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Elastic Era

by Ocean Cult

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1.
Vibrations 03:40
Connect the leads and wait for it I feel alright And suddenly we color in The black and white Now if we lose our lines Maybe we’ll make ‘em up And if we miss the signs I think we’ll be fine Sympathetic energy Vibrations in my skull, yeah Sympathetic energy With you, I feel like I’ll never die Won’t you come and waste some time? Up in the sky, a star burns up And flickers out But here on Earth, the switch is on We’ll never doubt That if we lose our minds Yeah, we can make it up And if we’re out of time I think we’ll be fine
2.
Satellites 03:23
Shouting from the stage After a gilded age Pillars of salt Hold their wakes There was no better way, ‘cause Nothing gold can stay, we Wanted it all When an empire falls It takes some time For flowers to grow On the highways When an empire falls It takes some time To forget What we fought about In your night sky Satellites keep moving We dug in sacred ground Eclipsed every sound We were wildfire There was no better way, ‘cause Nothing gold can stay, we Wanted it all
3.
Shout in a whisper and dance standing still If you’re feeling lovesick If you’re feeling lovesick Do no harm to all the things you kill If you’re feeling lonesome If you’re feeling lonesome I don’t want to want to want you in this way If I could leave it on the stage I’d never come home I don’t want to want to want you in this way Every time I say goodbye Know that it’s a lie Tell me a lie and I’ll do the same If you’re feeling lovesick If you’re feeling lovesick
4.
Minotaur 03:43
Wasting light in the hours before the sun will set Taking time to believe that we’re all that’s left Is the space between too vast to not get lost In the wild that stretches on? In the wild that stretches on? Desire is a minotaur trapped in a maze Who’s gone blind staying in the darkness that we made Come inside, bring him light, stoke a fire for a little while We’ve gone blind wandering in the darkness that we made When the bough where we perch starts to splinter Will we keep moving on or will we disintegrate Is the space between too vast to not get lost In the wild that stretches on? In the wild that stretches on? Desire is a minotaur trapped in a maze Who’s gone blind staying in the darkness that we made Come inside, bring him light, stoke a fire for a little while We’ve gone blind wandering in the darkness that we made
5.
I’m a cargo cult, I’ll always be waiting for the return Of an aeroplane to take us all away I’m the broken heart of a teenage crush holding onto a hope Yeah, I’m a rotten fruit just waiting to fall away All I want All I need A lightning strike Touch me, electricity Touch me, electricity I’m a dowsing rod can you feel me bend when you are around? I’m a cleansing wave building up energy I’m the silver tongue of a singing man looking up to the stars Looking for the comet that will take us, take us away I want to feel it Want to feel it like I did before I want to let it Want to let it touch my, touch my, touch me Touch me, electricity Touch me, electricity
6.
Neon 03:19
Echoes of our body rhythms Syncopated, slipping out of phase I saw you walking down Milwaukee Couldn’t call out, my voice had escaped me Tune in and drop out And open up Feeling a beat Start to read the air Tune in and drop out And open up To the sounds To the sounds I can’t sit still A third eye in neon light Hums softly out of sight Nobody looking up A third eye in neon light Reflecting from out of sight Your face glows gently Can you feel the thread that binds us? Can you start a fire from the ash? Do you see the green between the cracks? I don’t know if I truly believe it A third eye in neon light Hums softly out of sight Nobody looking up A third eye in neon light Reflecting from out of sight Your face glows gently
7.
Pear Trees 03:23
Pear trees bloom Outside your apartment Smell of sweat Comes to your room Through your window It’s all I can know It happens all the Time stops Bodies in a tangle Unearthed roots Dappled light of Sun setting through trees Head between your knees Our canopy burst into its bloom Pink and white How can it be I’d forgotten you While out of sight Fading from the edge, ah Melting into blurs, ah It’s been years now Since I last saw you Around But every springtime The scent of pear trees Brings me to my knees It happens every Time Our canopy burst into its bloom Pink and white How can it be I’d forgotten you While out of sight Fading from the edge, ah Melting into blurs, ah
8.
Get On Up 03:02
Maybe we could reach all our memories, energies And build our own mythology Because of all the fantasy that he sees on T.V. Saturn eats his young I don’t know what I’m offering But I won’t wait to begin Hope is help’s antonym Hope is balm to action Get on up Maybe we could build our own effigy, tenderly Sing our own elegy Bring our fire to everyone that we know, even as An eagle eats our heart I don’t know what I’m offering But I won’t wait to begin Hope is help’s antonym Hope is balm to action Get on up
9.
Lake 02:53
On a lake In the suburbs Floating on my back When the sun begins to set Sun begins to set On me When I get sick of swimming I’ll head back to land But it seems so far away Seems so far away From where I am Pulling up my reflection Broken on the waves Moonlit projection Satellite UFO Sink my head In the water And open up my eyes Let it wash all over me Wash all over me I can touch the sky Pulling up my reflection Broken on the waves Moonlit projection Satellite UFO

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Written and recorded 2018–2019

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released July 17, 2020

Jeff Kelley—synth, guitar, bass, drums, sampler, voice
Emma Hospelhorn—flute on "Satellites"

Mixed by Michael Mac at Pallet Sound
Artwork by Jeff

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Ocean Cult Chicago, Illinois

OCEAN CULT is the solo project of Jeff Kelley, formerly of VAYA, Dick Wolf, and New Drugs.

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