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Float On By / Fly Away

from Ghost by Don Paris Schlotman

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Can't see the shore
And I don't want your
Land no more
I know for sure

Float ... on ... by!
Float ... on ... by!
Float ... on ... by!

I don't want war
And I ain't gonna score
Myself no more
I know for sure

Float ... on ... by!
Float on by
Float ... on ... by


Since the beginning of time
We have dreamed of moving
Slicing through primordial seas
Brachiating trees
Scanning the savannah for food
We try to run, and we fall, we trip
Hovering in the air like the pear
In your mother's favorite gelatine dessert

We scurry through tunnels
Beneath the ruins of ophidian cities
Ancient and weird

But now we no longer run or walk or fly
We only move in shiny metal boxes
stretched to the horizon
to sit within room within room
Within room within room within room
Within room within room within room

Before hurrying home
To drink our boxed wine
And prepackaged meals

And once again I find myself in strange cities
navigating a network of bridges, tunnels
And roads and rivers
On a rendezvous with old friends
Whose faces I've never ever seen

And I wander
But then I remember
I wonder
But then I remember
Every morning waking up with the ache
Of being unable to move
Being encased in amber.

And I remember
I could always fly away
I could always fly away
Floating on the atmosphere
I could always fly away
A cannonball!
‘Til I fall ...
Awake
I could always fly away
I could always fly away

credits

from Ghost, released January 22, 2021
All instruments and vocals by Don Paris Schlotman except:
Theremin by Miranda Plastic of The Fantastic Plastics

©2020 Don Paris Schlotman, Erroebot Music, ASCAP
Mixed and Mastered by Don Paris Schlotman
Cover photos by Lily Galib
Cover Design by Don Paris Schlotman

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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
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