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Space Criminal

by Sundog

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1.
Truth 03:28
How nice it's to be seen mistaken for somebody a wasted luxury not noticed saving money cause it's the kind of shape makes fools brave plain men dreamers it's taking up the space known to cause fits and fevers it's making an escape, before the hammer coming down upon me one strike and we-a-see-a, me-a fish in muddy waters whether said loud or whisper, ventilate the pressure builds step lightly justice my sister, just one, it can't be anything no Awaken hope I see, my questions truly answered, no need for brevity, make room for second chances who did what and what to me, a type of looking ladder, please make an inquiry why details shouldn't matter, why'd it have to pass this way, it's the kind of travel that's hard to navigate, with time it whither withers, sat down with shoulders laden, needs soil for roots to take, tell truth with seat belts fastened. how nice it's to be seen folded with cloth and rumor, missed briefly by your feet, was there a second shooter, awaken hope i see, my questions truly answered, no need for brevity, make room for second chances cause who am i to say i am? no it's not, i'm just another man, and if i bring with me a broken mind it's the kind of trouble that just takes time it's the kind of trouble that just takes time it's the kind of trouble that just takes time.
2.
Was it wrong? i was terrified but i've never ever felt so damn alive tell it to em, a twist of fate, turn a tragedy into a better day, we started off so low, with eyes on the impossible sent a shiver through my bones, been silent far too long. cause people getting fed up this that stormy weather the pressure wouldn't let up yea we wanted something better wanted something better wanted something better the air was holding something you could feel it in our souls no more days patiently waiting cause we got so far to go and although change does leave me open it makes space to navigate yes to make the mind awaken we must reach a higher state and we find, it's time to know, and though the pressures great there's just one way to go. cause people getting fed up this that stormy weather the pressure wouldn't let up yea we wanted something better wanted something better wanted something better although days don't leave me open I must force myself to stand separating disbelief because we got a better chance and I know, with time, we'll see it through and although the ways not easy, there's nothing you and me can't do cause people getting fed up this that stormy weather the pressure wouldn't let up yea we wanted something better wanted something better wanted something better
3.
Up 03:29
i've been broke i've been down, bleeding from the mouth getting back up brain saying don't go there you can't figure me out motherfuckers gonna get a taste of dope medicine oh yeah hot nights, sweat dripping down the light from the sign touch the evil in town but what the devil don't know, the devil can't see so blood's gonna make an honest man outta me I said I go up up up I go up up up Worry don't you now i got a pocket full of mettle necessary know how when the dust settle necessary go now but why these necessary devils that be bleeding me out tub full, water pouring out I try to wash my mind memories stand out i hear a voice in the dark speak of wind blowing south so like leaf is to tree so is me to my house i said i go up up up i go up up up i said a baby, i won't do bad no i won't do wrong no more i said a baby, i won't do bad no i won't do wrong no more i said a baby, i won't do bad no i won't do wrong no more i said a baby, i won't do bad no i won't do wrong no more
4.
When i'm dead and gone just sweep me up in the corner just my luck I'm a goner oh well ok my intent was true but I can't say how it played out tried to move all the weight out that's when i found you i found you when I'm dead wash away the waste i left and understand it's mostly my mistake how it went down hold me up so defeated stopped in tracks by a feeling can't turn back cause it's needed oh well ok when it's through, please tidy up my room I'm sorry, you'll see it too, how this tells a different story now yes now now that I found you I found you when I'm dead wash away the waste i left and understand it's mostly my mistake how it went down I found you when it's through, please tidy up my room I'm sorry, you'll see it too, how this tells a different story now yes now now that I found you when I'm dead and when I'm dead and when I'm dead and when I'm dead and gone
5.
it must have been superstitions that got me thinking bout the other night maybe something was missing but that don't stop the voices in the night yeah this feeling's foreign but all the things I do just makes it stay i gotta do something for it just to get myself back on my feet again baby you know it's fine it's alright but I got superstitions on my mind checking myself for signals I'm not the type to be caught unawares noises at the window but when i look outside there's nothing there i might be going crazy so soon thinking bout the noises in my room and just when fear is fading i hear the sound of silence speaking truth baby you know it's fine it's alright but I got superstitions on my mind pushing it to the limit i think this is as high as I can go starts off as a feeling so if you're seeing something strange just let me know. baby you know it's fine it's alright but I got superstitions on my mind
6.
take a little woman take her down to the prairie outside build her a house made of wood make a little fire inside get some dinner cooking let it boil and boil and stew and when nobody's looking let that woman make love to you there's a reason that's the trouble with having past think of the words I say in a thoughtless way that left you feeling bad it's finally showing by a table set for two and the time that it took let the dinner cook yes and something happened too. said a fire lit my way home, yes it did I'm on my way houses passing by let me stay, tell me say goodbye it isn't home not a house made up wood no there aint no stove no fire cooking food where are you going? you're in danger of getting lost it's been an hour and a day and you're farther away yes farther away than you thought where is your woman? she's waiting back home for you she's probably stewing stewing like she likes to do it's already over made with the setting sun fixed with a hand's that's aged in a thoughtful way for meal that's just begun there's no way of knowing but the prairie knew a thing or two cause as soon as you showed with your woman in tow yea the prairie had a thing for you said a fire lit my way home, yes it did I'm on my way houses passing by let me stay, tell me say goodbye it isn't home not a house made up wood no there aint no stove no fire cooking food
7.
Bristles 04:17
I got bristles in my pocket it hurts my hand to look and see is it strange or unimportant, how bristles took my liberty i found no rest in southern comfort i found no peace in peace and quiet yes i'll sleep among the broken pain of bristles feeling fine there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest i got bristles in my pocket it hurts my hand to look and see surprising misconceptions of where bristles supposed to be but i don't jump to a conclusion no i don't reach further inside yes bristles lay among the broken souther comforts peace and quiet there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest there aint no rest and when the pain's too much to take won't you move these bristles far away and when the pain's too much to take won't you move these bristles far away
8.
baby won't you tell me when show me how to disco slitting both my wrist throat I can't take all this suspense at the edge of the abysmal the ending is like this close baby won't you tell me why do you have a motivation give me a location can you point me towards the sky I got lost upon my spaceship I've been floating I've been floating through the wasted in search of an equation with an element of truth in reverence of you a better human who will taste it JONATHAN BROWN ill rap verse…. through the wasted in search of an equation with an element of truth in reverence of you a better human who will taste it baby wont you show me how we've come from far away I'm not sure if we can stay cause the air is thin amongst these clouds how to care about a fate if never you can change it baby won't you lead me where on the edge of the abysmal creeping on my tip toes skies are dark but wind is fair caught amongst the currents I've been floating I've been floating through the wasted in search of an equation with an element of truth in reverence of you a better human who will taste it ILL JONATHAN BROWN verse…. through the wasted in search of an equation with an element of truth in reverence of you a better human who will taste it
9.
The Limit 04:02
oh i've been lost trust fortune's fate make way for spring it's been cold of late yes I've been low low and close to done but if the questions permitted let me assess my situation stranded i am adrift in space where silence rules for all my days walk through a meadow walk through a plain and like a fish that is swimming make me wish i see home again there's no rest for the wicked don't ask my mission assess all systems gonna test my limit gonna test my limit gonna test my limit i said it's true the tales you 've heard deep in my blood these fires burn away away so long ago i said the words that'll make me curse the things i know, stolen but true dressed up and blind but my ears compensating what I can't see with my eyes i wait for spring i wait to escape sos my position cause it's cold up in this space there's no rest for the wicked don't ask my mission assess all systems gonna test my limit gonna test my limit gonna test my limit
10.
I Don't Know 04:25
with miles to go temperatures rising on the western side we make adjustments with respect for time to stay in line with all subliminal no do not stray the signs they indicate a danger here one time the darkness went and interfered and now, the shadows fall astray cause i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know right now won't you help me, help me help me break it down best to be lost together what is my coordinates my latitude is longer much longer than is best my visuals are taken I'm seeing fractals an ocean of creation this place is astral we meant to last but voices gave way to uncertainty when travels long, the end it always seems, so very, so very far away cause i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know right now won't you help me, help me help me break it down pick up the phone dial the numbers to connect the two surprised by lines that i'm connected to and reflecting how I don't have words to say for us to know we'll need a dose or two of information that type of knowledge turns a situation from strange to critical cause i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know right now won't you help me, help me help me break it down
11.
Away 03:44
i was walking suddenly in this place had a vision but the memories escape get a feeling told me not to worry now an understanding that some things lost should not be found i went away away away away away a page of fiction the words have suddenly turned cold it's not the distance that hurts it's the type of story told show me wisdom show me times when words spoke truth it's not so simple to learn a lesson time has me to i went away away away away away so ready, surrender now so ready, surrender now

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Space Criminal is about traveling and the social circumstances that come with it. It mirrors the stages of a journey from excitement for the new and strange to the longing for something familiar. Traveling isolates and exposes and often leaves us with only ourselves to examine. Space criminal is about future music. It is about being pushed beyond the silence of one's mind and finding nothing but madness beyond it. And most importantly, Space Criminal is an invitation to share in some of Sundog's journeys.

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released March 25, 2014

The Wasted
Verses - Jonathan Brown

Away
Drums - Ross Farbe

I Don't Know
Violin - Forrest Bacigalupi

Something Better
Trombone - Jeremy Phipps

Truth
Trombone - Jeremy Phipps


The Prairie, The Fire, The Woman
Casio Keys - Ross Farbe

Recorded by Sundog in a Broken Down Spaceship in New Orleans:
Truth
Superstitions
Bristles
I Don't Know

Dead and Gone
Something Better
The Limit

Recorded by Ross Farbe at the Maze in New Orleans:
Away
The Wasted

The Prairie, The Fire, The Woman
Up
All songs Mastered by Ross Farbe

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Sundog uses samplers, drum pads, bass, ukelele and vocals to make songs from scratch on stage with a looping pedal. Accustomed to working alone, Sundog brings creativity to arrangements, making disparate sounds slave to the same groove.

Sounds like: Gorillaz, Postal Service, Toro y Moi, Panda Bear, Tune-Yards
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