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For the Captain
05:30
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I woke early this morning
and the sun was shining down
beating a song so clear
a beautiful and dirty sound
I followed a trail of paint
through the sands, patterns, shadows
the ravens, close behind me
fixed our mistakes upon the road
at the source of all this color
a sight, truly, to behold
a doctor eating trout
licking moonbeams, milking crows
and a beast shining in a spotlight
mirrored furiously with bongos
in a moment, it all stopped
and we stood listening to the birds
eyes open, ears astonished
in awe of what we heard
for me, it was something
I'd only felt
but from the start
you woke me up from such a coma
struck the beef inside my heart
you were a madman
you were a genius
a poet, painter, shaman, king
oh case of the music
they owe you so much
and I owe you everything
you helped make me into me
I hope you were so happy
oh captain my captain
the magic of your seas
if I could make it to your desert
where your funeral be
I'd lay upon your body
one rose that I mean
oh captain my captain
shake the bushes, shake the trees!
I'll lay upon your body
one rose that I mean
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about
This song is a tribute to Don Van Vliet, who died on December 17th, 2010.
I was ten or eleven the first time I heard Trout Mask Replica. It changed me forever.
School was always awful for me, and since elementary school I wanted to follow Van Vliet's advice: "If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school."
Like King Buzzo of the Melvins, I often ask myself: What would Beefheart do?
I wish I could compose something musically comparable to the Magic Band's output, but this song was written with my limited skills while grieving over the loss of Don. Other members of the Magic Band live on, including the legendary John French (Drumbo), but there is a gap in the world. I still feel it. I think I will always feel it.
A huge thanks to Robert Kramer and Evan Morgenson, longtime friends and bandmates on pump organ and upright bass respectively.
I was ten or eleven the first time I heard Trout Mask Replica. It changed me forever.
School was always awful for me, and since elementary school I wanted to follow Van Vliet's advice: "If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school."
Like King Buzzo of the Melvins, I often ask myself: What would Beefheart do?
I wish I could compose something musically comparable to the Magic Band's output, but this song was written with my limited skills while grieving over the loss of Don. Other members of the Magic Band live on, including the legendary John French (Drumbo), but there is a gap in the world. I still feel it. I think I will always feel it.
A huge thanks to Robert Kramer and Evan Morgenson, longtime friends and bandmates on pump organ and upright bass respectively.
credits
released December 20, 2010
Nora Nygard: Songwriter / Cover Art / Photography / Graphic Design / Acoustic Guitar / Vocals
Robert Kramer: Pump Organ
Evan Morgenson: Upright Bass
Little Sisyphus | NN011
Nora Nygard: Songwriter / Cover Art / Photography / Graphic Design / Acoustic Guitar / Vocals
Robert Kramer: Pump Organ
Evan Morgenson: Upright Bass
Little Sisyphus | NN011
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Nora Nygard Minneapolis, Minnesota
I've always been searching. Drumming in punk bands. Singing into a cassette mic alone. Trans angst, alienation, going on the road. Synthesis, tape, poetry. Two failed tours, two failed degrees. Reclaiming my voice from the choir, reshaping my voice after punk rock. Years of isolation, hormone therapy, production studies, and hundreds of releases with various projects. ... more
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