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Half​-​Life

by Marla Mase

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I’m on the move I’m on the move I can’t stop cause if I do It’s gonna get me It’s gonna get me gotta keep moving all the time gotta keep busy or I’ll lose my mind walk fast talk fast work fast think fast see --- nothin’ slow ‘bout me I’m a speed demon I gotta be cause if I ain’t the party’s over the party’s over it’s not that my life is so bad, it’s pretty good actually it’s just that the world can be rotten and I don’t wanna Drown in Blue don't wanna Drown in Blue I’m on the move I’m on the move I can’t stop cause if I do It’s gonna get me It’s gonna get me It’s gonna get me It’s gonna get me one time I did it I slowed down and sure enough it got me just when I was feeling really good and clean and comfy like when your mama take you out of your bath and wrap you up in one of them towels with the hoods and pours baby powder all over you mmmmmmmmmm I was feeling fine and just then it grabbed me by the throat so hard I couldn’t breathe so hard I could feel my chest burst and the next thing I knew my heart was racing and I couldn’t stop it and my usual optimistic self was seeing the whole world in blue Afraid it’s coming down on me And my turn is comin’ next keep me a prisoner forever And forever seems so long in blue don’t wanna drown in blue Drown in Blue Don’t wanna Drown in blue
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Half-Life 04:27
I want to say something true Got nothing to say I want to feel something new – something different today That’s why I called you over That’s why I called you over no pressure from me Just let it be Just let it be nothing lasts forever – no never tonight I need your lovin’ - nothing lasts forever – no never tonight I need your lovin’ - your lovin’ Don’t get me wrong The moment I met you I missed you one of those things can’t explain It’s Ending as soon as it begins It’s a Half Life Ending as soon as it begins Half life CHORUS Nothing Lasts Forever No Never tonight I need your lovin’ Nothing Lasts Forever No Never tonight I need your lovin cause Nothing Lasts Forever No Never Nothing lasts Forever No Never I said Nothing Lasts Forever No Never tonight I need your Lovin’ - your lovin’ SPOKEN WORD The magic of what we have lies in that space between the having and the not having – it sits in that place, between, that’s undefined. People like to say to me ‘why do you like people who aren’t available’ and I tell them well perhaps I am the one who is not available or perhaps I’m as available as I’ll ever be. (‘that’s why I called you over.’) Hey I am a practical woman and I get what I want. I am a practical woman who believes in magic, who insists on it, not just in the nighttime, but all the time and not just with you, but in everything I do……
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There are so many things that scare me I can’t even begin to count There are so many things that scare me I never thought I’d amount To being A mother, a sister, a writer, a daughter, a debtor, an actor, a lover To tell you the truth people, I’m in a state of shock It’s a miracle given my predilections that I ever left this dock Cause let me tell you all when I say, I fall, I mean it, I fall I’m a schizoid diuretic Germaphobic diabetic Borderline depressive Bipolar repressive Introverted neurotic Extroverted psychotic and Hyperactive narcissist Don’t you dare try and diagnose me Don’t you dare ry and diagnose me Don’t you dare try and diagnose me Cause you’ll never ever catch me Chorus: Cause I’m slippery when wet I got dangerous curves You better yield when you merge Next to me I’m under construction Men at work all around me I suggest you take that detour Cause my pavement is icy Caution – Speed Bump ahead There are so many things that scare me Ever since I was a kid There are so many things that scare me And still I haven’t rid Like electric-shock therapy Being tortured in a war The Incredible Mr. Limpet or having a panic attack on tour Meetings with lawyers really get my goat, as do journalists with terrorist slits in their throats, dophins being slaughtered, jelly fish on my hind quarters and suicidal daughters. Still I have made it here today to being A mother, a sister, a writer, a daughter, a debtor, an actor, a lover To tell you the truth people, I’m in a state of shock It must have been a slip of my mind cause I’m an Impulsive Catatonic, hebreonic, Byronic, hedonistic platonic sardonic histrionic, Teutonic despotic, bubonic Maseonic, Supersonic Bionic 21st Century Fox. Don’t you dare try and diagnose me Don’t you dare try and diagnose me Don’t you dare try and diagnose me Cause You’ll never ever catch me Chorus Cause I’m slippery when wet I’ve Got dangerous curves You better yield when you merge Next to me I’m under construction Men at work all around me I suggest you take that detour Cause my pavement is icy Caution – Speed Bump ahead I ain’t what I seem So If I appear in your dream It just might mean I flew in through your window screen I’ll invade all your thoughts Can’t take me to court Cause I’ll manage to thwart All the rules that you’re taught Cause I can’t be caught But don’t be fraught With worries about me Cause I’m just a Party Planner…… I make fun parties (Party People) Funnnnnn Fun fun fun funf fun fun Fun parties people (party people) Oh yeah I make so fun parties Wooo yeah woo Hey listen it’s about fun people It really is, it’s all about funnnnnn so don't worry about the placement of your napkin or if all the colors match or whether or not you have a sub-zero refrigerator because it's all about fun fun fun fun fun fun Fun fun fun fun fun fun funn Fun Fun and fun spelled backwards is NUF I hope I didn't leave my cat in the dryer
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The heart beats 100,000x a day Each person 100,000x a day 35 million times in a year 2.5 billion times in a lifetime there are 6 billion people in the world 2 billion of them children or something like that we're not really sure each beating 100,000x a day electrical circuits cohabitating cojoining coexisting and the beats they merge they mingle they seek out other beats yes the beat is always looking for itself to be in rhythm to be in sync to be one it’s our global soul calling what happens to them happens to us their memories are our memories beating beating beating beating It has been said that love always find its object and never stops until it does so It's also been said that love is an act of freedom – emancipating not ourselves but the other) yes the beat is always looking for itself 100, 000x times a day 35 million times a year 2.5 billion times in a lifetime beating beating we are all in this dance together
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Gaping Hole 03:54
Can you fill it? Can you fill it? The gaping hole. Can you fix it? Can you fix it? The gaping hole. I tried for so very long but still somehow I get it wrong the gaping hole. It stares at me so viciously It torments me so deliciously my gaping hole. Can you fill it? Can you fill it? The gaping hole. (gaping hole) Can you fix it? Can you fix it? The gaping hole. (gaping hole) I’m acting out all over the place I’m acting out, it’s such a disgrace Don’t think I have what it takes to escape from this gaping hole, this gaping hole. And It don’t matter It don’t matter Whether you’re in or out Of my life Either way I’m pouring out, I’m pouring out I’m pouring out Of this gaping hole. Can you fill it? Can you fill it? The gaping hole. (gaping hole) Can you fix it? Can you fix it? The gaping hole. (gaping hole) our wholeness has been ripped from us our faith, our trust our G-dly lust piece by piece it has eroded and all that’s left is a gaping hole, a gaping hole And It don’t matter It don’t matter Whether you’re in or out Of my life Either way I’m pouring out, I’m pouring out, I’m pouring out of this gaping hole. And It don’t matter It don’t matter Whether you’re in or out Of my life Either way I’m pouring out (it’s not you) (I thought it was you) (it never was you.) (it don’t matter) either way I’m pouring out, I’m pouring out, I’m pouring out Of this gaping hole. (gaping hole) And It don’t matter It don’t matter Whether you’re in or out Of my life
6.
I'm on the move I'm on the move I can't stop because if I do it's gonna get me it's gonna get me it's gonna get me it's gonna get me it's not that my life is so bad it's pretty good actually it's just that the world can be rotten and I don't want to drown in blue don't want to drown in blue blue don't want to drown in blue
7.
It’s been said that she’s in heat surrounded by men All of them smell her scent And they come out of the woodwork to get some out of alleyways Bars, countries, Mercedes benz’, happy homes they’ll scale walls of stone while she……the witch the bitch in heat wails in the distance wails in the distance her lonely song All night Charlie FunK; Hey Come on Girl Hey Hey Come On Come On Girl they, the men, cover their ears blockade the doors engage in chores stoke the fire stacking wood and dream all day of how they could no matter what they do can’t resist the thought of her a midnight tryst unending bliss never ending bliss while she……the witch the bitch in heat wails in the distance wails in the distance her lonely song : ALL NIGHT LONG she……the witch the bitch in heat wails in the distance wails in the distance her lonely song : her lonely song 2x old, young, rich and poor proud, beaten, insecure she’s seen them all she’s seen them all fast, slow, black and white short, tall, some just right she knows them all, she’s knows them all Spoken: And they tell her all sots of things like Girl I love your brains and you know what else you make me wanna, you make me wanna, you make me wanna get up early for you girl and I don't wake up early for no one in my life -- no, not my mama, my boss, my kid, no, not even my wife - no honey.....ahhhhhhhhhhh Charlie Funk: Hey Come on Girl Hey Hey Come On Come On Girl Hey Come on Girl Hey Hey Come On Come On Girl (wails in the distance)
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Hold Fast Your Dreams Within your heart Hold Fast your dreams In one sacred spot Where sheltered so Will thrive and grow Where doubt and fear Are not Hold Fast Your Dreams Within your heart And keep them safe In your world a part With wishes that Have not come true Let hope and magic work for you Hold Fast Your Dreams Hold Fast Your Dreams (spoken word) Maybe she did see things differently with that birthmarked eye. They had no idea what she saw, what they were blind to, and would always be kept from, of her world. It was a door locked to them forever. You see, with one eye life was exactly as it was explained to her. But With the other, she saw into, through, above their world. So Keep a place within your heart A place for dreams to start Hold Fast Your Dreams Hold Fast Your Dreams

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released February 25, 2014

All songs written by Marla Mase/Tomás Doncker except 'Hold Fast Your Dreams" written by Louise Driscoll, Roberta Mase and Marla Mase (inspired by Louise Driscoll's poem, 'Hold Fast Your Dreams)

produced by Tomás Doncker/James Dellatacoma for True Groove
recorded/mixed by James Dellatacoma at Orange Music Sound Studio
mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at TurtletoneStudio

Lead/Background Vocals: Marla Mase
Guitars: Tomás Doncker/James Dellatacoma
Bass: Josh David/Kevin Jenkins
Bass on "The Heart Beats" Bill Laswell
Drums: Mike Faulkner
Harmonica: David Barnes
Sax: Mark Henry
Keyboard: Manu Koch/James Dellatacoma
Background vocals: Charlie Funk featured on 'Bitch in Heat'
Backgound vocals: Tomás Doncker, Mike Faulkner, Josh David, Heather Powell
Auraluminence: Sam Claiborne

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Marla Mase New York, New York

Marla Mase is a writer/performer from New York City. She writes songs, plays, erotica, blogs, & poems. She is known for her provocative performance style, intelligent lyrics & is regarded as a musical pioneer by her peers. Her songs are a fusion of rock-n-roll, spoken word, funk, punk, and Global Soul. Marla is backed by the True Groove All-Stars and is signed to True Groove Records. ... more

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