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POSTHUMOUS

by The Clever Hans

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1.
POSTHUMOUS 08:36
Posthumous In a world a world insane The Gods shed crushing tears The fractured forms of our remain Shattered shards of our disdain And yet I foment I walk the halls for you for I know not what to do Shuffling feet of marching bands Tired songs machines in hand I’m like the echo too Liar Liar All I see is just a violence All I see is just a violence All I see is just a violence Just a violence – justify it In a world afraid The gods shed crushing tears In that place where lovers go In that lonely town from far alone In the place of fair weathered friends The sounds the signs remain I love alone for you In the echo for you Liar Liar All I see is just a violence Just a violence – justify it – just a violence
2.
A WEAKNESS 06:02
A Weakness The stereo The audience It comes alive Fine you don’t know these things it’s true The therapy it turns me on say you don’t want this weakness You count but in my heart I feel divine Like everyone I come undone This priceless smile it turns to cruel These countless trials Say you don’t want this sentence You sigh your sighs In my heart – I will In my heart – I feel Dry your eyes I’m the king of Sudan And I want for you – for you’ll find Cry your eyes oh I am appalled I‘ll be coming for you It’s just a phone call away It’s just a fires fight Well --- Settle down settle down settle down you are emotion – you are in motion
3.
INOCULATION 05:06
Inoculation Sense of sincerity passes right over me walk to the end of the world You said you would stay the same and stay with me Through the fire and fall out of war We’re not to blame for the things that have gone I’m amazed we stayed the same this long When everyone changes and stages themselves Against poor and power the back drop of poverty Jaws of bigotry, promise and flattery Bank-roll it all and duplicate more Again and again we watch with indifference Falling apart with the ghost of us all So do you remember the curse of September? Do you recall the curse of us all? We’re the same We’re the same We’re the same A sense of civility taste and dignity Swallowed and spilled and swilled with hostility Still we sink our teeth through it all Indulge ourselves and hunger for more I’ve no intention of living this way Through the friendly fire the debt of all The words of others the backdrop of art Again and again we lost in the end Around and around talking ourselves Accusing confessions arresting ourselves Again and again we jump in the fire Indulge ourselves and hunger for more So do you remember the curse if September? Do you recall the curse of us all? We’re the same We’re the same We’re the same
4.
AMBASSADORS 05:17
Ambassadors Gene before I’m darkened soul Before I’m dead Before I fall apart all again Just like you said – I said it I did all right You turn your days to dreams will the nightmares begin Let’s fly kites in lightning storms Triumph in the riot of the soul I heard my song on the radio For crying out loud well it’s got to go The curtain falls I know you know Sick and tired Sick of trying I had no time Paranoid I settle down on the cold floor I settle down in the cold wars I settle down in the cold wars Settle down on the cold floor In the pouring rain Gene before I’m dark and cold Before I’m dead Before we fall into the great divide Speak our vows in burnt out churches Fight our fight our dreams of virtues Play our part the vital signs Triumph in the trials of the soul I heard my song on the radio For crying out loud well you still don’t know Tend to get confused and adjourn you know Sick and tired Sick of trying I had no time Paranoid I settled down on the cold floor I settled down in the cold fire I settled down on the cold wars I settled down on the cold war Oh Gene we can even breed sentimental uptight pedigrees Oh Gene we can even breed sentimental uptight pedigrees Their weight on me it draws from me the soured milk of history Oh Gene You draw from me false charity drain from me false history Oh gene
5.
SIX DEGREES 04:59
Six Degrees I’ve got science of mind Ambition to a fault Got brains on fire (all mine) a fever to fall In a world that seems shaped by your malign Scenes outside and a terrible home In a heartbeat of night with nowhere left to turn Inside I’ve seen a surrogate home Counted up the anger the world full My eyes have seen you smile again I’d like to beat my wings again And fly into your heart My god you look so handsome A fine and wholesome woman Lips all posed in passion In heat stroke night Nowhere left to turn Inside scenes a surrogate home Counted up the anger the world full My eyes have seen you smile again I’d like to cease – cease command And so much anger I’ve got a mean streak I’ve got to iron it out I’ve got a mean streak I’ve got to iron it out As if I could do that As if I could do that
6.
THEOLOGY 07:58
Theology – Curses so full of blood and grace Pour my heart into this god machine Curses so full of blood and faith You close the door on my reasoned thoughts If I had your faith I would never have to think I found you sleeping on the cold floor Your skin has aged before my eyes Empires are falling with a kiss of betrayal Angels are mortals who help anyway These words are just sounds that float us away and say to me Don’t wait for me now Don’t you wait for me now Heavens are falling tears of Godspeed Angels are mortal who help anyway Curses so full of blood and grace You close the door on my restless heart Curses so full of blood and faith Pour my heart into this god machine If I had your faith I would never have to think I found you sleeping on the cold floor You say we do not die but I have died The Heavens are falling tears of Godspeed For the Angels the mortals who help anyway These words are just sounds that float in the way If I traveled at the speed of light I could take them So don’t wait for me now –not now no So don’t wait for me now – not now no Heavens are falling Tears of Godspeed The angels are mortals what more can I say
7.
ASPARTAME 05:41
Aspartame He said wash my hands in boiling oceans Pull out fish from poison seas Take twice your daily dose Administer the seven seas A victim of the super highway Information casualty Take insecurities And shoot the audience Hey Jump out of this world Jump of your skin Jump of the dream were living in Get of the sky Crawl under a rock Suspend your beliefs there’s a war coming Dance the dance the patriot conga Join your arms if you still got them Dance the dance obituary samba Don’t know dance the corporate rumba Repeat I’ve been drowning in lake superior aspartame and calorie free I’ve been drowning in lake superior aspartame and calorie free Jump out of this world jump out of your skin Jump out of the scene you are obscene Get out of the sky Crawl under a rock Their touch is like hysterical surgeons A thousand caresses will turn to bruises Chorus 2 Dance the dance the patriot conga Join your arms if you still got them Dance the dance obituary samba Do the dance the corporate rumba Dance the dance to your corporate sponsor To the tune of a trillion dollars You don’t know the words you don’t have to sing them Just dance the dance it’s your votes were after Outro I’ve been drowning in lake superior aspartame and calorie free I’ve been drowning in lake superior aspartame and calorie free The media wars The wars for wages Media sons for media gatherings You’re aspartame and you’re calorie free
8.
LAMENT 07:17
Lament It’s bigger than your faith It’s better than their ‘spite’ I lament Scream at the moon Chasing your head I’ve built you into something you’re not Screamed your name “in hate, hate, hate” Of all the animals this one, this one is so cruel You sleep and other strangers The final kiss of bitterness is dust My Love is obscene I love everything Has anyone seen my heart around this town? It shivers like a chime The final kiss of bitterness Your eyes are burning holes through me Hold my hand in hell for you child Throw my hands into this godless sky I lament It’s better than your faith It’s stronger than you all I lament I speak to you in dreams I lie to you in dreams I am animal two eyes ears a mouth and nose And dressed in clothes Yeah I lament I built you into something you’re not Sleep and other strangers the final kiss that’s gone My Love is obscene I love everything Has anyone seen my heart around this town It shivers like a chime The final kiss of bitterness Your eyes are burning holes through me Hold my hand in hell for you child Throw my hands into this godless sky I lament The raging sun ………final kiss
9.
It’s terminal Trees bend Leaves sway and dance And seeds germinate Rain beads and tears and runs across windowpanes Like sperm on silver screens Spiders spin Insects crawl, come in Creepy corporate types come crawling in Passing meat between their teeth Smile a smile through cavities Family packs of cigarettes And bought and sold Into the sun Into the world Into the dirt again Pseudonym smiles and want so free What I want to be Pseudonym wild and want so free What I’m supposed to be Trees bend Leaves and sway and dance And seeds germinate Tears fall Credits roll Crowds draw and congregate Spiders spin Insects crawl, come in Creepy corporate types come crawling in Passing meat between their teeth Smile a smile through cavities Family packs of cigarettes Are bought and sold for you Into the sun Into the world Into the dirt Pseudonym smiles and want so free Pseudonym what I’m supposed to be Pseudonym wild eyed and free What I’m supposed to be Supposed to be……..
10.
THE END SONG 07:36
The End Song Oh please, please wish me this wish upon Halloween Oh please, please send me this kiss of formula And I’ll send me to sleep with your chorus of one Under the burning heat of a billion suns Cause we searched all night in the light of this witching hour Between the ticks of time and all the false alarms Say Mercy, mercy, mercy Send him somehow time will tell you All in the end Under the sun are you practicing the preach? The ill in the air – are you preparing the speech? Ah Oh please, please gift me this gift of summer love Cause we cried all the night for witness and alibi Over the sounds of ghosts of awful Demons and metaphor magic and trickery This life their words of deceit are faithfully dragging me down Practicing the preach Ill in the air – are you preparing the speech? Ah – To send me the ghost and I will not feel lonely Send me the haunting I know you ignore me Send by the end and I will begin Send by the saviour oh just to tell you Oh he is not real – he ain’t real So send me the ghost and I will not feel lonely Send me haunting you know you ignore me Send by the end and I will begin Send by the saviour oh just to tell you He is not real There’s no fear of drowning No fear of drowning…when you’re born to hang

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This is the debut album by The Clever Hans recorded and mastered over the last year.

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released October 15, 2015

Alexander Denovan - Vox -Guitar - Bass guitar - Synths
Andrew Lennard - Drums and Electronics
Steve Marshall - Bass guitar

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The Clever Hans Reading, UK

The Clever Hans play a blend of guitar-based music in the genres of Post-Rock, Goth, Indie, Dream Pop, Shoegaze and more.

We are currently in the process of arranging tour dates to promote our second album in the UK for May through Summer when we will be producing and recording new songs

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