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(SIDE 1: Home) Intro (James A. Lovell, Jr) Vgy was 0; Vgz was +0.2; Δ-Vc was -20.2. Orbit, 169.1 by 60.5. Verse 1 (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES & Ucklin) O darling, what have we become? Has all been said, has all been done? And after all that we've been through Am I still me, are you still you? O darling, what is it we seek? Perhaps I think myself a freak Perhaps I crave a second chance In the universe's endless dance Chorus (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES & Ucklin) If I had a choice Still I wouldn't stay Set out on a voyage for forever and a day Exiled from our world Into parts unknown Wholly unfamiliar and yet it feels like home Verse 2 (Ucklin) And yet the pyramid still looms And still life fades and life still blooms And as the centuries they pass We're not the first and not the last Bridge (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES) The dawn consumed the night Bathed in the sentinel's light Clinging onto that bone Ready to put up a fight My bone came down again I threw it up to the sky That was the day I knew I'd never really die Chorus (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES & Ucklin) If I had a choice Still I wouldn't stay Set out on a voyage for forever and a day Exiled from our world Into parts unknown Wholly unfamiliar and yet it feels like home (SIDE 2: Stuck) Verse 1 (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES & Ucklin) You collapse on the fractured earth with a shovel in your grip Over your quivering chest you see there's another on the lip Whatever’s inside has been circumscribing far too long You try your best to resist but find it’s enticement much too strong Suddenly you're beneath the roots of a massive flooded tree Far from the crown as the leaves fall down they transform and wiggle free Smoky drool spirals from their schools and collects in painters' trays You point and turn for the awestruck crowd but you only see your face Prechorus (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES) If nothing beside remains Why can't we try again? Chorus (Ucklin) You can bead all of the words that you want on the string of your sentence It doesn’t matter because they slip off and the ringing is endless Clattering across the carpet floor, never to be found Even though the air becomes the sound, somewhere the meaning gets stuck Verse 2 (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES & Ucklin) In a room full of frozen eyes and twinkling silver drills Your precious breath drips down from ears that don't distill And you stumble right back to the rift you rent amid drifting stalks of grain And you ask when the field’s getting plowed again And the buildings extend to the edge of sight with no taper to their ends But your fate's still written where the sky bends And when you run your fingers across the sun, you find the surface bears a crack Don't look inside, something's looking back Prechorus (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES) If nothing beside remains Why can't we try again? Chorus (Ucklin) You can bead all of the words that you want on the string of your sentence It doesn’t matter because they slip off and the ringing is endless Clattering across the carpet floor, never to be found Even though the air becomes the sound, somewhere the meaning gets stuck Bridge (WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES & Ucklin) If I had a voice Still I couldn't say One sole secret syllable that wouldn't bleach to grey Now that we've unfurled Spectacles regrown Who's to say they aren't just the old ones, clean as bone? Outro (James A. Lovell, Jr) The craters are all rounded off. There's quite a few of them, some of them are newer. Many of them look like, especially the round ones, look like hits by meteorites or projectiles of some sort. credits from Land of Fans and Music 5 Act 2, released September 15, 2023 Music by Grace Medley, SplitSuns, WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES and Ucklin soundcloud.com/user-743933328 power464646.tumblr.com soundcloud.com/splitsuns Home Art (left) by ricemilk ricemilk413.tumblr.com twitter.com/ricemilk413 Stuck Art (right) by Artatruc artatruc.tumblr.com References "Home" by Grace Medley and SplitSuns, "Another Jungle", "Lies With The Sea (Demo)" and "Sburban Jungle" by Michael Guy Bowman, "Dinosaur Pill" by Ucklin and "Embittered Shore" by Max Wright Samples "Home" by Grace Medley and SplitSuns, “Dawn of Man” by Michael Guy Bowman, "Better" by SAINT PEPSI and "When the Sun Hits" by Slowdive Visualizer by Tycoon https://open.spotify.com/artist/74QizTwCnbuiZr6paZhDdw?si=21MKmZ45Rk6j8EaDHSo0tg https://twitter.com/TycoonHL