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The Jasmine EP

by Sister Helen

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Gabrielemenopee It's like a faustian opera featuring a sledgehammer as the protagonist. It has something for everyone in the family- musicianship for your nerdy brother, unrealistic amounts of vibrato for your band nerd sister, and plenty of juicy parts that only mom and dad understand but the kids can laugh at anyway. Favorite track: Open.
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1.
In Conjunction With The Sun Are you alright? Are you alright? You know I'm fine But are you alright? I'm alright All at once, it's a beautiful day It's more than ok You were right When you said it was nothing but words It's like three little birds In Conjunction with the Sun I survived and don't ask me to talk about how I'm telling you now I know I've got a lot to apologize for Who could ask more? I survived and the world looks incredible now incredible how things that I never thought were important to me It's a fortune I seek In Conjunction with the Sun New Moon is Already Here!
2.
When I feel the pressure on my skin Instinct makes me jerk my hand away Every time I feel it holding still I know what the pain is trying to say And I don't care cause this is what I've earned and I'm aware what you want me to learn If at first you don't succeed then try and try again if at first you don't succeed then try and try and try until you Nobody can ever make the claim that I wasn't fully in the game if I wasn't really serious why the hell would I be doing this?! Yes, I'm aware this isn't necessary I don't care That's why I have to do it If at first you don't succeed then try and try again if at first you don't succeed then try and try and try until you I let the perfect be enemy of the good This I won't settle for anymore understood Try to stay unsatisfied and tough so I won't have anything to prove no of course it isn't good enough good enough is never good enough Not good enough! Not good enough! If at first you don't succeed then try and try again if at first you don't succeed then try and try and try and try and try If at first you don't succeed then try and try again if at first you don't succeed then try and try and try until you BLEED!
3.
CP 02:25
When you sleep with elephants you wake up with fleas Just for the hell of it they can do just what they please with you no matter what you do Meant to be a companion piece Just collateral for your peace Where east meets west Where Harry met Sally You are at best A notch on their tally A shrug on their Atlas Their Ayn Rand McNally Perpetual proxy Far-fetched and so foxy You have learned about the world more than they'll ever know So when they blow it up You can say "I told you so" If you rule the world, your world don't contain us If you wrote the book, your don't explain us
4.
Good People, so sure they're right So I avoid their line of sight Cuz if you know what's best for me That means you have no trust in me I tell you what I want You tell me what I need I tell you I'm not ready You tell me you believe Good People, so sure they're right So I avoid their line of sight And if you keep insisting That just means that you aren't listening I tell you what I want I want to believed What I want I wanna bleed I wanna feel something alive inside of me Have you ever been desperate not to know what to do? Do you know what that means? It means I am not you And that nothing about me ever has to be true It scares me that you care more than I do Never mind, never mind, I'm sure you're right Good People Are Always So Sure They're Right Never mind never mind I'm sure you're right Good People Are Always So Sure They're Right
5.
Open 04:56
So it's come to this So it's come this far So I find myself against the wall Through a sheet of cloth, I can see the stars They don't shine unless they shine for all There are better things Better things by far Than the thing that I'm about to do If I had my choice, I would follow the stars Go out into the open and join you No one seems to see my face, though I can see theirs You see they've shut me out Their space is so small If I had my proper place, I'd gladly be there If this is where you want me, you don't want me at all Now you've found a box for me Leave it open, leave it open I'll escape into the street Leave it open, leave it open I won't answer to the names you choose to call me The reason I am here is not so simple I need freedom not to be the way you want me If this is how you want me, you don't want me at all Not at all Now you've found a box for me Leave it open, leave it open I'll escape into the street Leave it open, leave it open So it's come to this So it's come this far So I find myself against the wall Through a rag of cloth, I can see the stars They don't shine until they shine for all
6.
La-la-la-la-la, I got my own perception La-la-la-la-la, I got my own perception There is no sight save through my eyes Go look Don't assume it what it seems to be. No good You cannot know what it means to me Go look Don't assume you've got a read on me No good You can't show me what you seem to see Don't make me laugh! La-la-la-la-la, I got my own perception La-la-la-la-la, I got my own perception You have no right to tell me lies Go look Don't assume it what it seems to be. No good You cannot know what it means to me Go look Don't assume you've got a read on me No good You can't show me what you seem to see (You can wear rose-colored glasses, you can call me any other name I can wear those shutter glasses, I can shut out half of everything) Don't make me laugh! After all, the laughter always fades the underlying misunderstanding is what remains in my own perception. Go look Nothing's ever what it seems to be. No good You cannot know what it means to me. Go look Don't assume you've got a read on me No good You can't show me what you seem to see (Hold it like a superstition, maybe then your baby will come true, but I got my inner vision, I can see the lie inside of you, Is it really any wonder, blame it on the sun that lights the sky, You'll be watching like big brother, you are the cruel sunshine of my life.) Don't look! Don't look! La-la-la-la-la, I got my own perception. La-la-la-la-la, I got my own perception.

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Sister Helen is:

Nathan J. Campbell- Vocals
Chris Krasnow- Guitar/Vocals
Eva Lawitts- Bass/Vocals
Clint Mobley- Drums

Adam O'Farrill plays trumpet on "In Conjunction with the Sun"


Album Art by Alex Carlbon
Album recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Chris Krasnow
All songs written by Sister Helen

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released September 30, 2014

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Sister Helen New York, New York

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Sister Helen was:

Nathan J. Campbell- Vocals

Chris Krasnow- Guitar/Vocals

Eva Lawitts- Bass/Vocals

Clint Mobley- Drums
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