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3 COLORS - EP

by Katie Alice Greer

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NO GREEN THUMB ON MY UNCAUGHT RED HAND ALL MY PLANTS ARE DEAD I'M NOT YOUR CANDIDATE YOU SAY YOU WANT SOMETHING FROM ME IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPLIMENT? I DONT RECALL AUDITIONING FOR 'RENTAL PROPERTY' 'NO ROOM,' CAN'T YOU SEE THE INN KEEPER I WAS BORN TO BE PLAYING? RELUCTANT CARETAKER VESSEL FOR A CREATOR PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR A SAVIOR BUT WHAT ABOUT ME, WHAT IF IT KILLS ME? EVERYBODY IS A BIG BLACK HOLE OF NEEDS EVERYBODY'S WAITING FOR ME TO SCREAM BUT I WON'T GIVE YOU THE SATISFACTION YOU WON'T GIVE ME RELUCTANT CARETAKER VESSEL FOR A CREATOR PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR A SAVIOR BUT WHAT ABOUT ME, WHAT IF IT KILLS ME? HEAR, HEAR, THREE CHEERS, NUMBER ONE MOMMY I KNOW THE WHOLE WORLD AGREES BUT I'M PISSED ABOUT HISTORY YOU KNOW, ETYMOLOGICALLY AN IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IS HOW I CAME TO BE BUT THIS ONE WON'T BE FREE, PAY UP G-O-D OR YOU CAN MISS ME WITH THAT BULLSHIT BURNT OFFERING RELUCTANT CARETAKER VESSEL FOR A CREATOR PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR A SAVIOR BUT WHAT ABOUT ME, WHAT IF IT KILLS ME?
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HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOUR GOD HAS SACRIFICED, VOLCANO IN THE HEADLINES? PATIENTLY YOU'VE BEEN WAITING LONG FOR YOUR TIME AND NEVER COULD UNWIND BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WRITE RARE PINK ASH UP IN THE SKY IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIFYING I'VE BEEN LIVING IN BOTH MINDS, IT'S JUSTIFIED SWITCH SIDES DURING THE HALFTIME FEAR OF GOD FOR WHAT RED SKY, IT SIGNIFIES DELIGHT IN CARNAGE OF THE SUBLIME I'M HIGH UP IN THE SKY BE CAREFUL THE SURPRISE THE FAULT IT WAS ALL MINE WAS IT JUSTIFIED? WE LIVE IN THE SAME MIND WE LIVE IN THE SAME MIND ELECTRICAL YOU'RE ALL MINE ELECTRICAL IT'S SUBLIME CHAOS SUBLIME YOU'RE ALL MINE CHAOS SUBLIME YOU'RE ALL MINE HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOUR GOD HAS SACRIFICED VOLCANO IN THE HEADLINES?
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I USED TO THINK THAT IF I MADE IT THROUGH THE WAR I'D BUY A BUNGALOW OPEN MYSELF A COUNTRY STORE MY WIFE SWEET MARY SHE'D WAIT FOR ME SO PATIENTLY SHE'D MIND THE CHILDREN WHILE I TENDED TO THE GROCERIES BUT THE LAST TIME I SAW MARY HER FACE WAS DIFFERENT I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS - THE LINES OF AGE? A DARKENED GAZE? BUT WHAT I SAW TOLD ME EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW THE WAR'S NOT ENDING OH NO OH NO IT'S COMING HOME THREE COLORS IN MY HEART AND IN MY BONES INEVITABLY COLORS START TO SHOW THEY FORM A ROUNDED CIRCLE IN MY SOUL A BLACKENED GLOBE IT'S GOT A WICK AND IT'S BEEN LIT AND IT GOES TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK SO NOW WHEN I DAYDREAM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS EVENTUALLY I TRY TO KEEP IN MIND MY AMBITION'S A FANTASY I TOLD MY MARY DON'T WAIT FOR ME I CANNOT BE THE FAMILY MAN YOU WANT I AM AN ATOM BOMB OF PEACE I SAW UP IN THE SKY WHAT I SHOULD KNOW THE FIRECRACKERS ALL THE STICKS AND STONES THREE COLORS IN MY HEART AND IN MY BONES INEVITABLY COLORS START TO SHOW THEY FORM A ROUNDED CIRCLE IN MY SOUL A BLACKENED GLOBE IT'S GOT A WICK AND IT'S BEEN LIT AND IT GOES TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK
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about

Three songs I recorded with friends in December 2019. Haven't figured out what else to do with them yet, so they're here. The songs are about a famous mom, a talking volcano, and a war vet with ptsd.

While these recordings may prove to be demos for future versions of these songs, I am including the original demos-of-the-demos, which I am sure I will regret and try to delete off the internet in the morning.

credits

released March 20, 2020

writing, production and mixing by Katie Alice Greer at Tonal Park Studio in Washington, DC

mastering and additional mixing by Don Godwin

additional engineering by Mike Petillo

Laurie Spector - bass, drums on '3 COLORS'
Don Godwin - drums, tambourine, bass '3 COLORS', horn on 'VIRGIN MARY FAN FIC'
Mary Voutsas - piano, backup vocals on 'VIRGIN MARY FAN FIC', wurlitzer on '3 COLORS'
Katie Alice Greer - guitar, vocals

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Katie Alice Greer Los Angeles, California

"Rainy day dream pop [...[ like Elliott Smith playing with Throbbing Gristle in a bad dream" - All Music

"Trippy, radical, weirdly life-affirming music" - Rolling Stone

photo by Kathryn Vetter Miller

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