BREATHING - COLOR - VIVID - ENERGY // MONOLITHIC - LIMIT - COLLECTIVE – DESIRE - FORCED – TECHNIQUE - UNNATURAL - RESPONSES // CREATING - LANGUAGE - VANISHING POINTS - OF REFERENCE - MEANS AND - PARAMETERS - NEW – METHODOLOGIES // THOUGHT VERSUS - INSTINCT - MODULATION – SUMMATION - PROGRESSIVE - RESTRICTION - IDEAS AND – OBSERVATIONS // ELIMINATE - OBSTACLES - RADIATE AND - RECEDE - TRIBUTE AND - LAMENTATION // HERE IS MY WORLD - WITH PEARLS FOR EYES - ONE FINAL - APPEARANCE - I’M ALWAYS AT EASE - DOWN ON THE FLOOR // FLESH IS - THE REASON - PSEUDO-BIOLOGICAL - EBB AND FLOW
(From the Anatomy of Habit album, "Ciphers + Axioms")
TOO LOW TO SUSTAIN – IT TAKES REAL EFFORT – DELICATE PRECISION – AFTERTHOUGHT – MYTHOLOGY – PEELING BACK THE LAYERS – COUNTERBALANCE – EVERYDAY LIFE – TURNING INWARDS – SIMPLE DIRECTIVES – CONVENTIONS – LEARNING ABOUT OURSELVES – COINCIDENTAL SPECIMENS – ARTIFICIAL SITES – IMPOSSIBLE PROPORTIONS – PASSIVE SOLUTIONS – BARBARIC DISTORTION – PREOCCUPATION WITH TIME – TRANSLUCENT BODIES – AMBIGUOUS SALVATION – REBIRTH – WHAT LINGERS IN OUR MINDS? – HISTORY AND SHADOW – INDIRECT LINKS – SCOPE – GAINING PERSPECTIVE – SOCIAL PURPOSE – STANDARDS – FOCUSED SKULL – TASTE – CONTAMINATED SYSTEMS – BUILDING A NARRATIVE – ESSENTIAL HUMANITY – CONTINUOUS SURFACES – FRENZIED BOTTOM FEEDERS – LOCAL PRACTICES - DISREGARD FOR CONVENTIONS – SUBJECTIVE RIGHTNESS
(From the BLOODYMINDED album, "BLOODYMINDED")
THE STRENGTH TO LEAVE
THE COURAGE TO RETURN
WHAT AWAITS?
WILL I STILL KNOW YOU?
WILL YOU REMEMBER ME?
THE RISK, THE PAIN
DESIRE, TORN
ALONE, YOUR WARMTH
INCOMPLETE, CONSUMED
BECOME, YEARN
RETURN, CRAVE
(From The Atlas Moth album, "An Ache For The Distance")
IMPOSSIBLE PROPORTIONS – INNER VISION – MONUMENTAL DEFINITION – WARM EMBRACES – COMPLEX NOTIONS – WATERSHED MOMENTS – PUTTING IT BLUNTLY – TURNS OF FORTUNE – INSTRUMENTS OF AUTHORITY – WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO BOAST ABOUT? – EFFICIENT SYSTEMS – METHODS OF STRESS – DESERVING OF VALIDATION – AGITATED MOVEMENT – BY NECESSITY – NO PRETENSE – ARE YOU TRUSTWORTHY? – INFRASTRUCTURE – LIBERATING – PATHOLOGICAL DETERIORATION – SHIFTING OUR PRIORITIES – YOU JUST NEED TO PRETEND – WRITTEN RECORDS – INTESTINAL STYLIZATION – IMPRESSIVE HEIGHTS – HOLD EVERY DEAR THING TIGHTLY
(From the BLOODYMINDED album, "BLOODYMINDED")
AFTER THE WATER - WHEN YOU BECOME - DEAD WEIGHT - WHY NOT JUST GO - ALL THE WAY - SYSTEMS AND – SENTIMENTALITY – DIAGRAMS -OF UTOPIA - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN - YOU REALIZE - THAT THE ONE - THAT YOU DESIRE - IS WITH YOU - FOR A GOOD TIME -BUT NOT FOR - A LONG TIME? - IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? - IS THAT LONG ENOUGH? - SCRUTINIZED BODIES - LUNATIC UTOPIAS - AFTER THE WATER - THE MINIMAL IDEAL
(From the Anatomy of Habit EP, "Anatomy of Habit")
MEETING EXPECTATIONS – DELICATELY BALANCED – GRASPING THE LOGIC – SUBTLE MODULATION – DISEMBODIED – REVERSE PERSPECTIVES – BEHIND CLOSED DOORS – FAINT FIGURES – DRAMATIC BURSTS – UNPREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENTS – UNFOLDING EVENTS – IN SHARP FOCUS – DIFFERING STANDARDS – INDEPENDENT – UNBROKEN – DISQUIETING WORKS – RISING FORCES – THWARTED – RADICAL LONELINESS – A VIABLE RESPONSE TO WICKED DEMANDS – DEHUMANIZING UNDERCURRENTS – ADJUSTING OUR SIGHT – UNINHABITABLE – SHALLOW – ICY STARES – CONFLICTING INFLUENCES – POINTLESS INDIFFERENCE – DEADLY SURROUNDINGS – MENTAL LIFE IMPOSSIBLE SPACE – BEARING NO RESEMBLANCE – EMOTION IS ACTION – GROWN OVER – TEMPORARY – DETERMINING GUILT OR INNOCENCE – WEIGHTLESS – TRANSPARENT – DISPELLING ANY MISGIVINGS – SEEKING HARMONY – A MEANINGFUL WHOLE – EMPIRICAL METHODS – PRECISE SURFACES – LITERAL RENDERINGS
(From the BLOODYMINDED album, "BLOODYMINDED")
COVER YOUR EYES AND / LIQUIDATE THE PAST FROM / THESE WORLDLY POWERS / THESE OLD WAYS / A CLARITY OF TECHNIQUE / BUT YOU DESERVE IT / NOW COMING INTO EXISTENCE / IT’S MY CHOICE / THESE UNDERLYING DIFFERENCES / DEMANDING SEPARATE TREATMENT / NEW SPIRITUAL PORTRAITS / OF OUR NOBLE STRUGGLES / SETTLING OUR ACCOUNTS BUT / STILL FILLED WITH BITTERNESS / ALL SHRIVELLED UP / BUT FIRMLY PLANTED / MOUTH TO DUST
From the Ensemble Sacrés Garçons album, "Demonization: These Worldly Powers")
IN SILENCE I REMAIN HERE – BREATHING THROUGH BONES – REJOINING THE BODY – THAT WE ONCE OCCUPIED – WAITING FOR THE MOMENT – THAT WILL TAKE ME TO YOU – AS MY MEMORY FAILS – YOU SHOW ME YOUR TONGUE – I TASTE YOUR BITTER TEARS – HORIZONS OF EXPECTATION – ALWAYS LOOM IN THE DISTANCE – READER-RESPONSE THEORY – RECEPTION AESTHETICS – THE IDEOLOGY OF THE AUDIENCE – EMERGENT PRACTICES – AS MY MEMORY FAILS – YOU SHOW ME YOUR TONGUE – I TASTE YOUR BITTER TEARS – A SENSE OF DOMINANCE – A WILLINGNESS TO SUCCUMB – A NEED FOR CLOSURE – A GESTURE OF CONTEMPT – A SEQUENCE OF RUPTURES – MULTIPLE DEAD ENDS – AS MY MEMORY FAILS – YOU SHOW ME YOUR TONGUE – I TASTE YOUR BITTER TEARS
From the Anatomy of Habit album, "Even If It Takes A Lifetime"
PERFECT CIRCLES – LOVE FEEDS LOVE – HATE BREEDS HATE – BY MOUTH – DIRECTED AGGRESSION – ATTACHMENT – ANNIHILATION – BOUND BY HOPE FOR HAPPINESS – ENEMIES – PROPELLING FORCE – TO WHERE? – ENDURANCE – HARM AVOIDANCE – SLOW MOTION – SELF DEFENSE – TENDENCIES – THREATS
(From the BLOODYMINDED album, "Gift Givers")