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How to Breathe Underwater / In the Black Box

by T.S. Woodward

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    Two high-bias cassette tapes with 24 page booklet of lyrics, music, and underwater photography.

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1.
Bon Voyage 03:31
whenever i'm sleepin' i keep dreamin' of a great big beautiful ocean but i ain't got arms and i ain't got legs so i start drinkin' up the water singin' bon voyage, c'est la vie, bon voyage, mon cheri but from one hundred thousand leagues it gets real hard to breathe but if you listen closely you might hear an argument as you're driftin' off to sleep why don't you catch yourself the fish share them if you wish you know we're gonna be here a long long long long time unless... you get this off your chest i know you been keepin' secrets all the sounds can lead a man to want or on occasion need more than the sea can give him so he sinks his teeth into the drink he plugs his ears when he hears 'em singin' bon voyage, c'est la vie, bon voyage, mon cheri and so a habit forms on the lips while his dead man's ship sways & drifts into that great big shore in the sky he looks up hears all the sirens singin' you've got a bad habit of talkin' in your sleep you've got a bad habit of makin' promises you cannot keep so bon voyage c'est la vie bon voyage mon cheri
2.
The Aviary 05:22
she's only 5 minutes a stone's throw from my portrait of a shadow killin' time till he's only five minutes, hangin' on reprieve i take on another shadow & make believe that we both seek asylum when we cry out from our sleep in asylum she wakes in the aviary coaxed from a dream of all impending shadow an indelible scream as he wakes in the aviary discussion stays the birds so i cast my shadow backward into the absence of words that we both seek in asylum we cry out from our sleep for asylum is sanctuary so say the birds sanctuary so sing the birds
3.
Davey Jones 04:41
7 days i been thrown in the brig still i'm singin' the name of my one-true-love on the high sea she come to me on the wings of a dream where all my friends are placin' bets on who they think will win in this cage bout queen death or treason & me i think i'll wait in the bilge thinkin' 'bout my girl davey your body is a dungeon my soul adventure my heroes are all dead my friends phantasmagorian so i roll the die deep-six the odds for a chance to land in your arms i'll be swingin' in the moonlight come this time tomorrow i'll be a better sight for your deadlights to follow in the dark from the jury rig i'll be dancing that hempen jig 'fore i crash into you in a swan dive from the crow nest where i been turnin' blue, holdin' all my breath underwater i'm as good as new who needs sea legs when i've got you your body is a dungeon my soul adventure my heroes are all dead my friends phantasmagorian so i roll the die deep-six the odds for a chance to land in your arms tonight tonight tonight tonight davey jones been hollerin' at me davey jones says she gonna be my lady alright alright alright i'm rolling the die i'm gonna deep-six the odds for a chance to land in your arms
4.
And Ten 04:17
when i'm not feelin' it i close my eyes & count to 10 if i'm not led by the spirit i surely will be by then but i have a hard time sellin' every word that the lord says i think it could be the devil puttin' things in my head that i don't wanna know as long as i live like if he's even ever gonna show as long as i'm livin' so if i'm not seein' it i close my eyes & count to 10 i have a hard time believin' even when they're open they say the lord don't know right from wrong that i should lay real low and just keep on like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 & ... i should know by now there's nowhere to hide still i close my eyes and count real high... 10 and 10 ten & ten ready or not olly olly oxenfree ready or not give ya till the count of...
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I 00:33
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II 01:54
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iii 02:24
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IV 02:25
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V 03:16
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The Morrow 05:42
if i leave before the morrow sun has risen over dawn i may not return i may not remember you in the morning of the morrow if i stay, see the morrow sun rise over you i may not depart i may not forget you in the afternoon of the morrow if i wake 'fore the morrow sun has opened up its eyes i may not know this dream i may not see you in the twilight of the morrow if i stay through tomorrow and it rains all through the night i may not realize i may always be in love with you you you you until the evening of the morrow
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Nocturnal 04:48
don't mind me, i'm only passin' through don't mind me, i'm only restin' my eyes on you when i was all alone in the dungeon i kept on wonderin' if i's becomin' nocturnal or infernal it was midnight at the table i's burnin' oil in the moonlight when i felt the bite started singin' hallelujah in the garden, you've got everything you'll ever need en el jardin de la luna, you ain't every gonna wanna leave now painted cakes won't satisy my lover nor i when the moon is high we drink ultra violet 'cause the host won't show for any old toast so we raise the hand the holds the glass up high to the moonlight in the garden, you've got everything you'll ever need en el jardin de la luna, you ain't every gonna wanna leave & i smile as i drink the wine, as i drink the wine as i drink the wine, as i drink the moonlight nothing gonna change your mind but i ain't ever gonna die en el jardin de la luna so don't mind me, i'm only passin' through don't mind me, i'm only restin' my eyes on you am i nocturnal or infernal nocturnal... en el jardin de la luna
14.
Blue Ribbon 04:11
mama's got a new pair 'a shoes mama's got a new pair 'a blues 'cause there's a fire in tennessee there's and earthquake in d.c. but she's a winner her blue ribbons are made of smoke daddy's gonna make some money daddy's gonna bring us honey to eat he's in the kitchen cookin' with gasoline 'cause he's a winner his blue ribbons are made of smoke ahh, ooh, ahh, ooh sister's got her body sister's got nobody to heal her broken-hearted wheel spinning till the end when she's a winner her blue ribbons are made of smoke brother's got some soul for sale brother's got some soul that could save the world from itself if he could save himself he'd be a winner his blue ribbons are made of smoke blue ribbons are made of smoke but as for me i've got these 88 as for me i've got these ivories to keep me company when i'm dead and gone i'll be a winner my blue ribbons are made of smoke ahh, ooh, ahh, ooh blue ribbons are made of smoke our blue ribbons are made of...
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millimeter wave detection don't see my heart tick tick tickin' down the seconds until it comes to a stop and in a violet explosion i'm gonna detonate my lungs in the name of love i'm gonna blow all the bars off this ribcage, baby millimeter wave detection don't sense my mind work work workin' all the time just to walk my legs in two deep blue eyes from a window seat on a cloud i see everything but the ground till it's comin' right toward me in hi-fi-delity millimeter wave detection don't hear my dreams talk talk talkin' over me sayin' please, girl, defect from reality it conspires against you to rule your tongue it tells your hands to build your empire in the sun so you can watch it fade away fade away fade away fade away from you, baby millimeter wave detection don't feel the danger... baby, let's get the heck outta here if n' when you want to wake up, baby smell the biscuits & gravy if n' when you're hungry i'm in the kitchen, baby i'll be your biscuits ooh ooh ooh ooh won't you be my gravy ooh ooh ooh ooh won't you be my...

credits

released August 19, 2016

How to Breathe Underwater:

Recorded at GFR, Lavonia, GA, and HHSOM, Athens, GA
Engineered by T.S. Woodward, Zeke Sayer & Matt Garrison
Mixed by T.S. Woodward at HHSOM, Athens, GA
Mastered by Neal Warner at Chase Park Transduction, Athens, GA

T.S. Woodward - vocals, keys, guitars, percussion, drums, tape machines
Matt Garrison - bass, electric guitar on "And 10"
James Owen - drums on "The Aviary", "Davey Jones"


In the Black Box:

Recorded live on April 1st, 2015 in the Black Box, HHSOM, Athens GA
Engineered by Neal Warner & Alex Kroh
Mixed by Alex Kroh at Chase Park Transduction, Athens GA
Mastered by Neal Warner at Chase Park Transduction, Athens GA

T.S. Woodard - vox, upright piano
Ember Remliel - vox
Matt Garrison - upright bass
Zeke Sayer - drumset
Jeff Webber - synthesizer
Nick Mallis - electric guitar
Dave Kirslis - slide guitar

Art Direction by Rob Dellenback of Sasquatch City Studios
Photography by Maggie Swain and Whitney Lewis

All songs written, arranged, & produced by T.S.Woodward

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