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Buffed Silver is Shiny

from Buffed Silver is Shiny (Single) by Shanghai

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The second single from the upcoming Shanghai album "The Ultraviolent". Featuring original custom artwork by Jarrod Elvin.

lyrics

We live in the land of the lost
Where blind men live
With fear due to doubts
That their worth is a construct
Held by the thinnest veneer
That could crack then disappear
Would chaos prevail if it did?
Or might we not build us
Some commoner ground?
Oh Cauda Pavonis!
The phoenix is waiting for birth
From the ashes of the usurped

If we look within, well what do we see?
Economic machinery?
Doesn’t the TV lie?
Aren’t the hugs and cheers
A counterfeit of all our lives?

Soul’s view of skies made blue
And bright sunlight illuminates
The path of gold through hope’s new ford
Bridge over deep troubled waters
Through a golden dawn of light
Throw away all your problems
No grey clouds of concern
Will take the brand new day
Now...

Who do you reach for sweet divine?
Or hasn’t your mother taught you how?
Blinded by greed and astral signs
Now come along with me
For a different ride
Who do you reach for sweet divine?
Or hasn’t your mother taught you how?
Look up to the sky and astral fires
Now come along with me
For a different ride

Take the golden road, a new sacred home
(Look up to the sky)
Destination for a different ride
Golden open road, a new sacred home
(Look up to the sky)
Destination for a different ride

Behold the transformation
A heart of lead to gold
Metal purification
Bright mercury reborn

Colourful evolution
Forgotten human soul
So burn the imperfections
Cauda Pavonis rise!

Fly, everything is one!
Ride, everything as one!

credits

from Buffed Silver is Shiny (Single), released August 24, 2015
Music & Words composed by Nicholas Sands & Luis Rojas

Starring:

Shanghai

Luis Rojas - Vocals, Guitar
Chantel Bann - Keys, Vocals
Nicholas Sands - Drums, Vocals
Davin McPherson - Alto Sax, Clarinet
Riley Tipton Pulsawat-Perry - Guitar, Double Bass
Alan Esquivel - Bass
Chris Rojas - Percussion
Paul Murchison - Trumpet, Trombone
Grant Robinson - Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Flute

Guest Stars:

Tatyana Lukich - Violin
Nataliya Lukich - Violin
Alan Rossman - Viola
Carmen Cerpa Poljak - Cello

Produced, Mixed, Recorded & Mastered by Luis Rojas at Well Fed Studios

Drums recorded with Greg Stace
at Jungle Studios
Grand piano recorded with Greg Stace
at Oxygen Studios
Wurlitzer electric piano recorded with Michael Wheatley
at Nut ‘n Butter Studios

Artwork by Jarrod Elvin at Mick Mack’s
www.mick-macks.com

Taken from the album “The Ultraviolent”
www.theultraviolent.com

This is a Well Fed Production:
www.wellfedproductions.com

Released in conjunction with Bird's Robe Records:
www.birdsrobe.com

© 2015 Shanghai

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Shanghai is a nine piece avant garde experimental progressive art rock band from Sydney, Australia

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