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Star

by Sasha Chimaera

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1.
Control 02:54
Do I control them or are they controlling me? If I control them, it means that I am free When I leave my house, I've got someplace to be Do I do it for them or do I be it for me? (Giddy up!) If I'm just like them then they must be just like me If I talk to you do you listen to me? If you're listening now the question's plain to see - Do I control them do they control me? I've got someplace to be I gotta go take a look at this tree The branches and the leaves All I want is to know what they mean I'm dancing to the beat I don't know I don't care yeah beats me And I've got someplace to be Yeah I've got someplace to be cow Do I control them or do they control me? All I need is an answer the question's changing rapidly Soon now then it's them changing me Am I alien or am I a weird sheep? Should I be like them? Opportunity And try to make friends? All my friends are eluding me When time and space bend I fold into the truth in me So when this trip ends I stop thinking delusionally I'm standing at the tree I'm exactly where I need to be And I know just what it means But I can't tell you just what it means If they're controlling me I'm gonna need to see the receipts If I'm controlling them I'm controlling them controlling me I'm controlling them controlling me
2.
Roni 02:46
Working hard on Sunday Sleeping in on Monday When I want to Then I’ve got to Plan another fun day Try to get some sun, hey Sitting with you In afternoon, oh There’s a kiwi bird that’s scratching on the ground He’s makin’ letters in the dirt that spell out 'lost and found' You can see me any time if you are down My time is flexible, my time goes up and down and round Oh Roni You don’t have to be so lonely When your smile makes the air so sweet All I wanna do is breathe I really believe That your arms were made to hold me Your love is a masterpiece Promise me you’ll never leave, please, oh, Roni There’s a never ending ticking of the clock The speed is changing very often There’s a hole in my sock You can call me any time you ever want My phone is always in my pocket unless it’s lost or off Roni You don’t have to be so lonely When your smile makes the air so sweet All I wanna do is breathe, oh I really believe That you’ll always be the only One I want all my life with me You’re my happy family, dearest Roni
3.
Lillie 3 03:42
When you were in grade school They said you were a savant But not a math god like Dennis Levant And you were never into trains I’ve always played the fool I just don’t know who else to be How to bend your ear to me And get inside your brains Ooh wee You’re a speciality Dancing on the edge of reality If only you could see Lillie 3 Don’t you take that LSD And don’t you ever forget me Don’t you ever forget me You learned to simulate From the people who act from the heart They don’t know you're so far apart But just look at your face This spectrum is so wide I see all the colors inside I’m gonna reach into the divide And mark just where you place Ooh wee You’re a speciality Dancing on the edge of reality And you’re so real to me Lillie 3 Don’t you take that LSD And don’t you ever forget me Don’t you ever forget me Yes honey Break out the Korbel If it’s fake I know they can’t tell If it’s fake I know they can’t tell Yes darling You got the light I think the time is right And I’m a creepy old guy I’ve always played the fool I just don’t know who else to be I wish you’d dance with me Lillie 3 Don’t you take that LSD And don’t you ever forget me Don’t you ever forget Lillie 3 Don’t you take that LSD And don’t you ever forget me Don’t you ever forget me
4.
Cool Stuff 03:35
I’m thinkin’ of a color, what does it mean I’ve got some water in my canteen I’m thinkin’ of a number, what could it be My favorite number’s always been Three figures, shadows lit by the deep blue sky Beyond the starlight Walking visions giving shape to a brand new life We’ll make it this time We’re gonna make it We’re gonna make it this time We’re gonna make it We’re gonna make it this time, this time, just Tell me what you want from me a Little bit of love Little bit of peace Little bit of hope Little bit of dreams All these things I give for free, I’ll Give you what you want Show you what you need Come into my arms Spend some time with me I got cool stuff at my place It’s a mess, it’s a disgrace I got lots of things to do I think I’m in love with you I think I know that I am in love with you I always think of you I’m in love I always gotta think about you I’m thinking of a feeling, how do I feel My mind’s still reeling from what’s not real I’m thinking of a letter I wrote to you I’d write it better if only I Could you turn and cast the stars to the earth, my God Gravity’s so hard All is changing I wrote our names in the dirt I think we’re Doing well so far
5.
Star 03:10
I’ve been subject to object and abject rejection Got a sublet for sublate to ablate injection I’m an insect in substrate who debates infection Triple midsection mandate for a great inflection I love absinthe and ice cubes and sugar confection I play bad synth and bend rules and uphold defection Forced fire in the west and girl I saw your self destruction Of course I’m gonna mess that swirl I’m gonna melt me induction I never wanted roses All I wanted was a chrysanthemum The star that I have chosen it’s so obvious The sun Star The sun I love sunlight and moonlight and love and the ocean I love starlight and forests and forces in motion
6.
Last Summer 04:10
Last summer was the one when all the world stood still We had a good time We had a good time We partied hard and then we took a little pill Didn’t go down quite right We looked inside ourselves to find a compromise It was a bloodbath It was a good laugh I tried to tell you everyone was gonna die Shouldn’t have done that But that was way back You look pale in the sunlight I’ll bring you the moon To make you bright Last summer vampires microchipped everyone’s veins Sat back and waited for the money to bleed through You would’ve thought that they would put them in our brains But then again, they didn’t need to We looked outside ourselves said ‘this must be the place’ It was a big joke, it was a new hope The TV said that they were going into space Leaving the world behind And you look red in the moonlight I’m sure that it’s just a mosquito bite You look strange in the mirror Take a selfie, I’ll see you clearer Last summer was the one when all the world stood still We had a good time We had a good time It rained champagne when they were spilling for the kill Champagne tastes so nice Last summer was the one when it all broke apart I mostly try not to mix politics with art But it’s so hard
7.
Interloper 04:48
Yep Uh huh There is something wrong with me That's right You know it Bet You ever hovered in the corner of a social situation Feel like they all wish that you would take a big vacation From their lives, you’re uninvited And so you shy away When it’s your t-turn to talk do you ever start to stutter Up against the wall at parties like a cliffhugger Why am I here, it seems so clear No one wants me around And I wish I could connect to you And I mean no disrespect to you And I, I’m an insect to you I’ll dissect the truth, there’s no way around it I know you know it too I’m an interloper Living on the edge Dying on the inside out I’m an interloper Creeping on the net Really scared to leave my house Cause I’m an interloper I’m pretty sure you hate me Don’t really wanna find out I’m an interloper, interloper I am an interloper Sitting at bars and pretending to read cause it’s the only way to get someone to talk to me Whatcha reading? Oh it’s just a book Hey that sounds cool can I take a looK? No you can’t go away I came here to be alone I just think this looks cooler than staring at my phone Staring at my phone (4x) And I wish I could be your friend But I’ll spare you the awkwardness And I will never see you again What’s the use, why pretend I’m never gonna fit in I’m an interloper Saying the wrong thing Making everybody cringe I’m an interloper They’ll never understind That I’ll never understind Cause I’m an interloper There I go again Ranting about Steely Dan I’m an interloper, interloper I am an interloper I know everybody is just pretending to be nice to me They’re trying to be polite But I’m sure they despise me If I went back in time I’d make everyone like me Make everyone like me Make everyone like me Make everyone like me Like me Like that I’m an Interloper Living on the edge Dying on the inside out Interloper I feel like a mess The kind that you could do without I’m an interloper I don’t wanna talk I just don’t really get how Interloper, interloper I am an interloper Life’s so beautiful
8.
I was watching a plane a-flyin’ Up above me so high in the sky Time flies when you’re having fun And planes are fun, so they fly in the sky I was thinkin’ bout time dilating All the slow and fast time that I’ve spent Waiting for you Oh what else could I do And planes are fun They’ll take you anywhere I’ve been thinkin’ bout a place to soar to I’d call it my home, and never be lonely There’s a million different planes to board I’ll never be bored, if you’re here to hold me I was watching a plane a-flyin’ From up there I must look like a dot Though I know that I’m not I’m a human person And planes are fun But you are the most fun Planes are fun But you are the most fun
9.
There’s no sense behind the things I’ve said to you They’re so abstruse They’re just drawings I made in my head My head Your head Their head Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, oh Let’s go behind ourselves instead Instead There’s no difference in the differences we see Between you and me It’s the same differences all around Around Around and round Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, no Let’s go behind ourselves instead Instead There’s no question that the answer lies in you That much is true But I’ll still ask again one more time More time I need more time Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, oh Let’s go behind ourselves instead Instead
10.
Once 04:37
Once I was a speck in a test tube They told me “we don’t have the best news” Of course as young as I was then I understood Now I’m real successful and famous You don’t have to ask what my name is The first trick to playing the game is Just be good Good night moon Good morning sun One is two Three is one I’ve got all kinds of problems And I’ve got what it takes to solve them Get ready for the first test You gotta dance Plot your limbs like a constellation Let your brain go on vacation Go get lost in losing it It’s called a trance Good night sun Good morning moon I’m right here I’ll be there soon Are you ready? Are you ready? We'll be there soon Soon Rise and shine Just be Shine and rise Be just If you’ve had the luck to have met me I just wanna make sure you get me The last thing I want’s to be misunderstood I’m made up of flips and reverses But I can’t say what my curse is Thanks so much for listening I hoped you would
11.
Star, triangle All the angles of my love for you Far I dangle Jingle jangle, the keys to what’s true I’m spinning in a circle, don’t wanna be a square Jumping over hurdles, the turtle’s over there And if I’m a hare then I don’t care But I’m not, I got dog hair Parallelo oh gramma I just can’t stand much more of these creepy drugs Well oh well oh I am what I am I don’t give a damn but, but I’ve become the rug I’m rotating clockwise, don’t wanna make a scene I’m feeling like a child, who knows what that could mean And if I’m a child I wanna grow and grow and grow and love you so Star, triangle All the tangles of a geometric web Far I wrangle Starry spangles in the depths of my head Star, triangle All the angles of my love for you Star, triangle Triangle La la la la la Lou

credits

released June 17, 2022

Star is written and performed by Sasha Suraski. It was co-arranged and co-produced by Max Bennett-Parker.

Mixing and mastering was done by Ryan Power, who makes many appearances throughout Star, including but not limited to electric guitar on Lillie 3 and Roni.

Ben Coniguliaro plays drums on Lillie 3 and Behind Ourselves.

George Schatzlein plays guitar on Interloper.

April Bennett, Bobby Gerbode, Morgan Peters, and Max Bennett-Parker appear as the singing guests in Star, Triangle.

More specific credits listed in individual tracks.

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Space cowboy who likes to laugh and have fun

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