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the King Crawls (demos)

by the Mighty JSE

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1.
Supra-Herø [cut up 14 ways] 04:16
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the Sad Float at the Parade [UNMASTERED] (earlier mix sans whispers, addtl vox + KORG monotron) 03:23
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And you may try / to touch the sky / it's elementary the heat is on the ice is gone and you're alone with me drunk on a feel and prone to be ill the day after the charade five, four, three, two, one- the new year has begun babies bloom and flowers boom when you walk in the room With your rose red lips and your saintly hips blow me, or just kiss. five, four, three, two, one- the new year has begun the new year is going to come (to one) and after all the games we played i hate to feel the same masquerade of that nightmare rooftop cavalcade Now i can't tell if you're hiding from yourself or if you're hiding from me... five, four, three, two, one- the new year has begun five, four, three, two, one- I'm going to come
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the King Crawls (instr. vers?) 04:24
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and you say what you are everyday but no ones ever nice as you who were those despicable souls in your room - the ones you hardly knew? and you say you want to take the bashful king exposed for anyone in the world to see (and drive him out of your life and the cold endless night) your mediocrity mixed with your bombast and pity oh the young king crawls it's all for you and it never fails so take what you want how can no one see its you, you're the succubus? always left with less than this chariot crashed on bated firebreath does it turn you on? the pain of realms you fantasize about the day they turn subjects into glue all your pleasantries outlived by all your spiteful prayer so take the bag and don't look back they claimed i wouldn't make it so you moved in my room but now i'm back (and you never fail to take what you want) none would want to live my past over bitter walls this paris isn't segregated only that disconnect in your brain holds you back now your charismatic tendencies tell you lastly acid rain slips down the synapse flattened folded fucked forever As she recounts her love for all those lonely people, and all their broken souls the last few seconds wind to a close So she says " thats where all the lonely people go" and we now know how the king crawls and you never fail to take what you want always pleasantries never scratch the surface of my bated firebreath waiting to drive him from his chamber waiting for when the next prince is gonna fall
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TKC instrumental mix audacity mp3 export 04:24
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Scatterbug (withOUT intro) INSTRUMENTAL tracking demo 03:50
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Oh those people aren't your friends - No no All those people aren't your friends - Oh no All those people aren't your friends / those people aren't your friends When you're seething, low, on the telephone and they call out your name but they scatter like roaches up the wall While yer jealous of their meetup at the dog track last night Circling daisies was easy but easy isnt right Diseased little blackbird sink or swim / she fit right in there's no need to expose those fucked up feelings in your bones You contact Sid and pout i'll remain / i'll dry em out some live like they're in shame this blowing game is drawing pain - insane all those people aren't your friends / those people aren't your friends/ i said those / i said no these people aren't your friends those people aren't your friends [synth solo x 2] Well you've got to make your exit see you're feeling so high like a wolf, like a wolf gone out to die This dissonant distortion got you down / it shakes the ground nothing will be free/ just take it from me /you can take it from me whoa ring ring goes the phone where are your friends? they scatter like roaches up the wall those people aren't your friends those people aren't your friends these people aren't your friends ohhhh those people aren't your friends those people aren't your friends those people aren't your friends these people aren't your friends ohhhh those people aren't your friends [when you go with the soul then you're going solo] [when you go with the soul then you're going solo] [when you go with the soul then you're going solo] [when you go with yo soul then you go solo]
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Girl on Fire (with another ice age reprise outro) 03:30
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whoa ooh whoa oh / whoa ooh whoa oh whoa ooh whoa oh / whoa ooh whoa oh my hearts on fire my hearts on fire you never told me that you loved me i never told you that i loved you too but now i know the truth and now you know the truth our heart's on fire our heart's on fire & now you know the truth & now we know the truth it's been ten years and we are all gone you have a boyfriend i have a girlfriend but we're still both searching for another one my hearts on fire our hearts' on fire!! [batshit crazy section] whoa ooh whoa oh / whoa ooh whoa oh whoa ooh whoa oh / whoa ooh whoa oh 3rd verse same as the first? [ends w coda from Another Ice Age]
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Supra-Herø [instrumental] *click here for info/ restoration notes 04:12
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and after all your delusions of topple to the ground a panic will set in you can try to dose / Your petticoat fortress on this day but it's still difficult to breathe hearts constricting / chest is tight this thin air breathes into none who'll listen to it it howls over a moonlit sea i can't exhale anywhere because i cant get relief before you know it you got your cape on backwards next you'll be hanging from a tree you'll learn to trust your instincts and just how to take a stand over me the bad guys won - we lost again manufacturing magic bullets disbelief on the evening news it's a red flag propaganda war because we're worth fighting for You broke the super-sonic sound flying over and underground revel in my Sonic Doom I could be your Supra-Hero I could engulf you in a cloud of gloom [cloud of doom] hey, hey hysteria your counterfeit unaccountability your misery your company your continual unavailability the untamed wind flows through your hair all these young italian singers who live without a care Your agents put you on retainer tonight so put on your show and shape shift me into anything other than this monstrous appetite the witches crawl my dress is torn spiral down tonight it's not a fairy tale prick your finger on the spinning wheel of death prick your finger oh satin one mean straight-laced bitch gender means nothing to the morally bereft it's sad its fall it's just as well it sags it falls it was just as well it's sad how it fell if it was just as well it sags it falls it's just as well the bad guys won.
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"BLNT (Better Luck Next Time)" [Instrumental] 03:15
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When you try to float you gag and choke/ come crashing to the ground A failed experiment of a magnitude you won't believe / but just believe You won't believe i don't deceive hands are tied behind the backs of hedonists who try to squeeze and scoop the rain to harvest their pain This time i tried to reconcile my feelings of abandonment and allow myself to get close to another human being it's laughable how i'm now scarred I'm just living around, here for a while i'm just screwing around and in a while i'll be gone We're going to have to wish you a bit of better luck next time i've gotta wish you better luck next time i've gotta wish you better luck next time Rowing with the officials who sail my existential intercession Another night of debutantes and pearls (i've gotta wish you better luck next time) spit out/ sop up smell this / pull out rinse off / wash out clean up with that affect (we're gonna have to wish you better luck next time we're gonna have to wish you luck next time) we're gonna have to wish you better luck next time you motherfucking piece of slime were you motherfucking out of your mind? you're a piece of shit and my decency will bury it you tried to frame me and claimed how i would "not win this" i reign this time and told the night how i can get you out of my mind: it's trite to rhyme on this antiquated side, oh well, buh bye, better luck next time
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Lakehouse 05:09
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Are you bored? Are you depressed? Are you such a fucking mess? Just a roly-poly with fascinating features; Still I can't stop staring at your wrists You can run but you can't hide for time will strike you - in the end. Reindeer play reindeer games so you'll find some sad aristocrats to beseech you social climbing is a skill you need to tell all your friends about it in that little house by the lake every time you come home you talk to your sad little pussy cats all alone You can run You can hide - but time will waste you Take your life Reindeer play reindeer games still you know i'm not the only one to blame [bring the drama] believe in me as i believe in you believe you me believe in yourself I can't take everyone at their word you are not as clever as you think you are not leaving here alive believe you me i believe in you please believe in yourself here's a dime go get a clue (get a fucking clue, get a fucking clue) You can run but you can't hide Time will waste you take your life! Reindeer play reindeer games I know you're not the only one who's left to blame blame blame
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Forlorn Lovers at the Edge of the World (first takes studio demo) [unmastered] 03:20
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another day of life all on my own i always thought that love would be so different i always thought to chase a fairies tail i always hoped that i would find my Romeo i thought i'd follow you til the end of the world but now you will not know what you have til i'm gone i always sought that solace in my mothers' arms i hope you will someday find the meaning of love i hope that some day you will find your Romeo you will not know what you've had til it's gone you won't know what you had til im gone you will not know, what you had til im gone you will not know what you had til im goooooooone nope, you won't get to keep this chest of secrets from my sea never will you get my love to keep / now you can never know what you had coz i'm gone / for all you know i'm dead to you, note these last words that i speak...
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Sad City Size (Emotistical) 04:12
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I watched a baby who swallowed a lie she grew so large with the world turning inside purses contents: the games she'd throw they all fed into her immaculate woe- Black on black her ham's on rye, rye, rye, rye she lived it like she was some kind of a crime she gave it up to all she'd know- simply never knew which way to grow- We all die in different colors some fade to black some burn to blue a fork in the road she'll never know- she breezed right by for public show- Black on black her ham's on rye rye rye rye she gave it up like it was a kind of a crime this nervous nelly's hammer throw the park's closed now but its not time to go We all think we need something else we all think we need something else we all think we all think we all think we need something else! oooh oooh oooh oooh i knew an old lady who swallowed a lie she lived her life under curse and denial the wooden spoons she used to throw all fed into her immaculate woe
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Emo 04:10
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13.
the Departed Grates 02:47
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GOT ONE LIFE TO LIVE YER FRACTIONS GOTTA GIVE YOU GOTTA TRY TO TELL A CONVINCING LIE YEAH YEA A HUH Na UH I know the voice inside yer head (bom bom) coz some nights / I swear I hear it too you leave a trail of breadcrumbs to find me AS for you / ILL MAKE YOU COME YEEEEEAH Yeah A HUH NAW UH EVEN IF YOU TRY THE CHILDREN'LL JUST DENY YOU ARE THE REASON I WROTE THIS FUCKING SONG PLEASE DON'T BE AFRAID / YOU'VE STILL GOT WHAT IT TAKES EVEN MODEST PEOPLE KICK IT AND DIE!!! oHHHHH
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Epic Wanderlust (Fuckin' Go !!) 04:03
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this "whole world" inspires me oh does it now? it's time to get out of the city don't know where i ought to go i don't know where we ought to go but let's go right after this show hey hey hey hey it's time we done disappear (don't know where i wanna go not sure where we shouldn't go) so let's get the hell out of here! hey hey hey hey new york dublin london paris new york sweden norway jordon tokyo new york melbourne iceland london scotland paris i've got a case of epic wanderlust i've got a case of epic wanderlust i've got a case of epic wanderlust i've got a case of epic wanderlust i've got a case of epic wanderlust i've got a case of epic wanderlust i've got a case of-
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Glossolalia (5th mix) 02:32
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And i always knew what you want[ed]/ And you bribe to jump my bones/ and you sang of fatal Ghosts on winding roads (like Brady Road) [Keyboard descends] I do it/i do it all for you i did it all night long i wanted everyone Oooh oooh oooh ooh oooh oooh oooh I said it all / Then i broke the cup I had the wherewithal to tear shit up / i wanted everything about you!! I do it/i do it all for you You're guilty we all know / Sore-Swollen from the blow Oooh oooh oooh ooh oooh- [Ladies:] Na na na na na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na na na na Na na na na Na na na na na na na I set up / I broke the cup I did every fucking thing that you would want me to/ I do no inconsequential nonsense anymore/ [spoken] No more! I do it/i do it ALL for YOU! i did it ALL for YOU! I did it all... you know Oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooooh ooh Oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooooh ooh Oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooooh ooh Oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooooh ooh [Take us to the circus Huston]
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Another Ice Age 17:00
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parachutes that don't open bodies fall to the ground you're always dying in your dreams yes you are, yes you are you're always dying in your dreams oh corruption and implosion bodies fall to the ground you're always dying in your dreams yes you are, yes you are you're always dying in your dreams oh
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Rock Cliché (with ½ a scratch vocal) 07:44
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It's been so long since I've been a friend to you and I know the silence should end far too long since we've had that embrace Still looking for pieces of a so-called soul 33 but now am I old? hoping for some meaning in this rock and roll cliché i know i know i know i know i know it's a cliché
18.
Girl on Fire (Abridged) 02:49
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Supra-herø (old) 04:16
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At long last, we have the new album from the NYC-based rock project, the Mighty JSE. After their 2nd LP "Melodius Acensxion Befvore the Fall to Dead" [2012], and a Smashing new EP in 2014, they return with their third proper full-length album "the King Crawls"

Throughout the hour-plus run time of the album, the JSE dive deeper into the realm of visceral and melodic pop for which they’ve become well-known. Their live sound and intensity is finally captured here, revealing a whole new layer of depth and energy that has only been hinted at on previous recordings. Extra seasoning has been added to the mix in the form of guest musicians who have augmented the sound w live violins, horns and mellotron This album is far from a simple exercise in listening, and more akin to a journey to be experienced. The works contained therein are incredibly complex and emotionally powerful, with a long lasting lyrical impact.

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released June 16, 2015

This album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jay Sharp Esquire at the former 9th street Flood Studios, Fontanas, NYC, Brokenland studio in Park Slope and the Doghouse. Artwork by Joshua T Kepple and Photography by James M Graham.

It will be presented as an gatefold CD and gatefold 2LP, each pressed in a quantity of 1000 and each housed in a thick, old-style tip-on jacket, printed by Stoughton Printing. The vinyl is limited to 100 copies on opaque pale blue (Fish Fantasy Records mailorder exclusive - LIMITED TO ONE PER CUSTOMER, IF YOU ORDER MORE THAN ONE OF THIS COLOR YOUR ORDER WILL BE CANCELED), 200 on beige, 200 on maroon, and 500 on black. The 2LP includes a download code.

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