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The Ragged and Ecstatic Joy of Pure Being

by Jason Waterfall

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1.
You're beautiful But you're a beautiful mess, indeed Oh, how you cannot see the forest from the trees Pendulum swings Free from any force of gravity Seven horses gnashing their teeth It's no secret Endless sand In an hourglass Is all you'll amount to Falling in love With reflections In the looking glass Doomed to haunt you It's no secret A barrel of monkeys Stuck with the murder stick Worse than Cthulhu The shadow thieves Steal away my grieving heart again Does it feel so good to be so bad A sad malady comes our way We want our puppets set on high They punched a hole into that wall You set a bet on who should die The gold parachute Failed to open He who is without Sin, cast the first stone How can you create the shit storm Yet keep us safe and sound from harm They built a wall inside that hole And told to wish upon a star
2.
Choice was lost in Funhouse mirrors Phantom gifts will sieve through broken fingers Another excuse has taken over by now Tilling soil with plow The secrets lie beyond the common line And reveal themselves every moment in time If everyone could flap their arms In the plane that we're in Maybe we can maneuver Out of this tailspin Too good to be true As we try to manage this The voice of savages remain Trapped in the mundane Trembling from invalid lips Antiseptic yet sick Please remove my parasitic twin I can not believe the shape that I'm in Please remove my parasitic twin Too good to be true
3.
Another night, unlikely as it seems, I find myself Thinking of you again My friend That turned me on in the end The weight of the world on top my sleepyhead Mulling over the countless ways I think it might have been What virtue and what sin Begins Depends on a grimace or a grin And when the party's over you'll just fit right in Call me optimistic My skull might be thick But these loose ends need tied Are my thoughts left with Playing fetch with A deaf blind dog Gone are the days Innocence Consequence is all the same Wrong are the ways Deference Consequence is just a game Call me optimistic My skull might be thick But these loose ends need tied Am I left with Playing fetch with A deaf blind dog
4.
U-Know-U 03:30
Another look from evil eyes But with a face so kind You know your face just looks like mine I'm down here many many times Oh, you know the feeling so reminds Me of the desperate years gone by Another killer of my time Oh, you the know beast is in my mind You know the meaning of the rhyme You know I come here all the time Can you see the reason for the rail If you don't pause tonight, the burning of the hole I bury myself deep just to make it through the night If you were there, if you are now, I don't mind 'Cause I don't care Now what the fuck we gonna do The ceiling crashes on you too Now what have you got on your mind Ain't nothin' but a switch of signs Oh, you know the killer is the time You know by Monday you'll be fine You want to fuck me from behind And you expect to be smiling You say you're drunk and standing in the rain You might go all the way and swan dive to the pain What's you going to do now to cover up my hole Now that I am not alone Even now I carry all this home What I'm going to do goes meaningless on you Na Na Na Na Na Na Na NA Na Na But U-know-U You say you're drunk and standing in the rain You might go all the way and swan dive to the pain What's you going to do now to cover up my hole Now that I am not alone Even now I carry all this home What I'm going to do goes meaningless on you Na Na Na Na Na Na Na NA Na Na U-know-U
5.
H0r1z0n 05:39
Dig this crater deep and wide Oblivious to the open sky The world consumes all we can't hide Buried treasure underneath Ancient microscopic dreams Material that can't be freed So convinced it's what we need We keep on digging to find a horizon Keep on riding into the horizon line Craning the neck to see what's next Beyond the glimpses that we expect Where the sun rises and sets Opulent sentiments We keep on digging to find a horizon Though in forgiveness redemption lies If we just looked up we'd see the sky But we keep on riding into the horizon line Am I alone in my belief That somehow we are all the same Can't throw a stone into the sea Without it sinking beneath the waves We keep on digging to find new horizons In forgiveness redemption lies If we just looked up we'd see the sky But we keep on riding into the horizon line I'm not alone in my belief That somehow we are all the same Can't throw a stone into the sea Without it sinking beneath the waves A vast expanse has opened up Suspending ourselves in this space Experience, auspicious luck Connect the dots, love what we make
6.
I bathe in your light and swim in your quiet darkness A constant yearning to flow through your phases Satellite caress At once everywhere and nowhere No beginning and no end Your crescent beauty reflected upon My undulating skin But there is a distance That we cannot reach In keeping this distance We navigate a mystery The gravity of you pulls me onward Awash in an eternal dream Envelope every crevice Like a tidal force Emotional currents stream I am the Sea, You are the Moon I am the Sea, You are the Moon My secret depths must be at peace A rising dance within this space Though never the two shall ever meet So destined only to wave To wave To wave To wave To wave
7.
Mandala Box 03:46
As I ponder many intuitions Of what will be What was then And what is now Mandala box of gentle inspiration Sets me free Guides my hand And lets it go Smiling at the voices that say You're veering off the overpass Flying off the bridge Tried to escape the motorcrash That you kept well hid You're headed towards critical mass Of the Ego and the Id I run the risk of sounding sentimental But here it goes There it is How it went Hard to admit the whole thing's temperamental But what a show Love and sin It's all spent Waving to the voices that say You're veering off the overpass Flying off the bridge Tried to escape the motorcrash That you kept well hid You're headed towards critical mass Of the Ego and the Id Memories are just photographs of who I used to be Identity is the epitaph on the tomb of society Divide this and define that into the dust of meaning You're veering off the overpass Flying off the bridge As I ponder many intuitions Of what will be What was then And what is now Mandala box of gentle inspiration Sets me free Guides my hand And let's it go
8.
Black hole The grass will grow higher Seven wheels align Catch and release the fire Burning at both ends Between The space of space you'll find it The crackling verge Of light and dark In hiding now Turning, Torque and Bend The archetype Is due for restitution Time to write a brand new constitution for The labyrinth of the soul Spiral through With Ida and Pingala Deja Vu again with my Samsara now Spinning, Spark and Halo A million mile Hand attracts Infinite Possibilities Life flows within you And without you Fractal Lotus Aura will surround you Mantra, Prayer Embrace Yeah, we know it's not a race Helix Spirit Faith Won't fail us now Endure none of this hurt The seeming reeling of the world Oh, it's right in front of your face Mantra Prayer Embrace Helix Spirit Faith Won't fail us now So, tell me you'll say Yes Tell me you'll say Hello Say I love you This moment is everything This moment is everything This moment is everything This moment is everything
9.
Universal formula No rehearsal for us all Cosmic breath will vibrate And life emanates All that was, is and will ever be Super nova, dung beetle Shooting through eye of the needle I am every thing And every thing I am Crawling back from the dust Dissolution of illusion Magic that we have to agree on Commit to know some deeper freedoms It goes on Eons and Eons Riddle of the Oracle Super nova, dung beetle I am every thing And every thing I am Collapsing solar systems To rebirth civilizations Ceremony of future ancients It goes on Eons and Beyond
10.
We are born of Fire And of Flame Formed of Clay Washed by the Rains Nourished by the Sun We are blessed with Heart And Soul shining So raise your hands Upwards to the sky Give thanks for Time Give thanks for Body and Mind We are Consciousness Experiencing Itself Millions upon Millions Returning back into the Fold From whence it all Began So raise your hands Upwards to the sky Give thanks for Time Give thanks for Body and Mind Oh, and I become You Oh, and You become I Oh, and We become Star Light Oh, and We become Infinite

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The Ragged and Ecstatic Joy of Pure Being was a line taken from 'On the Road' by Jack Karouac and accurately describes the moving themes within the ten songs that make up this album. The dynamic and interesting juxtapositions, from maximalist out & out rock to softer, more intimate moments of acoustic guitar and vocals along with angelic harmonies and anthemic swells perfectly compliment the heavy lyricism of hope, loss and ultimate connectivity.

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released June 23, 2020

All songs written by Jason Waterfall
All instruments and programming by Jason Waterfall
Engineered and mixed by Jason Waterfall

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Jason Waterfall Portland, Oregon

Art is a way to see the world and interpret it in a language that cannot be expressed through other, mundane means. There is some hope that the creation resonates with others and enhances their experience somehow, be it a positive, powerful message or a different perception of the nuances of daily life. ... more

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