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KAWABATA

by KAWABATA

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1.
MUSTACHE 04:22
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The child wakes up in the night Because of the buzz of his brain He goes downstairs and watches TV That’s how he finds out The world that they create for him That’s how he creates His own world This man is counting some coins He counts: one, two Something cuts off his head The head on the grass counts: three Here is Your dad My boy You used to cry looking at him They say because he had moustache You used to cry looking at him They say because he had moustache The child’s in bed with a fever Some dreams are so weird when you’re ill It’s like you dream your own cells Your brain That’s where he finds out That nothing is so real This is how he meets His enemy The shadow man gets in the room Wearing his coat and a his hat He sits on the child chest The child in his bed can’t breath Here is Your dad My boy You used to cry looking at him They say because he had moustache You used to cry looking at him They say because he had moustache Now the child’s grown up And he’s a very curious man He always ask himself Funny questions like these Why so many anchovies Tin coffin? And Why do the hell my finger nails Go on growing for a while When I’m dead? And I Jesus Christ is crucified Can I say The cross is Jesusfied?
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A BREED 03:50
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Stay here with me, my brother You know we can count on each other And you can drink all my shivers And I can drink all your fevers Stay here with my, my sister So we can break your bad blister You will cry until tomorrow And we will drink all your sorrow You can have all of me I’ll always be Your blood and your flea You can have all of me You are my scream I am your sea Stay here with me, my friend Tonight our nightmares will blend And we are always in need And we are from the same breed Stay here with me, my partner Let’s make a world in this corner Nothing will change our home Nothing can get us in Rome You can have all of me I’ll always be Your blood and your flea You can have all of me You are my scream I am your sea Stay here with me, my son Tonight you’ll learn how to have fun I’ll teach you how to take pleasure I’ll show you that fear is a treasure You can have all of me I’ll always be Your blood and your flea You can have all of me You are my scream I am your sea Now his blood is black And the monkey dances on his back But he can see the sky And one day he will fly Now his blood is black And the monkey dances on his back But he can see the sky And one day he will fly
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MERRY-GO-ROUND 04:05
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In the world there is a silver train In the train there is a music box In the music box a perfect ray In the ray the room of a king In the room there is a crystal cage In the cage a forbidden wood In the wood there is broken gun In the gun all the world, all the world, all the world All the world Merry-go-round, merry-go-round Spin faster than light Let’s fly away Merry-go-round, merry-go-round Be my spaceship, go And take me to the sun In the world there is a see-through safe In the safe an upside-down town In the town there is a midday dream In the dream there is a stolen sand-glass In the sand-glass there’s a thinking hat In the hat an abandoned skin In the skin there is a flying sea In the sea all the world, all the world, all the world All the world Merry-go-round, merry-go-round Spin faster than light Let’s fly away Merry-go-round, merry-go-round Be my spaceship go And take me to the sun In the world there is a sacred cat In the cat there is a secret joke In the joke there is an old toy shop In the shop an invincible army In the army there’s a honey kite In the kite there’s a magic wish In the wish there is water dress In the dress all the world, all the world, all the world All the world Merry-go-round, merry-go-round Spin faster than light Let’s fly away Merry-go-round, merry-go-round Be my spaceship, go And take me to the sun In the world there is a frozen house In the house there is a crazy doll In the doll there is a little one In the little one all the world, all the world, all the world All the world
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ASK 03:10
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Deep in the sea, by the dead coral reef The black ray is hungry, waiting for food Now the boy plunges, bringing some moles So he can ask Ask what to do The black ray, she says: you must cut your hands And then you must Learn to read in braille Far in the desert, down in the night The big rock is shacking, changing her skin Now the boy stands and prays on one foot So he can ask Ask what to do The big rock, she says: you must become a lake And you must drink yourself High in his castle, closed in his room The genius is building ladders for mice Now the boy breaks in, bringing some nails So he can ask Ask what to do The genius, he says: you must became a hawk And creep to The centre of the earth
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BEFORE THE KNIGHT SHOWS UP 04:06
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A girl is all alone in her room She’s the last human being in the world Suddenly they knock on her door Kno-kno-kno-kno-knock Kno-kno-kno-knock This story is an obsession for me I know it since I was just a child Or maybe since I was in my mother Or maybe since I was someone else A girl is alone in her room She’s the last human being in the world Suddenly they knocks on her door Kno-kno-kno-kno-knock Kno-kno-kno-knock Now the story maybe is a book Or maybe the story is a flick But I remember well movies and books So probably the story is dream And God knows What she’s doing while I’m singing What do they do and what do they think Behind what we have seen? What goes on Before and after we are watching? What do they do when out of the screen Out of the page? What’s the dragon doing in his lair Before the knight shows up? A girl is alone in her room She’s the last human being in the world Suddenly they knock at her door Kno-kno-kno-kno-knock Kno-kno-kno-knock If you know the story, please let know I know it since I was just a child Contact me, it’s important for me I have to know where all this comes from A girl is alone in her room She’s the last human being in the world Suddenly they knock on her door Kno-kno-kno-knock Kno-kno-kno-knock And God knows What she is doing while I’m singing What do they do and what do they think Behind what we have seen? What goes on Before and after we are watching? What do they do when out of the screen Out of the page? What’s the dragon doing in his lair Before the knight shows up?
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SPACED 03:46
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Oh my! I’m lost in the stars Captain Of a crazy spaceship My crew Is a bunch of freaks Oh my, I feel so spaced I wish I was fire To burn down the world I wish I was wind To make a big storm I wish I was water Don’t know anymore I used to play hooky I just hated school I wish I was knife To cut my own blade I wish I was whale I love ultrasounds I whish I was carrot It is good for your eyes I wish I was myself, I guess Oh my! I’m lost in the stars Captain Of a crazy spaceship My crew Is a bunch of freaks Oh my, I feel so spaced I wish I was summer To tame the sea-horse I wish I was winter To hypnotize snow I wish I was spring To spring from a spring I wish I was autumn to leave I wish I was morning Please, lace my shoes I wish I was afternoon That’s my balloon I wish I was night Don’t copy my dream I wish I was somewhere in time Oh my I’m lost in the stars Captain Of a crazy spaceship My crew Is a bunch of freaks Oh my, I feel so spaced
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SISTER SLEEP 04:45
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My lover Forgive me I would like to love you but my dreams just miss me I’m frozen I’m burning I would like to struggle but the water’s waiting And tonight Tonight I dream to dream a dream where I will fly In a dream Come sister sleep, please come Fall down like sweet hot rain Wash off the pain Come sister sleep, please come Come right in to my vein Fill up my brain Show me behind the mirror Show me what to forget Show me what to remember Come sister sleep, please come My lover Forgive me I would like to love you but my dreams just miss me I’m frozen I’m burning I would like to struggle but the water’s waiting And tonight Tonight I dream to dream a dream where I will fly In a dream Come sister sleep, please come Fall down like sweet hot rain Wash off the pain Come sister sleep, please come Come right in to my vein Fill up my brain Show me behind the mirror Show me what to forget Show me what to remember Come sister sleep, please come I can forget me You can forget you We can forget ourselves I can forget you You can forget me We can forget each other I can forget me You can forget you We can forget ourselves I can forget you You can forget me We can forget each other Come sister sleep, please come Fall down like sweet hot rain Wash off the pain Come sister sleep, please come Come right in to my vein Fill up my brain Show me behind the mirror Show me what to forget Show me what to remember Come to me Come sister sleep, please come Fall down like sweet hot rain Wash off the pain Come sister sleep, please come Come right in to my vein Fill up my brain Show me behind the mirror Show me what to forget Show me what to remember Come sister sleep, please come Come sister sleep, please come Come sister sleep, please come
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SLUMBERLAND 04:38
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Christmas Eve 35 Celsius degrees Sam Cooke road My best friend driving the van I fall asleep I dream of the road I wake up And I feel so good Slumberland In a club of Melbourne this girls comes to me, I tell her: make a good price I’m a backpacker, you see Astonished and delighted she says: “amore mio, sì You know, my grandma is Italian, for you it’s free” Slumberland Red, blue rocks Bullets from an asteroid Jelly seas Aussies a bit paranoid Atomic red the sky Cancerous light And finally I feel all right Slumberland In the middle t of the desert I meet a sleeping god Very tribal, very sacred I turn off my I-pod I am just a stupid tourist With a canon in my hand But you look so nice to me Can I be your friend? Slumberland Children play with the total eclipse Schoolgirls in uniform wait for the apocalypse Goodbye Nick, little conformist rogue Goodbye Andrea, Paul, Kylie Minogue You don’t feel the need to understand When you’re little Nemo wandering in slumber land The black men Have a secret that they’ll never tell The big wave That no blond surfer will ride That teen-age riot That night in Perth A show I will never forget Slumberland I have seen a blue-tongue lizard Eating a big mouse During a polite BBQ In the garden of an house In the eyes of the ray I can’t tell you what I’ve seen Let’s go shopping to the mall, let’s stay with the Queen Australia is a fallen God Out of time and space It is just my own playground It’s my other face

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A ten year circle.

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released May 22, 2020

Created at home, in Rome. All music and lyrics by Daniele Mancini.
All parts played, sampled or found in internet by Daniele Mancini.

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KAWABATA Rome, Italy

The boy wakes up in the night because of the buzz of his brain.
He goes downstairs and watches TV.
That's how he finds out the world that they create for him. That's how he creates his own world.

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