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Bacchus' Son

from Less is Less by Rantipole

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Shoo wop wop
Shoo wop wop
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

I had no sense of time or direction
I was Bacchus' son
I was blurry fun
Was handed a flask, and it smashed my perception
Now the sky looks down on us with broken glasses
I courted the clouds and they counseled rejection
That a mist would come
That my flesh would run
Adopted their vapor avoiding discretion
No I never cried once
No I never cried once

Ooh walls tell me your secrets
You're just points in space
So ordered and polite
I could be perfectly still and your family
Would kiss me on the cheek
Say that I'm one of them
Tell me I'm one of them

Washed up my face and I checked my prescription
For a regime change
But I still remained
Tore out my eyes in a fit of conniption
Now the sky and I are not so different
Shoo wop wop
Shoo wop wop
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

My ambiguous pillow
Taking my voice and my shape
Could you be more than a lingering tenderness
Beyond this pale erratic state of bliss

Until you have lost all distinction
Your body has not felt true joy
Down with the borders and boundaries of selfhood
Who cares if you're caught between man and boy

Ooh walls tell me your secrets
You're just points in space
So ordered and polite
I could be perfectly still and your family
Would kiss me on the cheek
Say that I'm one of them
Tell me I'm one of them

credits

from Less is Less, released October 25, 2014
Ben Dranoff - Guitar, Vocals
Theo Lowrey - Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals
Aleah Black - Vocals
Philip Torphy - Bass
Daniel Risdon - Drums

Written by Ben Dranoff

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Rantipole Annandale On Hudson, New York

Rant´i`pole (rănt´ĭ`pōl) n. 1. A wild, romping young person. ; a. 1.Wild; roving; rakish.

5-piece Hudson-Valley based Indie-rock band.

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