Hours
An album by Lunafruit and Abubilla Music
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Rise
7am
Our battles are small, summer rains and winter days
Silence
I love them all, you hate them all
No blood drawn
Some mornings are rough I don’t like alarms much
No, I press them over and over again
‘Til you plead
CHORUS
I hate your rizzlin’
I hate your constant fight
To keep a last sleepy grasp on a dying night
You hate transitions
Why is it so, so wrong to simply move the day along,
and when it’s time to rise just rise?
There’s something here it’s final shap ain’t really clear
You spoke of changes, I hate them all, you love them all
‘Til you plead
CHORUS
Night into day, moon to the sun
Work into play years wrap around everyone
Storm into clam, stars fade to blue
Fist to the palm, mouths stretching between me and you
Words into whips, jokes into strikes
Fires rise quick, battles through silent nights
Anger to peace, hands lock on hands
Signal retreat, faith pulling you close to me
CHORUS
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Drums : Giovanni Velez
Mixed by : Brett Cox
Lid Mountain
8am
My heels tap out morse code
To send an SOS to other heels that fill the road
And their dots and dashes scream their screams
CHORUS
And I’m building that mountain a step at a time
Stretching my legs to climb
Scaling that mountain a dream at a time
Stacking nest eggs in line
Stepping and slipping and buzzing and bouncing
Straight up that mountain in time
My nails tap out these scripts
Paragraphs of wit
These morning hours dream my dreams
CHORUS
These clocks chop up my days
The ticks and tocks lock me to this place
And their hands wave about their face
Demanding that I try to keep their place
CHORUS
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Drums : Giovanni Velez
Mixed by : Elliot Wenman
Superhero
10am
Doreen Green is a temp I’ve seen
Calling lonely customers about phone lines
‘Course secretly she’s Squirrel Girl
Has a band with Tippy Toe and Monkey Joe,
She’s gunna blow our minds
So let’s grab our capes,
And plot our escapes
From our daily planets
CHORUS
We’re all superheroes
We fight superpowers
Don’t judge us by our mild mannered ways.
Let’s circle our worlds for more of those heroes
Hiding under mild manners days
I’m Red Sonya who might phone ya
‘Bout your feedback on our product range
Of course secretly I’m a Viking Star
With a beat up guitar and a red tip jar
And I’m going far far away
So let’s grab our capes,
And plot our escapes
From our daily planets
CHORUS
Please, Doreen don’t give up on this
Please, Doreen don’t give up on this
You help to me to hope that this daily planet life leads somewhere
You help to me to hope that this daily planet life leads somewhere
You’re all green screens where I can project myself
You’re all green screens that let me project myself
One day a parent picks up their child for the very, very, very last time
One day a superhero grabs her cape for the very, very, very, last time
Let’s hope it’s not today
CHORUS
We’re all superheroes.
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Drums : Giovanni Velez
Mixed by : Brett Cox
Slow Steps
12pm
Time to arm, time to hurt
Time to shout, to shout
Time to quickly cut,
Time to quickly harm
CHORUS
But Jenny says slow steps,
Stop word foggin’ slow steps,
Stop thought loggin’ and step it back girl,
step it back girl
Until you can win, it’s best you defend
And step it back girl, step it back girl
Raise the alarm, loudly scream
Shout them down, storm their halls
These times call out to quickly cut
These times call out to quickly harm
These times call out to double down, double down
These times call out to double down, double down
CHORUS
She’s coming down, coming down
They’re taking our world
Let’s give it away
And build something new
CHORUS
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Drums : Giovanni Velez
Mixed by : Brett Cox
Follow The Sun
2pm
She follows the sun
She moves from room to room to room
Until the light is done
So many faces in untouched places
The sun finds her or she follows the sun
I need her warmth
A mother’s mother’s shoulder
I curse the sun,
Rotations make her older
I call her each day at two
When she goes not sure what I’ll do at two.
The sun ignites her and she lights us all
I’m colder than deep space ‘til I make my call
The sun invites to warm us all
I’m colder than deep space ‘til I make my call
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Mixed by : Elliot Wenman
St Mary's
4pm
Weekday afternoons bend time
And stretch it round my sleepy head
Til I’m drooling on my keyboard bed
Weekday afternoons and I ain’t seeing eye to eye.
Who said time flies? It don’t even try
So it happens that I’m napping and I’m jumping the moon
With the clouds and the kittens and spoons
And I’ll dance with the diddles and fly with the fiddles
Dreaming through weekday afternoons
I’m in St. Mary’s Parish Hall
Mama’s lacing up my skates,
Tragedy’s bouncing off the walls
I’m at St. Mary’s Parish Hall
Jacob stole the candles from my cake
He’s so funny strange and small
I’m at St Mary’s Parish Hall
Picking each other up with every fall
I would’ve sworn we had it all
Lost days on roller skates
Lost days on roller skates
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Drums: Giovanni Velez
Mixed by : Elliot Wenman
Jacob's Prayer
5pm
You moonwalk through weddings
Grabbing Grandma’s smile with a wink and a wave
You sneak beers to cousins
Telling aunts and uncles that their kids slipped away
To you room to watch Babe
And you took their secrets to your grave
CHORUS
Oh Jacob I got some prayers for you
Oh Jacob I got some mending to do
And I still can’t get my head around you leaving
You Jesus this and that
Grabbing Grandma’s faith with a hint and a song
You say you’re born again
Telling your own family that we ought to come along
To your church and its songs
And you stripped our souls
CHORUS
And I pray you’re safe
And I pray you didn’t mean to do it
And I pray you’re whole
And I pray your devil pulled the trigger
I pray you’re here
To watch over me
And moonwalk through my wedding
Grabbing Grandma’s smile with a wink and a wave
CHORUS
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Mixed by : Brett Cox
Madeline
7pm
I’m at the bridge between my work and him
And I need an hour before his reign begins
I make the call some gather some dear friends
And within the hour we’ll start our measurements
Best stop at the toll house
One stop at the toll house
Best stop at the toll house
One stop before I cross
CHORUS
I’m propped up by Madeline
She’s telling her history
Confessing my Madeline
So I can feel better about me
Strong rivers rage against the bridges’ piers
And in just an hour
We’ll drown each span in tears
Best stop at the toll house
One stop at the toll house
Best stop at the toll house
One stop before I cross
CHORUS
I’m strengthened by Madeline
Tellin her miseries
She’s revealing all Madeline
So I can feel better about me
Just another Madline, just another tale
Please remember Madeline, I grow from each detail
Just another Madeline,
I love you so dear Madeline I’m measured on your scales
And I’ll confess these sessions never fail to amuse me,
To help me cross home.
CHORUS
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Drums by ; Giovanni Velez
Mixed by : Brett Cox
You Ask
9pm
You ask what’s been the colour of my day
You ask “is there a way to turn it blue?”
Brighter, brighter I’ll paint
Surrounding me with colours of you
Surrounding me with colours of you.
You ask when I’ll surrender to this thing
This thing you think is happening to me
Tighter, tighter we’ll be wrapped in its mystery
Trapped in shaded histories
CHORUS
‘Cause the harder you pull my push keeps getting harder,
You keep raising the roof and I’ve gotta bring the roof down
The softer you ask my answers come much harder
You keep raising the roof and I gotta bring the roof down on us all.
You ask why you’re always on thin ice.
You ask why I’m always pushing you from shore.
Farther, farther I’ll pray ‘til you’re not supported anymore
And you’ll slide frozen through the door
CHORUS
And I suppose there's method in my madness
And I suppose there’s something good in all the sadness I create
And I suppose as I sift through all this rubble]
There must be something in the trouble I create.
It’s the sadness that I love to hate.
CHORUS
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Mixed by : Elliot Wenman
Rafael's Time
10pm
My St Rafael’s statue
In the moonlight near your trees
With lichen painted hands
Palms pressing, praying plaintively
I gave you those maples the day you gave those hands to me.
My St Rafael’s statue watch your Japanese maple’s rise
Each chapter of our lives chiselled on lichen painted eyes,
He guards the garden
Soberly standing ‘neath summer skies.
CHORUS
‘Cause we can’t measure love by the hour
We can’t be keeping daily scores.
No we can’t measure love by the hour
This thing we’ve got needs more than second guessing
Or messing with Rafael’s time
You be you and mine
And I’ll be me and yours this time
Your Japanese maple’s protect St Rafael’s statue
Their lichen painted coats shimmer with the colours of you.
Time moves slowly
This thing demands a very long view.
His hands our hands
Your trees our trees
His eyes our eyes
CHORUS
And I’m liking lichen
The pairing of fungi and algae,
You be the fungi I’ll be the painter of seas.
Together we’ll bring sugars and structures
To help each other rise
We’ll bring forests and statues
To keep this funny thing alive.
And I’m liking lichen
The pairing of fungi and algae,
You be the fungi I’ll be the painter of seas.
Together we’ll bring sugars and structures
To help each other rise.
Written by : James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Mixed by : Elliot Wenman
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© Abubilla Music 2020
℗ Abubilla Music 2020
Music: James Allen, Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Rob Skipper, Elliot Wenman
Lyrics: James Allen
Vocals : Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Elliot Wenman
Bass : Rob Skipper
Drums : Giovanni Velez (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8) and Rob Skipper (tracks 7, 9)
Drums programming: Archie Henderson, Elliot Wenman
Guitar: Elliot Wenman
Keys: Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson, Elliot Wenman
Saxophone: Archie Henderson
Mixed by Brett Cox (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8) and Elliot Wenman (tracks 2, 5, 6, 9, 10)
Artwork by Ryan Courtier - ryancourtierartist.com