react

by fiona keenan

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released 11 April 2011
playing/recording/mixing by fiona keenan
thanks to ully kritzler for snapping the picture of me wielding my sharpie marker.

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i am a music and sound maker, and started an msc in sound design at the university of edinburgh in september 2011. my online ... more releases live here on bandcamp , and my sound pieces are online on soundcloud. i have a blog on wordpress to document my electronics and sound design projects. less

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Track Name: everything is
turning back from every good thing
too many alarms brought that on
all of your loved ones crying wolf
four walls close round that sigh
breaking through the eye of each storm
your reliable self-loathing, as always, keeping warm

and then you get to thinking that everything is
out to distract you from the business of bliss
a foregone conclusion you're still learning to live

old ways of leaning on
worn out crutches and tiny crimes
you mixed it in headphones so
the low end's booming and unkind
and the instinct to shut down
may not contain the cure
but it's a long time refined
so you heat it and you pour

and then you get to thinking that everything is
out to distract you from the business of bliss
a foregone conclusion you're still learning to live

when righteous indignation shows up for the good of your health
it's a timely reminder to keep a little for yourself
who knows what it is maintaining that trust
you're still here, standing
facing the direction of that bus
the direction of

until you get to thinking that everything is
Track Name: stick in
when the great unforeseen scuppers your plans
when you feel the future is out of your hands
well you don't always have to know where to begin
sometimes you've just got to stick in
already insured against whatever comes next
the rich would have us write ourselves cheques
put them under our pillows and wipe off our frowns
as if that's the way capital likes to go round

so say our betters
flaunting their money and time
that all things are possible
through an effort of mind
all that magical thinking
no wonder you buckle inside
one small disappointment
and you're in a spin
don't buy that lie like you've been
sometimes you've got to stick in there

we don't all get quiet and sufficient means
it's less likely now than it ever has been
they told us the boom was heaven sent
til there was nothing left to borrow against

so say our betters
flaunting their money and time
that all things are possible
through an effort of mind
all that magical thinking
no wonder you buckle inside
one small disappointment
and you're in a spin
don't buy that lie like you've been
sometimes you've got to stick in there

the great unforeseen will scupper your plans
the future may never be in your hands
but you don't always have to know where to begin
sometimes you've just got to stick in
Track Name: we will never make sense
i can make do with the quiet and sad
as long as the way through is clear
but time and again i spin off of that track
cuz there's something i'm waiting to hear

so i can decide what it meant
and if not far enough is as far as it went
you know blaming the fates is a coward's defence
and if we can't admit that we will never make sense

day in day out fades to minute
mark making and pacing the floor
and that bleep bleep and crackle back over the wire
says there is nothing you need me for

so i can't decide what it meant
and if not far enough is as far as it went
you know that shrug of your shoulders was at my expense
and if we can't fix that we will never make sense

how can you stop that sound on repeat
when it's all that your mind leads you to?
how do you hold on to back then
and at the same time try to move?
Track Name: react
will you ever once ask why i toss in my sleep?
will you ever be wanting to know?
or will it just be what i decide to give out?
what i'm willing to show
you see i wonder how much of this love is for you
and how much of it is about me
and if you're not just all about the way that you feel
somewhere
secretly

here i go running round making mistakes
and you've plenty to say about that
and if you're just here for the thrill of the chase
i've got lots up my sleeve
to make you react

isn't it funny how life just might not instil
a sense of duty in your soul
yes, you could inhabit a perfectly good body i'm told
and still do nothing at all
all your friends call us close
but your plaything is just what that means
another shiny distraction from what needs to be done
like all those headphones and tv screens

here i go running round making mistakes
and you've plenty to say about that
and if you're just here for the thrill of the chase
i've got lots up my sleeve
to make you react
Track Name: singing in the shower
a much too overdue hello
neither of us could let go
our eyes all full of moon

tumbling out of nowhere
our lifetime of hot buttered stares
and brass and bass and sizzling snares
all this time still waiting there
and then you were singing in the shower
i was giggly
melting under that grin
my head and heart two spinning wheels
trying so hard not to feel that

we were fastened to each other
in 24-bit technicolour
a giddy secret frantic beat
a carnival on underneath
Track Name: may you
i bet you're feeling brittle now
i bet you're counting sheep
staring at the ceiling and its painted peaks
the thunder of the folks upstairs
comes rumbling down the walls
it's not just the day to day
that has your joy slowed to a crawl
it's the ball that was thrown you
it's the life you took on
well may each test of your mettle spur you along
may you know who you are through it all

i'm not much good at anything
'cept wishing i could take it on
i'm not the sister everyone would choose
ditto the hard work of your parents
and your decisions taking form
but you're not fully tested no, not set in stone
so remember it's not what you think
but who that thinking serves
i promise further along it's easier to call
and you will know who you are through it all

the hard work of your parents
that heart on your sleeve
not to mention the gauntlet
of sneers and expertise
and almost everything designed
to mire you in debt
and spinning that wheel
for contraceptive roulette
the bloodthirsty banker
your landlord and boss
may the road rise before you
may you never fall
may you know who you are through it all
may you know who you are
Track Name: the price of this song
no line will fit
that is, until it does
kicked in from outside
or waiting there to be picked up

that reliable engine
at first fits and starts
through so much dodgy syntax
you thought was art
and brazen imitation
of your heroes and friends
until what arrives
you want to hear again

you can put a lid on it
but sooner or later that tide will roll in
you can hold up your hand
to blot out that sun
but the price of this song is it asks to be sung

like you and i right away
naturally hit that stride
it's hard not to feel cursed
between that and this mind of mine

and over the years
so many out of love
have lined up to ask me
when i will grow up
and stop pining for purpose
and get over him soon
and stop chasing men
and meaning
and moon

you can put a lid on it
sooner or later that tide will roll in
you can hold up your hand
to blot out that sun
but the price of this song is it asks to be sung

through so much dodgy syntax
i think is art
that reliable engine
fits and starts
and oh so many out of love
line up to ask me when i will grow up

you can put a lid on it
sooner or later that tide will roll in
you can hold up your hand
to blot out that sun
but the price of this song is it asks to be sung