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Critique of Nature

by Luke Sweeney

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If you say to me “let’s make a family” Then would it be just you and me - Or what? do you want the world to see… You are a natural force I’ve never met a case like yours Took me by surprise of course Never met a case like yours Gazing at you from this view It might not be clear to you, But yes I can guess who will be the one to turn you on… Of all the scientists and masters of professions, This is my highest and most honest of confessions You are a natural force I’ve never met a case like yours Took me by surprise of course Never met a case like yours I must admit You are a natural force I’ve never met a case like yours Took me by surprise of course I’ve never met a case I’ve never met a face I’ve never met a case like yours
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trapped in the house again bold as a mouse in an observatory it’s easy to see I’m whipped cream in a can a flash in the pan rehearsing my lines for the deafening youth and their convictionless crimes it’s time time out of mind a mind you can trick into confinement bored off the chore wheel, an orgy of ordeal the sanitary host Is dealing vaccines to ghosts and I’m leaving my guests alone to froth at the bone and pick at my throne rehearsing my lines for the sedimentary age and its compostable spines it’s time time out of mind a mind you can trick into consignment man made borders and seams closer he seems to his home awkward-bound handshake fist-bumping birthquake the city’s asleep in pajamas safekeeping its private property publicly spade rehearsing my lines for the armchair resistance so tune in and listen! (it’s time) time out of mind a mind you can trick into alignment man made borders and seems closer he seems to his home
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California’s melting, baby ain’t it sad? Tried to warn us if we can’t change a little It’ll get bad Flash a look at any county A matchbook strikes our bounty Every summer, spring and fall Instead of viewing the fact, You wanna bbq and distract Your self from your part in it all But honey, I’m sure you did all that you California’s melting, baby ain’t it sad? Now it’s going up in blazes, it’s getting bad Don’t wanna talk about it, The earth is getting crowded That’s the crime now we’re doing the time It’s over four million acres There’s no place that’s sacred This fire will put your head in the sand It’s the american way to simply reason away ‘til there’s nowhere left to stand But honey, oh I’m sure, you did all that you can California’s melting, baby ain’t it sad? Mother earth tried & tried to warn us But we’re acting like a drunken dad California’s melting, baby ain’t it sad? California’s melting, baby! (baby ain’t it sad?) California’s melting, baby don’t you give a damn? Oh wait, I see your instagram… (baby ain’t it sad?)
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Scowl 02:41
scowl, I go howl at the moon shake my jowls at the earth I can scowl if i want it’s been my right since birth scour your face for a glimpse of the tide out of the dark, and into the light… scowl, I go howl at the moon shake my jowls at the earth I can scowl if i want it’s been my right since birth scour your face for a glimpse of the tide if you think it could help, and i think that it might… scowl - it’s a powerful tune of the universe something to blunt the dull captives of earth open my blade, make it my knife cut up a path to start a new life Howl, my baby blue...
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a collection of sounds from the dusty pillow of Sweeney's tangled fever dreams, something not soothed by the weather or cooled by the tropical flashbacks of unanswered calls. it's a getaway vocation.

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released April 3, 2021

all songs written & performed by Luke Sweeney.
(c) & (p) 2021 Serious Sailboater Songs (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

cover painting “Serpent On Walk In Spring Rain” by Jitsun Sandoval.
layout by Megan Brock.

[see individual tracks for recording details]

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Luke Sweeney San Francisco, California

A bicycle crash left a young Sweeney with his jaw wired shut for six weeks, and in recovering, his sustenance was on a guitar. What was he chasing?

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