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Camera Obscura

from Year Of The Worm by Don Paris Schlotman

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May: self-actualization through creation

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I wish the camera
Could see things
The way I do
I wish your mirror
Had known it
The way you knew
Shadows of life's reflection
Give a subtle clue
The pinhole my obsession
Lets the light shine through

This tiny chamber
In the dark
That I employ
To construct my art
Measure a feather
Against my heart
As time slowly fades

I see the shining reflection
Start to make sense
Project the future, the past
In the present tense
It's such a world of wonder
When you see through the fence
The pinhole my obsession
Captured at our expense

The tiny chamber
In the dark
That I employ
To construct my art
Set the stage
For the show to start
As the theme song plays

Present the angle
The title
For the public view
Sharpen the focus
A perspective
With a subtle skew
It's such a world of wonder
This debauched milieu
Traffic in vulgar ways now
For your big debut

This tiny chamber
In the dark
That we employ
To construct our art
Draw back the curtain
For the show to start
As the house lights fade

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from Year Of The Worm, released August 1, 2007

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Don Paris Schlotman Brooklyn, New York

Don Paris Schlotman is a Brooklyn-based solo musician.

The seventh son of a lightning bolt and a mountain lion. Plays music the way some people fall over. His artificial left eye can see 4 seconds into the future.

Past:
bass in neo-noir band Toshio; bass/synth in Brian Bonz & The Major Crimes; guitar and vocals in Dolphins Don't Love; bass and vocals in The Sky Captains of Industry; more ... more

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