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Useless Weapons

by TIJ feat Luciole Langevine

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1.
C'est le temps des naissances, le temps du renouveau Des cœurs bourgeons gonflés d'une sève impatiente C'est le cri des enfants qui courent vers la rivière La frénésie joyeuse des insectes au soleil C'est le chant des oiseaux au doux ventre du ciel Le temps du rire des femmes comme un alcool brûlant Mais les hommes s'en vont Comme si ne vibraient pas Au profond de leur chair Les appels à la vie C'est le temps des désirs, des cordes qui se tendent Des plaisirs qui jaillissent en explosions d'eau vive C'est le temps des semailles et de tous les espoirs Mais les hommes s'en vont Mais les hommes s'en vont Comme pris de folie Et s'en vont avec eux Tous ces bras pour aimer Et ces mains pour construire Mais les hommes s'en vont Et s'en vont avec eux Le son grave de leur voix La flamme de leur regard La promesse de l'avenir Les enfants pleurent des pères qui seront des fantômes Et les femmes sont seules au creux des lits trop vides Ils sont partis les hommes Armés de certitudes Et de sceptres de mort Ils avancent vers l'hiver Et leur langue est gelée Sous leurs peintures de guerre Ils avancent Et se perdent Ils avancent et se perdent dans l'inhumanité
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3.
Under the white swirls
 and the smooth surface, hermetically closed, frozen in the lake,
 such as wireless puppets, posed on mud bed
. Staring eyes.

The glossy touch. Long brown algae 
and slow motion of the aquatic mass, 
viscous cold shroud 
enveloping flowage

. This is where they have failed and sunk, 
taking with them their useless weapons. 

 When small keys, 
the delicate spring will return to earth. 
 When the conquering sun will dart 
golden rays
, its light sweetness, in the delivered water. 
When the banks will vibrate, 
watering the roots
 that the lake will shudder beneath butterflies wings 
and its blue mirror will stretch in an astounded O
 for diving birds.
 When in its depths 
and out of sleep, 
the hungry fishes, 
scavengers, dark cleaners, lips curled over sharp razors 
in a rolling ballet, 
undulating fins 
and noxious bubbles
, will devour all the flesh of the lying bodies. 

It will remain of these foolish men 
under the sun, victorious sun, 
only pale bones, some yellow ivory
 and steel reflections. Burning embers underwater (I can hear seagulls sniggering).
4.
Second WInd 04:24
When 'Home Sweet Home' is wearing thin. When you feel the bones Through the thickest skin. When all your hope is full of holes. When your bag of dreams has got punctures in... How can you believe? When there's no room to breathe And all you swallow is vacuum. You must hold it all in Till you get your second wind Then you blow it to your friends In a kiss of life. To break the spell. Tell me, how is it you stay awake while the rest suffocate?

credits

released March 19, 2017

Produced by TIJ

Barry Snaith - Guitars, words, whistling & percusssion
Luciole Langevine - Voice, words

Renaud Deback - acoustic guitar & violin on L’Inhumanité

Alison Sheard - Guiro on Ali Bongo’s Bong
Richard Devine - Inspiration for Burning Embers Underwater
Oisin Connolly cello sample on Burning Embers Underwater


Art by Mothmeister www.etsy.com/uk/shop/mothmeister

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TIJ UK

TIJ is Barry Snaith. One half of m1nk, How I Wrote Elastic Man, The A2K.
Genre-fluid.
Been around. Seen things. Done things. FKA The Inconsistent Jukebox.
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Cpt Beefheart, Cindy Sherman, Cocteau Twins, PJH, Fripp, Radiohead, The Fall, Bowie, Joanna Newsom, Velvets, Tarantino, Spanish Cinema, Portishead, David Lynch, Francis Bacon, Athens, Film Noir, Lola Demo... all the unusual suspects
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