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Living in the Kingdom

by Trevor Nikrant

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1.
My my I've been living in the kingdom all my life And the shade is made of fluorescent light And outside the people wait in the rain all night Who wouldn't want to get in there My my I went to the end and returned with a lie So I thought I'd change my mind But the ink of my signature was already dry And billboards wrap around us like blankets My my You've been living in the kingdom your whole life The path on the left is the same on the right Could you pass the jam, could you pass the knife, could you pass the time? Is that alright? Hold still It's just like a cherry flavored pill And it's gonna pay all your lonesome bills If you believe that it will deliver you, it will And this is the camp counselor, you can tell him everything that's wrong
2.
Safe in the crisis of nothing Tapping on the glass Counting up the stacks Tapping on the glass Bodies floating past The crisis of nothing Say, wasn't there somewhere You said you wanted to go to? Goin up the country Or to the coast, well who knows (who knows) Making decisions while you're, sittin in the bathtub Styrofoam emotions Predictable fortunes Worn out contortions The kingdom is enormous The kingdom is enormous... We are a flying vase Always about to break There's no time to waste We should get back inside of our glass case But we are standing around in the parking lot on a fire drill, again Don't give me no updates On the future of grace Don't give me no updates On the future of your face One take, I was a one take One crisis of nothing
3.
Well Janey was-a-goin to the grocery store, she was wonderin what they have in the frozen food section Janey was-a-goin to the grocery store, she was wonderin what they have in the frozen food section Drivin her car Drivin her car Took a left and took a right She swerved to the side Headin towards the light, the light, the light... Now all the people, are gathered round the body, of holy Jane (Oh whatchya say there sweet Jane) She's talkin on the phone with someone, what could she be saying to him Leave, leave, leave… With nobody noticing Everybody's screaming and dancing And the ambulance is in a roundabout
4.
Dealer's Day 04:04
This is the spot where I Shattered my glass the other night And this is my baby's bike She let me borrow for awhile While she's out of the country And I have gone under the ground But maybe you've seen me around And nothing falls out of the clouds But an ancient breeze through a hole in the house Isn't it something It'll smoke you down to the filter Smokin you down Smokin you down I spent a day with the dealer And we talked about some things that have been on my mind And he had some change for the meter And he set the thermostats to ninety-nine Now you say somebody made you afraid And that it's been a couple of days But you keep thinking about the gaze How you pried it off and got away But it still lingers on you Smokin you down Smokin you down It'll smoke you down to the filter...
5.
I saw the old man takin out his trash On the day that he died, and that was that "And I said to Lenny how lonely does it get?" And I saw a child run out into the street Chasing after the ball, and a truck was picking up speed And a journalist appeared standing next to me She said isn't it a shame, isn't it a tragedy? Well the sun set right on time And we kneeled before the sweet headline And I was just about to lose my mind in the salty sea, baby But I won't let it bother me Oh Richard come on out of that tree Won’t you roll another joint for me Okay? I saw the promoter standing by the stage With a drink in his hand, getting paid And Christ is finally getting around To taking those piano lessons that he's been talkin about And the sun rose right on time And we looted all the leftover wine I had the captain on the line He was saying something sweet, to me The sirens aren't making a sound Would you look at all this love that I found This is the last time I go downtown Okay, goodbye
6.
In the beginning I hear love was pristine But then the first man dreamt that patriarchal dream And ever since, the fishermen have wandered to the stream Elvis stood in front of the mirror and we split up into teams So when the movers start movin and the place gets down And your friends start to find that they can just move to any other town And you discover that your mother drank up all the rest of your wine And you watch from the window as the riot leaves you behind Well then maybe, maybe, maybe, you were a victim, victim of love And all the experts just announced that now even death may start to decay You heard that it's easy, to meet your Lord You just gotta hike up the mountain and sign your name at the door But just when you thought that trail would be all yours A busload of tourists burst down the door So when the tanks start rollin down registration hill And the speaker's incantation sends you another bill And when the brakes finally give out on grandpa's limousine That'll be the day That'll be the day, that'll be the day, that'll be day, that'll be the day That it comes for you Who's at the door? Patriarchal dreams
7.
I think I'm blowing out to sea He said you gotta be kidding me He said Maybe you ought to be a priest Gotta get down on those holy knees And you gotta get drunk On the holy one Gotta do a little dance You know you gotta feel like a man Buy your ticket to the foot of the bed From inside of the holy head You gotta do a little dance Then I said All those priests, they find their knees Just like drunks find their keys I know, like the wind finds me Like the wind finds me But there’s a crack in the door You cannot close it anymore And that wind blowing down from the shelf fills you up with itself The windows are open again It's raining in the kitchen, raining in the kitchen Rain rain rain The stuff is stronger than it's ever been And our hair is longer that it's ever been Something’s alright And who would rather drink alone tonight With all that time Can you stretch it off your hands When the stuff is stronger than it's ever been
8.
Fraternity brothers runnin down the street So wild and free They said "I thought I was a man but I am two or three" “People are lookin at me” They got some keys on the table And a coat on the rack A couple magazines in the trash So why don't you gasp Well I am no Socrates, but at least I don't need no click track Why don't you step inside of my mp3 Gonna take us for a ride Okay!
9.
How long has the promised land been like this? I should have guessed The air is thin and the eyes are dead Someone meets you at the gate And she tries to explain Sayin it's always been this way And all the treetops sway In the factory made breezes Feelin so real, so real, so real I got my passport stamped in the promised land There was nothing to it I got my passport stamped in the holy land Who will repent on my behalf? How long has the kid been on the street? Is he free? Well who knows what he believes He said the poet is dead, there's no one left Well come on, it's the 21st century man And then he tied his shoes and threw them in the trash And all the books are overdue But they say that it's too soon I have heard there's much to learn I got my passport stamped in the holy land Could you repent, on my behalf? I got my passport stamped by the security man (by an American hand) And then he let me in And I got my passport stamped by a phantom hand Will you repent on my behalf?
10.
I went to see the great beauty It was in pieces lying on the table With weird instructions for how to assemble We went to see the great beauty On the theatre marquee with the sun going down One night only Everybody's seen that great beauty Hanging from the rafters in the Dark Night of the Soul And the morning after Takes some time going down the mountainside Don't forget to let the stray cat inside Once in awhile

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released January 13, 2018

Written and recorded by Trevor Nikrant
Mastered by Ross Collier
Mastered for vinyl by Cameron Henry
Background vocals by the Living in the Kingdom Singers:
Joseph Kenkel, Lou Turner & Ross Collier
Tenor Sax: Charles Kay
Flute: Lou Turner
© Museum House Records 2018

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