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I’ll piss in your hallowed hall; join the game to drop the ball
just so I can watch it fall, and bounce off down your holy hall
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Three months til your child is born; travelled through a solar storm
just so that the world is warm, but soon, the sky it will be torn
Smoke it out of your mind
until you’re seeing clearer
in a wide open sky,
crystalline and silver
Skipping through the gate I go; ran away to take it slow
bounding through the tunnels below.
Where they’ll take me, I don’t know...
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For Shiyloh.
With love, to Daniel, Patrice, and Bezzi.
I was down, I was down, flowering underground
with a gang of sprigs wriggling in my ears
they were soft, and they were happy,
and they were shining in the dark
they were bubbling to the surface with my tears
In my rise I was weightless, and you were rising at my side
and as we rose, the surface disappeared
Over kingdoms, banners flapping,
thunder clapping through the trees
the shining sprigs springing from my ears
Oh! Beyond the furrowed the wave
I flop into the grave
and I pass beyond the veil
and I chase my fluffy tail into the underworld
I was sharpening my teeth on a root flavoured leaf,
when a flower from the overworld appeared
she was pink and she was violet
and she was severed at the stem;
she was bleeding from her green and leafy beard
We took turns singing verses that would open up the gate
and when it did, her suffering disappeared
Over the kingdoms, banners flapping,
thunder clapping through the trees
the singing flower flew away from here...
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I Eat The Sky
05:05
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Nameless am I; the dark moon in your sky
you can hide behind clouds til I pass by,
but I’ll bleed out the other side
I eat the waters
and I eat the skies
I eat the soil
and I eat the fire
but I am never satisfied
You’re a spectre in my mind; just another god billowing behind
Will you pull my tongue til I speak of the sky?
Of how the roots went deeper than they ever went high?
How the roots went deeper then they ever went high!
When my grief finally consumes itself and goes back the way it came
I’ll swallow and I’ll follow the thread that takes me back to you again
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Milk, Animals, Fruit
01:24
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Shapeshifter
03:15
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In the shape of a river you walked in the room;
I was looking for something to hold onto
when you shifted your shape to the face of the moon,
everything fell hard to the floor of the room
Swing low if you can pick up the pieces that fell
If you can fight with the waters that bellow and swell
If you can speak to the sentry at the portal of Hel,
swing low, oh shapeshifter; rise and tell
I’m on a different plane with a different name
and a mask that reminds me of you
I’m in a different place
in a new headspace
everything here reminds me of you
Through star-spangled briar and thick cosmic brush
I saw you, oh shapeshifter, move in a rush
and I heard through the cosmos the heaviest hush
Breathe deep! For the waters they rise ‘round us
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Temple Creep
03:08
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His spine is flushed with gold dust;
races down the track
he won’t be back
Fat fingers seething;
plucks his harp in the evening
Sends out sound waves
like whips to his slaves
The temple creep sleeps in heavenly peace
clutching his collapsible moral compasses
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Power To The Peasant
04:59
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The king’s off with his pack of hunting spectres
they’re flying o’er the fields
he’s a light projector
he’s a spectre
For the kingdom- his wriggling pile of people
swimming in the sweat of his flaming steeple
meant to enlighten all his people
Everyday I pray;
keeps the king and his goblins away
The king spits as he signals to his jester
who glitches as he hops towards the royal spectre
who’s now slamming down his sceptre
Someday up the road, we will be free
SPLIT THE STEEPLE
SPLIT THE CROWN
SPLIT THE KING’S TREE
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Cloudbeak
01:02
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Cowboy
07:14
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I’m free to run the tunnels in bare feet on the glass
I see the sun like lightning; a beam to refract
down the hallowed hall of my eye
One for the eyes of the sun
Two for the eyes of the moon
Three for the waves of the sea
Four for the tongues at my door
Just cause I could
doesn’t mean I should
But I’m a cowboy on the highway
I do dick-all, but I do it my way
This game could be never-ending; the same loser every time
I play like my enemy, I get disqualified for his crime
I choked on my collar chasing a dollar
slipped on some city lights and fell inside the tunnel
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Eiyn Sof
Not married to any genres. Playing- digging little tunnels into fantasy spaces and the mythic realm- seems to be my
instinctive and overarching approach.
All are home recordings, DIY with some collaborations and incredible guests sprinkled in.
Collaborative works detailed (with links) in Recommendations section.
See Blue Fog Recordings, Arachnidiscs, and Ur Audio Visual for other releases.
... more
Eiyn Sof recommends:
Rick White + Eiyn Sof = The Opening (2019)
by Rick White Archive
A strange psychedelic fairytale romp through dark spinning cosmos with the legendary Ricky White (Eric's Trip, Elevator) Eiyn Sof sing as a duet with Rick and play synth throughout this album.
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ONE
by Eulas Pizarro and Eiyn Sof
Mystical torch songs improvised by Brooklyn jazz pianist Eulas Pizarro, with lyrics and voice by Eiyn Sof. Minimalist, lullaby-esque.
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TWO
by Eulas Pizarro and Eiyn Sof
Second collection born of the mystical torch songs project.
go to albumIf you like Eiyn Sof, you may also like:
RICK WHITE "De-Evolution" EP (2023)
by Rick White Archive
supported by 11 fans who also own “Abracadabra”
Entire LP is Pure Fire...not one off moment...a perfect record...
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Rick White plays The Sadies (2022)
by Rick White Archive
supported by 11 fans who also own “Abracadabra”
Excellent tribute from a long time fan and cohort of The Sadies, in memory of Dallas Good.
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Amnesia Haze
by Velcro Lewis Group
The longtime Chicago psych-funk outfit offers up five colorful barnburners with all the tension and energy of the current political moment.
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