Originally released June 12, 1998

The debut EP from the legendary San Francisco acoustic power trio

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Brother P-Touch

Brother P-Touch, Brother P-Touch, raise your arms
Brother P-Touch, lift you higher than you’ve ever gone
Brother P-Touch, Brother P-Touch, raise your arms
Brother P-Touch, lift you higher than you’ve ever known

Well, he can tear out your eyes with a twist of his wrist
You can try, but you can’t resist
So near and yet so far
So close, but no cigar
Isn’t like it happens every day

Brother P-Touch, Brother P-Touch, raise your arms
Brother P-Touch, lift you higher than you’ve ever gone
Brother P-Touch, Brother P-Touch, raise your arms
Brother P-Touch, lift you higher than you’ve ever known

Well, you can look in his eyes while he kisses your lips
He’s there at your fingertips
He’s gonna take you high
To that deluxe apartment in the sky
Isn’t like it happens every day

Brother P-Touch, Brother P-Touch, raise your arms
Brother P-Touch, lift you higher than you’ve ever known

Brother P-Touch, Brother P-Touch, raise your arms
Brother P-Touch, lift you higher than you’ve ever gone
Brother P-Touch, Brother P-Touch, raise your arms
Brother P-Touch, lift you higher than you’ve ever known

Brother P-Touch, lift you higher than you’ve ever known

Somebody Died

Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and made you cry
Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and left you suffering

Close your eyes and tell me all your sins
I don’t think you realize how deeply you are in it
You can build your life on suffering and lies
Pretty soon the universe will catch you by surprise

Lock the door and throw away the key
All your good intentions come unhinged eventually
You can tell me you know what it’s all about
Pretty soon the universe will turn you inside out…

Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and made you cry
Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and left you suffering

Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and made you cry
Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and left you suffering

There might be no light to lead you on
But there will still be people who’ll be sorry when you’re gone
There are no plans behind the hands of fate
The only truths that you derive are those you can create…

Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and made you cry
Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and made you cry
Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and made you cry
Somebody died and made you king
Somebody died and left you suffering

Snowball

You think about what it was like before
When everything was so much different
At night your room was dark and yielding
And the drapes breathed like the ocean
But now you’re feeling so much older
You suck your nerve out of a bottle
And the night is dark and lonely
So you sleep with all the lights on to stop the thinking

But I could go anywhere
I could do anything
In my own time
I could do anything
I could go anywhere
In my own time

Suddenly you’re small and helpless
And the snow keeps falling harder
Everything is unfamiliar
You’re somewhere you’ve never been before
And in your hand you’ve got a snowball
And the sky’s getting brighter
And the sky’s getting bigger
You stand alone so small and crying in the snow

But I could go anywhere
I could do anything
In my own time
I could do anything
I could go anywhere
In my own time

Yes I still think about the snow
That’s falling harder
And I know the sea is not as near as it appears to be
I still think about the snow

Now, forever is a good idea
And tomorrow’s just a long time
And the sweat rolls down your body
It’s dark and salty on your mouth

And in your hands you’ve got a snowball
And the sky keeps getting brighter
And the sky keeps getting bigger
You stand alone, so small and crying in the snow

But I could go anywhere
I could do anything
In my own time
I could do anything
I could go anywhere
In my own time
In my own time

Laughter & Forgetting

She’s not from here, she’s from a town
That’s far away across the ocean
And though I’ve never been
I’m sure it’s very lovely
She speaks to me of city nights
Of politics and rock ‘n’ roll there
And the people in her stories
They all speak a different language
And like me she’s from the outside
Then the cards they turned and brought her in
And she came here for the sunshine
But it might not be that warm again

Sitting outside with a glass of wine
She smiles at the sea, how it hangs like it’s painted
I know she and the beach are both out of reach
Then she smiles back at me and says, “Well, life’s complicated”
She captures in her pictures
What I look for in my songs
While she tries to grasp the world here
She knows better than to hold it for too long

And please
Excuse me if I seem
A bit confused
But I’m just looking for a road
That I once used
And please
Forgive me if I seem
A bit unclear
But I’m just looking for a road
That takes me home from here

Well, I’ve learned there’s strength in laughter
But there’s things that I still can’t forget
She saved me once from drowning
Even if I can’t see the shoreline yet

Candle

I have always been someone
Obsessed with great philosophies
Of wax and blood and incense death
The living flesh no breath of life for me

Now black lace curtains ripped aside
The flaming heart is opened wide
A crown of thorns will flare up bright
As stained glass windows catch the light I see

Oh, but there’s nobody
Who I’d rather be next to
Next to you
There’s nobody next to you
There’s nobody next to you
There’s nobody next to you

The marble altar split in two
Its relics scattered on the floor
But bones and burlap
Bits of wood
Are dry to touch
They break too easily
You raise the chalice to your lips
You press it with your fingertips
A thousand martyrs watch from high
So keep the blood but save the flesh for me…

Oh, but there’s nobody
Who I’d rather be next to
Next to you
There’s nobody next to you
There’s nobody next to you
There’s nobody next to you

I have always been someone
Obsessed with great philosophies
Of wax and blood and incense death
The living flesh no breath of life for me

Now black lace curtains ripped aside
The flaming heart is opened wide
A crown of thorns will flare up bright
As stained glass windows catch the light I see

Oh, but there’s nobody
Who I’d rather be next to
Next to you
There’s nobody next to you
There’s nobody next to you
There’s nobody next to you
Nobody next to you
Nobody next to you
Nobody next to you

All Songs © 1998 Matthew Rothenberg/Ecce Hoho Music

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