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Extended Play

by Strangely Arousing

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1.
Live to Live 05:11
I wonder why we live under the wire. I wonder who's pushing expectations higher. I wonder how much more to fuel the fire. I wonder who's pushing expectations higher. When you look into it's eyes you see reflected. Through and past your lies we see your true intentions. The more that I look the larger its dimensions. The less that I look the less they like to mention. I wonder why we live under the wire. I wonder who's pushing expectations higher. When you look into it's eyes you see reflected. Through and past your lies we see your true intentions. The more that I look the larger its dimensions. The less that I look the less they like to mention. Our appetite for excess, god knows I cant satisfy. Why must we live for excess, why can't we just live to get by. How can we measure success, sick of working overtime. Why must we live for excess, why cant we just live to get by. When you think your going under. Why must we live for excess, why can't we just live to get by. How can we measure success, sick of working overtime. Why must we live for excess, why cant we just live to get by.
2.
Kupenga 03:26
And i’m back On the scene Let me great ya with the insight that the wide world has given to me. And i’m back To help you understand what I mean when I say na to rourou na taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi. And i’m preaching the only way I know To preserve the taha wairua for each and every one of ya’ll. Listen as your glasses overflow Listen to mine and man I saw the light and she grows Only further from the mould. And i’m back Here with me. I tell you that your back yard will save you from the pockets of the powers at be. And i’m back To help you understand what I mean, when I say na to rourou na taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi. And i’m preaching the only way I know To preserve the taha wairua for each and every one of ya’ll. Listen as your glasses overflow Listen to mine and man I saw the light and she grows Only further from the mould. And i’m preaching the only way I know To preserve the taha wairua for each and every one of ya’ll. Listen as your glasses overflow Listen to mine and man I saw the light and she grows Only further from the mould She grows, she grows Only further from the mould She grows, she grows Further from the mould We grow We grow.
3.
Yeah, times moved on and we’re still here, we’re still in the fields. Ten score until the last son came to us with a deal. Got my seat picked out at the back of the bus and they look, so relieved. They look down like they’re better than us but they don’t know enough, to just leave us alone son. There’s no life living on the run. We’ll find peace in a loaded gun. No going back when its done You’re in the wrong place, the wrong time, today. You’re getting off light boy for your kind and i’ll give you the chance to turn away So forget what I said, he struck a match head. So set it alight boy for your kind today. You stutter when you talk boy. He smiles through his teeth. An old dog with his old toys that i’d bring to his knees. If I had one less ounce of compassion, i’d lust just enough, to be free. He looks down like he’s better than us but he don’t know enough, to just leave us alone son. There’s no life living on the run. We’ll find peace in a loaded gun. No going back when its done You’re in the wrong place, the wrong time, today. You’re getting off light boy for your kind and i’ll give you the chance to turn away So forget what I said, he struck a match head. So set it alight boy for your kind today. So don’t you wonder, what it would be like to wander, if you believe in that today better get yourself out the dark age. You’re in the wrong place, the wrong time, today. You’re getting off light boy for your kind and i’ll give you the chance to turn away So forget what I said, he struck a match head. So set it alight boy for your kind today.
4.
I may be mangy but I ain’t no hound, I said to the officer whose ego’s weighing in by the pound, The way he acted yeah you’d think he was crowned, But show him what your mumma made today and he’ll come around. Old people get low or get gone, I’ll be impressed if you can wear it til’ the end of this song. There’s a lot of hip shaking and breaking to be done, But I guarantee my special spice will have you up till the sun yeah. Don’t, Tell my mother, That i’m thinking ‘bout taking another, It’s fun while it lasts until you’re out on your ass. I had a woman and I wanted a sprout, But it seemed to make no difference as she was cussing me out. I can’t remember, what we fought about, But the worst, it seemed to come around when I went without, My special hit me baby one more time, While we sit inside this van and wait for stars to align. I can’t move and the feelings divine, Yeah you might think its ugly but man I’ll pay the fine. So don’t, Tell my mother, That I’m thinking about taking another, Track my seconds to thirds until i’m out on the curb. So learn, From me brothers yeah, If you think you got strange horizons to discover, It’s fun while it lasts until you’re out on your ass. So don’t, Tell my mother, That i’m thinking about taking another, It’s fun while it lasts until you’re out on your ass. So learn, From me brothers yeah, If you think you got strange horizons to discover, It’s fun while it lasts until you’re out on your ass.
5.
I don’t mean to interrupt But can you tell me what’s corrupt Cause I can’t tell anymore. Can you teach me how to act Cause I can’t seem to find the facts or even what I’m being convicted for. Can you teach me how to write, to sight, some way to fight As we cling to the wreckage of our own indictment For those who reap but did not sow before. Might I be the one to shun the grace of the sun And brave the storm who’s weather might be just the run I need To bring you back from not far off the shore. Ignorance, seems the perfect medicine at the starting line But don’t rush me as I breath it in again Even though it bites We’re in a state of under-appreciation For what seems the lesser of the two What I have and what I don’t What more I need to feel at home seems the more I have to lose This world is enough for me Is yours enough for you? It’s a wonder we stay with our heads above the water And I’m hard-pressed to hame my way Despite all the actions Your court has brought to order I’ll tread before I give you away. Can you teach me how to write, to sight, some way to fight As we cling to the wreckage of our own indictment For those who reap but did not sow before. Might I be the one to shun the grace of the sun And brave the storm who’s weather might be just the run I need To bring you back from not far off the shore. Ignorance, seems the perfect medicine at the starting line But don’t rush me as I breath it in again Even though it bites We’re in a state of under-appreciation For what seems the lesser of the two What I have and what I don’t What more I need to feel at home seems the more I have to lose People causing me to see what i can be i'm ‘bout to be the one that tells you right from wrong so go and hide and go and seek some knowledge that'll make better priorities for your mental health put money on the bottom and put family on the top shelf. Please don’t let me interrupt while i create something corrupt devil and deal and find out what my conviction is please don’t teach me how to act if ignorance is how you act in accordance all the problems life challenges you with. My information’s fundamental to an entire nation I’m trying to give peoples minds cardiopulmonary resuscitation it’s too late now for some they'll stay as vegetation I’ma prescribe for the rest deinstitutionalization This condition’s what we're in ‘cause of ignorance and I don't think I'm strong enough to avoid me using this illusion it’s confusion, it’s what i'm using to lose myself in all your self absorbed hypocrisy I can't defuse it. Ignorance, seems the perfect medicine at the starting line But don’t rush me as I breath it in again Even though it bites We’re in a state of under-appreciation For what seems the lesser of the two What I have and what I don’t What more I need to feel at home seems the more I have to lose Ignorance, seems the perfect medicine.
6.
Skar 05:45
You feel like somethings following you like death but much more kind. The cold creeps and seeps and spreads, it’s hidden deep inside. Now you know, you’re not alone You co-inside with the creatures the climb inside making you feel refined You feel the coldness making your mind anew just digging deeper ‘til they can deceive you. No-one cares, no one stops to pay attention They just laugh they’re all in on the deception Darkness creeps inside your mind It’s taken over your insides. So go, go, run away, run into the darkness where you’ll be safe. So go, go, they follow close, don’t stop don’t slip or choke. So go, go, pick up the pieces, put them in a place no one else can find In your mind, you’ll, always be, you’ll always be the one from which you can not hide. Your conscience smiles its satisfied Adjusting to its new mind. You see the world for what it is, a void of wasted time. Now you can’t define How the darkness seems to wind itself inside You let the feeling flood You can’t help its just too much. Tenei au, tenei au ko te hokai nei o taku tapuwae Ko te hokai-nuku Ko te hokai-rangi Ko te hokai o to tipuna A Tane-nui-a-rangi I pikitia ai Ki te Rangi-tuhaha Ki Tihi-i-manono I rokohina atu ra ko te Kete Tuauri ko te Kete Tuatea ko te Kete Aronui Ka tiritiria, ka poupoua Ki a Papatuanuku Ka puta te Ira-tangata Ki te whai-ao Ki te Ao-marama Haumi e hui e Taiki e

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Strangely Arousing's debut E.P. Enjoy and share it around.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Oliver Harmer at The Lab.
All instruments played by members of Strangely Arousing.

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released October 13, 2014

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Strangely Arousing Auckland, New Zealand

Emerging from an era in which Fat Freddy’s Drop and Red Hot Chili Peppers are considered heritage artists and human’s are no longer boxed by sexuality, one might describe Strangely Arousing as “Trans Genre!” And comfortably so.

July 28th 2017 sees the release of Strangely Arousing, an 11 song exploration into the minds, hearts and souls of 5 musical gypsies from Rotorua, New Zealand.
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