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Futuristically Botanical

by Arlow Xan

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Shelby Gilbert
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Shelby Gilbert This album is medicine for my heart and soul. What a gift to the world! I love you guys so much, and I am so proud of you and the artists you are. I'm constantly amazed at your progress and endless creativity and authentic, soulful, folktronic stylings :)
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1.
I have wanted to see the morning I have wanted to see the light I have wanted to see the morning But I will settle for the moonlight When I hear of all the legends that came before me When I hear the songs they used to sing aloud When I see the visions of the old time spirit I can breath and stand and know that I am at home I have wanted to see the morning I have wanted to see the light I have wanted to see the morning But I will settle for the moonlight When ready all my senses for receiving And I dig deepest cavern for love When look for dying light in all dark places I know there’s hopeful spark From a humbled Flint. I have wanted to see the morning I have wanted to see the morning light
2.
I’m a little over my head. I don’t know what I’m doing I need a little push from my friends. So we can see what we’re doing. I can’t make it I can’t make it On my own I can’t make it I can’t make it Without you We can make it we can make it mmmmmmmmm We can make it we can make it. So trip the light So trip the light I try my best not to think. Cause when I do I loose control. I feel the weight and I start to sink. Is this all part of control? I can’t make it I can’t make it On my own I can’t make it I can’t make it Without you We can make it we can make it mmmmmmmmm We can make it we can make it. So trip the light trip the light trip the light trip the light I’ll trip the light Stare into space So trip the light trip the light trip the light trip the light I’ll trip the light Stare into space I trip the light I trip the light I trip the light I trip the light I’ll trip the light Stare into space I trip the light I trip the light I trip the light I trip the light I’ll trip the light Stare into space I can’t make it I can’t make it On my own I can’t make it I can’t make it Without you We can make it we can make it mmmmmmmmm We can make it we can make it. So trip the light trip the light trip the light trip the light I’ll trip the light Stare into space So trip the light trip the light trip the light trip the light I’ll trip the light Stare into space I trip the light I trip the light I trip the light I trip the light I’ll trip the light Stare into space I trip the light I trip the light I trip the light I trip the light I’ll trip the light Stare into space I can’t make it I can’t make it On my own I can’t make it I can’t make it Without you We can make it we can make it mmmmmmmmm We can make it we can make it. So trip the light
3.
Mannequins 04:28
When I was a girl yes I had a dream that mannequins were melting all over me And my mother wake, and I was in tears I said mommy please don’t melt onto me This is my melody When I was a girl yes I had a dream that honey was the gold of everything But the battle did fall, and the ghost of the bees did call They said honey was the meaning of it all This is my battle call
4.
I Want... 05:15
I want I want I want Bio-diversity I want I want I want Eco-integrity Come my brother, rise sisters, bring your fighters Or they will treat you like you’re dead Come my brothers, rise my sisters, bring your fighters And we will fight them till the end I want I want I want Bio-diversity I want I want I want Eco-integrity Come my brother, rise sisters, bring your fighters Or they will treat you like you’re dead Come my brothers, rise my sisters, bring your fighters And we will fight them till the end Come my brother, rise sisters, bring your fighters Or they will treat you like you’re dead Come my brothers, rise my sisters, bring your fighters And we will fight them till the end I want I want I want Bio-diversity I want I want I want Eco-integrity
5.
I am the rock upon your will Like a glass that shan’t be spilt Like the sun against the hill I am the clouds around your head Like a light that’s never shed If it’s a feast then we are fed I am the ground on which you walk Like a town that can’t be bought Like a thief that’s never caught I am the lips upon your kiss Like an elevated fist When the target is dismissed I can’t sleep when I think of you When I dream, I dream of you I am your walking mirror All your love and beauty come back to you I am your walking mirror All your love and beauty come back to you I am the rumble in your chest Like a game of honest theft When there’s only seconds left I am the north upon your rose Like the hand that guides the nose When the scent is getting close
6.
My Aurora 04:49
I left you on the meadow at the beginning of the year The sky was gray and the ground a white and i'll admit I shed some tears I made a promise I'd come back to you before you'd even know We'd spend the year to come before the first new drop of snow Oh love, love look up and think of the northern sky in the middle of the night and we'd spend the hours a'counting away and we'd spend the hours a'counting away Oh love, love look up and think of the dancing sky in the middle of the night when Aurora would be shining when Aurora would be shining As seasons changed and the days were warmed I would travel the open sea Where I'd meet the ladies of the blue and they would listen to my stories I told them of you love of mine, and our sunny afternoons and how I'd know deep in my soul that I was coming back to you Oh love, love look up and think of the fiery skies in the middle of the night how your skin and mine would be finding a way how your skin and mine would be finding a way Oh love, love look up and think of our tired eyes from the sleepy moon's light how our bodies would be fading and our bodies Now the leaves have turned and the air is crisp and ocean's voice has ceased I'll travel the path that lead me here between the quiet ancient elm trees and as the path along turns meadow I will know I have arrived to the northern sky in the middle of the night to the true love of mine Oh love, love look up and think of the northern sky in the middle of the night as we'd spend the hours a'counting away as the waves at night would drift back from the bay And I'd see Aurora shining my love shining shining My Aurora My Aurora My Aurora My Aurora
7.
Animals 05:30
Here they come in the night The wild animals attack me When they turn out the lights And the fire’s out of site It’s a new moon’s night And I can hear the wild’s cry And I hear their feet By the crunching of the leaves Like the sound of their teeth As they’re biting into me On the night of the new moon Here they come in the night The wild animals attack me And the blood runs warm As the flesh is being torn And the beasts they swarm As they end my human form And they scream as they do As they conquer over you And they dance to this tune On the night of the new moon Here they come in the night The wild animals attack me
8.
Black Magnus 03:08
I can see the horsemen coming I can feel the harvest running I can hear the shamaness summon And the cold wind on its way I can see the icemen shoving I can feel the hours humming I can hear the mistress loving And the darkness on its way Black Black Magnus Black Magnus Black Magnus Magnus the Black
9.
Nesting 01:22
10.
Whiskey 06:04
Crush the rye, the corn The barley’s gonna take it, the steam is gonna make it flow Add the life from these hands from the fields your mother gave you Her body’s gonna make it flow Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel The taste is sweet on your lips On your tongue the buds are blooming The wild scent is looming so Let it burn through your heart Let it fuse with your body your skin is gonna make it flow Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel Whiskey inside of me I know you want to mix me I know you want to drink me up Whiskey inside of me I know you want to mix me I know you want to drink me up Out the door the air Is colder than the last time the fire inside is warm To the fields lay my head Down to sleep I hear her speaking conjuring a violent storm Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel Charred white oak barrel Whiskey inside of me I know you want to mix me I know you want to drink me up Whiskey inside of me I know you want to mix me I know you want to drink me up Whiskey inside of me I know you want to mix me I know you want to drink me up Whiskey inside of me I know you want to mix me I know you want to drink me up
11.
Yippy Ki Yi Yay Yippy Ki Yi Yo Yippy Ki Yi Yay Off into the hills we go Colors from particulate laser beams Colors from particulate laser beams Colors from particulate laser beams Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no White horse sleeping rider Endless stars on fire Landscape full of craters Dancing crashing title showers Atmospheric pressure ceases Shadows of the month decreases Brightness tearing Full reveal full reveal full reveal Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Lunar core of molten iron Beating heart of sleeping dragon Spinning on its nodal axis Eating up its counterpart Sleeping rider noble fighter Here to start a funeral pyor Eats the moon core of iron Rahu Ketu Rahu Ketu Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Sun goes rising through my breath I don’t care no I don’t care no Colors from particulate laser beams Colors from particulate laser beams Colors from particulate laser beams Yippy Ki Yi Yay Yippy Ki Yi Yo Yippy Ki Yi Yay Off into the hills we go Rahu Ketu Rahu Ketu Rahu Ketu Rahu Ketu
12.
From the Sea 05:31
Morning haze gathers as it falls When the sun breaks it all but stalls Growing dusk hides behind the trail Midnight slumber now has reached unveiling Arise my little children From the sea, oh from the sea Tonight I’ll be waiting On my knees, oh on my knees Deep in winter all we know is snow Waiting restless for the golden glow Hearts are heated and minds lost in the weather Standing firm on the edge of forever Arise my little children From the sea, oh from the sea Tonight I’ll be waiting On my knees, oh on my knees Hear the call from voices holy Stand up tall and rise up slowly I will often stay here Eyes and thoughts are filled with glory Sing the songs that tell our story We cannot remain here
13.
I can’t make it I can’t make it On my own I can’t make it I can’t make it Without you We can make it we can make it Mmmmmm We can make it we can make it So trip the light

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released November 9, 2013

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Arlow Xan Flint, Michigan

An ethereal folktronica duo that weaves together plaintive Appalachian melodies and bouncing 808s, slinging banjos, guitars, synths, concertinas, dulcimers and drum machines in their mission to transport listeners to their unique and beautiful world.

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