can opener's notebook: fish whisperer

Vylet Pony

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you're not a real musician

Let’s take it from top
Keep your chin up!
You’ll never be good enough
Till I see what I want

—

Every move I make is scrutinized
And when I sleep I feel their eyes on me
Spare no comfort for the comfortable
I think I wanna piss you off

—

You won’t like it when I raise my voice
(So won’t you dance for me?)
You owe me all I want
(It’s not a fallacy!)

Do it the way I say
(I’m just trying to help)
Cuz you’re not a real musician

To me

—

Step in time
To my voice
You’ll be made into a proper
Artist

—

Does it make you mad when I sound like this?
I get to make the puzzle pieces
Shut your stupid fridgeing mouth
Let me do the talking
I’m too tired to hear you out

—

You won’t like it when I raise my voice
(So won’t you dance for me?)
You owe me all I want
(It’s not a fallacy!)

Do it the way I say
(I’m just trying to help)
Cuz you’re not a—

—

Why can’t I do the things that I wanna do?
Is it not enough to create?
What gives you the right to shut me down like that?
(“Cuz you’re not a real musician”)

No dusty books could tell me otherwise
Should every song sell its soul to the cavilers?
Am I not enough? I’ve been trying so hard
(“Cuz you’re not a real musician”)

To me
ANGELFISH [loser say what?] (ft. namii)

Angelfish
You’re such a bitch
You smile and wave
Till you dig yourself a 6 foot ditch

Oh Angelfish
Won’t you make a wish, my dear
There’s a shooting star out tonight
And I just can’t wait to get away from here

—

And I don’t know what I’m doing
What I’m doing here
Can’t light a fire in the cold anymore
Thought I’d be more shaken by my greatest fear

—

Angelfish
You’re such a bitch
You smile and wave
Till you dig yourself a 6 foot ditch

Oh Angelfish
Won’t you make a wish, my dear
There’s a shooting star out tonight
And I just can’t wait to get away from here

—

All I feel is the numbness
Maybe they’ve been right all along
Is it my greatest failure?
That I could write a better song?
telephone

I feel so stupid
I feel so dumb

I feel so stupid
I feel so…

I feel so stupid
I feel so dumb

I feel so stupid
I feel so…

I feel so stupid
I feel so dumb

I feel so stupid
I feel so…

—

I think my heart is a weapon
Yeah my mind’s pulling all of the strings
But did you hear what she said?
All of those terrible things?

Did you hear what she said, she said?
Couldn’t stand to hear anymore
I just know that it’s all about me
Hurry your cries right off the shore

—

Have I been losing my touch?
Is it the way that I talk?
Can’t remember
What I did

Wish that you could tell me
But I don’t really wanna know

Telephone, telephone wires
Have we been breaking up?
I feel so fucking stupid
I feel so fucking dumb

—

Tear up the invitation
Stifle this baited breath
Longing for some indifference
So grows this loneliness

Telephone, pass it down
You know it’s hopeless
Sticks and stones are broken
Still fighting the currents

—

Have I been losing my touch?
Is it the way that I talk?
Can’t remember
What I did

Wish that you could tell me
But I don’t really wanna know

Telephone, telephone wires
Have we been breaking up?
I feel so fucking stupid
I feel so fucking dumb
the yak song (ft. nekosnicker, galaxysquid, & namii)

Concealed behind impressions
An ego that you define
Stifling an ecstasy
Lay cloven prints in time

You are who you say you are
Each stroke is yours to mark
Cascading thoughts, ambitions
Chasing down that spark

—

I’ll never tell their stories
I’ll never let them define me

—

I’ll never sing that song
Like my father before me
Sink that hook
Looking up when it’s storming

Stomp it out
When I’m tired of everything
I don’t wanna see the Spring
Are you even listening?

Don’t wanna live on a faith
Anymore
Bury the pastor’s keys
Breaking down cathedral doors

I’m still the Yak they raised
But now I’m the devil that they’ll face

—

Write them down, these hopes and dreams
You’re more than just a sum
Abandon all the pages
In a never ending story

The past does not define you
You define it so
Ink the chapter in your name
Upheld by the page before

—

Shut the fuck up
Until I’m done, speaking
Lay it on the line
When you’re done reaching

Yak song
Yak song
I’ll sing it
My own way

Yak song
Yak song
Tear down every
Portrait

I’m still
bleeding
I’m still
bleeding
Out

–

They’ve been ignoring
Every word
I speak
Each sentence
Torn by fibers
They think that I’m a freak

When will this nightmare end?
I’ll stomp it out ‘till nothing’s left

When can I hear my voice?
Your tears nourish the riverbed

These tears you’ll shed
This blood you’ve bled
Will save your soul
When all is done and said

—

I’ll never sing that song
Like my father before me
Sink that hook
Looking up when it’s storming

Stomp it out
When I’m tired of everything
I don’t wanna see the Spring
Are you even listening?

Don’t wanna live on a faith
Anymore
Bury the pastor’s keys
Breaking down cathedral doors

I’m still the Yak they raised
But now I’m the devil that they’ll face

I’ll never sing that song
Like my father before me
Sink that hook
Looking up when it’s storming

Stomp it out
When I’m tired of everything
I don’t wanna see the Spring
Are you even listening?

Don’t wanna live on a faith
Anymore
Bury the pastor’s keys
Breaking down cathedral doors

I’m still the Yak they raised
But now I’m the devil
Now I’m the devil
Now I’m
Now i’m the devil
that they’ll face
i've still got something to teach you

The frailty of the storyteller
Lies not in design
When every word is perfect
In your collapse, you wonder “why?”

I’ve still got something to teach you
Nothing more, nothing less
The destination is the journey
Still the landing you profess

—

These waves will nurse your complexion
While the wind still blows you down

Eastward sailing, know the waters more than anyone
When the sirens tear down your voice

Cool mists against your rosy cheeks
And the song you write should carry you home

—

Beyond a highland, stray with melody
A harbinger, this ocean silver
“I, am the one,”
He declares

A song can shift the sands of time
A desert of life’s bequest
The stitches your heart still bears
Each story weaves a hope

—

The weight of
The artist
Falls down
Like an angel

Dance
Against the storm
You can be
Something holy

—

Don’t anybody stand in my way
Learn to scream and shout
Look at yourself
Look at yourself
Look at yourself

—

It’s gonna be okay
You’re meant for more than you know
Words trapped behind your mouth
Find you’ll know them on their page

I’ve still got something to teach you
Your life is all you’ve got to make good
You’ll know when the time comes
The music reaps the fruit of your soul

You’ll know when the time comes
typewriter

It’s not magic
So don’t be afraid
It’s between your heart
And the words on the page

Each letter stamped
Is a stone not unturned
In this diary of your soul

—

Anxious of the sight
Of your thoughts realized
Faltering still, couldn’t know it until
You stoke the candlelight

—

It’s okay to talk, be free
These feelings are ordinary
Yeah, you’ll come to cherish singing
When you’re caged like a canary

Typewriter
Won’t you find me solace?
Is it so simple?
To fix a broken promise?

—

Dash across the water
Thinking what could’ve been
Swept up by
The undertow again, and again, and again

—

Captivated fascination
Etched against the paradigm

Now my flickering shadows study into reflections
Steady intent behind those eyes

Follow down the light you make
Your new self pales your mistakes

—

It’s okay to talk, be free
These feelings are ordinary
Yeah, you’ll come to cherish singing
When you’re caged like a canary

—

When will I know myself

–

Typewriter
Won’t you find me solace?
Is it so simple?
To fix a broken promise?
intertwined

Never known such a comfortable
Quiet as this
Just wanna see you smile
Again

Those stormy eyes
That heal this drought
Been a while since I felt rain
Like this

I just can’t contain it all
I’m dancing with you in a bed of stars
I wanna live all my days wrapped all in your arms
And see those beautiful eyes & be all intertwined

I just can’t contain it all
Entranced in effortless, tangling stardust
I wanna live all my days picking petals beside you
Explore this beautiful world, there’s so much to do

—

[Can Opener’s POV]

Wait by down the water
Stare into the murky blue
I can still remember
Remember you

When will it be my chance?
Can you hear me?
fisher's landing
the hippogriff festival

This is it
I’m coming with my heart wide open
Take a breath
Been passing life with a lot of hoping

Taking my steps oh so carefully
I don’t belong here, in all this festivity
But I can’t help but pass a glance
Staking a claim to a one in a million chance

—

At the hippogriff festival
Colourful flags and fanfares
At the hippogriff festival
Smiling faces everywhere

At the hippogriff festival
Floating lanterns and lights
At the hippogriff festival
So many beautiful sights

—

And even when you’re drowning
You can still hear the song above the sea
You can reach it if you try

—

At the hippogriff festival
there's a pony and sea's selling sea shells
good grief!

There’s something in the air
That I didn’t taste before
To cherish the splashing water
Before I make it out to shore

The wind is roaring through my hair
Am I going too fast?
It’s alright
Don’t care if I have to crash

—

Good grief!
It’s good to feel alive
And I’m smiling wide
And I know I’m gonna be alright
La la la, la la

Good grief!
The world never seemed so bright
It’s like the spark in the newborn’s eyes
Wonder turns to wise

—

The most profound of all your wishes
A momentary glee
Contentment day to day is found
In ordinary memories

Every little thing is everything
Life’s a mosaic condition
Happiness in songs and laughter
Now you’re a real musician

—

Good grief!
It’s good to feel alive
And I’m smiling wide
And I know I’m gonna be alright
La la la, la la

Good grief!
The world never seemed so bright
It’s like the spark in the newborn’s eyes
Wonder turns to wise

Good grief!
Good grief!
Good grief!
Good grief!
dream library / time water / mayflower notebook

Comfort in sleep
In a library of dreams
You can go anywhere
Steady as a stream

In a hypnagogic, dreamlike tonic
I can chart the destination
A whisper sweet symphonic
A harmonious visitation

—

Can Opener:

“The noise conjured by my mind
finds a vessel in you

Have you welcomed it yourself,
or are you something more?”

Rainbow Koi:

“I’m a herald, of sorts. The aura that surrounds you is what drew me. It’s more than music and magic

You are a mystic”

—

Surrender unto divination
The universe you find your place in
Interweaves and intertwines
Throughout imagination

Sing a song in fascination
There’s grace in every mistake
Between the pen and the sword are the echoes of
The hymn that guides you homeward

Venturing what seems a lifetime
Just to yearn for a home to go back to
Isn’t it wonderful to believe again
In the fairytales that raised you?

—

In the mayflower notebook
Unwavering your thoughts become
fish whisperer

When the tides swallow shore
Find you can scale the mountain
When you’re overboard, swimming with the fishes
Find you can listen

I’ve been hearing whispers
Destiny is something of
A carousel
Oh lord
I’ve been wading my waking and waiting on my dreams

When you’ve been whispering back
To your fate

Now you know
What it’s like
To mark uncharted waters
And declare
To the world

That you were the one
To settle the score
This art is your own
Think no more of the encore

So farewell
To the cynic’s delight

One, two, three!
soundscape diary (ft. galaxysquid)

Obviously, it’s not going to work the same, because it’s broken

—

Placing the cornerstones
Might be that you don’t get to watch it grow
Still the shelter that you made
Will foster you from the cold that kept you awake

Every weave, and every thread
By candlelight, the stroke of a pen
Like every thought and every dream
There’s a place for everything

—

In a diary of audile ardency
Blooming in waves and shimmers
Sailing against the currents that tore you down
And they’ll tear you down again

Still the sea foam splashes on your smiling face
There’s a magic that only you can tell
All your greatest art should satisfy
Nobody but yourself

—

Every weave, and every thread
By candlelight, the stroke of a pen
Like every thought and every dream
There’s a place for everything
kayak
for the love of music (ft. astroeden)

There can be no rhyme or reason
If you don’t have little heart
Nopony’s gonna stop us, it’s our biggest dream
Till the end from the start

Been wasting my days in a pointless afterthought
When I could start a new chapter
Maybe life’s too short to be a cynic for everything
The doldrums vanish with laughter

—

Burning up in all the pessimism
My life is my own and I’ll live it out

—

For the love of music
And all the little hugs
Everything can be alright
When you cherish the lightning bugs

For the love of music
Let your voice burst out in song
Don’t give hate a second chance
Cuz you can make a difference in life
When you sing and dance

—

Sometimes it’s hard to see it
Until it’s in your view
Easy to forget the warmth of spring
When winter comes for you

Look alive, wipe yourself off
The scars aren’t a reason to sorrow
Every mark you bear forges rarity
You’re like nobody else

—

Burning up in all the pessimism
My life is my own and I’ll live it out

—

For the love of music
And all the little hugs
Everything can be alright
When you cherish the lightning bugs

For the love of music
Let your voice burst out in song
Don’t give hate a second chance
Cuz you can make a difference in life
When you sing and dance

—

I’m recording this at 2am
I think my neighbours hate me

Vinyl Details

There's lots of cool art that came with this vinyl, on the sleeve and a cool poster and on the disc labels themselves. The vinyls are both clear blue like Diamond Destroyer of Death. They play beautifully.

Personal Thoughts

I first heard "good grief!" while having a mental breakdown at school while working on a research internship. I'd felt really really stupid after doing a bunch of stuff wrong and was having schedule barriers as well as Autism Barriers to connecting with the professor in charge of the project. (I would officially get diagnosed with autism a month later). Something about the "good grief, it's good to be alive" of it all contrasted with me trying to sob as quietly as possible was somehow a near-spiritual experience. I looped and looped the track on youtube until I actually did end up feeling better.

While I got the whole album mostly because I loved "good grief!" so much, the rest is really good too - with the caveat that due to personal issues I can't listen to songs with much swearing in them, so I always end up just playing sides B, C, and D. (Conveniently for me, tracks 1-4 are the only ones with cursing and they are all on the same side.) What side A adds to the story the album tells is really impactful though.

(If you notice any, uh, weird errors in the lyrics for those - my swear filter might have still been on when I put this page together, even though it showed it was turned off. whoops)

"the hippogriff festival" and "typewriter" are probably my next two favorite tracks. So much emotion packed in both of those, which might seem silly to say about a song called the hippogriff festival, but I'm right and I'm going to say it.

Vylet Pony did some incredible work on this album and I'm so glad it got a physical release. I've been following her on and off since I first heard Fall to the Clouds in 2014. (I think the version I heard might have been a remix; either that or my memory is just bad lol.) Really glad she's still making music and such great music at that - there are very few artists where I like both their old and newer songs.

Favorite Track: good grief!

Rating: /) /5

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