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Intro
01:57
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"You are about to hear the story of Ike.
Ike is a lost soul, a ghost flitting through life,
Always waiting for something to come up.
He drifts between Dope & Juice, between Pride & Fear,
Between Love & Anger.
There are few people in his world :
The Other one, who left and will remain nameless here.
Stella, his dearest lover, and Charlie, his best friend.
Ike will make it someday, one way or another.
Soon, you'll know what happened to him."
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2. |
Can You Tell Me ?
06:30
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Ike :
"Looking out the window, the world
Going through the front door
Looking at the night sky, alone
Exploring that old road, that I knew
I wonder what's out there...
Can you tell me why the sky is so blue ?
Can you tell me why the ocean's so deep ?
Can you tell me how I can be free ?
Can you tell me, can you tell me ?
The sun reflects on the river, a dream
In the trees leaves are dancing
The music of the waves crashing, below
I wonder what's out there, off this island
Woke up on the shore, in the sand,
Locked up in this cage once more
I'll keep fighting on 'till I die for you
I can still learn a lot about them in this world
Took a boat from nowhere, reborn
Living life for the first time
Working hard to survive, my love
With all my hopes the ship had sunk
Can you tell (tell me why)
Can you show me the way ?
Woke up on the shore, in the sand
Locked up in this cage once more
Woke up on the shore (can you tell)
In the sand (Tell me why)
Locked up in this cage once more
(Can you show me the way)
I keep fighting on
Can you tell me why the sky is so blue ?
Can you tell me why the ocean's so deep ?
Can you tell me how I can be free ?
Can you tell me, can you tell me ?"
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3. |
Love Is Leaving
06:57
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"Well I just seem to never learn"
Ike said for lack of a better word
Instead he chased after a missing jewel
"I've been a fool"
The Other :
"It's for the best"
Ike :
"Don't fucking jest!"
All this shows (is that)
No one knows (knows where)
Love gets swallowed
Ike :
"I saw lights all night, what a fright!"
Ike seems to lose his fight, he's taken blows
Fall from grace, leave love's sweet embrace
"Hey, what's that on my face ?"
Change friends to foes
Love, Love is Leaving
Charlie :
"Love is Leaving home when you need
Things shown to you by feeling pain alone
One short moment
Shines and brings new hope
When light, extinguished, opens
You'll soon know..."
Ike :
"Ahhhh..."
Charlie :
"Love's not gone, you're off the shelf
So change your song
True love will always be found
Within yourself"
Love is Leaving home
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4. |
7miles
04:24
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Ike :
"Smoke & dust is all I deserve
Ever you trusted what you was fighting for ?
It isn't an aggregation, all those sweet things
Never meant to be weird or mean
And all I see is some purity
In your shell, you became misery
Seven Miles from home in ecstasy
Looking for some happiness in that domain
Dreaming of some holiday of my mind
Grenades are blowing up my secret side
And every step I make
Is a slab to nothingness
And every word calls out,
Is destined to perish
I know I'm a devil
Smokin' to dust
Particles of your life
With any delay, Yeah
I always thought about that day
I never expected it'd go that way
Can you remember that
I can't get you off my brain ?
Seven Miles from home in ecstasy
Looking for some happiness in that domain
Dreaming of some holiday of my mind
Grenades in a felted sphere of lies
Grenades just blew up my entire life."
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5. |
Ike Above
04:01
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He starts to sing, alone, to his phone
Ike :
“Do, Do, do-do-do-do-do-do"
Stella :
“Ike's looking down, he's hurt
He spends his time cursing the world
Hardly falls asleep
He can't reach his dreams of hope"
Charlie :
“Ike's been running from his life
These days, all he does is shoot up
Dope & Juice, on the loose
He's hurt and he's afraid
Of losing you
Oh, Stella, won't you help
Bring Ike back from the dead
He needs his friends
Now more than ever Stella
Please save his life & his dreams, eh
Woo !"
Ike & Stella are gone to nowhere,
Seems like a better place to be
Along this disturbed hunt
There's several ways to lose
There's several roads to take (Seven Miles)
Seven Miles, ooh, scars his mind
But Can You Tell Me Why?
Why Ike & Stella died?
Love (off the shelf), Love is Leaving,
Love (Love's not gone),
Love is Leaving, leaving home !
Why Ike & Stella died ?
Why Ike & Stella died ?
(What's wrong with you ?)
Ike's been running from his life
“Do, Do, do-do-do-do-do-do".
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The Barking Spiders Bordeaux, France
In Bordeaux, during the crazy year of 2020, "The Barking Spiders" were born.
The idea was to
create a familiar yet unpredictable musical universe. Both frantic & bewitching, solar & melancholy, the Spiders' sound is mainly influenced by the 2010s' new wave of psychedelic rock, but also by progressive rock from the 1970s.
So stay tuned, turn up the volume and .... do not fear the Spiders!
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