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The World and Ourselves

by Talking With Hands

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1.
When we make our house a home, can we feel like we’re alone Or do we need some extra feet, filing out to meet us on the corner of the street Let’s get on where we belong When the pattering begins and we’ve found our newborn friends Do the secrets still get out, is there even more to fuss and fight about Let’s get home where we belong We always had a good idea But never made it crystal clear We can view it in our hearts It’s time to make a brand new start And now we simply view all day Knowing sometime surely we will say Things have turned out rather odd But when we sing we know that there is still a god Then we die but it’s alright We always had a good idea
2.
New in this town and you’ll tell ‘em all Yea there’s a void in this place and you’ll rise Doing yourself a big favor now There’s a pear in your pack and it’s ripe Carrying on for days is the hardest dream you’ve come to You know you’re tailoring all your ways and tearing up your rooms The feeling in your heart is another sign from heaven You’re sure as hell it’s soulful and you’ll kill before you’ll lose Doing your part pushing through the doors You got a wind in your sail you can ride Well can you fall into arms of a three-piece crocodile Is it comfortably rough and alive? There’s a voice in your mind and it’s telling you to die The foolish remarks of a spy Carrying on for days is the hardest dream you rode on You know you’re clearly on your way but not outside the loop Well surely there’s some freedom somewhere in the sky But back here they’re just stealing everything you write Well I’m in so far as the wheel wants to turn I’m in so far… Carrying on for days was the perfect dream for someone But now you’re selling tapes, you’re throwing them away.
3.
Buildings and people have their time Come up get born, stand in line Making is meaning, purpose life Giving is learning, peace of mind In a place that you needed to be To find call on the things that you see It’s a part of yourself that you need Ok, right Perception, opinion without a thought Your second nature is sold and bought In a place that you needed to be To find all those things that you’ve seen With the proof would you start to believe? That’s the wrong part, that’s the wrong heart Canon ball time, it’s the means to get out of sight It’s the world outside, you thought it’s alright Sitting inside makes everyone seem alright But there’s more in store, you got it all wrong The world is alright, the world is wrong It’s certain the truth is resting true Before us the curtain was ripped into It’s the man that you wanted to see So you better stop trying to believe It’s the truth that you start to perceive It’s the planet it’s not you and me Ok right Killing our time, it’s loose and you’ll get it right It’s the world outside, you thought it’s alright Sitting inside it’s a waste of our precious time It’s the world outside, you thought it’s alright The world is alright, the world is alright The world is… Make it better that’s your task
4.
Here in this place where time isn’t right Your frontward is back and reasons don’t rhyme Pictures of youth make you feel nice The truth is you have one before you can die We feel safe in loving It’s the long way returning It’s same test relearning It’s the proof, It’s a game The fiend in the film who stole all the rights Makes off with the millions and runs through the night He’s seen in the streets, he’s seen under lights He’s seen in the places where the decent unite He feels safe in love It’s the long way returning Can you see the same relearning? Here’s the proof It’s a game It’s your move
5.
I’m gonna tell ‘em I got a lot of reasons I’m here to sell ‘em In the parks to the dealers I’m gonna tell ‘em There’s a fucking demon It’s antebellum it’s the future sealer I’m gonna tell ‘em There’s a serious reason I’m here to sell it, it’s a long way back Do you feel it where we’re going now? Out of cradle is the place to be When you’re thinking about more than me Now, I’m gonna tell ‘em it’s a long way back You gotta see it where we’re going now And where we fell now we can go along ‘til we’re finding our destination
6.
DanJ 03:16
Kicking Satan out of your skull Staring out of burglarized homes Selling out before leaving home You never told me what you did But I can say I’m interested Shaking hands and hoping for love Answering to God up above you Wishing for those magical words You never sang me a song But I can tell that we’d get along As you spiral down You’re hoping for the ground Your father wrestles your hands free God promised you happy landings So you started playing guitar The devil said he’d make you a star Well, put the media on alert I never tried to hold your hand But nonetheless look where I am Look where he’s walking He’s gonna bring his paint set Let’s give them something, something more
7.
알았어 알았어 알았어 알았어 내가 누구인지 왜 여기에 있는지 내가 누구인지 왜 여기에 있는지 내가 누구인지 왜 여기에 있는지 빛을 찾았어 빛을 찾았어 빛을 알았어 알았어 알았어 알았어 내가 누구인지 왜 여기에 있는지 내가 누구인지 왜 여기에 있는지 내가 누구인지 왜 여기에 있는지 빛을 찾았어 빛을 찾았어 빛을 알았어
8.
Who You Are 03:51
Take the picture and get out of town You make the face that bought you this crown Getting up was never so hard Who you are, you remind me Everyone can see your new style You made your way to the top of the pile Here we are looking down from above You’ll are mine, you’re not smart enough We’re feeling your wrong You find out where you gone astray You’re taking care of yourself To the fall of someone who needed Who you are Fervent is the way we came in We spoke of all the things we could give But begging is the fastest track to your heart You’re not smart enough We’re feeling you’re gone You’re part of the fallen celibate You’re liberated and strong But you’re tied to conventional wisdom Your ceiling tells you the way To the stars of Babel and pyramids When you find out where you were wrong You find out where you’ve gone astray Who you are Who you are Yea you’re gone Who you are Yea you’ll now Who you are

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Talking With Hands is Matthew Smith. He loves his wife Heamin.

Thanks to Rogers, Pigg, Harris, Tetuan, Cammarn, Carminati, Eades
Ferguson, Frazier, Gallagher, Grimes, Hamada, Sun, Smith

Produced by Paul Rogers and Matthew Smith with Gabriel Pigg and Ben Grimes

Recorded & Mixed by Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes
Mastered by John Baldwin
Artwork by Matthew Smith and Michael Eades

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released July 29, 2013

Words and Music by Matthew Smith

Performed by:

Matthew Smith: Guitars and Vocals
Heamin Sun: Bass and Vocals
Gabriel Pigg: Drums, Piano/Keyboards and Vocals
Kevin Tetuan: Guitars
Brandon Lee Harris: Additional Keyboards
Ben Grimes: Additional Guitars

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Talking With Hands Los Angeles, California

Equally inspired by the pop sensibility of XTC and the ethereal styles of Air and My Bloody Valentine, Talking With Hands blend intelligent song craft and mesmerizing atmospherics into a sort of pop-art that aims to change the way people think about music. ... more

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