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God is a praying mantis

by Tifa's

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1.
The axolotl 03:11
I wanna come to a final decision I wanna taste freedom deep under the sea I have to foil down the security fail My prison jar is damn well engineered Far from the sea I think there really is a way to escape If only I could jump overboard To dive into the screen just beside I would merely have to wait for a picture With coconut trees and white sand beach But I'm deadly scared to fall into a reality show
2.
Oh! That’s enough! Oh! You don’t belong here! Oh! That’s enough! Oh! You can’t belong here! You’d put inside A flower ment to be razed Oh! That’s enough! Oh! That’s enough! Oh! You don’t belong here! « I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the » entire world « dream. I have a dream that one day this » world « will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed (…) to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day » this fucked up economic system filtering «  with the heat of injustice » filtering « with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. » (Citation: Martin Luther King)
3.
Paul the polar bear Was yamping on the cool ice floe He came across a giant billboard Emerging from his homesick dream He is thirsty The picture is a representation Of a humanized puffy bear Drinking a soda It was as if the whole sea ice Was peeled off the earth's crust To melt into the ad He is thirsty Paul the polar bear Is not an insipid teddy bear He could drink a child The heat, the dust, the smell of sweat The rocky ground under his feets That's unbearable to him So thirsty Suddenly the sky darken A huge fleet of sheeps pop up Surrounding Paul At last, here comes The Green Bears They are bringing back The whole sea ice
4.
Hey men, sketches from my own How could... what could I say... I drew all of it, I caused our... my birth You'll rush my death Here is the nonsense That wastes my work I don’t know catechism or other « chisms » Black or white I can’t choose Between me and men's disasters Or I'll do have to erase Sketches from my own So myself with it And all of all with it And timeline could be re-written Without you and I my disappointing friends
5.
You platypus 04:48
Are you ready You platypus Are you shy To track the prey Beyond your plans He fell in love with you You just fucked him Are you hungry You tasmanian devil Are you enjoying The most beautiful day of his entire life He fell in love with you You just fucked him He hopes you will live with him forever Are you ready You platypus It's mating season Get out of your den
6.
There's a rally point On the map says the cell Saddle Node Or an absorption Of the kind by the whole That's called The bifurcation As well as one plus one Can remain unresolved To be or not to be Is there an other solution Equilibria On the game says the cell Should not be broken Hysteresis Should not come, otherwise It's over
7.
Disaster hat 05:58
It’s all you’ve got Happy on your head To use a solid hammer hat The sky could fall on your head  It's all about tears Things that mesmerized you It’s all you’ve got Happy on your head To use an umbrella hat The ocean could break on your head Do you have a tornado Hat Winds, chasmes, vortices Could vaporize your body of flesh Did you buy a nuke hat To protect you from blasts Did you provide a tsunami hat Nature, fantoms and chemicals Could gang up against your being Don’t go without your iced age hat It’s all you need Serene on your heart To use a powerful hippy hat The hate could waste your happiness It’s all about fears Things that traumatized you
8.
& 01:43
9.
Widow pigeon 04:04
A pigeon tells:
His wife was flying to school Each day at play time
To pick up any kind of crumbs She was always first on site One day she decided to walk To go there like rats
For the sake of equality Crossing the road
She was hit by a car
Reaped by the sickle of death.
10.
Ad nauseam 04:08
Ad nauseam Bills in line abreast Bills in line abreast Abysmal Hole After taste Of slavery Ad nauseam
11.
It is why I come to paralyse I can show you sadest side It is when I cancel everyone When you don’t think that you fall It is why I call it The joke It is a joke i cannot spell, Angels… Legion of emotions I belong to the dark side It is a gateway that never ends As a weird open door, bizarre You lucky boy you don’t decide What is true , what is fine I’m choosin’ you but don’t realize You are cold and such a fool, Angels… Legion of emotion Will grow up to the dark Size I like it cause i’m an excentric fish On weightlessness This is why I come to paralyse I am slow to play the game, don’t you
12.
Buzzing fire 04:18
Into his brand new veranda The old man sits Thinking about insect stings And mosquito bites he is safe from A sudden burst of astonishment Takes hold of his body Fuzz on his arms, metamorphosis, weird. Into the mirror He's like a buzzing fire Now he is flying driven by hunger  His sting is cutting through the air Looking for a juicy feast He is starving for blood Down from his flight He sees that the earth Is fire-covered Ubiquity of human kind Now what? He could poison it And so turn out the lights He is the venom himself He could fix the world He could give the shine back to stars And then He wakes up To die In the veranda

credits

released July 12, 2018

Toutes les chansons sont écrites par Tifa's.

Produit par l'Affect et Tifa's

Enregistré et mixé par Mathieu Plantevin à la Maison des Métiers d'Arts d'Aussois et à Blassieux.

Masterisé par Pierre Olivier.

Joué par Étienne Boisson, Gaspard Charreton, Jordy Martin, Raphaël Chemin, Ugo Del Rosso.

Conception graphique orchestrée par Jérémy Barrault.

Dessiné et rédigé par Alexandre Paulmier, Angeline Gonzalez, Chloé Malard, Jérémy Barrault, Lucas Ottin, Ocx, Raphaël Chemin.

Imprimé et assemblé à l'atelier Fluo, Grenoble, 2018.

Nous remercions spécialement:
Stéphane Pauze, Piero Beluze, DCR Live, JB Cognet, Gregou, Michelle, Cécile, Adrien, Les Arts P'tit Shows Production, Catherine Chantelot, Louna, Luz, Clém, Nico, toute l'équipe Fluo, Jérôme, Simon, Robin, Arnaud-Emmanuel, Macha, les ami-e-s, la famille.

We love all of you.

Nous encourageons tou-te-s celles et ceux qui participent à l'extinction des espèces vivantes, la disparition des variétés biologiques, la destruction de l'environnement et l'oppression d'autrui à cesser immédiatement pour bifurquer vers la création d'un équilibre bienveillant et partagé entre tout, toutes et tous.

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