Repeat the Days, by Atlas Fret

Repeat the Days

by Atlas Fret

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1.	I'm History 04:17	lyrics	buy track
This is me and some day I’ll be history No longer living flesh, committed to the page I walk down city streets covered in antiquity Looking at the buildings, guessing at their age If I could I’d steal a moment Find a place to hide it away And when I could I’d spread it all out Jump in, repeat the days Some homes are castles, others are just servant’s shacks Some lead a privileged life carried on the backs Of common people dying in obscurity They set the stage for you and me Please speak kindly around their faded memories Heroes and villains filling up a page Dusty volumes, the stories washing over me In my time I’ll join them some day
2.	Red Shoes 04:04	lyrics	buy track
Do you feel like a captive? No longer in charge of the way you’re actin’ Do you hear footsteps down the hall? Sleeping with one eye open No succession laws to make it clear You soon could disappear They’re dangerous -- red shoes of high status Not in charge of your timetable Don’t take the advice that Cain gave Abel Get out, get out while you can Thinking a lot about Constantine If he were here, would he scream? You got it all wrong They’re dangerous -- red shoes of high status Remember the tale of Andronicus He was a broken reed killed with lust And 28 more fell Do you feel like a captive? No longer in charge of the way you’re acting Do you hear footsteps down the hall? They’re dangerous -- red shoes of high status What’s wrong with us, those red shoes of high status? So dangerous, red shoes of high status What’s wrong with us, red shoes of high status?
3.	Hammurabi's Code 02:14	lyrics	buy track
All rise! Order! Judge: First allow me to introduce myself My name is Judge Lex Talionis Some people call me Judge Dread Also known as Judge Stele Eyes, Judge Babylon, Judge Throw-Him-In-The-Tigris Remember, without the rule of law, there is no civilization in the nation! Rude Boy Number One! Rude Boy #1: Yes sir! Judge: You have been charged with knocking out the teeth of your friend during a drunken brawl. How do you plead? Rude Boy #1: Not guilty, sir Judge: Nevertheless, I sentence you according to Hammurabi’s Law Number 200: Your teeth shall be knocked out! Rude Boy #1: Noooo! Judge: Take him away! Rude Boy Number Two! Rude Boy #2: Present! Judge: You have been accused of stealing your neighbor’s shadoof. Guilty or not guilty? Rude Boy #2: Not guilty, sir. Judge: I believe your neighbor. According to Hammurabi’s Law Number 260, you must pay 300 dollars. Rude Boy #2: I can’t afford that, I don’t even have a shekel… Judge: Silence! Take him away! Rude Boy Number Three! Rude Boy #3: Yes sir! Judge: You have been charged with striking your father. How do you plead? Rude Boy #3: He hit me first, sir. Judge: Hush up! According to Hammurabi’s Law Number 195, your hand shall be chopped off! Rude Boy #3: Oaooahohah! Judge: Take him away! This court is adjourned.
4.	Messalina 03:18	lyrics	buy track
What a mess He’s on to you now You confessed But it’s too late somehow Silius Fell under your spell Stupidus Didn’t take it so well And now here you are, With nowhere to run, Messalina . . . But what a party you did throw! With the leopard skin girls of Bacchus And the wine--it did flow! At the party you threw for Bacchus A little skin you did show! At the party you threw for Bacchus What a mess All the talk about you And that contest the divorce and wedding too And all the rest Of the lovers on the list S.O.S. You’re really in a fix What a mess! Messalina! What a mess, Messalina, what a mess!
5.	Taj Mahal 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Build your temple to the sky, cus I loved you There’s no point to ask why your gone so soon You’ve taken nothing short of my world Your face I can’t describe, no words will do Second wife, my heart’s bride, how I loved you You’ve taken nothing short of my world Some times late at night I see your face by candlelight And I think you’ve come back to me I’ll use all the strength in my bones to build your soul a home I’ll spare no cost to cover up my loss You’ve taken nothing short of my world Marble arcs across the sky floating on a sea of blue How I wish you were here to see what I’ve built for you You’ve taken nothing short of my world
6.	India Pronunciation Guide 02:44	lyrics	buy track
Karma Karma Yoga Dharma Karma Moksha Bhagavad Gita Ashoka Chandragupta Harappa Magadha Mohenjo-Daro Mahabharata Lakshmana Shiva Hanuman Siddhartha Gautama Rama Sita Ramayana Krishna Brahma Shiva
7.	Buddha Dance Mix 04:33	lyrics	buy track
I know I’ve told you to be still with yourself And I’ve mentioned once or twice to escape the wheel of life But sometimes I can’t stand it The music takes up too much bandwidth in my brain It’s the pulsing in my ear from my rhythmic beating heart It’s the chanting in my fleeting soul that tears my focus apart It’s the light in my chest that pulses with the beat of every living creature that makes me move my feet The wheel of dharma spinning like a cosmic record My flow, my rap, my line coming one lifetime at a time If I’m dancing down the street, I really hope you kill me Consider the journey of one particle of light Beginning its existence in a mass of giant gas Sailing through the darkness down the sloping waves of energy Cascading with no purpose, no fate, no intended direction By chance to land on my eye at a random moment devoid of revelation Do not be saddened by a seemly pointless happenstance For without it, I would be blind
8.	Lisbon 1755 (Earthquake Samba) 04:17	lyrics	buy track
I walk through the streets of my city God laid waste to this land Or is it a force of nature we’ve yet to understand Great minds of Europe will argue what brought this upon us I say, what does it matter It’s all hardship in the end, but then I walk through city streets of my city on All Saints Day Buildings rocked and glass shattered, everything was in disarray Friendly fires in the hearth turned into conflagrations Scorching the city that I love, the city I call my home Lisbon, my Lisbon, what have we done? I don’t think we deserve this Don’t we sit, stand and kneel to pray almost every single day? I don’t believe God will forget us He just works in mysterious ways Like tidal waves on the Tagus and fire in Lisbon’s streets
9.	Sulieman 03:33	lyrics	buy track
I’m a shadow on the world Can’t you feel my weight shake the earth? A chain of titles follow me They could bind any country They could bind any country Between the waters of Babylon I’ll dip my sword into the sea I control most everything Could I dance down the moon? I could dance down the moon For I am Suleiman Don’t you know my name? For I am Suleiman Don’t you know my name? The German princes vex me Don’t they fear me when I come? I knock upon their city gates Some day I’ll rule the world Some day I’ll rule the world Words of shocking beauty Tumble from my pen Vicious orders issue from my mouth And I’ll win in the end I win in the end
10.	Terracotta Soldier 03:34	lyrics	buy track
Qin Shi Huang Di Needs an army right away Eternity Is knocking at the gate Not drafted, you were molded Rank and file Born a full grown warrior In the empire’s favorite style Terracotta Soldier In an army of dreams You’ve been fired in the kiln Not as tough as you might seem It’s an old familiar story In the service of a king Your only hope for glory Is the terror of his reign Ribbons of vermilion And Dragon Veins Is it the kingdom you’re defending Or the boy king’s gold and jade? Terracotta Soldier In an army of dreams You’ve been fired in the kiln Not as tough as you might seem You’re just a hollow warrior With feet of clay You’ve been buried for the ages And you’ll never have a name (You’re just a) Terra-Cotta Soldier In a terror kind of world Staying underground Fighting evil forces
11.	China Pronunciation Guide 03:27	lyrics	buy track
Yin-Yang Dao Wu Wei Yin-Yang Daodejing/Tao Te Ching Xia Shang Zhou Chung Kuo (Yo!) Ban Zhao Liu Bang Wang Mang Sun Tzu Laozi Chang’an Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius) Xia Shang Zhou
12.	The Great Historical Bum 02:10	lyrics	buy track
I'm just a lonesome traveler, The Great Historical Bum. Highly educated from history I have come. I built the Rock of Ages, 'twas in the Year of One And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done. I worked in the Garden of Eden, that was the year of two, Joined the apple pickers union, I always paid my due; I'm the man that signed the contract to raise the rising sun, And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done. I was straw boss on the Pyramids, the Tower of Babel, too; I opened up the ocean let the migrant children through, I fought a million battles and I never lost a one, And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done. . . . (by Woody Guthrie; Cromwell Music Inc./Ludlow Music Inc.) Additional verses by J. Gardner: I was a hoplite in a phalanx that fought the Persians back Heavily outnumbered, we weathered the attack I ran all the way from Marathon with the news that we had won And that’s about the biggest thing that man has ever done I built the Colosseum where the gladiators fought I raced chariots in the Circus and I built the aqueducts I paved the roads of empire that all lead straight to Rome And that’s about the biggest thing that man has ever done
13.	Lean and Hungry (Cassius' Lament) 02:22	lyrics	buy track
There he goes, he just pulled another stunt He seized the day, and then he seized a month Who do you think is gonna take the brunt If we don’t act now? He lets those Gauls into the Senate House He even womanizes right in front of his spouse Are we noble men or an ignoble mouse If we don’t act now? He’s acting like a king It’s a dreadful night of evil signs Thunder, lightning, wolves and lions So veil your face and firm your minds We must act now He’s acting like a king He’s ruling everything But trouble is gonna reign Trouble is gonna reign At the Lupercal with its skins and whips That tongue of his and those coward lips The garland crown really seemed to fit We must act now
14.	Clouds 02:45	lyrics	buy track
I took one look at your letter that you wrote And my heart spoke true it wanted you The elegant strokes on the page were so beautiful Right then and there that’s when I knew If I could dwell among the clouds I might have a chance with you You could spend four hours in a blade of grass A kind of looking glass, the palest green, such a subtle hue The whole wide world could be crashing in, what a din But it wouldn’t faze you, you know it’s true If I could dwell among the clouds I might have a chance with you Chasing beauty has its price Like giving up things to pay for rice They’ve lost control or so I’m told I never wanted to govern you Chose your words so carefully for that note you left me Nestled in the arm of the tree By my gate I got home late and found it there How it spoke to me If I could dwell among the clouds I might have a chance with you
15.	Genghis Khan 02:27	lyrics	buy track
Somebody bring me my horses ‘cus I feel that I’ve been wronged Don’t believe in second chances, wrong me once and you’ll find yourself gone Everything’s piled up from the beginning My father’s dead and my mother’s forlorn And all this business about my brother, you got it wrong See that village over there? I’m about to set it on fire Watching all the locals run, you know it kind of makes me inspired And everything’s piled up from the beginning My father’s dead and my mother’s forlorn And all this business about my brother, you got it wrong I’m sure I’ll be remembered for my cruelty Never mind what I did for my people Horses and blood and trade and maybe love That’s all that I was looking for And everything’s piled up from the beginning My father’s dead and my mother’s forlorn And all this business about my brother, you got it wrong
16.	Rock with the Caveman (free) 02:18	lyrics	download
The old-time cave dweller lived in a cave Here’s what he did when he wanted a rave: He took a stick and he drew on the wall Man, the fellow had himself a ball! Rock with the caveman Roll with the caveman Shake with the caveman Baby, make with the caveman Shake with the caveman Stalactite, stalagmite Hold your baby very tight . . . Piltdown Poppa sings this song: “Archaeology’s done me wrong The British Museum’s got my head Most unfortunate, ‘cause I ain’t dead!” Rock with the caveman Roll with the caveman Shake with the caveman Baby, make with the caveman Shake with the caveman C-A-V-E-M-A-N, Caveman! (EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING OBO EMI GLENWOOD MUSIC CORPORATION)
17.	Hat and a Cheap Suit 02:22	lyrics	buy track
Way back in history BCE Lived the first cross dressing woman king Sister, wife, stepmother, queen Finest pharaoh on the scene Husbands, fathers, nephews, kings Jealous of the mannish queen She offers wine to Amun-Ra Spends all day at Isis’ Spa Wears a plumed platform crown A vulture hat and a full-length gown Her mummy stolen, tomb destroyed Made Cleopatra paranoid So when you travel up the Nile Take your time and stay awhile Luxor, Karnak, ancient Thebes Across the Valley of the Kings See the terraced temple in the sand Of the goddess-pharaoh-woman-man
18.	Crusades 05:04	lyrics	buy track
Who were these men that made the long walk? Through the wilds of Europe to the doorstep of God Do you suppose they thought they were right? A sense of burning justice to keep them warm at night The stone has been turned, the lion unleashed Your Crusades are an undying beast Words at Clermont turned to action of men Set out with greed to conquer Turk again Burning the Rhine was part of their crime All cruelties come in nursery rhymes The stone has been turned, the lion unleashed And your Crusades are an undying beast