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Chemical Exchange

by Arlow Xan

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    Arlow Xan's first complete album, equipped with driving guitar riffs, whimsical soundscapes, and haunting vocal melodies. Dr. Metra Gnome is that of the glue that holds the magic of Arlow Xan together while keeping time and thoroughly joining the force of the band's sound. You are lost in a forest of botanics of the future and you can only dwell in and enjoy the scene.
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1.
Nesting 06:10
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Hello there human child Hello there baby girl, I love your giving smile Come play as queen with a crown of leaves Climb on my every limb Go hide and I will find See atop of tall mountains Come nibble on my innocence Oh, live off of me Oh, live off of me Sleep in my endless shade Wrap your arms around my legs Love as I love always I’ll give to you my happiness Your growth foreshadows change And I love you without blame Melancholy is the current phase Your far in site but strong in mind Oh, live off of me Oh, live off of me I see your older now I’ll speak by whispering Make a home in this canopy Stream away to the open sea Fragile base and a fragile heart Your body has been aged with marks Sit down and we will be As the one I knew and the two we need Oh, Live off of me Oh, Live off of me
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Flight of the Devil's Son 06:06
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Hello, what have you got there? Can I see it? And does it fly like the devil’s son? Closer, look closer and feel it The urge to proceed with the unspeakable deed To let go And I can see you, I can see everything you do And I can feel you, I can feel everything inside of you Hello, what have you got there? Can I see it? And does it fly like the devil’s son? Closer, look closer and feel it The urge to proceed with the unspeakable deed To let go And I can see you, I can see everything you do And I can feel you, I can feel everything inside of you Give in, give into temptation You can see the surprise when you open your eyes I promise Envy, you’re the envy of all to see The surprise will arise and bring joy to the eyes Of he who flies And I can see you, I can see everything you do And I can feel you, I can feel everything inside of you Give in, give into temptation You can see the surprise when you open your eyes I promise Envy, you’re the envy of all to see The surprise will arise and bring joy to the eyes Of he who flies And I can see you, I can see everything you do I can feel you, I can feel everything inside of you You want to smell you want to touch you want to taste you want to feel the very thing that’s concealed You want to lick You want to hear You want to see You want to be This unspeakable deed Flight of the Devil’s Son
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Quite Contrary 05:07
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Can you hear the ringing in your ear? Can you hear the ringing in your ear? I can see the gardens growing near. Can you hear the ringing in your ear? Mary Mary Quite Contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells Maidens lined in a row Mary Mary Quite Contrary How did you even know? We were protestants, not catholics Now we're in a grave below Can you hear the ringing in your ear? Can you hear the ringing in your ear? I can see the gardens growing near. Can you hear the ringing in your ear? Mary Mary Quite Contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells Maidens lined in a row Mary Mary Quite Contrary How did you even know? We were protestants, not catholics Now we're in a grave below
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Tied Too Loose 05:54
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I looked into her eyes Finally realize And she turns me into stone Waiting to find her groove She’s ready to make a move And she won’t even answer the phone We are coming way too soon And after everything we do to you She gets deep inside my head The burning’s lost in bed And I can’t get through your skin She’s not had enough Time to turn and run They won’t let me get in We are coming way to soon And after everything I do for you I will always remember you I will always remember you I will always remember you You’ve got me tied too loose I’m back to measure time To get ready and crack your mind And I don’t dare make a change Season takes my sight Stalking through the night Can I even act my age She is coming way to soon And after everything I do to you I will always remember you I will always remember you I will always remember you You’ve got me tied too loose
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Chemical Exchange 05:44
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What did you say? What do you do? What did you mean by that? What did you say? What do you do? What did you mean by that? I torn off the left side of my face I couldn’t blink or look away All of emotions will sooth I will drag through oil What did you say? What do you do? What did you mean by that? What did you say? What do you do? What did you mean by that? The sun is a goddess herself Reflecting your legs to my silhouette I can’t remember your thoughts But I will find ways to your heart And I know it’s a crime To be thinking so far Love and lust Demonized Escaping to films Of my chemical exchange Faulting to my compromise I’m falling into you What did you say? What do you do? What did you mean by that? What did you say? What do you do? What did you mean by that? I torn off the left side of my face I couldn’t blink or look away All of emotions will sooth I will drag through oil What did you say? What do you do? What did you mean by that? What did you say? What do you do? What did you mean by that? The sun is a goddess herself Reflecting your legs to my silhouette I can’t remember your thoughts But I will find ways to your heart And I know it’s a crime To be thinking so far Love and lust Demonized Escaping to films Of my chemical exchange Faulting to my compromise
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Aksyonof of Vladimir 06:02
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There once a poor man who’d sit and play He led to misfortune and died that day His wife love of all begged him to stay She dreamt of gray and old and doubted his faith Fly, fly, fly away Fly, oh fly away Please, please stay Fly, fly, fly away There once was a prisoned man who in humanity lost faith So he prayed to God as Siberia grew older each day At last came a guilty man whose convictions were strong When asked of his family said: Granddad you sinner, you don’t belong Fly, fly, fly away Fly, oh fly away Please, please stay Fly, fly, fly away There once was a quiet man who had a chance to escape But instead knew the wiser to turn his cheek and walk away That night when all was still, Makar came to say: Aksyonof of Vladimir, I am the one to blame Fly, fly, fly away Fly, oh fly away Please, please stay Fly, fly, fly away There once was a dying man who accepted his fate God knows the truth but waits. Fly, fly, fly away Fly, oh fly away Please, please stay Fly, fly, fly away
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Lady Charlotte and the Bartender 06:28
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Mamma’s got to leave her babies asleep tonight Mamma’s got to leave her babies for town tonight Mamma’s got to leave to catch those thieves and love a few and kill so many Mamma’a got to leave her babies asleep tonight Oh, to love a few and kill so many Oh, to love a few and kill so many He serves the scum that dwell here everynight The man of mine who shares the same as I He doesn’t mind to lead the damned to feel the fate through my cold hands He serves the scum that dwell here everynight Oh, to love a few and kill so many Oh, to love a few and kill so many Oh, to love a few and kill so many Pleasure in the kind of bloodshed spreads tonight Robbing all the world of the twisted brothers kind Blessing all the good to be the means to love a few and kill so many Mamma’s got to leave her babies asleep tonight Oh, to love a few and kill so many Oh, to love a few and kill so many Oh, to love a few and kill so many Come now the deed is done, the blood is shed , we have won Come now the deed is done, the blood is shed , we have won Come now the deed is done, the blood is shed , we have won Come now the deed is done, the blood is shed , let’s move on.
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Eye Bubble 01:52
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I had to tear away my eye I had to tear away my eye So the bubbles inside could see the sun So the bubbles inside could see the sun
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Four-Legged Borough 06:00
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We got out and walk around Found a garden and lost our sense of smell We searched for many openings One we could travel inside and dwell upon Take me Embrace me So fill me I’m coming back to you Please take my water Please take my water The ranger has a red machine He uses to travel back and forth and where he goes The heated path is a safety We use just in case he comes and goes again Take me Embrace me So fill me I’m coming back to you Please take my water Please take my water Let’s mate Let’s mate Let’s mate I might not make tomorrow Let’s mate Let’s mate Let’s mate I might not make tomorrow Let’s mate Let’s mate Let’s mate I might not make tomorrow Please take my water Please take my water
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Memory Leads to Spring 04:06
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Tick Tock Tick Tock Goes the morning The pearliest gates are gone Father left with his warning And mother died with her song How they go Oh there go the people The fiery end has come Why do they run to the steeples To die as a righteous ones Ooooh~…. Oh Henry Sweet Henry my lover Your skin is cold as the dew Why do you stay here and hover When life awaits on you So short All too short Was the springtime and seasons go on as they do I loved you as much in meantime but seasons go on as must you Memory Leads to Spring Seasons go on as they do
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Violet Eyes 04:46
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Violet Eyes that stare and glow from underneath Do I dare know where you will cream? Violet eyes that stare and glow from underneath Do I dare do I dare forget you Ohh and the blue and green Ohh and I feel your stream Ohh how the blue and green I want to feed on your orchid pink

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released February 27, 2010

All songs written and produced by Arlow Xan

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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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