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Mother Turtle

by Mother Turtle

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1.
707(A November Less) Leave me now to drift along Inside the cold heart of the sun Along narrow streets of golden breeze Where strong winds play and rainbows dwell But here inside this white room My veins keep drinking pale wine So many times, that I recall I threw my pearls before swine People dressed in white But I can see through them With their hearts of wood and their empty eyes I let them drift away And when I can't reject the pain Inflicted each and every day The best revenge is to survive And work my own way A race in the street A whore and some meat Compromise the hard way but the easy one is never quite true Selfish and reckless Full with pride and smiles A bag of tricks A lack of marbles And an ache in the heart for the forgotten troubles I don't know what friends are for But it's ok when they do Through all these years Stars seem to be the same but we have changed so much Through all these years these colorblind tears but we have been so blind All of the above is false But truth is never true So I pick up my one way ticket And leave for the sun Hourless films and captioned stares but where's the honor in all this? So let me breathe the quiet sun And dream for all the fools.
2.
Mother Turtle and the Evil Mushroom Part 1: The Turtle Conjuration Praise the Mother Turtle Praise the Mother Turtle and the evil mushroom growing on her shell oh, she's unaware oh, she's unaware Once upon two times, inside the dark and magic forest there she lived the Turtle and on the top of her shell there grew Zoltan the evil mushroom. Seldom you hear a mushroom that speaks with human voice but the forest was magical anyway, so nobody gives a damn how it did so. Then one day, the evil mushroom spoke to the unaware Turtle she thought these were messages received from the Turtle God. The evil mushroom, evil as it was had an evil plan that was not that hard to guess considering how evil a mushroom can be And thus it spoke to the Turtle with a smooth, soothing and convincing voice: "WE HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD" [No one really knows how a mushroom can conceive a thought like that or how it knows how big the world is but we live in the internet era so weird things can happen] Praise the Mother Turtle Praise the Mother Turtle and the evil mushroom growing on her shell oh, she's unaware oh, she's unaware People: He wants to take over the world and he will use the Turtle to travel around the globe he will use the Mother Turtle which wasn't yet a mother at all...
3.
The Elf 09:34
The Elf Just another town One more day, one more show Playing the bitter clown From dusk till the final bow Even one glimpse of you Makes my heart so hollow Being a fool in everybody’s eyes Makes it hard to swallow I never wanted to be perfect But then again no one is I never thought I’d be rejected by all the freaks and even you It's really not the distance Not even the empty words Walking on a burning rope I can see how the story unfolds I just want you to stay I just need you to pray No one saw, no one knew You blamed me, I blamed you You were so cold, you were so pale Feeling nothing, not even pain I just want you to stay I just need you for one more day They close the doors, they leave me here My mind still missing, no one shed a tear A voice inside, is my only friend A crippled sound, until the end Words felt so empty As they crawled on my skin They put the lights out I still remember Still haunted by nightmares Still haunted by fear I scream your name out I pray for forgiveness Staring at the empty walls My hate feeds on sin My hope is fading But I can't escape it Words still feel empty My skin feels like dust Moments are wasted Just for one last time...
4.
Bridge 06:07
Bridge I've listened closely to what everyone had to say to me But i didn’t listen to the waves I’ve crossed the line did I step too far? The road calls me to swim inside a pool of tar A million faces, i saw a thousand clouds just to paint a winter's tale on a little white page Can I push away your fears? Can I hold your hand tonight? Can I be the smile on your tears? Can you come home and harvest the light? Sing along with the birdsongs of autumn and count the leaves that fell on the ground outside the box lies a whole new perception swirling in spirals going round and round Above the grey waters I lay myself to sleep Shelter me, embrace me on this bridge I now call home
5.
God Games 12:16
God Games Business as usual and we shall make no amends Is there something wrong with us I guess not when we know how it ends It's never what it seems When we turn our backs and leave we collect the winds in our pocket But we lack of tears to grieve We never read between the lines we’re just sleepwalking through the mines We're so alone as we float through space and time Forgotten there by the stardust on a little lonely star We’re so alone Just ageing through the years Chasing ghosts, burning books Haunted by our fears And if we read between the lines And if we make it some day Let's sell the air we're breathing let’s kill the kids we're breeding Let's fight each other, killing Let's plant some bombs, exploding Let's dry the seas we're sailing let’s hope the skies keep raining We're but the food we're eating we’re but the dreams we're dreaming Lets play God with our lives... ( Al Pacino’s monologue: Who are you carrying all those bricks for anyway? God? Is that it? God? Well, I'll tell ya, lemme give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts! He gives this extraordinary gift and then--what does he do? I swear--for his own amusement--his own private cosmic gag reel--he sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time! Look. But don't touch! Touch. But don't taste! Taste. Don't swallow! [laughs] And while you're jumping from one foot to the next, he's laughing his fucking ass off!! He's a tight ass, he's a sadist, he's an absentee landlord!! Worship that? Never! ) We know nothing But we think we know it all Survival instinct Is our one and only hope The sky is over but the light still blinds my eyes My skin is failing But I want to buy a car Dreams about money Swimming in a pool of gold God games played By the ones who sold the world
6.
Rhinocerotic 06:48
7.
Attic 11:09
ATTIC 1 Twice upon a time Once upon a dream I felt i was laughing, Where i could only scream In a faraway land Where the shores have no sand The owl and the poet Set free the caged swan 2 Clutching on the thin threads Of sanity and pride Concealed their thoughts and linked the dots A shape of hearts inside The bitter tears, i'll let them weave A shadow across their way For frayed is the path they seek And vain is the play Seven times the've answered To the calls of Seers and foes Lesson given,mischief forgiven With songs they count the loss Of equal three, i chose the best And both just felt the same Turning the page in times of haste Can lead to smile or shame 3 With thirst and dust and melted wings The owl just slept through the day The ticking clock woke no one And the swan just cried and prayed The waking call found a shore Barren of love and life And purple seas, washed the breeze Breathed upon a lazy eye 4 Eternal beam of light and fire Cast flame upon the land Bless the signs, conceive the rhymes Sung by a lonely band The owl landed and bent the branch And the poet choked his rage Missing parts are blank again Just light stains on a page Logic stems the tears of love Gives birth to God's desires devour the swan, a lifeless can 'Til dreaming time expires Awaken fool, transparent moth Behold the Angel's sin For spice it is of man's delights To Gods it remains unseen

credits

released October 3, 2013

This album was concieved from May to October 2012
and recorded between January and July 2013

All music by Mother Turtle
All lyrics by Kostas Konstandinidis

MT are:
Kostas Konstandinidis - guitars, vocals, backing vocals
Giorgos Mpaltas - drums, backing vocals
Kostis Hasopoulos - bass, fretless bass
Giorgos Theodoropoulos - piano, synths, sampling

Produced by Kostas Kofinas and Mother Turtle
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Kostas Kofinas at Sin City Studios Thessaloniki Greece

Artwork by Aristotelis Mavropoulos

MT would like to thank:
Kostas Kofinas for EVERYTHING, and that includes EVERYTHING!!
Giorgos Matikas (get well soon bro) and Kostas Tsagaris (Sin city studios)
Tasos "Jesus" Stefanidis for the old logo and artwork stuff
Aggelos Theodosiadis for the teaser and the videos
Synodinos Mosxidis for the photos and support
Vassilis Papadimitriou for domestic violence and hotel services
Giannis "CTS productions" for his support
Giannis @ Silver Dollar for the venue
Notis @ Spitimougroundfloor for the opportunity
Panagioths @"Pare-Dwse" for his love
George Filopelou&Kostas Mousallam@Hokam's Razor
Dimitris Katsikis and JustinCaseProgRadio for his enthusiasm and support
Chriss Kissadjekian for the beers and the love
Hlias Metallinos for his support

The bands we met on stage:
Edmond's Trio
Lazy Aftershow
Four Session Staff
The Shiver
3 Fold Pain
Dagger Of Betrayal
Poem
Sienna Root

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e-mail: motherturtleband@gmail.com

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Mother Turtle Thessaloniki, Greece

Mother Turtle is a Progressive Rock band from Thessaloniki,Greece. Formed in 2011 as a jam band, influenced by the great artists of the genre, they try to adapt the different elements of prog rock into their own music, taking advantage of the artistic freedom that prog rock provides. Enjoy the album and
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