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BLOOD FINDS NO SEA

by Ella Joyce Buckley

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1.
BE QUIET SO WE CAN SLIP AUTOMATICALLY PENCILLED TO THE SHAPES IN THE SHADE OH WE SHAKE OUR NAMES AND FREEZE IN SKETCH ON A SKY OVER AND OVERCOME BY A GULF OF RESPIRATION GUILELESS AS A LAKE WE BURN INJURE/ENDURE AN ENTRANCE INTO HEAVEN ULULATING IN THE JOKE OF RETURN YOUR FACE ON ME WILL BE REMEMBERED AS TREES TO THE WIND SWORN IN FROM THE SEA AND WE CAN'T STAND UP AND BE COUNTED IN THE NIGHT I DREAM WE FILE OUR NAILS DOWN TO UNLOCK US NOT LOOK LIKE TEETH YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT IMAGINE THE MOUTH THE KISSER WITHOUT IVORIES SHUT IN SHUT INSIDE WHAT DID LOVE MEAN WHAT DID LOVE NEED WHAT A LOVELY WHAT A LOVELY SCAB OF EARTH THIS MUST BE BLOOD FINDS NO SEA
2.
Sister 04:53
WHISPER YOUR SISTER FACELESS TURNING BLISTERS THIS PARADE ITSELF HAS A WHITE WIND OF LISTLESSNESS I AM MISSING A GRAVE I AM MISSING A GRAVE A MESSY CURVE OF SKIN MISSING THE LINK FROM WITHIN A MESSY CURVE OF SKIN MISSING THE LINK FROM WITHIN IN NOW GO GO BEYOND THE VEIL GO BEYOND THE VEIL GO BEYOND THE GRAIL LISTEN THIS MORNING MY NAME MEANT NOTHING TO ME MY HEART PULLED THIS THING FROM ME MY GOD FROM ITS HINGE SAW ME AND COULD IT BE WE ARE APART IN A PART OF A PERSISTING SEA WE HAVE A CURVE IN THE EARTH WITHIN AN ENDLESS WEAVE I MUST TELL HER WE ARE SHE IS WITHIN WITH ME I WILL AT ONCE LET THE BIRD FLY AWAY SISTER I MUST TELL YOU THAT IT WILL END IN EASE WE WILL BUILD OUR HEARTS AGAINST THE SEA WE WILL CAREFULLY REPEAT THE LINKS AND LET IT BE BECOME EACH OTHER SOMEHOW WE ARE SLAVES WE WERE MISSING FOR DAYS A MESSY CURVE OF SKIN MISSING THE LINK FROM WITHIN A MESSY CURVE OF SKIN MISSING THE LINK FROM WITHIN IN WHISPER YOUR SISTERS FACELESS TURNING BLISTERS THIS MELANCHOLY HAS A WHITE WIND OF LISTLESSNESS WHISPER YOUR SISTERS FACELESS TURNING BLISTERS THIS MELANCHOLY IS JUST A WHITE WIND OF LISTLESSNESS
3.
Sallow 04:07
3 SALLOW DO THIS FOR NO ONE DO THIS FOR NO ONE NO NO ONE DO THIS FOR NO ONE NO ONE DO THIS FOR NO ONE NO TELL ME THE STORY OF OUR LIVES GET IT IN MY EYES FLUORESCENT SKY WHEN I SIT WITH SOMEONE WHEN I RUN INTO THE WALL OF MY OWN HEART I'M STUCK IN THE MIDDLE MAN I'M STUCK IN I'M STUCK IN THE MIDDLE MAN STUCK IN IN THE MIDDLE MAN I'M STUCK IN IN THE MIDDLE MAN HERE IS A SCENE OF AN ADVENTURE THE PICTURE ON THE BOX DRAWN FROM A TELESCOPE AND THE MOON IS IN ON THE JOKE MOVING AROUND IN VAPOR BOATS WITH A SALLOW HALO TONIGHT THE MOON CHOSE NO ONE TONIGHT THE MOON IT TURNED FOR NO ONE NO NO ONE TO TURN FOR NO ONE IS TO DO THIS FOR NO ONE NO I'M STUCK IN THE MIDDLE MAN I'M STUCK IN I'M STUCK IN THE MIDDLE MAN I'M STUCK IN IN THE MIDDLE MAN I'M STUCK IN I'M STUCK IN THE MIDLE MAN
4.
WOMB-LIKE CARRIAGE CANNOT FLOAT THE FEMALES ARE LEGO SARDINES SILK SLIME HAIR IN A GLASS BOWL AND THIS THE FRUIT AND FORTUNE IGNORED THE POOR POOR FIGURINE THAT FELL THE GIRL GOT OLD THE MORNING STUCK NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE WILL YOU CRAVE US POOR FIGURINE I FELL IN FRONT BUT DO NOT KNOW WHAT TEXT TO CITE TEXT TO TRUST TEXT TO CITE TEXT TO CARRY RINGING BEHIND A GATE A FACE IN A BLIZZARD VAULTING INVIOLATE RINGING BEHIND A GATE A FACE IN A BLIZZARD VAULTING INVIOLATE FOOD AND FORTUNE ASIDE THE DRESSINGS VIVIDLY DESCRIBED HOW IT PUT ITS SIDE AGAINST THE FLESH KNOCKED ABOUT DIVIDED DESCENDED TALLIED BRIGHT COLD THE BURNING I FEEL IT TURNING THE SUN BUT IGNORING THE ONE WITH THE ACCESS TO LOVE EXTRACTING THE JUICE FROM THE STALKS OF THE SOMA CURA SERV THE TWISTING OF FAMILIAR THEMES NEW SHAPES HONORING REVEALING CENTRAL FLAWS STRIKING DREAMS TROUBLING MOODS AND THE BULK OF THEIR SOURCES RINGING BEHIND A GATE A FACE IN A BLIZZARD VAULTING INVIOLATE RINGING BEHIND A GATE A FACE IN A BLIZZARD VAULTING INVIOLATE TINY BREAST FED FIGURINES SINGING IN A BLIZZARD VAULTING INVIOLATE
5.
Herds 06:09
WHAT WERE THOSE GUNS YOU HEARD WHAT WERE THOSE GUNS YOU HEARD DETACHING FROM THE SKIN IN HERDS DETACHING FROM THE SKIN IN HER THE SKIN IN PRISM ROSE LIKE BIRDS WHAT WERE THOSE GUNS YOU HEARD I FEEL YOU WATCHING HER I FEEL YOU WATCHING HER TOUCH TOUCH SATISFY TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH SATISFY WANT WANT FOR THE EYES WANT WANT WANT FOR THE EYES WANT SOMETHING WHITE AND PRIVATE FOR THE EYES WANT SOMETHING WHITE AND PRIVATE FOR THE EYES DIED DIED IN THE THE CHAIR THE CHAIR HAS DIED ON THE FLOOR THE FLOOR THE FLOOR THE FLOOR HAS DIED IN THE ROOM THE ROOM THE ROOM THE ROOM HAS DIED BEHIND A DOOR
6.
Poolside 03:16
BLACK PARROTS WINGS CHOPPED LEFT IN A ROOM I MAY HAVE LEFT TOO SOON MIDWIFE MILK MUSCLES ACROSS THE MOON AND MY DARLING WHO'S THERE IN A STARTLING POSE BY THE POOLSIDE YELLOW MONKEYS INSIDE YOUR EYES DEPICT SURPRISE AND I'M SO AWFULLY APART SO AWFULLY SELF PRESERVED DON'T YOU TOO WISH WE COULD SWIM ACROSS THE MOON AS THOUGH FLYING TO PARADISE DENIAL TO PARADISE TO PARADISE DON'T LET ME LAUGH AT ANYONE ANYMORE WATER IN MY MOUTH AT THE VERY LEAST BLOOD IN MY SHOE UP AT YOU BY THE POOLSIDE BY THE POOLSIDE
7.
Coconoir 04:40
STILL UNDER THE RUSH FOIL BLANCHED AGAINST THE PITCH BLACK THE COCONOIR WE ARE LEGS APART AND THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO THE JAR OF NIGHT NOW OPEN TO US ALL BUT MOST OF ALL MOST OF ALL I CAN HEAR WHO CALLS AND THE MAUDLIN CALLS AND EYES BEND TO PLACES IN MY HEAD A SPACE SO FAR AND THE NEIGHBORS STICK THEIR HEADS OUT LIKE HEADLIGHTS LIKE FAT INTO THE DARK GOATS AT LARGE UNDER COUGH COLOURED STARS AND I WANT TO THROW YOU SO GO OUTSIDE I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT YOU WERE LIKE AND WHAT YOU SAW WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW STILL UNDER THE RUSH FOIL BLANCHED AGAINST THE PITCH BLACK A SPACE SO FAR WE ARE LEGS APART UNDER COUGH COLOURED STARS THE JAR OF NIGHT NOW OPEN TO US ALL BUT MOST OF ALL MOST OF ALL I CAN HEAR YOU CALL AND THE MAUDLIN CALLS AND EYES BEND TO PLACES IN MY HEAD A SPACE SO FAR
8.
Fishing Pose 05:39
I'M STILL HERE KNEE DEEP IN A FISHING POSE WITH THE FILING REEDS WITHIN THE STORKLESS RIVER WITH THE MUD IN THE NIGHT HOW ENTIRELY AQUATIC DO WE NEED TO BE KNEE DEEP KNEELING I'M ONLY LEARNING OF THE VULTURES IN THE WATCH OF SKY THE SEPARATE TORTURE OF EACH EYE YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW YOU TOOK A FACE FROM ME YOU TOLD HER I'VE BEEN HOLY DANGEROUS HAVE BEEN WEIGHTLESS WHEN I RUSH I COULD DIVIDE MYSELF THROUGH US BLOOD IS TO A BODY IS TO A CARCASS SOMA SEROSA A WASH AWAY WASH AWAY THE MARBLE SCREAM THE WHISPERED FLUID I'VE SWALLOWED A HORSE I CANNOT HIDE MOUTHING PARACHUTES SPLITTING INSIDE LIGHTNING STRIKE THE MOUTHS THAT CLOTHE US GRANT US AIR WHEN LIGHT CANNOT FEED I'M STILL HERE KNEE DEEP IN A FISHING POSE WITH THE FILING REEDS WITHIN THE STORKLESS RIVER WITH THE MUD IN THE NIGHT HOW ENTIRELY AQUATIC DO WE NEED TO BE KNEE DEEP KNEELING I'M ONLY LEARNING OF THE VULTURES IN THE WATCH OF SKY THE SEPARATE TORTURE OF EACH EYE YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW YOU TOOK A FACE FROM ME YOU TOLD HER I'VE BEEN HOLY DANGEROUS YOU SAY YOU'RE WASHING FEET FOR US IS THAT WHERE THE MIND AND METTLE RUST BLOOD IS TO A BODY IS TO A CARCASS CAST NAKED APON THE NAKED EARTH ALL SCARF SKIN AND LOBES SOMA SEROSA A WASH AWAY WASH AWAY THE MARBLE SCREAM THE WHISPERED FLUID I'VE SWALLOWED A HORSE I CANNOT HIDE MOUTHING PARACHUTES IN A HOUSE FIRE WITH EYES LIGHTNING STRIKE THE MOUTHS THAT CLOTHE US GRANT US AIR WHEN LIGHT CANNOT FEED
9.
Familiar 04:54
AT A SIGNAL YOU WILL LOVE HER CONTROL WATCHERS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO INTRUDE WE ARE ARRANGED FROM THE INSIDE AND WE ASSUME THE INSPIRATION TO TRY GIVE THEM PEACE, FEAR WHAT BLENDED DIMENSION WAS HERE I AM FAMILIAR CONTROL YOUR SOUL I AM FAMILIAR I AM FAMILIAR AT A SIGNAL THERE IS BEGINNING CONTROL I AM OPENING OPENING OPENED AND OPEN THE COLOR HERE IF WHITE WERE BLUE ONEDAY HE WILL TELL ME ABOUT A DREAM IN WHERE HE WILL GO DOWN DEEP STEPS TOWARDS A FACE THAT FOLLOWiNG WHAT BLENDED DIMENSION WAS HERE I AM A STENCIL YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A STENCIL WHAT AM I WAITING FOR WHAT AM I WAITING FOR WHAT AM I DOING WHAT AM I WAITING FOR WAITING WAITING WAITING FOR AM I WAITING FOR
10.
Oyster 06:47
WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CURVE THE CAGE OF WATER IN A SCULPTED PEARL SO I CAN FIND THE BLOODIEST VEIN OF THEM ALL AND YOU MOVE ME MY BODY IS RELIEVED OF HAIR FRACTURED FEMALE ALIENS CONNECT IN HERE RESURRECT THE OCEAN FROM MY COVERED EAR CLASSICAL AND RAW OYSTER REINVENTING POWER CIRCUITS BENDING PRAYER BOUND BURNING FROM THE INSIDE OUT OUT REACH THE THE RIVER'S CROTCH OYSTER TO THE RIVER'S MOUTH THE PITCH OF CIRCUS WATER BOMBS THE GROUND WAKING US UP AND WHOEVER GROWS OLD FIRST WHOEVER GROWS OLD FIRST HOLD YOUR BODY LKE A TORCH UP TO THE INVISIBLE KING WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CURVE THE RAPID RED INSIDE THE LAP OF EARTH SO I CAN FIND THE BLOODIEST VEIN OF THEM ALL REACH THE THE RIVER'S CROTCH OYSTER TO THE RIVER'S MOUTH THE PITCH OF CIRCUS WATER BOMBS THE GROUND WAKING US UP THIS FEELS LIKE MY FLESH HERE THIS FEELS LIKE MY FLESH HERE THIS FEELS LIKE MY FLESH HERE HERE

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Full Length Album by Ella Joyce Buckley, 2012.

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Each album is part of a truly limited edition of 200 letter-pressed, hand assembled and numbered cake boxes. Within each cake box are 12 inserts with lyrics and song information.

1
BLOOD FINDS NO SEA

2
SISTER

3
SALLOW

4
VAULTING INVIOLATE

5
HERDS

6
POOLSIDE

7
COCONOIR

8
FISHING POSE

9
FAMILIAR

10
OYSTER

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released July 22, 2012

ALBUM RECORDED & ENGINEERED BY DIRK HUGO AND ELLA JOYCE BUCKLEY
IN SOUTH AFRICA & NEW YORK

MIXED BY DIRK HUGO

PRODUCED BY ELLA JOYCE BUCKLEY

ANALOGUE TRANSFERS & MASTERING BY SIMON "FUZZY" RATCLIFFE
SOUND & MOTION STUDIOS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

ALL SONGS WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY ELLA JOYCE BUCKLEY
WORDS AND MUSIC © 2012 ELLA JOYCE BUCKLEY

THE TITLE "BLOOD FINDS NO SEA"
IS SOURCED FROM THE NOVEL "GIRAFFE" BY JM LEDGARD
VINTAGE BOOKS, 2007

THANK YOU
DIRK HUGO, RIGHARD KAPP, SIMON "FUZZY" RATCLIFFE,
GENE KIERMAN, ROSS CAMPBELL, ALEX CARPENTER, PAUL OPIE,
MICHAEL, CAROLYN AND ALICE

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BY ELLA JOYCE BUCKLEY
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