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Act I. Acedia Dreams of Hotel Broslin

by Candlestick Army

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1.
back to the masquerade but you didn't have a mask on what were you to do? you searched around the room frantically searching searching and longing longing and losing along the way there was a girl in a spider mask EIGHT EYES and you danced from across the room weaving in and out of the faceless crowd til she runs out wearing your crown and there was a boy who appeared in the rusty dusty mirror back and forth through the dance (of the maddening shroud) you peered in to the eye of the dream (ahead of ourselves) you were spun by your fear (we've come too far too fast) now you're following the silk threads to your hiding place so you go to the mantle grab a candle to light the way but distracted by the dream there seems to be voices across the water voices singing softer than the stars so shine on, oh moon of summer shine on, shine on, shine on oh moon of summer shining off of the crown at rest at the edge of the forest left by the spider queene so the game can begin jeng jengy jengy jeng now enchanted now invited in to play hide and seek in the Forest of Acedia where no one else can see you've left the masquerade you've left the masquerade you're headed for the freaks you're family of freaks freaks are anyone who let themselves be seen at the masquerade pt. 2 joining the last full moon night of summer the refugee hears voices from across the water past the forest a fire is burning and people are singing softer than the stars he spots the crown in the moon's damp glow resting at the edge of the forest of Acedia and from inside comes an enchanting tune jeng jengy jeng jengy jeng jengy jeng sounds the spider's sickly selfish song so the game can begin again in the dark of the forest lit only by a candle and the glow from the fireflies blinking and revealing the silk threads leading to the place where the spider queene hides where she weaves alone
2.
Into the Forest of Acedia where the artist dreams alone where the killers and the anchors and the gods are born you're getting lost in the perfect void you're following the silk threads shining off the candlelight guided by the glow from the fireflies the further you seek the further you hide to the canopy of grafted trees you can weave, you can weave alone you've found nowhere no need to share just paint your perfect nowhere now you have created the web you have caught yourself in this perfect nowhere so go to sleep go to sleep disappear now the boy is ink disappearing blind and senseless he crawls into the arms of a birch tree to sleep and as the outside world starts to move faster he is held in the slow, slow hours of this hibernation place the forest whispers a lullaby hush jeng jengy jeng a deep spell of lethargy spinning him slowly into slumber ready or not, here she comes
3.
so go to sleep... a soul split in two playing hide and seek in limbo fighting over a bunker in the perfect hell over refuge the crown passes back and forth between creations so go to sleep spider queene you and me we can be free together together together together together together so go to sleep refugees but don't forget no don't forget to color in your dreams
4.
Duessa 05:58
Child of Arachne you have stolen me away from my dream i'm in a deeper sleep and nothing can disturb this slumber so stay with me Duessa it's not you, it's me who wanted us lost and now that we're lost we will have a way of keeping the truth from finding out our whereabouts our hiding places look the same our hiding places look the same our hiding places look the same our hiding places look the same
5.
Spider Dream 03:36
6.
Leaving 02:57
the train out of acedia is leaving temporarily at least you'll be back, but for now you're sharing the paint from your dreams with your family of freaks ha ha, ho ho you're gonna need an exceptional gatekeeper cause once the gates open anything can crawl in here comes the spider now i think we're ahead of ourselves we've come too far too fast we don't have our own gravity i'm getting pretty dizzy i'll stop stick my thumb in the earth to slow down the spinning the threads snap my eyes open
7.
Shame 05:03
Shame is the crown that I left in the place where I thought that my dreaming had died now i'm slipping away, taking refuge on the train i met a new friend at the smoker's lounge as the train is leaving full lady moon sings faraway songs from a faraway place i hear music for moonlight madness faraway songs from faraway friends playing music for moonlight madness dream navigator, could you take me to a place where i can rest my weary head and the souls of my feet cause for the last seven miles the spider has tried to keep pace with my rubber band cage and my night life exchange it's the thrill of the chase and as the train's approaching full lady moon sings faraway songs from a faraway place i hear music for moonlight madness the next stop is hotel broslin
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We're Out of Our Minds And Into the Universe Out of Our Minds Into the Cartooniverse

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released April 24, 2011

The Candlestick Army is:
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The Broslin Bards
Mike Everett
Chris Belanger
Eric Bennett
Mark Somers
Keith Dast
Martin Dungey
L Jeffrey Young
Jeff Neher
Kathy Neher
SM Harrell
Mama Bear Gale
Andrew Neal
Butch Freeman


All songs written and performed by The Candlestick Army with significant contributions from John Lemon and every other member of the Cartouniverse.

Album artwork provided by "Dpz" David Pierce and Thomas Andrew Massengil.

Introduction and Train Conductor - Martin Dungey

Interview by Orson Keillor and Sat On The Wire

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