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The Oceanic Feeling

by Thaddeus Lowe

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Don't go chasing the oceans baby the water will pull you away the water will pull you away as far as the eye can see... cold air and the truth the t r u t h don't go chasing the oceans baby the water will pull you away the water will pull you away silence greets us from coast to coast you gotta hold on you gotta hold on don't be surprised don't be surprised don't be surprised if we make it...
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you kissed the shore (one last time) but you cannot stop the seasons from changing o're these city lights these waves come crashing down against me... and you... and you... you kissed the shore one last time but you cannot stop the seasons from changing these waves, they come crashing down against me against me now... and you... and you... and you have gone away
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Lost At Sea 02:23
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Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
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on the fifty ninth second of a minute a young man cracks open his lips just to say nothing that was perfect that's just the kind of compliance we need from you we need from you it's just that kind of compliance we need from you we need from you father sings hallelujah father sings Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah his life in the middle of sermon and decision to stay holy or be God father sings hallelujah father sings hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
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Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee. In urging calm upon you, St. Teresa knows that you are disturbed and afraid. Indeed, her words of reassurance are themselves an acknowledgment of your unsettled state. But then comes her stark declaration that what you thought was the problem. All things are passing is the solution. A sense of the transience of time is a liberation from it, just as perceptions of the infinite reach of the ocean offer release from the normal constraints of walls and borders. Why else does your gaze here at the beach constantly shift from the waves just beyond your feet to the unbroken horizon? Your free association takes you suddenly to Freud -- and why not, since he defined it? But didn't he define this state of being, too? Oceanic feeling-- the swollen cavity inside your breast; the hollow lump in your throat; infinity transformed from an ultimate abstraction to this intense emotion; the abyss within; the certain knowledge that you were made for more than the sum of your days. You were made for this. Human beings are the creatures who cluster together at the beach in the summer, sitting in their sand-collecting nylon slings, under their riotous umbrellas, in their unbecoming bathing suits, close enough to one another to catch the aroma of a stranger's sunblock. The cluster is half the point, which is why humans like, on arriving, to find the parking lot mostly full. Normal rules of personal space are suspended at the beach. And you -- why do you love being in this crowd if not for contemplation? At the ocean's edge, watching the waves and staring out at the horizon...
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when we were 16 we would stay up to watch every sunrise I remember drinking too much one night and we passed out at Jones Beach and my phone died the world was a metal oyster... you held my head on your chest the entire time and i finally felt like I was loved I'll never forget that night... had i known then that love was the only thing that mattered and that god yes god was love I'd pray to you every single day every single breathe every single freckle on your face would be the puzzle pieces of the stars... love is god god is love and this oceanic feeling? will be here long after we're gone into the cosmos we'll escape...
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our hearts will melt like, the ocean splitting into two and our hearts split like the ocean melting into two and our hearts split like diamonds split across the blue and our hearts melt like the ocean... has taken you the ocean the ocean the ocean... has taken you... and our hearts melt like the ocean splitting into two and our hearts will split like the ocean melting into two and our love was once real now it's split across the blue the ocean... the ocean... the ocean... has taken you...

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This album was recorded initially in Elmont, Long Island, then in bulk in Medford Massachusetts; in Thaddeus Lowe's Kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. The later half was recorded in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The Oceanic Feeling is the eternal experience of soul moving deep within a person, this feeling is the source of all religious energy which permeates in various religious systems. It is a sensation of an indissoluble bond, as of being connected with the external world in its integral form. Mastered in Nashville, TN at Sage Mastering Studios produced by Nadeem Ahmed except where listed.

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released August 31, 2013

Guests include, Charles Jourdan and Jason Norris.

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Thaddeus Lowe Brooklyn, New York

"It’s clear Lowe is wrestling w high concepts of self-understanding. His voice twists like a whirling dervish & mysticism underlines all his lyrics. In addition to providing the vocals to his record, he played every instrument we hear & mixed & produced the song himself. “They Came from Stardust”, which took Lowe six years to compose, comes ahead of his upcoming album Return To Nature."–Kajal Mag ... more

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