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In Conflict

by Owen Pallett

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1.
I Am Not Afraid (free) 04:15
"I am not afraid," ze said "Of the non-believer within me "No delight at the pain of my enemies "No tears for any friends I have lost." "You are not alone," I said "It is a trial to keep my belief suspended "I leave my violin unattended "In a cab or a restaurant." And then when ze started to sing Nobody could've called them crazy An open chord forever unchanging A holy eternal drone "I'll never have any children "I would bear them, and eat them, my children "I'm gonna change my body "In the light and the shadow of suspicion "I am no longer afraid, the truth doesn't terrify us "Ooh, my salvation is found in discipline, in discipline." I haven't had a smoke in years But I will catch a drag if you are smoking They told me to chew on a toothpick They told me to take a deep breath But what is better is to punch a wall To bin the boxes of your old love letters To be impassive to the words that would save you To need to see the world as ash And I'll never have any children I would bear them, and confuse them, my children And I'm not at all afraid of changing But I don't know what good it would do me I am no longer afraid, the truth doesn't terrify us Ooh, my salvation is found in discipline, in discipline
2.
In Conflict (free) 04:13
Strung out on the highway The car inverted What are you but a drum and a tube and wire? Black heart? A fire in the dark? I have no statement for your benefit, young man Except this: we all will live again In the eyes of an actor And the light on the glass So let me see that ass Hey, hey, hey! Sorceress, valkyrie You let, you let yourself believe Sorceress, come clean You let, you let yourself believe That there is nothing to lose There is nothing to lose There is nothing to lose Remember when you told me all about the father-ghost? He whispers at you when you try to pull, "You're an imbecile, and your limbs carry lumber "Your limbs carry lumber." The shadow of violence is the shepherd of sense The shadow of violence is the shepherd of sense And when I hit the fence I had a hand on the wheel And a hand on the dial Man on trial Man on trial
3.
On A Path (free) 04:33
Dig, dig for silver in the name of keeping the order Silver is nothing more than the displacement of water It's a trick of the light on the face of your daughters And/or your sons The rising tide of intellect, your room a holy mess A copy of "The Disposessed", your room a holy mess You say you'll never go home, but the truth is you never left it From the top of the canyon we look down on what can be created By vote, created by bill, created by vote You stand in a city that you don't know anymore Spending every year bent over by the weight of the year before You stand in a city that you don't know anymore You tried to rule the world but you couldn't get beyond the front door I was a kid without a heart, my chest an empty cavity A hole to be filled by the multitudes around me So why didn't you say, why didn't you say so, when you could see? We gotta call the whole thing off, get out before the drop We gotta call the whole thing off, get out before the drop I stand in a city that I don't know anymore, no I don't know anymore I stand in a city that I don't know anymore, no I don't know anymore I stand in a city that I don't know anymore Spending every year bent over by the weight of the year before Clap hands for a city that we don't know any more See the sun coming out as we walk the last mile of the lake shore
4.
Song For Five & Six (free) 04:31
At five and six Even as a child you felt The terror of the infinite Stencilling your diagrams Of trilogies and pyramids on the face of the infinite And sing about a poetess Hyacinth around her feet "That it will never come again "Is what makes our life so sweet." Do you agree? or disagree? There's a gap between what a man wants and what a man will receive The sun has set on me There's a gap between what a man wants and what a man will receive You saved the game And Escobar came from the grave To warn you with a bloody hand To never try to make the band Said, "Like a blister under sole "The body will heal any hole "The body gradually transform "And lose its features one by one "Until it is as beautiful "As the wind before the storm." Do you agree? or disagree? There's a gap between what a man wants and what a man will receive The sun has set on me There's a gap between what a man wants and what a man will receive The sticks smash on the flatbed Boys tour the town, victorious in war The sticks smash on the flatbed Boys on the ball
5.
The Secret Seven (free) 05:16
Moon it rises to break across the river and a moon-faced boy Would you write a speaking part for me? A part that puts me somewhere between the Elevated road and the water? It don't get better The hunger Even back in his arms No, the water will get higher As fast as you run Charity think no evil Charity never faileth Let me feed you with a song I'm out on the street with an open case and a mandolin And with every coin, I am born again Faith will return to you, my friend Some days I feel like the end of mankind And some days, the beginning Watching kids turn into lovers, believers And it don't get better The hunger Even back in his arms No, the water will get higher As fast as you run Sun it rises to shine upon the wreckage Of our broken, bloody union Does it fill your gaps like it fills in mine? The sunlight creeping cross the line To rest upon the site of our ruin? And if your mother doesn't answer Then give me a call Here's my number: 854-4784
6.
Chorale (free) 03:53
Out from the heavens One of the seven Comes to collect me While I am sleeping Holy enemy Leave me, leave me be I'd be leaving too much behind me Unfinished and unripened He is a creature of song In his voice, a model of the Kingdom of Heaven But he comes from another world A world I could not, could never believe in Lead me to the ocean Clasp my hand Shade me from the sunlight We lay down in the sand Oh, surrender! I cannot surrender I can see it but I cannot feel it I can say it but I won't believe it He is a creature of song In his voice, a model of the Kingdom of Heaven But he comes from another world A world I could not, could never believe in
7.
The Passions (free) 03:54
We talked about the drugs and we Decided to abstain, but still we Locked ourselves inside, and then Your fingers locked behind my head You hook your pinkies on my jeans I'm twenty-eight and you're nineteen Compassion, compassion The innocent fun soon-to-be Will start to feel like currency As we try to get it on in bed You've given me your home and head You put on "The Queen Is Dead" I just wanna talk instead Compassion, compassion
8.
The only girl I ever fell in love with Taught me how to drink as if it needed to be taught I'd always give the girl another shot We drank away the difficult times A sheet of noise to wash away our grievance And I left in the fading light at the end of the season She said I was the guy behind the counter Who would offer to give to you comfort when there was none I said I was the sky behind the flag Don't need a miracle We need to lose control Men only need to lose control The drive goes on as our conversation Turns to something something on the radio Then to the drone The engine is our anniversary song And I think as I look over, "Lucky you, "Lucky me, and lucky, lucky you." We will be together in our strangeness and safety Don't need a miracle We need to lose control Owen, why must you always be First to wake and first to fight First to wound and first to fly? I need to lose control Why can't I lose control? First to wake and first to fight First to wound and first to fly
9.
---> (1) (free) 00:46
10.
The Riverbed (free) 03:44
Heart, heart in your mouth Hand on the paper with the new work that you've found The gift of your depression bears you down, down, down And when you wake for the sixth straight day with the Tanqueray You will rise, rise again, and drink again Hurtle, hurtle into the breach Let the body fall out of reach On the day that you find your 30s have left you childless Remember when you meet your coupled friends with unease The world will forget all the good they have done And the world'll forget any good you have done Hurtle, hurtle into the breach Let the body fall out of reach Out of work, out of house, out of your mind Lay your head, lay your heart next to mine And try to admit that you might have it wrong Can you admit that you might have it wrong? Thunderhead, oh thunderhead I will be your riverbed
11.
Infernal Fantasy (free) 03:22
Across the overpass it starts to rain We leave your father's house enveloped in flames Owen, where were you to stop the fire? I know no satisfaction, only know desire My arms are tender from the summer sun Hallucinating as we try to make each other come Your silhouette a stuttering of tracers The rising flame reflects across our faces The mind is merciful in its ignorance For if we correlated all its contents We'd give our bodies over to a fire That knows no satisfaction, only knows desire Wait for sunlight, wait for another time Wait for sunlight, wait for another life Sun shine through you, sun shine over you, over you Sun shine through you, sun shine over you, over you
12.
Soldiers Rock (free) 04:56
Out on a bicycle, a reflection left behind The desires of your daughters will never be defined Wild, pedal wild, energized by the stolen vodka and triple sec Wheels spurting up the flecks of mud on your blue jeans and your turtleneck I'm out on a bicycle feeling God is on my side My mother didn't believe in discipline or the Unconscious Mind You finally realize our love is found between the waking and the dreaming We fight one another in the afternoon, we bathe each other in the evening Pick up, pick up your tiny arm Put it round, put it round the shoulder of your mother Somewhere between the road and the ever-darkening sky The greediness of our hearts will not be satisfied As it is said by the occupants who rally round the outer steps of Parliament So it is said confidentially by the men and women working in the government: Pick up, pick up the bayonette Run it through, run it through the stomach of your brother Pick up, pick up your bloody arm Put it round, put it round the shoulder of your lover
13.
---> (2) (free) 01:51

credits

released May 27, 2014

Owen Pallett - violin, viola, ARP 2600, Roland Jupiter-8, Roland Juno-60, Nord G2X, organ, voice; Robbie Gordon - drums, Matt Smith - electric bass, singing; Brian Eno - synths, guitar, voice; Leon Taheny - Arturia Minibrute, voice; Daniela Gesundheit - voice.

Mixed by Leon Taheny & Johannes Berglund (1, 2, 6, 7, 13), Rusty Santos (3, 4, 5, 12) and David Wrench (8, 9, 10, 11).

Music by Owen Pallett; except 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, music by Owen Pallett, Robbie Gordon and Matt Smith. All songs published by Open Wallett.

Produced by Owen Pallett.

Recorded to tape by Mark Lawson at Hotel2Tango and Sonovox Studios (both Montreal). Piano was recorded by Pascal Shefteshy at Studio PM (Montreal). Additional production by Leon Taheny and Johannes Berglund. Synth assistance on "Song For Five & Six" by Will Butler and Mark Lawson.

Vocals were recorded by Damian Taylor at Golden Ratio (Montreal) and Leon Taheny and Rusty Santos at Boombox (Toronto).

We are indebted to Roger Leavens, Umber Hamid and Marcel Ramangano for their generous assistance in the mixing and tracking process.

Featuring the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague, directed by Adam Klemes, arranged by Owen Pallett, recorded by Jan Holzner at Smecky Sound (Prague) and contracted by Petr Pycha.

Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange (London). Professional sequencing assistance by Kristian Galberg.

Design by Colin Bergh and Alexander Shoukas.

Patrick Borjal, Steven Himmelfarb and Susanne Herrndorf attended to management, booking and administration, with special thanks to Kris Gillespie, Peter Berard, Laurence Bell, Bart McDonagh, Justin West, Andrew Rose, Boche, Dounia Mikou, Scott Rodger, Shaun Bronstein, Judy Miller Silverman, Magali Ould, Kim Juneja, Jacqui Rice, Plug, Alec Bemis, Colleen Maloney, Bernie Divilly, Francesa Skirvin, Jodie Banaszkiewicz, Harry Martin, Justin Gressley, Cyrus Lubin, Matthieu Bourrit, Elena Nehrmann, everyone at Domino, Secret City, Boyfriend Management, Show Group, Quest, Billions, Puschen, Hostess, as well as our other label, booking, promotion, publishing and publicity affiliates.

Thanks to Sturla Mio Þórisson, Paul Evans, Valgeir Sigurðsson and the staff of The Greenhouse (Reykjavik), for assisting in the development of this record. Thanks to Craig Silvey, Alan Douches, to Jeremy Gara and to Ryan Brouwer, Jessie Stein, Maggie MacDonald, John Darnielle, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Lex Vaughn, André de Ridder, Michael Cobb, Kevin Hegge, Greg Bird and Steven Kado for creative input. Justin Stayshyn, Jim Guthrie, Basia Bulat, Lisa Moran and Reg Vermue for their emotional and logistical support. Thanks to Nico Muhly, Thomas Bartlett, Jamie McVinnie, David Lang, Shara Worden, Grizzly Bear, The National, Dirty Projectors, Xiu Xiu and Arcade Fire. Thanks to Sharifa and Pascal. Thank you Dave and Jennifer. Thanks to our families, both living and departed, you are always in our thoughts.

Brian Eno appears courtesy of Opal Ltd.

2014, 2014 Owen Pallett under exclusive license to Secret City Records Inc.

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