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Farewell Plutonia

by The Contrarian

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1.
Tea for None 03:45
Tea for None We get the message You’re angry and clueless What good does it do you? A fantasy domain That’s what you’re seeking No sanity allowed You can’t heal us You can’t hear at all We don’t need you Anyway Fear of the other Dealing in outrage Tearing the canvas Hanging from gallows We’ll put you underground ``` Forever protest Jesus is life coach to ya Tells you to just keep shopping The right to assemble With Liberty and God’s blessing What good does it do you? You can’t heal us You can’t hear at all We don’t need you Anyway Fear of the other Revel in outrage Tearing the canvas Hanging from gallows Ugly and useless Cruel and demeaning Drowning in hatred Hanging from gallows We’ll put you underground
2.
Beacon 05:20
Beacon Honestly? What I regarded Was not to be The dearly departed In your sleep You whisper directions To find me You’ll have to be clever, dear Tell us, are we near A glimpse of tomorrow Gaze upon us She’s a beacon of sorrow So many ways to fall All these ways To receive information And industry manufactures frustration Aggregate the victims of pleasure It’s too late to make it all disappear Tell us, are we near A glimpse of tomorrow Gaze upon us She’s a beacon of sorrow This is nothing to hide from Bliss is everything we should feel
3.
Urizen 04:41
Urizen Beyond your time Foremost among my crimes When I inspired Your need for the Divine Across the seas Infecting dreams to be Always the scheme To suffer endlessly I’m always here now Open the gate; it’s getting late Corrupted minds Among my choicest finds A cross of shame You’ll bear it every time I made this world And you paved the stones I’m always here now Open the gate; it’s getting late
4.
Wormwood Star Seven long years we tried Caught up in the underside You made the break I made the fool Count the missteps in the Golden Rule Always off It’s a tragic thing Always off It’s the only thing You were taken by the years Go out and ramble, and you found your tears Hear you whisper out his name I’ve forgotten now just who to blame Always off It’s a tragic thing Always off It’s the only thing
5.
Revelation 13 Ugliness flows from the tip of my tongue As I gather the courage to do the undone I do this for you, but you’ll never see The bountiful sickness that lives within me Three years ago, you departed this world I shuffled on in a mindless revolt Control, it descended and slowly began To whisper its wisdom and inform my plan Along the divide between real and not Your breath is now frozen, but never forgot I do this for you, but you’ll never see The bountiful hatred that dwells within me
6.
Erase Them 04:20
Erase Them Cold waves Are what you feel tonight I’m standing in the same doorway For camera’s sake You’re putting on the lines The distance between hate and romance You’ll erase them You are weighted down You embrace them You are weighted down To steal All that you can feel All that you can taste All that you can need All that you can feed Lesser women waste Betrayed The meaning of the phrase Echoing the tired story I’ve seen your game I read between the lines The distance between hate and romance For camera’s sake You’re every bit divine The distance between grace and grotesque You’ll erase them You are weighted down You embrace them You are weighted down
7.
Farewell Plutonia Something’s about to break System collapses We’re not supposed to take So many chances Escape is our name We’ve been here too long In and out embrace Always together Skip to the light of the moon Dear Plutonia Heartbreak is coming soon I’ve seen the trailer Humming a goodbye tune Wrote it for ya Wish it were not so soon Babe! Cold grey of the sky Opposite your eyes Did we cross a line To be together? There’s no time for shame System collapses Regrets are in vain No matter the weather Kiss in the light of the moon Dear Plutonia Heartbreak is coming soon I’ve seen the trailer Humming a goodbye tune Wrote it for ya Wish it were not so soon Babe!
8.
Wish it Away 05:23
Wish it Away Gone are the days when you could depend On your will Casting around for some real evidence Of former thrills Carry the scars of those many years you spent Sticking skin Under the archway, or behind the barricade Sickly grin Wish it away You can’t just Hope for the day, when Chasing the conflict, flirting with consequence Gets so old Covered in blankets, burning with apathy Skin so cold Silently hoping your phone will ring again Counting threads Promise next Wednesday, you’ll take the cure again Or instead? Wish it away You can’t just Hope for the day, when All this time spent drawing flies…
9.
Whisper This 06:15
Whisper This Whisper this Into the vessel Place the note Upon the dresser When we meet again We’re so much older than Days or minutes passed It hardly matters Falling Into nothing Into always Shocking Always turning Into something Overcast And undernourished Relive the past In quiet mourning When we meet again We’re oh so underwhelmed Picking at the bones Of inspiration Falling Into nothing Into always Shocking Always turning Into something Wake up Angel Face up Answer A fleeting glance As you pass the mirror Is the plan Getting clearer? When we meet again We’re so much colder Years or lifetimes passed It hardly matters
10.
The Family 06:01
The Family Hatred consumes the harvest Under a pall the faithful march Carry the cross of cruelty, yeah And spread the decay through seasons Devotion and praise of Mammon’s feast Sever the nerves of Gnosis, yeah Patrons to all depletion as Cancer infects the vessel Oh, it’s the last night Oh, it’s the harshest love Oh, it’s the bleakest sight Oh, clear a passage Feed their desire for blood Flaunt their abuse of power, yeah Unmake the meaning of love A Union erased in violence Oh, it’s the last night Oh, it’s the harshest love Oh, it’s the bleakest sight Oh, clear a passage

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Physical edition with comic book + more available at LuxEternaRecords.com

Evocative and unsettling, Farewell Plutonia examines the role that belief plays in putting order to our chaotic existence. The political climate of 2010 — with its zombie zealots and so-called “patriots” — informed the work, as did the gnawing sense that America is now officially an empire in decline.

This is the sound of existential dread with the promise of transcendence.

With guitars.

The Contrarian is Casey Rae.

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released August 15, 2010

All compositions written, arranged, performed and composed by Casey Rae.

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The Contrarian is the alter ego of Washington, DC-based musician/producer/writer Casey Rae.

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