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Skullorful

by Soulympian

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    Soulympian = Stephen + technology

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    DIY Experimental/Vox/Sound Project: voice(s), lyrics, noises, arrangements, programming, samples, loops, editing, mixes & selected images.
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1.
The ebb & flow. The waxing & waning. There's a G-d, a G-d in the details. Pleasure & pain. Life & death. Forgive me. There's a Oneness. A Oneness in the details. Where are you? Where are you in the details? "Truth is truth even if no one believes it...A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it..." Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months(Years & years & years & years...) The sands of time wash upon the shores of the mind. Tides release, time...Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months(Years & years & years & years...) The hourglass...A lifetimes path...
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Sights & sounds sensual(essential) surrounds ascends from the ground, the ground. My heart in your hands beating again, beating again and again. Don't want to leave, last sight seen last sight seen, memories. Can't hold onto you, can't hold onto me. Emotions bleed. Bleed. Free me from this world bound by odyssey. I can't take you with me but you can hold the memories. Loosing of the soul from the body. Sights & sounds with us witness-together surround, don't leave me now...I'm begging you losing all sight of you don't know what to do losing you. Please comfort me I don't know (what) where I will be on the other side of me. A bruised ghosts breath an empty shallow nest, what's next? what's next? Your precious hand in mine. A given amount of time. A given amount of time. Time...Slipping away from you. Slipping away from me. Last sight seen, last sight seen. Loosing of the soul from the body. Thank you for the time and effort and all that you are. So much accomplished yet so much left undone. Love. Left life behind. Left it all behind. No choice of mine. No choice of mine. I hope that you can see, the last sight seen, now unseen...un-scene . Departing from one. Departing to One. one. Who won? Hope to see you there on the other side of air. Life so fair. Unfair. Loosing of the soul from the body. Last sight seen; first breath after death. All the memories. All the blessings that life affords for thee, for thee. Can't take it with you can't take it with me in colored in forms memories.Loosing of the soul from the body. Last sight seen; first breath after death. A hallowed ground. A body bound. Under the ground a body bound. Loosing of the soul from the body. All is at peace. Last sight seen, first breath after death...
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Whirld Piece 02:16
Yourrr majesty I do declare there's something in the air. Let's clear the air uproot the oracle of despair and catapults prepare. Secure the grounds and merry-go-rounds. Come hither one and all. Whirld piece(peace) is in your hands, a consequential brawl. You wanna fight? Well that's not right, um, well maybe a quick left, an uppercut to undercut whirld piece has been revamped. I'd rather knot, surrender not! War-peace. Wore-piece. Victorious. Rapacious. Oasis. Pugnacious. I am a voice no man on earth has ever heard before. Pernicious. Pernicious. Nutritious...
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Simple truths found behind the eyes that find the lines that draw define, define. The place the time rewind fast forward record stop pause under mind the mind. What values time if there's no meaning behind the front of eyes define define the front. Behind the curtain of life...Are we there yet? Are we there... Born apart of something greater brought together communicator. Born a part of something greater communicator. Yes, I've held my breath for something greater & now it's here, it's now or later. It's apart of me, it's a part of you. Are we there yet? Did we move? Did we move? Are we there? Yes we moved! Let's declare...Are we there yet? Are we there... Born apart of something greater brought together communicator. Born a part of something greater. Are we there yet?...
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You punk! 1.2.-- 1.2.3.4....I've got headspace for rent. A space mind to bend. Bending the energy, beyond what I see. Dance through me. Tongue acts as shovel. Dance through me. Shadows appear as double. Is there place for you? A place for me, inside this world or is it rented fantasy? Dance through me. Tongue acts as shovel. Dance through me. Shadows appear as double. Oy oy oy vey,to leave or stay? Oy oy oy vey, to leave or stay? Speak your mind. Mind your speak... I've got headspace for rent. A space mind to bend. Bending the energy beyond what I see. Dance through me. Tongue acts as shovel. Dance through me. Shadows appear as double.
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The ground the ground the ground the ground is calling for its bones its bones it bones its bones.The ground the ground the ground the ground is calling for its bones its bones it bones its bones.The ground the ground the ground the ground is calling for its bones its bones it bones its bonezzz. A homecoming bone-chilling, return to the earth. Rebirth. A homecoming bone-chilling, return to the earth. Rebirth. A homecoming bone-chilling, return to the earth. Rebirth. The ground the ground the ground the ground is calling for its bones its bones it bones its bones.The ground the ground the ground the ground is calling for its bones its bones it bones its bones.The ground the ground the ground the ground is calling for its bones its bones it bones its bonezzz. A homecoming bone-chilling, return to the earth. Rebirth. A homecoming bone-chilling, return to the earth. Rebirth.
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Take a breath, beyond this breath. Take a step, beyond this step. When I left, there was not much left to say or do...Awake my dear, awake my dear. Can you hear, can you hear? Awake my dear, awake my dear. Can you hear, can you hear? Open ur eyes, open ur eyes. It's not where we hide. Where we hide...The cold & calculated hands on the clock. Tick...tock...The cold & calculated hands on the clock. Tick...tock...
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Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
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Astroknots 02:49
Untie me from gravity. Weightless, celestial capacity. Satellites(Salivate)Satellites(Salivate).Satellites(Salivate)Satellites. Unaccompanied symphony, galactic instruments, stars glistening. Untie my gravity. Weightless, celestial capacity. Cosmic. Exit. Satellites(Salivate)Satellites(Salivate) Satellites(Salivate)Satellites(Salivate)­. Mayday.
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Punkadelic 02:03
Fascist. Mindless. Spineless. Oh, met in a commonplace? Can't accept your name or face. Looks as if it's deceiving. A fashionable scene siren! Oh, met in a commonplace? Can't accept your name or face. Looks as if it's deceiving. A fashionable scene siren! Hey, I'm not buying what you're selling. Hey, I'm not buying what you're selling. Your rancorous self depravity. This just in! You're out you see. We don't need your kind in here. Let me make this perfectly clear. Don't force your beliefs on me. That's my choice, don't you see? You can be a sofa king. So we're here to dethrone your backwards thinking. Hey, I'm not buying what you're selling. If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. Endow. In doubt.
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Slurpee 02:30
(I)ce sense divide. A chilly, chilly bride. Of course , off course devise. Electric granules of time. Fffrozen ghosts vivified! Upon the tightropes of a sigh. Whatz that look in your eyes? Surprise!... Pop.pop.pop.pop.pop. Wait. Wait. Wait! I can't face. face, face this alone. Alone... Monolithic storms broadcast in color. Colorstorms. Ahhventure in celebratory forms. Freeze. Freeze this reason under the sun. Sun. Fortune.Ton. None. Reality & existence, just think about it from a distance. I've successfully failed in recognizing the value of a flotation device made of structural ice. Ice. Ice. Ice. Eyes. Ice. Ice. Ice. A frozen delight. Sucking soulz through a straw. Fossilized in the pre-historic.
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Frost 02:16
Cold. Night. Blooms. Insight. From the ice, from the snow. Crawling out, out of the unknown. Finding self, finding time. To define. From the dawn, the horizon of thaw. Reaching above the arctic claws(cause) - of this pain. Breaking through. What makes us human. What makes us human? What makes us human.
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Nothing. No-thing. Nothing. Haunted poetry from a living world. Roots & branches, the apparitional pearls.Haunted poetry from a living world. Phantasmal fantastic spectral spectators. Ornery orators mist-like fabricators. You & me a poet tree... Cadaverous & fabulous. Cultural sepulchral. Cadaverous & fabulous. Haunted poetry from a living world. Roots & branches, the apparitional pearls, Haunted poetry from a living world. Nothing. A rose, some wine(whine), a kiss... A puff... and well-then, we're gone baby...
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GloryUs 02:04
A time comes in a persons life when time is more than just a measurement. More than just a collection of sequential numbers set to a cadence. Movements made of strings laced with the most opulent jewels & treasures. Holding nothing back on the front lines. Fought with common valor in a clockwise fashion. Marginalized by nothing, humbled by the magnitude. This is no ordinary vignette. Toiled in the soil. Seasons speak of reasons. Uniform & formulated another breath, another second passes. Stay in this as long as you can(keep fighting). "Life is a balance of holding on & letting go." Holding on & letting go. Holding on & letting go. Keep fighting Glory-us. Glory-us. Keep fighting.
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Secretly, no one will believe. What I have conceived. Intermittently, ever so slightly. Dripping allegories- upon every raindrop, every sweat bead. Craving the need. A new breed. Hold me. Release me. Feed me. Wind found in the trees. Mind blown away; by a relevant breeze. A.B.C's . Retro-freeze. Unlock the keys. Unlock the keys. Calculate. Reformulate. Invigorate. Associate. Create. Ur own fate. Cr8. Ur own fate. Gestate. Circulate. Cr8. Cr8. Deep space. A deep place. Give birth. Cr8. Give birth. Cr8. Ahh yess there is a little bit of a mark there. When it's time to remember we'll report progress.
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Orbit 01:58
Softness of heaven. Crescendos the day. Envelopes the soul. As we orbit away. Doo.Doo.Doo.Doo.Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo. Free me, free me from my bones. Free me, free me from my bones. Free me, free me from my bones. Free me, free me from this...Symbolism, simple is um, symbolism, simple is um, symbolism, simple is um. Esoteric & deep. Something without feet. Beautiful & sublime. Beyond reason & rhyme. Doo.Doo.Doo.Doo.Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo... Free me, free me from my bones. Free me, free me from my bones. Free me, free me from my bones. Free me, free me from... This...
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The Call 02:49
Hissing noise... Hear the call. Heed the call. Calling calling calling calling. Watch what you say, watch what you say, watch what you say, watch this...Calling calling. The elder: My purpose is on purpose. Calling, calling, calling, calling.The elder: My purpose is on purpose. Find- a -me the place where you live. Wha?! A Say-ance(Séance)...A Nuance...Dial tone. dial tone dial tone dial tone. Calling calling calling calling...
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Facial 02:09
Face it: never give up(whispered undertones) I can succeed- I will succeed- there is a place for me- even in the face of adversity- I will succeed (x2)- face it: panoramic phantoms & swirling seize(seas)--nevertheless, you're still here contemplate that please... consider yourself- consider yourself- consider yourself-please(x2) face it(x3) nevertheless, you're still here contemplate that please...consider yourself(x2) please-never give up! never give up!
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W.I.K.S.U. 02:16
Wisdom, Insight, Knowledge, Strength, Understanding. I wanna know. I wanna---no! I wanna know. I wanna---no! Wisdom, Insight, Knowledge, Strength, Understanding. I wanna know. I wanna---no! I wanna know. I wanna---no! Hebrew- Ani(I) rotzeh(want) es zeh(this). Wisdom, Insight, Knowledge, Strength, Understanding. I wanna know. I wanna---no! I wanna know. I wanna---no! Hebrew- Ani(I) rotzeh(want) es zeh(this).Wisdom, Insight, Knowledge, Strength, Understanding.
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Hear ye, hear ye. Bow. Arise! Right shoulder. Right shoulder. Left shoulder. "I'll tell you the tale of the Nancy Lee, the ship that got ship wrecked at sea." Right shoulder. Right shoulder. Left shoulder. Battlefields, stampeding down, thunderous sounds emanate from the hallowed grounds. Shift your manners in this fight. Shift your sword, left to right. Shift your manners in this fight. Shift your sword, left to right. Right shoulder. Right shoulder. Left shoulder. Armour. Are more? Or less?! Haha! Shift your manners in this fight. Shift your sword, left to right. I dub thee knight. I dub thee knight. Bow!
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Loss. Loss? There's a place only complacency knows. Loss? Beyond the circumference of the great unknown. Loss? Collecting dust on the lips of vacuity. Loss? Of u & me. Paint a circle(Loss?) around a square. The metric of space between the selves. Loss? The embryonic stages of a yell. Loss us? Birth pangs of debasing slang. Venomous fangs. Paint a circle (Loss?) around a square. Paint a circle (Loss?) around a square. The anatomy of recovery. Loss? The circular comradery of discovery. Loss? Time & space mesh so lovingly. Subtly. Paint a circle(Loss?) around a square. Paint a circle (Loss?) around a square.
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Did you hear that? Did you hear that? Excuse me. I heard it. I heard it too. Answer. Answer. Answer. Answer. Did you hear that? Did you hear that? Excuse me. I heard it. I hear it too. Answer. Answer. Answer. Answer. Quiet. Answer. Answer. Answer. Answer. I hear a little feedback in the mic. I don't want to hear those. Quiet.
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I'm @ that awkward stage between birth & death.
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A glamorous wink & twinkle. Neva eva eva eva. Bury misinformation. Foreva eva eva eva. Carry confirmation. Can't u see what I've been through? What I've been through & it's not you. Can't u see what I'm seeing? It's blinding, it's freeing. Can't you feel what I'm thinking? It's linking, it's ever -so twinkling. Eva eva eva eva. Cant't you feel what I'm plotting as I'm rotting, as I'm rotting, rotting. Can't you hear the glitter whispering whispering. Can u sense the mystery-my-story, history, artillery, artillery. Clever clever clever cleve. Forever eva eva eva. A glamorous wink & twinkle. Bury misinformation. Endeavor deavor deavor deavor. Sever ver ver ver. Glitter litters eye-lids. Remember member member member. Forever eva eva eva. Cosmic cosmetics...
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Zizzle 02:16
On a short train of thought...to nowhere. Bi-pass the triceratops...on the quadrilateral... Whoah! Zizzle zizzle zizzle zizzle zizzle. Wind it up, to wind it down. Paint the face on the clown. Clownin' aroun' (hahaha). Around(A rhombus). .. Zizzle zizzle zizzle zizzle zizzle. Gee-wee-wee. I'm creeping around on the right(90 degree) angle of you. Tangled in some pageantry skin...Zah wha zah wah zizzle zah wah wah. Zah zah zizzle. Ah. Zizzle zizzle zizzle zizzle zizzle... Zizzle zizzle zizzle zizzle zizzle.
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Raz(secret), the universal ear. stark, spark, hark! elementary my dear. laughable. hush, whispers of the crisper years. you don't know what you see, but you know what you hear. civil, civil, civil-cool em'(x2). oh yonder; beyonder! light, light the wick(x2). quite suddenly, the prolixity was palabable & the oddities became commonplace! key to life, key to life, key...open the door, secret no more. stand @ attention for the passing of the future, everyone...gather & depart! swing High; mysteria, reveria, interia, infearia. to brighten my horizons with the insights of your...life.life.life.life. hold me close, close me hold(x2). the joys of breathing in cadence. winding & withering, waking, againering. please don't lose what you've found. yearning sanctimoniously. hide & seek, lost & found. a common eye-ah(x4) did you? drive the cool um(x4). pastures & past years(x2). oh locka, un lockah. write a letter when you know what you wanna say,hey(x4). i love a mystery. i know a place, a place where we can hide. the secret is out, there's no need to shout. trumpet(s)! what's with this trumpet! i got headspace for rent, a place, mind to bend, bending the energy, beyond what i see...suspension...suspense shun..
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On the tip of the tongue, the wings of a butterfly, the sky of the mind, the clouds depart this time. And...remember b4 space & time flown on the rapturous wings of the sublime. Haahh(Levitate) Haahh(Levitate, levitate) Haahh(Levitate, levitate) Haahh(Levitate, levitate). Upright of the most spiritual through the divine ethereal. Caught in the eye of a butterfly, beyond space & time on the wings of the sublime. Ehh dropping hints & clues in the past, present & future tense of you. Haahh(Levitate) Haahh(Levitate, levitate) Haahh(Levitate, levitate) Haahh(Levitate, levitate).

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Soulympian -"Skullorful" is an experimental, occasionally whimsical, intermittently capricious, colorful collection of textural audioscapes. All trax were woven together & arranged with vox + prefab, selected & at times manipulated loops/samples. Each track was not hyper-focused or ruminated on but was done in a rapid like fashion typified by the one take only, no do-overs approach.The lyrics & the various vocal textures were often brewed, spun & spawned on the spot & remain as a centerpiece. If something was errant yet even marginally tolerable it was left to become a part of the audio tapestry. Furthermore, there was no real/proper mix-down, engineering, mastering or production on each track. Record, quick edit & release being the M.O. Purposely there's a raw simplicity present as the recording qualities, equalization(s) & volume(s) might vary from time to time &/or track to track. It should be noted that one fundamental objective is to convey & link non-homogenized sounds & messages. The aim ultimately is punctuated by: EXPRESSION NOT PERFECTION.

"Skullorful" is framed by track 1(Heavy-Met-Hell/Ocean) & track 31(On the Bones of a Butterfly), both trax are the so called "heaviest" & track 1 was an earlier piece of work whereas track 31 was the most recent song up to the release of "Skullorful".

*I'd like to dedicate this release to my beloved father who passed away quite suddenly on March 7th 2008. He was always supportive of all my musical/artistic endeavors. He is dearly missed & forever remembered*


**Thanx & cheers for ur time & ears!**

Arrangements & lyrics by Stephen Safer except for The Gambler by Kenny Roger; Smooth Operator by Sade; Don't Fade Away by Dead Can Dance.

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released January 18, 2016

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Soulympian Savannah, Georgia

Past voices from Vomitus, Grum & Clownknife spanning from the late 80's-90's; & now this incarnation Soulympian which is my current solo DIY Experimental/Vox/Sound Project.

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