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The Convalescence EP

by Martin Rivas

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    Immediate download of 5-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

    The beauty of purchasing this album here as opposed to on iTunes is that Steve Jobs doesn't get the opportunity to snag a huge cut, so I'll be able to afford more birdseed for the beautiful yellow and red-headed finches that like to spend time outside my window.

    The digital download of this album also includes an exclusive 12-page virtual booklet with lyrics and photos out the wazoo (I simply can't afford that sort of extravagance with the physical package unfortunately)

    Physical copies of this EP will be available at shows beginning the week of 14 June 2010.
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1.
Someone created something That created something That created something That created us Someone stands above something That stands above something That stands above the religions we created to govern ourselves And if the weather changes And if the house comes down And if gravity rages And envelops every sound There is someone watching patiently From so far away From so far away that our vastness disappears behind their thumb All our grandness disappears behind their thumb All the clouds All the oceans All the children All the mountains All the history All the love Disappears behind their thumb
2.
I am in everything I am of nothing The sky is beautiful and blue It speaks to me: I have to do something The colors of the street in bloom What people see is so far from nothing It’s all beyond what God conceived It’s in the humid air I breathe But still I find the painful need to keep repeating I am in everything I am of nothing I stand here and I gaze at you A dream to me: I know I feel something But how do I convey to you That all I feel may someday be nothing? I’m stranded at the boundary of what I wish and what will be Despite what I might hope to see, I keep repeating Not what I believe I should see But what I see It’s all beyond what God conceived It’s in the humid air I breathe But still I find the painful need to keep repeating I am in everything I am of nothing I am of nothing
3.
Yesterday’s clouds mourn the passing Defiant clouds pass the morning They tore down the building so long ago Long before they put up the cage Collecting stories only miles apart Miles apart, yet half a world away Reaching far beyond the dancing trees Reaching into the heart of the sun Around the universe Behind Orion’s spinning arms And you breathe a sigh for two And your hope rests in the bottle that you threw beyond the stars Aurora Borealis takes you there Majestic shadows over Steeplechase Dreamland’s gone, but not so far away Unexistent to the passers on the beach The flame’s in the hand of her native sons Around the universe Behind Orion’s spinning arms And you breathe a sigh for two And your hope rests in the bottle that you threw beyond the stars Aurora Australis takes you there Isn’t it wonderful? The mystery of life, the ageless competition The world is mine to win if I find you in my arms and hold you Forever Today
4.
It’s starting to very much bother me Your answers, they very much bother me This winter isn’t ending It isn’t ending Your answers are no longer satisfactory Your answers no longer mean anything to me It’s starting to very much bother me Your questions, they very much bother me This summer isn’t ending It isn’t ending Your questions, such a tired mystery Your questions no longer mean anything to me I’m dreaming now of dogs, without a bark Digging under fences in the dark Before the sun is up, they squeeze their bodies through and run Without an explanation This is simply how it’s done Run and run and run It’s starting to very much bother me Your presence, it very much bothers me This autumn isn’t ending This autumn isn’t ending
5.
Raise me again Raise me in a house filled with love Between yourselves, between each other Father Mother Raise me again Raise me in a house filled with love With no more secrets They’ve all been shared I’m glad you cared Raise me again I can’t imagine how surreal it would be to see you in love For my sister and my brother and me to see you in love Like it was when we weren’t real Like to know how good it would feel Raise me again Raise me in a house filled with love Between yourselves, between each other Father Mother Raise me again Raise me in a house filled with love With no more secrets They’ve all been shared I’m glad you cared Raise me again Pretending/wishing/hoping we were asleep As you’d tear into each other Imagine living up to something so deep Like if you were into each Like it was when we weren’t real Like to know how good it could feel Mr. Ali, Mr. Knievel Those were my guys before I ever knew I needed them Those were my guys after I found out, no doubt Muhammad would punch right through Evel would fly right over Evel would crash right through Muhammad would float and sting over Can’t we float right through Can’t we start all over Can’t we break right through Can’t we start all over Raise me again

about

This album was recorded and mixed January—April 2010, at home while I recovered from surgery and resultant complications which threatened my life. The songs “Behind Their Thumb,” “This Winter Isn’t Ending,” and “Raise Me Again” were written during this time.

The writing of the song “I Am Of Nothing” was completed during this time. I had begun writing it during the recording sessions for my last album, Sea of Clouds (also available here at Bandcamp hint hint), and Kailin Garrity created some key parts for it during Autumn of 2009.

The song “The Cage (Aurora Borealis)” was written during my time in a band called Serious Pilgrim a long, long time ago; it's a song that we never played, but it screamed out to be heard lo these many years later.

Thank you to everyone who kept me in your thoughts, or in your prayers, or sent along a card, or a book (or an entire box of books), or magazines, or candy, or cookies, or crayons, or movies, or spaghetti-o’s. Thank you also to everyone who came down to pay a visit, be it at home or in the hospital, and sang some songs for or with me, or just kept me company for awhile.

I totally feel that it was the positive forces generated by an overwhelming amount of love and good vibes sent my way that got me through this. So again, from the bottom of my wee little heart, thank you.

Now, let’s rock again.

xoxo
-mart :: June, 2010

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released June 8, 2010

All noises by Martin Rivas.

All songs written by Martin Rivas except "I Am of Nothing" written by Rivas/Garrity and "The Cage" written by Rivas/Bavaro/McGivney/Wieland.

All songs ©2010 Martin Rivas (BMI) except track 3 ©Mayflower Kingdom/Ensign Music (BMI).

Back cover photo: Paul Christopher Williams.

©2010 Martin Rivas. All rights reserved.

Lyrics and plenty more at www.martinrivas.net

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Martin Rivas New York, New York

Brooklyn native Martin Rivas has been a stalwart participant and supporter of NYC-based underground music since his days in early-90s critical darlings & CBGB regulars Serious Pilgrim. Martin’s music has always taken the listener on a sonic journey that feels new and familiar; now that fatherhood has introduced him to his greatest passion, his 7th album is certain to take some compelling twists. ... more

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