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Lucid Again

by Clowns

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1.
Lucid Again 06:00
THERE ARE TOOLS USED TO CONTROL US THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING THROUGH YOUR WINDOWS AS YOU JUST LIVE, BUT… WHAT DO THEY WANT? THEY ARE THERE, WE KNOW IT BUT WHAT DO THEY WANT? THERE IS SOMEONE LOOKING AT ME IN THE MIRROR WHILE I’M NAKED IN THE SHOWER BUT WHAT DO THEY WANT? THERE IS SOMETHING UNDERNEATH ME WHEN I’M SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN, JUST WATCHING BUT WHAT DO THEY WANT? THEY ARE THERE, WE KNOW IT BUT DO THEY WANT? THE ONLY THING THAT WE ARE SURE OF IS THAT NO ONE REALLY KNOWS… ARE WE ALIVE?  OR ARE WE JUST EXISTENTIAL? SO I CHECK MY VITAL SIGNS PULL MY HAIR AND THERE’S NO PAIN SIGH, LUCID AGAIN
2.
YOU WANNA CATCH ME YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME I KNOW THESE STREETS LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND, BUT PUTTING IT BLUNTLY THERE SIMPLY WON’T BE AN EASY WAY OUT OF THIS LIFELESS PARADOX NO INTERMISSION TO MY OBSESSION I’LL SEE YOU DOWN AT THE CATHEDRAL BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS WE’RE FUCKING USELESS DESPITE THE TERROR WE’RE ON TOP OF THE WORLD, BUT I WENT TO CHURCH TODAY GOT ON MY KNEES AND FORCIBLY PLEASURED GODS THAT I DON’T BELIEVE IN CIVILNESS IS PRODUCT OF MY SILENCE BUT I HAVE MY FAITH IN DRUGS, SEX AND VIOLENCE 20/20 VISION IN MY HINDSIGHT NOW I’M WALKING TOWARDS THE LIGHT BUT LATELY I’VE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED BY THIS WHOLE DAMN WORLD FEELING LIKE A KNIFE AT A GUNFIGHT THIS IS THE START OF THE END IT’S WHERE WE LOSE GRIP OF THE WHEEL START FISHTAILING, SPIRALLING DOWNARDS IT’S BEEN SO NICE TO KNOW YOU, I GOT 20/20 VISION IN MY HINDSIGHT NOW I’M WALKING TOWARDS THE LIGHT AND LATELY I HAVE BEEN FEELING DISENFRANCHISED BY THIS WHOLE DAMN WORLD FEELING LIKE A KNIFE AT A GUNFIGHT
3.
I CAN’T STAND YOUR TOXICITY IT MAKES ME SICK THE WAY YOU ARE ALL UP INSIDE MY HEAD I CAN’T STAND THE LOOK ON YOUR STUPID FACE WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE HELPING BUT YOU ARE JUST CREATING MORE BAD I DROPPED MY BRAIN ON THE FLOOR TODAY AND I THINK IT’S PROBABLY BETTER THAT WAY I DROPPED MY BRAIN ON THE FLOOR TODAY AND I THINK IT’S BETTER I CAN’T TAKE THIS ANXIETY IT JUST MAKES ME SO (GOD DAMN SICK) FEELS LIKE A BLADE  IN THE SIDE OF MY HEAD AND I LOVE THE IRONY OF HOW YOU STOOD BY AND SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN THE CULPRIT  I DROPPED MY BRAIN ON THE FLOOR TODAY BUT I THINK IT’S PROBABLY BETTER THAT WAY I DROPPED MY BRAIN ON THE FLOOR TODAY AND I THINK IT’S BETTER IT’S A STRANGE SENSATION CHARACTER ASSASSINATION IS IT’S EASY TO HATE BUT HARD TO HIT FROM FAR AWAY I CAN’T STAND YOUR TOXICITY IT MAKES ME SICK THE WAY YOU ARE ALL UP INSIDE MY HEAD I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE LOOK ON YOUR STUPID FACE WHEN KARMA COMES ROUND AND PUTS YOU BACK IN YOUR PLACE I DROPPED MY BRAIN ON THE FLOOR TODAY AND I THINK IT’S PROBABLY BETTER THAT WAY I DROPPED MY BRAIN ON THE FLOOR TODAY I DROPPED MY BRAIN ON... I DROPPED MY BRAIN ON THE FLOOR
4.
Pickle 04:31
I’VE WOKEN UP IN GUTTER TURNING SHADES OF YELLOW, BLACK AND BLUE THE ONLY THING KEEPING MYSELF ALIVE IS A MEMORY OF YOU TAKE THIS IOUP ROMISE THAT I’LL DO A LITTLE BETTER NEXT TIME I’VE GOT MY SELF IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO THE ONLY SUBSTANCE IN YOUR LIFE IS A BIT OF SUBSTANCE OF ABUSE SELF DIAGNOSING SELF PRESCRIPTING SELF DESTRUCTING PICKLE
5.
HEAR A NOISE IN THE NIGHT IT WAKES ME UP WITH A BIT OF A FRIGHT CAN SEE THEIR EYES BURNING BRIGHT ILLUMINATING IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT CAN HEAR THEIR VOICE IN MY HEAD WITH THEIR EXTRA TERRESTRIAL DIALECT MUST YOU VISIT AT THIS HOUR? WHY MUST I LIVE MY LIFE SO FRIGHTENED? SICK THOUGHTS ARE CREEPING IN WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT FROM ME? IS THIS SOME KIND OF TWISTED GAME? DO YOU GAIN PLEASURE FROM MY FEAR? A BOOK FALLS OFF A SHELF A LIGHT TURNS ON UNEXPLAINABLY THIS SHIT JUST HAPPENS, RIGHT? TRYING TO UNCONVINCE MYSELF THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD HAVE THOUGHT THEY HAVE FELT SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL TO NOT COMPLETELY RULE IT OUT AS A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY, AYE? SEND HELP!!! SOME SAY I’M HEARING THINGS SOME SAY I’M GOING CRAZY WELL MAYBE I AM CRAZY COS’ I AM REALLY HEARING THINGS BUT AS MORE TIME GOES BY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED BUT THE NOISE DON’T SUBSIDE I’LL PUT MY MIND AT EASE THAT MY LITTLE GUESTS MIGHT JUST COME IN PEACE CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY WE ARE SO AFRAID OF WHAT IS SIMPLY JUST THE UNEXPLAINED? I TAKE A BREATH AND WELCOME THIS STRANGE PRETTY SURE THESE GUESTS ARE ACTUALLY MY MATES CROP CIRCLE PARTY PROBE I WANNA GET LOOSE WITH THE UNKNOWN I WANNA MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE ALIEN BABES I WANNA FIND THE TRUTH THAT IS OUT THERE ONE DAY THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE CAN YOU HANDLE IT? COS’ IT MIGHT HURT ALL I KNOW IS I WANT TO BELIEVE
6.
STAB ME IN THE BACK, MY FRIEND HAVE SOME DECENCY AND NEVER TELL ME ABOUT IT WHAT YOU NEVER KNOW CAN’T HURT ONLY EVER HURTS INSIDE YOUR MORALITY SHOOT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD HOLD BACK THE TEARS AS YOU PULL THE TRIGGER DRAG THE BODY DEEP IN THE BUSH DEEP ENOUGH SO A DOG’LL NEVER DIG IT UP I DID A BAD THING AND NOW I’M GONNA GO BACK IT’S SENSIBLE TO TREAT OTHERS AS IF THEY ARE YOU BUT PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION TO BE FLAWED YOU KNOW THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN EVER REALLY JUDGE SOMEONE IS HOW THE COME BACK FROM HARDSHIP I DID A BAD THING  AND NOW I’M GONNA GO BACK WAS IT THE RIGHT THING TO TELL NO ONE? I MEAN, WE ALL DO BAD THINGS… DON’T WE?
7.
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK EVERYWHERE THAT YOU GO YOU ALWAYS LEAVE SOMETHING A HAIR, A FINGERPRINT... SOME KIND OF DNA WILL LEAVE A BREAD CRUMB TRAIL BACK TO YOU ONE DAY IT’S THE PAINFUL TRUTH EVEN IF YOU SOMEHOW GET AWAY THIS TIME EVEN IF THEY MISS YOU RETURNING TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU RUN NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HIDE THE GUILT FROM YOUR MISDEMEANOUR WILL EAT YOU UP INSIDE IT’S THE PAINFUL TRUTH DAYS MONTHS AND YEARS WILL GO BY BUT FORENSIC SCIENCE IS A DRAG THEY WILL PIN YOU DOWN IN THE END WITH FORENSIC SCIENCE AGAIN
8.
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE BUT THE MUD TO GO THROUGH TO COME CLEAN AND WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN THIS DIRTY YOU CAN TRY AND SCRUB IT BUT YOU CAN’T WASH OFF THE STAIN FATHER PLEASE FORGIVE ME BUT I HAVE GOT A SIN RIGHT NOW TO CONFESS I’VE BECOME ANOTHER PERSON I’M AS GOOD AS FINISHED I’M DEPRESSED THAT I’VE REGRESSED; I’VE REGRET ALRIGHT, LET IT GO COULD MAKE A LIST OF EXCUSES BUT NOTHING WILL EXCUSE THE SHIT YOU HAVE DONE REEL OF A LIST OF ABUSES YOU’VE BEEN SUBJECT TO BUT YOU’VE DONE THAT TO SOMEONE AND I WAS NEVER THAT HAPPY BECAUSE I NEVER QUITE SEEMED TO FIT IN BUT TELL ME HOW IS IT HEALTHY TO FIT IN SO RIGHT IN WORLD SO SICK? IT’S ONLY A QUARTER OF AN HOUR
9.
Not Coping 09:12
WE’LL NEVER FIND OUT IF IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL OR SUICIDE, BUT IS IT SAD THAT IT DIDN’T SURPRISE ME WHEN I FOUND OUT YOU HAD DIED? OH, WE KNEW YOU WEREN’T ALRIGHT. IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR YOU CROSSED THE LINE SOME TIME AGO BUT THERE WILL BE NO RETURN THIS TIME OH, WE KNEW YOU WEREN’T ALRIGHT. BUT WE COULDN’T WATCH YOU SELF DESTRUCTING SO WE CLOSED YOU OFF AND WE SAID NOTHING WE TRIED OUR BEST BUT YOU WERE SIMPLY HELPLESS ALL I KNOW IS WE’RE NOT COPING .-. . -- . -- -... . .-. / -.- .. -.. ... ---... / .. - .----. ... / --- -.- / - --- /  .--. .- .-. - -.-- --..-- / .--- ..- ... - / -.. --- -. .----. - / -.. --- /  .... . .-. --- .. -. .-.-.- / .-. . ... - / .. -. / .--. . .- -.-. . / .- -.. .- -- /  .-. . . ... .-.-.- / .... .- .. .-.. / ... .- - .- -. .-.-.- OH, WE KNEW YOU WEREN’T ALRIGHT WE COULDN’T WATCH YOU SELF DESTRUCTING SO WE CUT YOU OFF, NOW YOU ARE PUSHING DAISIES IT’S SAD AND TRUE THAT THIS WORLD IS NOT MADE FOR ALL OF US ALL I KNOW IS WE’RE NOT COPING THERE, I SAID IT; ALL I KNOW IS WE’RE NOT COPING

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Bursting with psychedelic swirling guitars, electrifying riffs and explosive vocals, ‘Lucid Again’ is the third LP from Melbourne's unstoppable CLOWNS. The nine new tracks seamlessly combines a powerful punch of pop, punk, garage and hardcore. From the exhilarating guitar-work on album opener and title-track ‘Lucid Again’, to the catchy melody lines on the first single ‘Dropped My Brain’ and commanding chorus on 9-minute epic ‘Not Coping’, these songs are exploding with the band’s signature distortion-drenched sound and rambunctious energy, however the record is distinctly different from their previous releases and is especially evident from the scuzzy-psychadelia infused throughout.

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released May 12, 2017

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY CLOWNS. RECORDED BY MEMBERS OF CLOWNS PAST AND PRESENT BETWEEN JUNE - DEC 2016. MIXED BY JEREMY GIDDINGS AND CRAIG HARNATH AT HOT HOUSE STUDIO, ST KILDA VIC 3182. MASTERED BY MIKEY YOUNG. GUEST ORGAN BY CHRIS COCKBURN ON ‘LUCID AGAIN’
GUEST XYLOPHONE BY AMANDA MCGRATH ON ‘LIKE A KNIFE AT A GUN FIGHT’
GUEST PICK SLIDE BY TIM ROGERS ON ‘15 MINUTES OF INFAMY’

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