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The Aeroplane Over The Sea

from Songs For Rae by Alchemeleon

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Originally recorded by Neutral Milk Hotel

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What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me, me

And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me, me

What a curious life we have found here tonight
There is music that sounds from the street
There are lights in the clouds
Anna's ghost all around
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees, trees

Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
Now we keep where we don't know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now he don't even know his name

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round' the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all

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from Songs For Rae, released December 7, 2010
All tracks recorded and performed by C:/Lee.
Piano was single-tracked, double and stuttered slightly, with the delayed track panned hard right and the original panned left.
Guitar was double-tracked, panned wide. Near the end you can hear one hitting long chords and the other tremolo-picking 16th notes.
Drums recorded Carmichal-style. Gain was increased incrementally at the crescendo to achieve a distorted effect.
Two vocal tracks, each one take.
The swell at the end was achieved by busing each guitar track through distortion and then increasing the volume of the bus slowly.

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Alchemeleon Chicago, Illinois

Alchemy: a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold
Chameleon: any of a family of lizards with prehensile tail, independently movable eyeballs, and unusual ability to change the color of the skin
Alchemeleon: Chris Lee, a multi-instrumentalist with a love for recording and producing music of almost every kind.
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