We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

RED QUEEN

from RED QUEEN by Bryan Free

/

lyrics

Here’s another paradox:
In order to change I must fit
Into my body’s nest,
My capacitor plague,
My own golden-eye child—
Into my system:
The one thing I may hate but never quit.

I convince the land
That I want a different land,
Yet my goal is, and always will be
The forest fire
Not trees.
The act itself.
The mutation.
The transitory self between two selves.

Without discomfort it may be impossible.
I want to say that without oppression,
Without shame,
Without guilt,
Without fear
It may be impossible.
But I want to include all my shortcomings.

I can neither wish for change nor mutation;
Both will bring an end to the quest I love most
Unless the quest is—more specifically—a process,
Not the holy grail
Even of my dreams,
And this process might endure indefinitely,

No matter what I believe
And what new gods birth
And what animals consume
The energy of what animals,
What happy hunting grounds integrate
Into a much sadder combination
Of violent and peaceful reality:
A liturgy for the recovering idealist.

That this evening may be holy,
Good, and peaceful,
That we may be pardoned
And forgiven for our sins and offenses,
That we may be bound together
By the Red Queen in communion
Of all thy saints
And parasites,
Entrusting one another
And all our lives to evolution.

credits

from RED QUEEN, released October 17, 2011
Bryan Free: vocals, moogs, trombone, recorder, drum machine
JR Wickman: spoken word
The Julians: vocals
Graeme Enkelis: bass, synth
Nate Purscelley: trumpet
Matthew Henderson: acoustic guitar, percussion

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Bryan Free image

Bryan Free Portland

contact / help

Contact Bryan Free

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Bryan Free, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now