are hard at work on a new album for release in 2015. ... more

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