premiered at niantic "vertical" ep release 3/21/15
written in bedroom during a break in jesse landegger's bass lesson
koreatown, los angeles
torn to pieces by wild animals and rebuilt from scratch, summer 2016
placed lovingly in your open hands, fall 2016
lyrics
we know our history
and we keep it moving
we know our ABCs
oh oh oh oh oh oh
we know we're learning but
we don't know what it means
it just feels bigger than everything we're imagining
thought I felt the floor shaking, shaking
you can't make this stuff up
dress up like dead actors in movies late at night
we're too young to remember them yeah
but each time it happens I think you and I
could be really really really good friends
and all the colors shapes and sizes
what kind of party do you want this to be
could we live on floating islands baby??
I'ma wait for you... could you wait for me??
don't waste this evening
you gotta look me in the eyes
you gotta see this as an opportunity
don't want the dawn to come
don't wanna go back to the mainland
gotta love the people who love the things you're building
and then you start, you start wondering
who's paying for this whiskey??
and then you start, start wondering
what have we been risking??
dress up like dead actors in movies late at night
we're too young to remember them yeah
but each time it happens I think you and I
could be really really really good friends
and all the colors shapes and sizes
where do you wanna go?? who do you wanna be??
could we live on floating islands baby??
I'ma wait for you... could you wait for me??
credits
from Floating Islands,
track released September 2, 2016
lyrics by bear (trask)
music by the ape, the lion, the dragon, the bear (niantic)
produced by niantic with the wolf (zachary fisher)
engineered mixed by the wolf at big bad sound
Cermony's Ross John Farrar experiments with synths, bass, & percussion to make music similar to that from the '80s homemade tape scene. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2023