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Vibrant Life

by The Little Unsaid

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Music written by Mariya Brachkova, Alison D’Souza, John Patrick Elliott and Tim Heymerdinger

Lyrics by John Patrick Elliott

Produced by John Patrick Elliott with the band

Recorded by Tom Jobling at Mill Farm Studios, Dorset

Additional recording by the band in various small rooms in London

Mixed by Graeme Stewart in Oxford, except 1, 6, and 11 mixed by John Patrick Elliott at home in South London

Mastered by Hinton Parva

Artwork & Design by Mariya Brachkova

© Carbon Moon Records 2022

The Little Unsaid are:

John Patrick Elliott: vocals, guitars, keys, bass guitar, programming
Mariya Brachkova: vocals, synths, programming, loops
Alison D’Souza: viola, string arrangements, loops, bowed cymbals, backing vocals
Tim Heymerdinger: drums, percussion, backing vocals

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VIBRANT LIFE

I’m alive, I’m alive
And I’m trying to stay mystified
By the violent life out there
When I'm a creature far from home
Far flung from anywhere
In the skinless drift of the drop zone
I'm a free-falling child
Red dirt falling from my smile
I was your sweet-dreaming child who
Dreamed us all back to the wild
I smash the frontier in my palm
Smash the raincloud in my palm
All the blood-bright lightning forks
Were shooting down my skinny arms
And sucking down the saintless sermons
Sucking down the shrapnel burning
Into my tin can chest
The violent life's all I got left
I lean into lullabies
Spilling salty from your eyes
I lean into hot breath lies
And dream of dying mystified
The violent life's all I got left
The violent life within my chest
I see you in the blasted night
The grinding of the gears close by
And the stars
Biting out holes
Biting out holes
In my vision
Every morning in my heart
It’s the drunkenness of all things
The drunkenness of all things
Being alive
And never really knowing it

I'm seeking a vibrant life
A vibrant life
Within my own
Tin can chest

Seeking a vibrant life
Vibrant life
Within my own
Tin can chest

I want my spirit
Fizzing and restless
I want to feel your bullet
With a calm open heart
I want to feel your hunger
Rising to the syrupy night sky
Bruising, all the twilight
Round my honeycomb eyes

I want the vibrant life
Chasing a vibrant life
With every single breath

Cut the name from me
Cut the name from my chest
Scattering milk teeth in the snow
As I burst out into the cold

All the buttoned-up bodies
Moving slow like sorrow
Through the glacial streets
The glacial streets
We called home

And the stars
Biting out holes
Biting out holes
In my vision
Every morning in my heart
I crave this rush
This rush
I feel it building in me
Like a foam
Like a champagne foam
Rising in my throat

Yeah the drunkenness of all things!
The drunkenness of all things!
Being alive
And never quite knowing it
Yeah the drunkenness of all things
The drunkenness of all things
Being alive
And trying to stay mystified

I’m gonna make every move count

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released September 5, 2022

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