The Ocelot

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True story. The coffee happened. It was in a paper cup. I was at a parking lot carnival. I had a temporal lobe seizure (though I didn't know what it was at the time). All the other imagery is stuff I made up to try to convey how otherworldly and disorienting a temporal lobe seizure is.

Luckily, my head did not actually hit the pavement.

(I did get a headache, though.)

This was the first track recorded for the album and it's still the most polished and has the most interesting production. It's also the only one to feature my actual drum programming and not canned GarageBand rock drumming samples. I never figured out rock drums.

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The Ocelot

This yellow world hurts
It’s
Bright
Coffee from a paper cup
Parking lot fair
Big cat in front of the sun

Coffee from a paper cup
Parking lot fair
Big cat in front of the sun
My head hit the pavement
Aneurism
Broke stems
White eyes in front of the sun

Bam
Just like that
Coffee from a paper cup
Just like that

A broke stem or a
A lizard back
All full up of radiant spines
A reticulated ocelot
Come up all fair and full
In a blaze of
Light

This yellow world’s a lie
All glitz and glamour
All snow glamouring in your eyes

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from Let's Get Light, released June 22, 2021
Music and lyrics: Let's Get Light
Instruments and vocals: Let’s Get Light

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