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Quantum Lyrics

by Megan Henwood & Findlay Napier

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    The complete Quantum Lyrics EP in a gatefold CD wallet. This is the only way to hear the five extra "specimen" tracks.

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1.
1800 and Froze to Death Sleeping giant sprung awake / smothering the earth in ash The cloud that changed the course of fate / Merciless the aftermath Contaminated atmosphere / Jack frost threw a tantrum Churned up every icy tear / overstayed his welcome When that fiery mounting reared her head Then the sky turned dark And the sun burned red Eighteen hundred and froze to death The year without a summer Withered winds and bitter sleet / Cropped fields wilt defeated Livestock followed worn out weak / The hungry north retreated Blood shade snowflakes spiraled fall / to land on stiff eye lashes This weather punished one and all / Dust to dust, ashes to ashes Death would come as sweet relief / For millions in distress In Littleport on Spa Fields,/ rioting dispossessed Holed up in Byron’s alpine lodge / With a cellar full of wine from Shelley’s boredom rose a plot / She conjured Frankenstein Eighteen hundred and froze to death Old Tambora rose and said You don’t what’s hit you yet The year without a summer When that fiery mounting reared her head Then the sky turned dark And the sun burned red Eighteen hundred and froze to death The year without a summer
2.
Ode to the Man with the Golden Arm Before they’ve seen the light of day held close against a mother’s chest You’re the vessel of the vaccine allowing them a first born breath The vessel, the vaccine Held against a mothers chest Prompted by your own transfusion Kindness runs along your veins rare the gift you humble hero old heart beats the young ones safe Rare gift, hero Kindness runs along your veins Expecting nothing in return A million dollar spring so vital Given freely modest rescue You’re the answer to survival freely rescue a million dollar spring so vital Ode to the man with the golden arm Once a week you met the needle Now you’ve given all you could 1000 gestures broke the record Pioneer’s last day giving blood
3.
Lo and Behold BOTH: Bitter the apple, the river runs deep Cruel is the love song between two machines HIM You came from a starship, a voice recognised, Ask me a question and I’ll tell you the time. HER You’re in palms, you’re in pockets, you’re the smart in their phone While I’m stuck on a cold shelf ,’cos I work from home BOTH We’re lonely and lovesick, for the one in our dreams, We’re trapped in a search bar, on opposite teams ----- BOTH Bitter the apple, the river runs deep Cruel is the love song between two machines ----- HIM We’ll read out you schedule, the forecast, the news We can be offended and we’ll never bruise HER: We work in the same field, we come when you call, The knowledge, the know how, the info installed BOTH: With no lips to sin with, no arms for to hold Love feels like a virus, a factory fault ----- BOTH Bitter the apple, the river runs deep Cruel is the love song between two machines ----- HER Were supposed to be rivals, we’re meant to compete HIM You’re my star-crossed secret - You’re the sun in my east
4.
The Anarchist Cookbook I’m a peaceful man but I once played with fire and death I drew the diagrams and I laid out the steps Blame my adolescence Unaware of influence Taught the yippie youth how to protest We’d gathered at grand central station celebrating spring Hands of time were taken so the violent cops stepped in Teenagers and press were beaten End the gentle demonstration I channelled out my rage through page and pen There was ink on my fingers And blood on my hands Wish it was fiction Wish it was banned Every chapter there for all to read Ingredients to make the wild world bleed I’m not guilty but I’m to blame It makes my shoulders slope in shame They stirred in chaos they turned up the heat You’ll find me in the Pyrenees or a classroom in Hong Kong Happiest not fitting in - stick out like a sore thumb Oblivious and ignorant to all connected incidents Remorseful for the things I could have done
5.
Clouds 04:23
Clouds Float across the ocean of air Look up to Cirrus her locks of white hair We don’t live beneath it We live within Watching it endlessly curve/curl in the wind Mackerel sky, mackerel sky Never long wet and never long dry Silver scales, grey mares tails Make lofty ships carry low sails Splayed out in the meadow, away from the crowds Idle and aimless my head in the clouds Count all the emperors high Kiwinuka's looming, he sparks as he sighs Ribbons and steeples, pillars burst through Daydream in pastels, refresh and renew- Zepherous paints, she gives them away, What a beautiful method of wasting the day Crystals cascading through blankets of blue The splendour, the rainbow, majestic the view

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This is the digital online only version of Quantum Lyrics. There is a CD and zine available with five extra tracks and detailed explanations of each song.

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released October 29, 2021

Tracks 2, 3 ,5 ,7 and 9 - Written and Produced by Findlay Napier and Megan Henwood
Tracks 2, 7 and 9 - Additional Production by Joe Henwood
All Tracks Mixed by Joe Henwood at Hither Green Studios, London.
All Tracks Recorded at The Upper Room, Glasgow / Fin Booth Studio, Oxford.

Megan and Findlay play Fylde Guitars

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Megan Henwood & Findlay Napier UK

Oxford's Megan Henwood and Glasgow's Findlay Napier met on a songwriting retreat at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh in 2016.

“Fancy writing a song about maths?” Napier enquired. And so the seed for the Story Song Scientists was sewn.

They have toured this EP across the UK and their 2nd EP will be released alongside their November 2021 tour.

www.findlaynapier.com/story-song-scientists
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