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Light of the Sun

by Sapien Sounds

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1.
So now it’s time to go outside where trees and vines are growing In the heat of summer nights we fall in love so slowly And it’s leaves and bugs And it’s sticks and mud And it’s light from stars shining down from above As we lie on our backs in the grass and the flashing of lightning is on the horizon And I feel so light And I think you’re so high Just from the taste of milkweed and honeysuckle that is in the air
2.
Busy Bee 02:29
Go outside She coats her walls with empty picture frames And fills her window sills with origami cranes And then she’ll press her hands up on the window pane And watch a snowflake falling through the icy rain then start again But in the spring beneath the melting snow She hears the sound of flowers as they start to grow That tiny creaking signifies it’s time to go outside And feel the river flow between her toes And from the corner of her eye she sees the movement of One hundred ants all marching in a row But then she tells herself to keep on moving Cuz she knows the busy bees they make the honey flow so there she goes There she goes
3.
Snowcone 03:37
Tie me down, I feel like I could float away I shed the weight of all the troubles from back home Let’s go to town, take in the sights along the way Spring for a snowcone and then let our bodies roam Another perfect day, snowcone in hand and sun in eyes So good to get away, I think I’ll stay here for a while I saw my brother, I saw him staring back at me He wore a face that I had never seen before I saw my sister, I saw her there right next to me Here in a place that she had never been before Another perfect day, snowcone in hand and sun in eyes So good to get away, I think I’ll stay here for a while
4.
Web of Light 02:42
My hair is standing on end Feels like I’m tapping in to this web of light Here at the feral end The air is shimmering and we’ve grown so wild And though we’ve learned to be so nervous still we move into the night And we proceed through electric fields and I feel fine We’re all Tied in To this web of light The people here are so bright Synapses are firing when they’re touching They’re lit up from the inside Like every cell’s alive and they’re buzzing And though we’ve learned to be so nervous still we move into the night And we proceed through electric fields and I feel fine We’re all Tied in To this web of light My cells are shaking like maracas it’s hard to breathe There’s static flowing from your fingertips into mine I don’t know what’s gotten into me I guess it seems You lovely people are recharging my energy
5.
Adapt 03:59
How quickly we adapt How quickly we adapt We tidy up the front room and sweep the dust right out the back And the masses are not affected The masses are not affected Equilibrium is reached before disturbance can be detected And so it goes Still this moment cannot last No this moment cannot last We don’t even seem to bat an eye as it slides into the past But the dots will be connected Yeah the dots will be connected We’ll tweak and turn the knobs until the concept is perfected And there it goes But I will never sleep And I’ll never just let it be So by the time this hits, I’m already moving on No I will never sleep This is how it’s gotta be C’est la vie It’s on to the next one How quickly we adapt How quickly we adapt Consumers will consume and those producers will react But we all will eat the fruit Yeah we all will eat the fruit Though some prefer the bitter rinds and some prefer the juice That’s the way it is But I will never sleep And I’ll never just let it be So by the time this hits I’ll be gone and on to the next one baby No I will never sleep And I’ll play ‘til my fingers bleed C’est la vie It’s on to the next one Hey I will never sleep And I’ll never just let it be So when I wave goodbye you’ll never see me again No I will never sleep And I’ll play ‘til my fingers bleed C’est la vie It’s on to the next one
6.
We build it up, we build it up, we build it up just to burn it down We run around, we run around, and we get back up just to fall back down again We pull apart, we pull apart until we find the smallest part and break it again Then we pull apart, we pull apart, yeah we pull apart just to start again And the purposes we serve Like arteries and nerves As we tunnel through the earth The symmetry preserved And the ways that we behave Like particles and waves As we crawl out of our caves I’ve got these calloused hands and my feet are sore But I’ve come too far to turn back now And my skin is burned and my, my tongue is dry But still I give my sweat to the salted earth, yeah As we shimmer and we swerve Over surfaces that curve In this incandescent burn The symmetry observed And we sink into our ways Like old collapsing waves As we dance around our graves Day after day
7.
Cold water dip Straight from the hip Wash away everything that I don't need Cold water dip Went straight to my head You take my breath away every time Cold water dip Straight from the hip Refreshing everything about me Cold water dip Went straight to my head Clear out the thoughts that don't belong inside
8.
It’s already nine in the morning And I can’t shake the taste of this cinnamon whiskey My brain is soaking in it and it’s trying to break out of my skull Sunday funday is the only cure I know so here we go Well I can’t seem to wake up on time in the morning I can’t ever make up my mind so what’s the point The thought of Monday is a bad malaise and hair of the dog is the ointment Prescribed to me on a Sunday appointment The clock is sliding past ten And I just can’t believe that I’m still beholden to this I never thought that I would be here again, but here I am Well Sunday funday brings me the cure again so here we go again Well I can’t seem to wake up on time in the morning I can’t ever make up my mind so what’s the point The thought of Monday is a bad malaise and hair of the dog is the ointment Prescribed to me on a Sunday appointment
9.
Glowskin 03:42
I want perfect skin I’ll do whatever it takes just to get it I’ll bathe in baby’s blood and drink from the cup of sin Eternal youth my friend I know a way, you won’t regret it It’ll only take a second and you won’t feel a thing Cuz all my friends used to tell me How my skin was glowing And I was the life of the party then I’m gonna shave my legs Drive down to New Orleans and get my feet knee deep in the mud And I’ll have the most beautiful skin then everyone be sending me love They say “Man, your skin is glowing” Putting electrodes on my temples cuz I heard it’s good for the skin Yes I heard it’s good for the skin Oh I heard it’s so good Putting electrodes on my temples cuz I heard it’s good for the skin Oh I heard it’s good for the skin Yes I heard it’s so good And soon my friends will be telling me How my skin is glowing And I’ll be the life of the party again So I go out into the ocean Feel the saltwater flowing over and around my skin And in the icy rush my pores they get to tightening And it feels so invigorating I got stung by a jellyfish And I acquired bioluminescence Yeah I think you know what it means Now when you see me at night I bear the most incredible sheen that you ever seen I’m back on top now No one can tell me nothing that I don’t know Cuz my skin it glows in the dark you see Yeah my skin is glowing My skin is glowing
10.
A lifetime ago I saw the sunset down in Mexico Thinking about it makes me wanna go back again My two good friends were tying the knot at El Santuario I thank them so for the experience En Valle de Bravo, vimos la puesta del sol Doesn’t it make you want to go back again? To bottle of wine just let it breathe Dancing around like we’re so free Standing by the lake in awe to take it all in And then fireworks after dark while the mariachi band was playing Valle de Bravo, vimos la puesta del sol
11.
Light of the sun, salt of the earth Diamond encased in the uninspired dirt Breath of the wind on the skin through your shirt You are the one, the last and the first Light of the old forgotten sun Salt of the earth upon my tongue After the ancient rain has come Wash away everything except for you Light of the sun Salt of the earth buried by the ages Oh how the mighty have fallen Death and rebirth, forgotten faces Through it all you remain, the elemental sun The salt of the earth Light of the old forgotten sun Salt of the earth from your skin to my tongue After the ancient rain has come Wash away everything except for you Light of the sun, salt of the earth well When I dig down to the bottom of it all you are All I wanted, all I needed So let the rain come wash away everything but Light of the sun, salt of the earth When I dig down to the bottom of it all you are All I wanted, all I needed So let the rain come down and wash it all away Sun blanketing the earth Salt buried down deep beneath the dirt Through it all you remain pure The elemental sun

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released December 21, 2022

Written, recorded, and produced by Sapien Sounds in The Jungle.
Mastered by Doug Van Sloun of Focus Mastering

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