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Funhouse [live demo]

from Passport (2007) by owenshire

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This is a live demo. Imagination is needed to appreciate what this song could be at its full potential. A studio version is forthcoming.

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As we move
From a culture dominated
by language to one next door.
Where your cues
From visual literacies policed,
This world of course

Provides an alleyway for your tiny eyes
That shine so terrible I can’t look away from them
They are pendulums.

As we were
In an alcove hibernated
Yet fated, a child we bore
These voices blur
In a language to be translated
Verbatim
And taught as lore.

I don’t like these mirrors in this funhouse
But I can’t resist these hypnotic conveyor belts
That move me up
Not too fast
Towards the mouth
That closes shut
Behind my back
And spits me out

Who will choose
To be so advantageous
And courageous
To save us from ourselves
As we move
From a culture dominated by sadists
To…oh do tell?

I don’t like these mirrors in this funhouse
Yet I can’t resist these hypnotic conveyor belts
Hold it up
Reflect it back
Throw it out.
Push me once
I hear your laugh
Show yourself.

So terrible I can’t look away…

credits

from Passport (2007), released February 13, 2007
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written: greg muhlbock
vocals, lyrics: robert muhlbock
guitar: greg muhlbock

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owenshire Ontario

Owenshire was born when Robert Muhlbock bought a bass guitar in 1992 and began recording dozens of bass and vocal demos under that name.

Two albums, numerous "live demos," one too-long hiatus and (most importantly) one bass distortion pedal later, Muhlbock continues to release riff-based alt. rock, scattered with lush harmonies and dotted with cryptic and/or disillusioned lyrics.
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