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Under the Sun

by Not for Pussies

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prufrock1 Beautiful, atmospheric vibe with a keen edge... a truly unique musical melange. Haunting vocals matched with lush, evocative music. Well done, Brian and Janette! :-) Favorite track: Elemental.
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Ice Maiden 05:29
Ice Maiden Mmm, can I wallow in boundless expanses of white upon white in a nothing but whiteness You wanted me for your little Ice Princess, so perfect and poised in my hours of practice Fingers picking out the notes – on the page in front of me Fingers following the dots – floating on the frozen sea Fingers falling on the beat – of a stark metronome Waiting for the blade to fall – under your gaze… And all the while my mind raced into whiteness white upon white in great boundless expanses I’d have a sleigh to escape from the Ice Queen mushing my dogs deeper into my daydream Playing parabolic scales – Practice makes perfect Fingers with their bitten nails – I would never be perfect Thought you had the golden child – Look and see, a prodigy but I was growing into something wild – I was me, becoming free Pulling the notes off, like taking the wings off I’m perched on the piano stool, MY wings taking off while you pin me down like a butterfly collector I flap and I search for my own source of nectar I was once lost, in boundless expanses of white upon white in a nothing but whiteness Oh you wanted me for your little Ice Princess But the spell broke and I tumbled down, useless Racing over empty ice – into light, into flight Watching as my Nemesis – disappears into night Waking up from frozen Winter into Spring – colour filling up my senses Suddenly alive to everything - Everything
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Elemental 05:06
Elemental The heart’s an organ of fire eager to throw out a spark to bring to life its desire illuminating the dark We’ll set the world a- We’ll set the world a- Don’t ever hold onto hate Don’t crucify your love Don’t leave it all down to fate Nothing to be afraid of We’ll set the world a- We’ll set the world alight The gods demanded a sacrifice There’s a bargain to be struck everybody has a price Just what is the going rate to be the master of your fate? Or are we no more than pawns? Lives mapped out before we’re born with no hope of autonomy not a chance of ever breaking free Those very myths they’d have us live by Oh the folly of the few and we all believe the lie See the image fall and break Demystify the fake and we can all go home for tea Raise a glass to you and me Well, aren’t you the clever one proving science rules the sun! There are more things in heaven and earth than you can ever dream of The only certainty death but don’t let that kill your love We’ll set the world a- We’ll set the world alight Alight
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Lament 06:30
Lament Mohammed and Yana, Houman and Anas Liliane & Zeinah, Amena & Rima, Maya & Amira, Achmed, Abooud Bana & Rasha, Uri, Layal & Fathi & Sammi, Adham & Akram, Rifat, Burhan. The women are keening, but nobody hears Collateral damage just falls on deaf ears A playground of rubble, a rock for a toy There’s nowhere to hide, when it’s seek & destroy WHY……? One hundred thousand children under siege The Syrian Stalingrad, rockets & barrel bombs shatter the stage All heaven’s birds now, their blood mixed with dust Children of Aleppo have nobody left they can trust… The women are keening, but nobody hears Collateral damage just falls on deaf ears A playground of rubble, a rock for a toy There’s nowhere to hide, when it’s seek & destroy WHY…..??? Cowboys & Indians, Arabs & Jews Catholics & Protestants, Tutsies & Hutus, Sikhs & Hindus … me & you? Nowhere to grow up, nowhere to play The settlers & conquerors, those with the power, take childhood away….
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The Secret 08:48
The Secret Some believe we die alone – All alone, All alone Others say we are all One – I don’t know, I don’t know Ooh in a world without love Where would we be without love? No you or me without love All in the dark without love… I wake up in the morning and see you right there I roll over to kiss you and ruffle your hair Something so ordinary – the start of the day One of those moments, there’s no need to say I’m gone to ground in your love Spinning around in your love I’m mystified by your love I’ll live & die for your love Who can see into the human heart? I don’t know – I don’t know Why do we tear this world apart? I don’t know - I don’t know What is the dreamer dreaming of? I don’t know – I don’t know Why won’t he fill the world with love? I don’t know – I don’t know I cannot be without love Oh cover me with your love Oh let me drown in your love Lay me on down in your love The body ages and life leaves its scars The mind yearns for meaning and looks to the stars We search for the secret that sets us apart When we’re all here together in the beat of a heart Ooh in a world without love Where would we be without love? No you or me without love All in the dark without love Some believe we die alone – All alone, All alone Others say we are all One – I don’t know, I don’t know There are times I’m so alone – All alone, All alone Even though I know you are the one – You’re the one, You’re the one I am undone by your love We become one in your love One day we’ll all have enough No one will be without love What is the dreamer dreaming of…. dreamer dreaming of? We gotta fill the world with love …. fill the world with love Love Why do we tear the world apart… tear the world apart? No We gotta stop before we break our hearts… before we break our hearts Whoah
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Sylver 06:44
Instrumental
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Heroine 05:43
Heroine Every time this planet turns its face towards the sun I’m caught up in awakening, the reel is yet to run I’m a carefree kid again – the sun upon my skin The empty book ahead of me and I’m the heroine Who wouldn’t want to live forever but only in the first flush of youth The Summers seemed to go on forever timelessness felt like the only truth Who wouldn’t want to live forever with so much to look forward to You always told me Never say never Not a damned thing we couldn’t do! When the world crowds in on me, I need to see your face To take your hand and run with you – to find our special place To feel it all dissolve and fall away and set us free I become a part of you and you a part of me Nothing else has consequence, we’re simply in the now a manifest of memory, no why or when or how We make our own reality, a vision or a prayer and spread our wings and take a leap of faith into the air…. How many living creatures live and die upon this earth? How many of us wonder why we’re here, for what it’s worth? Why do we need religion to explain this mystery? Isn’t it miraculous enough to simply be? Just let all of the dogma go and simplify this life Drop the masks and cut the cords, smash the obsidian knife Let the mind’s eye open and see this is all we’ve got I want to dive right in with you – this is our only shot. Who wouldn’t want to live forever but only in that first flush of youth The Summers seemed to go on forever timelessness felt like the only truth Who wouldn’t want to live forever with so much to look forward to You always told me Never say never Not a damned thing we couldn’t do Me and you… Every time this planet turns its face towards the sun I’m caught up in awakening, the reel is yet to run I’m a carefree kid again – the sun upon my skin The empty book ahead of me and I’m the heroine I’m the heroine….. I’m the heroine.. I’m the heroine….
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Icarus 03:28
Icarus Don’t fall in love, you might get hurt (is as good as saying) Don’t live, you just might die. What’s the good of finding you have wings then being too afraid to fly? You might say, Icarus – he went too far His father said Don’t go so high but in his ecstasy, his wings were lost and he fell from the sky Don’t let them tell you Don’t let them tell you That your love was all a lie Don’t let them tell you Don’t let them tell you It's too dangerous to try Don’t let them tell you Don’t let them tell you You can’t reach for the sky The burning stars above are dead & in the past Each breath we take could be our last Better to love and lose than never love at all to feel the ecstasy before the before the fall……. before the fall…
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Under the Sun Under the sun, there’s a warehouse of souls All human life, in limbo They crawled out of the sea, the ones who survived The ones who survived the snipers They crawled out of the sea, the ones who survived The ones who escaped the bombings Crawled out of the sea, just barely alive with bodies in arms… Their children The cafes and schools, the beach promenade bodies and bombs – and rubble An image of Hell, burned into their eyes War vaporized their children Family and friends – All gone How do we carry on? How do we carry on? How do we carry on….? Under the sun, there’s a warehouse of souls All human life in limbo Steel containers in rows, surrounded by wire Nowhere to go, no future Nowhere to go no future ~ Anqetho Arwahina ~ ( "SOS")
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The Code 05:48
The Code You think all will be, that’s meant to be Some higher power at the wheel but here I am, breaking nails, even though I know I’m gonna fail to take control. The seam between formula and mystery traps us all within the weave. And here we are, breaking rocks to find the motherlode, when we can’t even break the code. We fall from grace and into entropy - Part of the Universal code. And here we are, breaking the mould - We think we got it all, till the Empires fall. The truths we seek are always qualified. We never seem to live and learn. And here we are, breaking down and being tested in the crucible of doubt.

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The album is an exploration of humanity, considered through myths and modern media reports as well as the individual's perspective, which, in the end, is all each of us ever has. In 2016, it could seem like a world gone mad - but somehow, we hold on to a seed of hope, even if we don't know where that hope might come from, or lead to.

Any proceeds from the tracks "Lament" and "Under the Sun" will be donated to Save the Children.

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released October 29, 2016

All music, samples instruments & voices: Brian & Janette Kidd
Lyrics: Janette Kidd
Mixing, mastering & production: Brian Kidd (with much verbal input by JK!)
Artwork: Not for Pussies

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Not for Pussies Perth, UK

Not for Pussies came into being in 2008, although Brian and Janette Kidd have been together - and playing music together (and with others) for much, much longer.
We felt we're into an era in our lives where Bette Davis' quote about getting older (it's "not for pussies") felt very apt - and our music reflects this - and the experience of having lived a little! ...
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