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conjuring #5
00:27
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Extraordinary
04:44
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Extraordinary
(words and music by Jill Tracy)
oh my dear, you runneth over
with your cup of convoluted wares
the aftermath is sinking lower
the perfect pales beyond compare
your garden's rushing to my head now
your guise will leave no stone unturned
I'm paralyzed by your concoction
your sleight of hand keeps all my fingers burned
I've searched the holy books and I've dog-eared every page
I've stolen secrets from the sorcerer's own sage
although a connoisseur of fine legerdemain
I’ve just one word for you
extraordinary
you're open to interpretation
like the trap door underneath your tousled throne
and I’m engaged and I'm enraged and I’m enchanted
with this little bit of magic I’ve been shown
I've searched the holy books and I've dog-eared every page
I've stolen secrets from the sorcerer's own sage
although a connoisseur of fine legerdemain
I’ve just one word for you
extraordinary
I've searched the holy books and I've dog-eared every page
I've stolen secrets from the sorcerer's own sage
I'm rendered speechless in my pretty little rage
but I'll save one word for you
extraordinary
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3. |
Between the Black
04:10
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Between the Black
(words and music by Jill Tracy)
you're the enemy of the out because I let you in
you're the foeman of the wide, my patience has worn thin
you're the other half of evil because you're awfully good
you're the sinister of sometime more often than you should
you're the dark side of the quick, forever and a day
you're a traitor to sacrifice with all you take away
you're the fall of nothing cause there's always something more
you betrayed the ceiling cause now you got me on the floor
oh, I've been pushed to the front of the back
I'm captivated
but I'm caught between the black
you're the rival of array, all broken into bits
you're malevolent to the mend, it's something I can't fix
you're estranged from always, cause it's never quite enough
you contest immaculate, cause you'd rather keep it rough
you're the enemy of the out because I let you in
you antagonize the end just waiting to begin
you're a traitor to sacrifice with all you take away
you descend from sanctity with all the wicked tricks you play
oh, I've been pushed to the front of the back
I'm captivated
but I'm caught between the black
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4. |
Hour After Hour
05:16
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Hour after Hour
(words and music by Jill Tracy)
you live inside a clock
I feel your hands upon my face
choking on the aftertaste of Time
and should the ticking stop
just watch my heart disintegrate
into these fragments you've embedded in your mind
you're light years away
but you're still mine most every day
just a wicked master of horology
if I reach out my hand
I just get buried in the sand
I'm suffocating
could you spare the time to rescue me
hour after hour
I get caught inside the days
it's like some broken fascination
I can't make it go away
hour after hour
until the count is finally through
more and more i guess what Pavlov says is true
my life gets lost inside of you
the numbers on the wall
prove that the sky's is about to fall
but maybe persistence will melt it all away
we're all in the pursuit
of chronologic absolute
but please tell me
could you simply count me out today?
I could believe in athanasia
but what if there is no hope at all?
hour after hour
I get caught inside the days
it's like some broken fascination
I can't make it go away
hour after hour
until the count is finally through
more and more i guess what Pavlov says is true
and I'm still counting
hour after hour
I get caught inside the days
it's like some broken fascination
I can't make it go away
hour after hour
until the count is finally through
more and more I guess what Pavlov says is true
my life gets lost inside of you
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5. |
Make It Burn
04:07
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Make it Burn
(words and music by Jill Tracy)
what's the fascination with the flame
I can sense something getting hotter again
they call it an obsession
orange, yellow and blue
a little dose of friction
another night's work is through
make it burn
let the fire ignite your mind
just a slight indulgence is a crime
you know you got your methods
to illuminate the sky
a little dose of friction
takes you up so high
can't quench your desire, a little passion for fire
can't quench your desire, a little passion to
make it burn
an incandescent funeral pyre
pyrotechnically inspired
they call it a fixation
keep the matchbook closed
a little fix of friction
combustion overdose
can't quench your desire, a little passion for fire
can't quench your desire, a little passion to
make it burn
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6. |
Quintessentially Unreal
06:13
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Quintessentially Unreal
(words and music by Jill Tracy)
I kinda like the way you move me
sleek and slick and upside down
this blur of colors rushing through me
but you can't utter a sound
I kinda like the way you push me
into a state of disarray
let's conjure up a castle
and we'll toss the key away
I know what it means to be a dreamer
I know what it means to be alone
I know exactly how I want it to feel
quintessentially unreal
I kinda like the way you shiver
and shake and quake and go away
spin me a million miles an hour
let's make some plans for yesterday
I can chart the course of flights of fancy
I'm immersed in ideality
I know exactly how I want it to feel
quintessentially unreal
oh, I'm wandering again
oh, who says you can't pretend?
I kinda like the way you move me
sleek and slick and upside down
this blur of colors rushing through me
and you got me face down on the ground
I kinda like the way you pull me
farther and farther away
in the kingdom of the mind's eye
I think we'll always stay this way
I know what it means to be a dreamer
I know what it means to be alone
I know exactly how I want it to feel
quintessentially unreal
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8. |
You Kill Me
06:20
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You Kill Me
(words and music by Jill Tracy)
I didn't mean to blow the lid off
I didn't mean to strap you to a chair
I didn't mean to scratch the surface
I didn't mean to look down there
I didn't mean to claw the corners
I didn't mean to catch it on the sly
I didn't mean to strike your fancy
I didn't mean to wonder why
but I know you like it like that
it's closer than before
I know you like it like that
your faith is pressed to the floor
I know you like it like that
it makes it hard to breathe
I know you like it like that
you kill me
I didn't mean to press your poison
I didn't mean to drop the reins
I didn't mean to hesitate, I didn't mean to fluctuate
I didn't mean to stay the same
asphyxiation
the fix
my stimulation
why must it come to this?
but I know you like it like that
it's closer than before
I know you like it like that
your faith is pressed to the floor
I know you like it like that
it makes it hard to breathe
I know you like it like that
you kill me
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9. |
Anything At All
04:52
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Anything at All
(words and music by Jill Tracy)
I'll pack up a suitcase and I'll hide inside your car
I'll resurrect the memory and eradicate the fear
I'll scrawl your name across my skin until it bleeds
I'll ascend into your heaven while I'm treading in your sea
I'll do anything at all
I'll grant you the nine of cups on eleven rainy days
I'll pull apart the lion's mouth and make him sing your praise
I'll challenge the great Houdini to a remarkable escape
I'll amputate the fingers upon the Hand of Fate
I'll do anything at all
just to get closer to you
I'll melt the highest mountain and I'll grow to ten feet tall
I'll slither like a serpent, bang my head against the wall
I'll sojourn over quicksand, I will scale the great Abyss
I'll shine the rings round Saturn, I'll roll stones with Sisyphus
I will swallow up the ocean, I will bind the hands of Time
I will join the cow over the moon like in that nursery rhyme
I will excavate Atlantis and float with creatures from the sea
I will consult with Nostradamus and change the course of history
and I will spin around and spin around and set the Earth askew
I will dig a hole to China in the hopes that we fall through
and I will shrink into a teardrop just to drown inside your eyes
a thousand things preposterous, but I'll try and I'll try and I'll try
just to get closer to you
I'll do anything at all
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10. |
Conjuring #6
01:11
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JILL TRACY San Francisco, California
Jill Tracy will transport you into a seductive and magical realm far beyond the Everyday. The place where we wished we lived. A dark, elegant netherworld full of hidden passageways, wonder cabinets, and opium dens. Of monsters, marvels and mayhem. You know it’s not safe here; but with Jill Tracy as your guide, you’ll be in no hurry to leave. ... more
JILL TRACY recommends:
Violinist Paul Mercer is a genius— and dear friend. My partner in The Musical Seance project, this is his album of original scores to classic silent films. Gorgeous. A must-have!
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A Blessed Unrest
by The Parlour Trick
Haunted chamber music! Violinist/theremin player Meredith Yayanos often shares the stage with me, and this album is her original work with Dan Cantrell.
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Where The Ocean Once Was
by Bright Brown
Bright Brown is the sonic cinema of Alex Nahas, my long-time Chapman Stick and bass player..and producer of my albums The Bittersweet Constrain and BENEATH. He's a brilliant songwriter and arranger.
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Just the right mix of geeky and emotional and sardonic. I'm really starting to believe that every member of this, the only supergroup I'll really ever need in my life can do no wrong. I'm just glad I'm not the only one with a bit of a crush on Nicola Tesla...
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