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Geppetto

from Fantoche by Alacartoona

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lyrics

this is a dangerous game I'm playing,
where nobody knows they're involved
the strings must remain imperceptibly thin
until all of my plots are resolved

all this requires a most delicate pressure
to ease to the edge of a break
everything has it's own natural timing,
to push it would be a mistake

water does seek to find it's own level
and so it goes with the world
but I have found with the right use of force
that levels can be softly disturbed

just like a chessman I plot out my course,
I think at least six moves ahead
i stay up at night, planning your life,
while you're at home asleep in your beds

you think and you feel and you act just like sheep,
you follow the will of the herd
all you need is that benevolent shepherd
to convince you it isn't absurd

ever so slowly I apply the right tension,
then move you with it's release
lightly, quietly, you lose your position
and don't notice that mine has increased

just as the water will carve out the canyon,
irreversibly I'll wear down your will
you'll welcome the cords I attach to your wrists
and you'll beg me 'til your head is filled

enjoy viewing the world through the lens that you're given,
you see what I want you to see
i'll feed you the truth and you'll swallow it whole,
from your own troubled thoughts you'll be free

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from Fantoche, released September 14, 2012
Words, music: Kyle Dahlquist

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Alacartoona Kansas City, Missouri

Alacartoona's stage show is a visual extension of their all-original songbook. Utilizing a stripped down ensemble of accordion, bass, and drums, with the occasional guitar or brass, they bring to life vivid tales of love and loss, of bedrooms and back alleys, of the solitude and the camaraderie of sex, drugs and cabaret. ... more

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