01. angry hippo
02. robot's dream of love (part 1)
03. robot's dream of love (part 2)
04. rooftop
05. street sign says
06. gravel poured out
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Model A is Alan Foreman or Alan Foreman is Model A. I don’t really know but this ep is just perfect. On one side you have the urgency, poignancy and melodic power of the first records of Modest Mouse and Havergal. On the other side you have the precision, passion and energy just below the surface of the ocean like in the first Mercury Rev records and those from almost unknown but ultimately mythical Rollerskate Skinny.
It’s really too easy to fall in love with these songs. Please reserve some space in your record collection at the letter M for the next coming years.
Notes:
All songs written, performed, and recorded by alan foreman
All songs copyright 2004 fear of flying music
Contact model a: modelacontact@yahoo.com
Model A has got an album out too. It’s called “I saw it in a picture” Splendidezine and Derives.net like it very much.
::Lyrics::
Angry hippo
i know something's wrong, it's nothing
it's only a passing lapse in direct connection
do you think of me like i think of you?
it's only a passing hope for my heart's reflection
until you, i'd felt the same
this autumn of rust in winter
it's only a gap that's clouding my recollection
it turned cold
until you, i'd felt the same
i don't have to ask you
if you don't have to answer
call it the cost of longing
i don't have to answer
if you don't have to ask me
caught in your call, i'm waiting
call it the cost of wading
i don't have to ask you
if you don't have to answer
call it the cost of longing
caught in your call, i'm waiting
call it the cost of wading
through your waves
Robot's dream of love (part one)
it was allright, we were unified with love
another all-night, all i felt was undefined
it was allright, under skylines carved with love
lost in time-line, feeding robot's dream of love
it was uptight, when i dream i dream of love
another all-night, where the rooftop meets the sky
it was allright, i never wanted to be loved
i tell you all night, feeding robot's deam f love
it was allright, all i want is to be loved
a night of lost time, all i felt was undefined
it was allright, under skylines carved with love
i see you're allright, feeding robot's dream of love
Robot's dream of love (part two)
it was uptight, i was unified with love
another all-night, all i felt was undefined
it was allright, under skylines carved with love
lost in time-line, feeding robot's dream of love
i never wanted to be a super-star, i only wanted to be loved
the tone of my body, the rhythm of her skin
how can i tell you (magnetic attraction)
about the four in the morning (impossible dreams)
the smell of the sunrise (predictable patterns)
the unbreakable silence (my mind like a landscape)
flourescent distraction (how can i tell you)
a mental abstraction (about the four in the morning)
i never wanted to be a super-star (the tone of my body)
i only wanted to be loved (the rhythm of her skin)
i only wanted the feeling of a rooftop meeting the sky
how can i tell you? (it was allright)
how can i tell you (magnetic attraction)
about the four in the morning (impossible dreams)
the smell of the sunrise (predictable patterns)
the unbreakable silence (my mind like a landscape)
flourescent distraction (how can i tell you)
a mental abstraction (about the four in the morning)
i never wanted to be a super-star (the tone of my body)
i only wanted to be loved (the rhythm of her skin)
i only wanted the feeling of a rooftop meeting the sky
how can i tell you? (it was allright)
i never wanted to be a super-star, i only wanted to be loved
i only want the feeling of a rooftop meeting the sky
the comfort of a lamp post buzzing in the quiet of a summer morning
the tone of my body, the rhythm of her skin
how can i tell you? (it was allright)
Rooftop
i'm feeling heavy as we dip below the rooftop
i'm guessing you feel the same
your ears are ringing as i learn to shoot my mouth off
what do you want me to say?
you want to fall in love with the thought of a beginning and
you hate to feel responsible for anything you've said and done
you... you...
you sold me off to silence, now i'm left to figure why and how and
you strung me out on glimpses of out faded hopes and wishes and
you tell me that your promise isn't pieced from broken fortresses and
you tell me you've forgotten and the words i wish forgotten and
you... you...
Street sign says
i'll find the hard way
pick out the pulses all the asphalt is cold and grey
follow the street signs
break through the concrete all the atmosphere held is light
it's drifting further and out of sight
you'll ask the questions
i'll try to answer but the answers are hard to find
i'll follow heart beats
flush out the feelings where colors and sounds collide
i'll try to feel what i know is right
i'll try to tell you i'm fine, i'm fine
all the atmosphere held is light
i'll try to feel what i know is right
i'll try to tell you i'm fine, allright
Gravel poured out
sitting in the road with my gravel poured out i've found my footsteps
running up, i'm running out, i'm running out of sound if i had to listen
sitting in the doorway but my voice is pulled out i can't repair it
try to make a ripple or a chemical sound i've lost all interest
sitting out of service with my engine pulled out we've made revisions
elimintaing reasons for illuminating doubt i've got my concepts
sitting on the subway as the subway's heading south i've found my short breath
feeling out dismissing that the feeling isn't real i'll just fall in line
heading out horizons all the reasons i could leave i stop responding
putting up flourescents while we're blotting out the sun the light bulb quits and
the moon is pulling harder pulling far away from light this thinning air stops