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CRANIOTOMY

by Laptop Philharmonic

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1.
Masterplan 03:20
Start with the skyline Rule the horizon Vanishing point perspective Keep all the forms connected Plan your pathway Draw it through the decades Restore the locus of control Fineliner grass blades Chairs match the lampshades Directorship position A private school for the children Self-actualizer In charge and organised That's me in the centre of the foreground Yeah it is.
2.
EtCeteraEt 04:04
Once a supernumerary lived in someone's fable In a land where babies put on suits and babbled round a table Made believe that they were queens and kings and they were able To make decrees to keep the breeze from tumbling the cradle Just a supernumerary stuck in someone else's fable A big picture thinker's Gotta think like a winner With a positive outlook and a yes-sir, can-do attitude Pursue innovation Through strategic engagement Together, moving forward with a set of target values Blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah Take a holistic approach A will to push out the boat and Think outside of the box to find a new kind of efficiency Your eye on the ball you Take it to the next level we're The movers and the shakers in pursuit of extra synergy Blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah [incomprehensible] Here a man was meant to be decisive in his actions But all he did was react and react to his reactions Maybe if he played their game he'd gain a little traction Find his feet and keep the beat and dance to their satisfaction Or all along were they singing that song sharp by just a fraction?
3.
Nonability 03:29
4.
Innermosts 05:21
I never expected this Thought I'd kick and scream At the crazy waters Dragging me downstream I'm not fighting I won't fight I never expected peace Before a drop this tall I close my eyes Drift backwards to the waterfall I'm not fighting I won't fight You said I owe You nothing So they owe me the same You said it's alright You said You'd take the blame So when I meet You I know there'll be no pain No pain No pain
5.
NightNight 04:56
Nothing's funny but I can't keep my face straight Losing control of my physical space Sorry I know you don't need This but I'll be What I will be - just another Weight We're running out of time so please could you pray Don't want to leave you all behind in this state I've signed The dotted line Goodbye I hope I live to see you Again
6.
Gyrocopter 03:48
7.
Innumerable 03:28
Through these words I understand And the use of my hands I have to Praise You My God, God of the Universe The One watching over us While there's breath in these lungs And while I control this tongue I have to Praise You My Lord, my Jesus I knew you'd hear us If I were to try To put a number by the side Of every good thing in my life Could I do it? Could I do it? Of course not. You're the light of the world You're the light of the world
8.
Orientated 03:35
I awoke Incontinent Umbillical chords in my hands and neck I just lay there Like a bad joke Incompetent Spoon-fed by a surrogate I just lay there I baby-stepped Clumsily And clung to her like a limpet Then I rested I made a bet Gingerly And floated to the toilet Then I rested I awoke And there I stayed Peaceful in my weakness As it sunk in All the lies we spoke What an awful way How we lived as self-believers As I lay there As I rested It sunk in
9.
Macroscope 04:05
I'm king Canute and the waves Soaked from my toes to my brains But not alone, but not alone Our big picture hangs by a thread Inches away from the end And the unknown, and the unknown And everywhere there's that voice Blathering flattering noise "You're in control, you're in control" But when your limbs turn to lead But when you daren't move your head But when you're stuck in that bed Then you know You've been living in la-la land Playing dress up with a curtain and a plastic crown
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Abscission 04:12
The trees release their leaves when it's the season The kid casts his crown down on the frozen ground And his sand castles sit there until the sea's in While the world just whirls and twirls and turns around I pulled my picture from its place of pride Laid it face down on the floor before my LORD And waited there to see what would transpire What sublimely complex vistas HE would draw Don't worry Don't worry

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In 2013 a doctor sawed open my head and spent 10 hours removing a large brain tumour - a meningioma to be specific. This album is about that experience and everything I learned from it.

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released April 30, 2016

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Laptop Philharmonic UK

Progressive, piano-led electronic music act. Survivor of 10 hours of brain surgery. Christian.

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