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View From Ghost Tree

by Hands and Knees

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1.
Invader 02:38
before you run away with yourself what you see there won't be no help try to open up find something what you know now won't mean a thing invader i see you're running late but that's okay are we better off not being ashamed time starts walking walking to nowhere is it too late to get our shit together invader so if we all die oil junkies what we did here can't be explained or maybe light up all the big bombs what you know now how'd it get away invader
2.
Crazy Shit 01:54
they all into that crazy shit tattoo with a toothpick where's it gunna end where's it gunna end smoking porcupines taking turns with the turpentine how's it gunna go how's it gunna go everybody's crying they just want to know, know, know how we supposed to know sipping spicy ginger ale beating on the garbage pails where's it gunna go where's it gunna go open up the poetry begger's biscuit royal tea how's it gunna go how's it gunna go they all into that crazy shit tatoo with a blue bic how's it gunna end how's it gunna end smoking porcupines taking turns with the turpentine where's it gunna end where's it gunna end everybody's crying they just want to know, know, know how we supposed to know
3.
Dumb in Love 02:11
driving my car through the woods dumb in love again like some idiot zombie kid dumb in love again, again they don't really want you... riding my bike through the lake dumb in love again punk rock indie rock everything's a fake dumb in love again, again no one really wants you just love me read my poetry kick out the james on the zbc you're in love again but you got no friends late night text drunk poetry dumb in love again kicking out the james on the zbc dumb in love again, again they don't really want you just love me read my poetry check out the scene it's a garage dream you're in love again but you got not friends driving my car through the stars dumb in love again radio tuned to npr dumb in love again, again no-one really wants you just love me read my poetry fresh air screaming into the air oh please oh please you're in love again but you got no friends only rock n roll feelings rock n roll feelings
4.
on the see through ocean they carried off my soul sailed away like a thin bottle rocket smoke took me off to paris on the dark blue sea drown out all my problems thinking love is free but it's not at all... what you described as hell was just another day drank up all the potion and lost you on the way i took many wrong turns with eyes too big to see that atlantic ocean would never set us free not at all... let me sit and wonder the madness of the night with my mind on fire with my heart alight so if you catch the devil never let him go buried in the garden but he don't make it grow not at all..
5.
everybody's screaming mercury's in retrograde i keep my tv tuned to the evil eye i keep my dreaming tuned to the whistle of the bomb screaming through the clouds, makes the second sun do you mind if i yell hell is coming, wonder why let's pick out the paintings for the extinction room the future is not necessarily all gloom and doom but hey, it sure feels that way sometimes it feels that way sometimes it feels that way sometimes it feels that way i ran out of steam in the middle of my dream i lost the train to what became the storyline i only can recall, the wrong popsicle and a staring contest with an old friend of mine who is safe in heaven dead, given his half life somewhat free from the meatwheel 'til the end of time so i steal a kerouac line for the body of my gun 'cause i point it at myself, you see, from time to time in this half life i see you again at the end of time at the end of time at the end of time at the end of time
6.
will this ever end will this ever end will this ever end oh this will never end i could not make you mine i could not make you mine i could not make it stand outside somebody's door don't know why don't know what for you would not have eyes only you would not have eyes only you would not have eyes for forever, forever, forever whatever, whatever, whatever alone again alone again drew a ufo on your knee and a cowboy on our hand i could not make you mine i could not make you mine i could not make it forever, forever, forever whatever, whatever, whatever
7.
welcome back to the horror show with your strange and terrifying drink the perfect seaside symphony watching the world go blink welcome to the age where you smile no standing in a curtain, a handstand on the road a stale piece of fry bread was the best i ate but you were far, too far way oh we're traveling through time it gets a little fuzzy made a beaver skull gold madonna and tossed it into the sea welcome to the shimmering fool's parade the mayor just fired the gun a broken lightbulb somewhere between watching the children run oh welcome, welcome, a shine in your eyes sipping your dandelion tea a perfect tip toe mystery watching the world go free oh we're traveling through time it gets a little fuzzy made a beaver skull gold madonna and tossed it into the sea
8.
Wide Awake 03:14
when you fall in crystal river wasted feelings go down into forever you don't know don't know what it is don't know don't know what it is when you go down the dream is shattered, shattered the color of the sun paint splattered, splattered oh don't tell me how it is no don't tell me how it is you're the one that's calling... don't remember don't forget wide awake i'm calling dream insomniacs unreal don't know what it is unreal don't know what it is you're the one that's calling..
9.
Yucatán 03:01
last time i saw you got kinda wasted you're sort of see through when you want to be sedated help, i tried to say to you help with vision faded we wander through the city all those you've hated creep around corners of pity help, i tried to say to you help anything might help the sky is falling i think you know the story seemed kinda funny when you danced to hunky dory help, i tried to say to you help anything might help
10.
Skull Space 03:23
hello mr. thing how's your good morning where you gunna be when the planets fall hello sweet anne marie they caught you crying left the baby downstream wrapped in smokestack lightning what could be described as easier said than done to make doomsday an honest mistake hello my darling son unlock the cages the maniac inside jumps around and rages what could be described as easier said than done turn off the voices in your skull space how's your skull space been doing i don't know but i've been told it's in ruin can i ask you out for tea only if you pretend to love me hello dr. doom pleased to meet you wind up all your toys find an arm to chew hello make believe lover hunting in paper dreams barrel rolling villians dive bomb the brain what could be described as easier said than done try not to go in the wrong direction how i'd get in the wrong direction why must i wake up with an erection living in the future is no protection i want my skull space back again back again...

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"View From Ghost Tree" is Hands and Knees' 8th album. It's a group of songs chosen by Scott, Carina and Nick from a big heaping pile of Joe's pandemic demos and recorded during November and December 2022.

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released March 18, 2023

All songs written by Joe O'Brien, except "Beaver Skull Gold Madonna" written by Joe O'Brien and Nick Branigan.

Joe O'Brien: guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
Scott Hoffman: guitar, bass
Nick Branigan: drums, vocals
Carina Grenham: vocals
Kathleen Mahoney: keyboards on "Beaver Skull Gold Madonna"

Drums and acoustic guitar recorded by Alex Garcia-Rivera at Mystic Valley Studio. Everything else recorded by Joe O'Brien and Scott Hoffman.

Cover design by Cruz Costillo and Joe O'Brien.

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Hands and Knees write many different kinds of rock-and-roll songs; it's like the White Album all the time. Sometimes they even hang out. They've been around since 2005.

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