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Black Ocean

by Ravens Moreland

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1.
Black Ocean 04:31
Owned by the darkness Playing both sides The street, the law The demons reside Play to live While trying to die A circle of limestone Where I lye Come to my rescue I’m an angel in hell Before singularity Let’s rest for a spell A spell Where deep water seeps And the creature In the reefs Oh, my name In black ocean Under the skull Guiding my life Kisses, violence, resolution inside Pictures so vivid Can’t sleep at night Sugar, did you feel that three A.M. bite? Oh, my name In black ocean
2.
Velvet Abyss 04:36
I just want a little taste of you Liar liar, what do you desire? Some kind of substance, something new Liar liar, what do you desire? I didn’t think about you last night Liar liar, what do you desire? In dirty stories and indiscreet sighs Hey boy, I heard you’ve been slinking around In the slippery gutters of this sleazy town Into my silken folds and under my sheets Behind closed doors you come to creep Into the velvet abyss Your offers I receive Your sticky fingers capture me Even in your dreams You’ll please
3.
Jasmine 03:32
Jasmine Fumbles through a cutlery drawer A tremble of the finger A doubt I must ignore Don't let the floorboards creak tonight Don't let the floorboards creak tonight Jasmine Jasmine The new moon won’t catch her eyes Spirit of the galaxy This doubt I cannot hide From underneath the goose down Little brother cries Jasmine Jasmine The bells of Saint Patrick Ready to claim the morrow Stay awake, stay awake A dream might spell trouble Dig around in my kitchen Exposing cryptic sorrow Kiss me on the highway Where it’s moonless and frozen Aou aou aou, sh, sh, sh Now go to sleep my darling
4.
She lies on a bed blue as the full moon Glowing on the tundra The children chanting plagiarized cantations To the din of flies Rise goddess, rise Beyond the satellites Die goddess, die From mother god, a new queen rise Cold is the thin air high on a mountain top Where comets trail like tears in the autumn sky She turns blue Naked and feral under dancing skies Drink the blood of your chosen Christ She turns blue A young girl awaits a disciple With a pocket full of poison The treeline masking the mad ramblings Of the macho sacrifice sky black sky Turn off your stars for the nocturnal eyes Fly, raven fly Find your prey and the queen will rise Cold is the thin air high on a mountain top Where comets trail like tears in the autumn sky She turns blue Naked and feral under dancing skies Drink the blood of your chosen Christ She turns blue
5.
It’s too hot to sleep My mind wanders and strays First to the skin And all things depraved Visiting the stars And the comforts of the strange From Earth’s sick noise I’m far out of range Peering out the window I see only dark shapes The damage comes In a shapeless black haze What’s going on Inside the damaged brain Colors of yellow, shades of blue Bottles with caps Hard for children to undo The stories corners of 5th and Bonnie Brae The shadows above Scour for their prey Hiding in good deeds Or hiding in high crimes The shadows circle, circle, circle What’s going on Inside the damaged brain
6.
Let It 03:38
When your eyes gets colored It could be a cosmic blunder Sweet pinball, no malice at all Bouncing, bouncing A Benjamin inside Taken for a ride of demolition Hours are the enemy The devil in the corner speaks I’m not finished with your soul And you don’t get it You can’t stop this pain So just let it Ladders to a dream Wake up on a rail going skyward China girl between She’s the real dream If you catch her Spectators seated Pardons depleted A teardrop Hoods so opaque Blinded for my sake A teardrop I’m not finished with your soul And you don’t get it You can’t stop this pain So just let it
7.
Shadow space Beneath the heart Insatiate Until you’re near A rhythm faster No gravity Senses sharpen Darkness, my clemency A torrent of Violet energy Initiate Kinetic power Years can’t kill The seance hours The orbit of Celestial bodies Your eyes in the sky Not touched by towers A torrent of Violet energy
8.
Bring me back to leather jockstraps Bring me back to the minds most dirty Bring me back to amyl in bathrooms Through the back going deep in a hurry Bring me back to the Masque in the alley Bring me back to the Probe and the One Way Bring me back to gravel on knees A pallet stack is where we please Follow me to the bathroom stall Show me the place where the angels fall

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released June 3, 2022

CREDITS
Album tracked at Raven13 studio. Drums, partial keyboard tracks, vocals, and all mixing at Dave Klein Recording studio. Engineered by Bruce Moreland and Dave Klein. Produced and mastered by Bruce Moreland for Ravens Records. All music by Bruce Moreland with strong contributions by all members. Lyrics by Bruce Moreland with “Velvet Abyss” and “Violet Energy” lyrics by Bruce Moreland and Christine Lynise. Cassette production by Taste Awful @tasteawful / Lie Detector @liedetectorshop. Layout design and album artwork by Amanda Hetrick-McMahon. Photography by Stephen Linsley. All rights reserved under CD baby Pro Publishing.

Ravens Moreland
Liz Rhodes · Keyboards
Linda LeSabre · Drums
Christine Lynise · Vocals
Bruce Moreland · Vocals, guitar, keyboards

THANK YOU Kaos the cat for allowing the use of “your” studio chair, fur included. Blïxa the cat for leaving cords mostly intact. Additional thanks to former collaborators and loved ones: Liz Garo, Pamela Renswick, Devin Carson, Shelina Louise, Jean Marie Contreras, Tara Belle, Michel Berandi, Jarrod Alexander, Dawn Aquino, Lisa Nardoni, Gamal Sharaf El Deen (G·S·E·D), Victor Andrade, Colin and Lee of Terminal A, Jason Birk, Lyle and Stephanie Mednansky, Michelle Oura, Michael Toji, and in loving memory of Marc Moreland, Nyk Radar, and Shawn Terry.

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