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r​ē​cursiv: light

by Basal

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1.
Serve 04:11
A brand new child Gifted then burned Sold as special and then returned A brand new mind Tongue-twisted and turned Told to think things not taught how to learn It’s a jungle vibe So you try not to get burned Don’t speak out of rotation How can we serve your machine? Join your line Single file, not a word This is your education Join your line It’ll be fine, not a word This is your education How can we serve your machine? Let’s see what we think you’ll be Squared circles cut clean Oh, my darling Still believe it They just can’t see Clever as a flower Just breathe in You’ll supersede it Into the real thing Oh, my darling Still believe it They just can’t see in Clever as a flower Just breathe in You’ll soon receive it And do the real thing
2.
Sharper 04:08
Everybody's gotten sharper Not in their brains - just in their blades Superficially the same It’s a certain type of hell An all-too certain type of… game When it’s predator and prey
 Your bandage and your blade Everybody’s gotten witty We’ve lost our shame & become vain Ridiculous and pretty Ridiculous beyond restraint It’s a certain type of cell A possessive kind of… state When we let ideas own us And get married to their names Now I don’t think what I thought before That’s how I stay out of the war Everybody is a pity Gift-given tragedy and shame Walking blindly in the city Dizzy stumbling and lame It’s a certain tone of bell It’s a ringing I can’t... shake A crack is splittin' through the center The ringin’s driving me insane Now I don’t know what I knew before Now I don’t think what I thought before Now I don’t blink when I see a soul That’s how I stay out of the war Everybody could get better, Draw their lines and find their place Closer with a contoured center Slow the spiral to a sway We’re all made of the same matter So don’t we matter all the same?
3.
Doctor 03:26
I’m calm, but I’m not simple And I’m breaking a couple rules tonight You left your smoke in my soul And you’ve only seen one ripple of my mind I’m more afloat than I am home And that became obvious tonight I’ll stall, but I won’t recoil You know severity ain't my style I’m named When you meet my brain half way When I write Do I make my time refine? I penned it as a toll Today I’m breaking it down to lesser lines I wrote it out real simple… just… Punctuated another page of strife And it was written as a manual Or a map for someone maybe to find I'm calm but I'm not simple And you've only seen one ripple of my mind Then the doctor wrote himself a prescription A prescription To stop listening to my shit Dr. Cohen took a while To make any sense of it I’m named When you meet my brain half way When I write Do I make my time refined? Relay How you took my breath away When I write Do I make my time defined?
4.
Script 04:02
No wall will stop a mother Fear the flea - don't fear the other When he's in bed with a lion's head That wasn't me I just played them on TV Fear the flea - in bed with a lion Did you escape the script? Did you sound like the actor did? No wall will stop a mother Fear the flea - don't fear the other When he's in bed with a lion's head I guess it was just riddle Read as poetry to me Did you escape the script? Did you sound like the actor did?
5.
Grassdancer 03:44
Spin the ellipse Outline your hips Rise dip Learn to set it on fire The cedars sang While the willows hung The circle had swung But it had to fall down Down to your feet Cruel gravity Grassdancer The leaves fell And you still had to leave I am still knocked to my knees Mention my name Watch the winds change I am still I am still knocked to my knees I am still knocked to my feet I am still I am The cedars sang While the willows hung The circle had swung Grassdancer Your leaves fell I am still not one to plead I know my name I am still I am still knocked to my knees I am still knocked from my feet I am still I am
6.
Sweetgrass 03:47
Don’t get stuck in that anecdote You know I could be by myself I could be by myself You know I’d stand by myself Sweetgrass still sewn through my skin Don’t get stuck in that anecdote You know I could be by myself I could be by myself You know I’d stand by myself Don’t get stuck in that anecdote All of the dreamers - don’t Don’t get stuck in that anecdote In spite of the notes you wrote Don’t get stuck in that anecdote In spite of the notes you wrote Inside Don’t get stuck in that anecdote Stuck in that anecdote Don’t
7.
Idiot 03:55
My addictions don't speak When I find my connection I think I know it from within But that ain't no explanation Now’s The only time I know And I don’t know Much about now Gambled with my hopes Rambled with my heart I took some time to cope When the plan fell apart My mistakes have a pattern It’s the rhythm of my name Didn’t hear it called But those curtains closed again Didn't know my line And there was stage fright Almost every night Don’t wait up for it Take the time to think this through My addictions won't speak When I find my connection I think I know it from within But that ain't no explanation Now’s The only time I know And I don’t know Much about now Gambled with my hopes Rambled with my heart I took some time to cope When the plan fell apart Some day you’ll play the idiot Don’t wait up for it Take the time to think it through One day you’ll slay the idiot Don’t wait up for it It’ll still sneak up on you Then you’ll re-display the idiot Don’t wait up for it My addictions won't speak When I find my connection I think I know it from within
8.
Smoke 02:53
You thought the smoke Couldn't control you But if your heart bears a hole Nah, it won't console you Nobody's owned So nobody stole you We're getting old Let's not get cold too You're not what you're told You're not bought and sold, too Worth your weight in gold Whatever that's worth to you You thought the smoke Couldn't control you But if your heart bears a hole No it won't console you Nobody's owned And so nobody stole you We're getting old Let's not get cold too You thought the smoke Couldn't control you
9.
Firewalk 03:51
Burn as a forest You've never been a candle It won't blow you out You'll overgrow it So calm and cool When it's quiet How would you do in the fire? If your dreamer turns out to be a liar Well, it's not your dream 'Til you buy it So calm and cool When it's quiet How would you do in the fire? If your dreamer turns out to be a liar You could be free Try it again Burn as a forest You've never been a candle And it wont blow you out You'll overgrow
10.
Innermission 03:44
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Think 02:53
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Trains 02:48
13.
Rambler 03:30
Stepped to the podium without a tongue You populist preachers Steeped on a soapbox without a song Tempestuous teacher Undefined features Blown-out speakers Rambilin' reachers and the bitter-bone keepers
14.
Us 03:13
It won't be what you expect Your eyes see just a speck of it It won't be what you thought Ain't it all been one big experiment You don't see how it collects In all the places you wouldn't think to check I don't flee from any regret Nobody here has figured it all out yet There's some if it that we'll never get Don't wait up for it Don't wait up for it I don't need to know for sure Understanding isn't pure It won't be what you thought Less wrong is the best that we've got You don't know anything about everything You don't know everything about anything One day you'll play the idiot Don't wait up for it Take the time to think this through It's baffling It's maddening It's confusing It's eluding Scratching understanding But the eyes are so demanding In the clouds but never landing It's us It's confusing And eluding In the clouds but never landing Oh so consuming It's us

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released June 1, 2020

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Basal Toronto, Ontario

Basal is an experimental solo project that oscillates through alternative rock, dream pop, industrial, and neo-folk influences.

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