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Stratonomy

by Stratus

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Lute FP Totally digging this. Yes, Mondo Drag, early Pink Floyd? Who knows and who cares, but this is excellent. Heavy, melodic, twists and turns but always grounded in good songwriting.
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Green Revenant This is some extremely well written Swedish prog rock of the highest caliber. The 11 minute "Of pines and heather" is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard, and "I hate you and wish you were dead" is equally moving. Favorite track: Of Pines and Heather.
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1.
Woman, you left me gathering hope Tracing the dial wherever I go Now that the first time gotten to old You seem remote and cold Losing hold of you Wanted to show you all that I am If I could tell wherever you'd stand Now that you know a bit where I'm going I see you're turning your head What are you trying to do? Woman, you left me waiting around Waiting to hear, but never a sound Now I got time for pondering feelings I know I need you around Let me see you through Fear, an ancient wisdom Guiding lonely hearts Rounding every corner Swearing on the next one Every now and then A little lovely lady Paints the moon in blue Wanted to show you all that I was If I could tell wherever I'd stand Not that I know a bit where I'm going Can't blame you're turning your head What are you trying to do? Woman, you left me standing alone Yearning to hold you once you were gone Now you got time for thinking too much That you don't need me around Losing hold again
2.
So Don't 04:20
Don't want to squander your cash on fat and sugary hash, so don't Don't want a flashy new ride or put your kids on the glide, so don't Don't want the white collar alliance to guide you Don't want the bulletin executive hiding you You've got no intents to decide So don't, so don't, so don't You want a backdoor libertine to satisfy your reary dream, so do You want to quit your profession as a labour investor, so do You want to feed the underpaid for the day You want to show the overeaten to change their way You want someone yourself to show you through So do, please do (by all means, do) I know you had a hard time that noone could forsee And it would be nice to rely on their appeal Those who can provide you with everything you need They might as well acquire a sudden fit of greed As we all are fools now, know nothing 'bout a thing And no one is the wiser 'bout future coming The nominated few of the common reasoning Do you really think they know where to plant the harbouring? Don't want a crook to decide what program you should abide, so don't Don't want the greed to provide the pad in which you reside, so don't But if you're telling me that I should give in To whatever nursery court you will put me in To those who override my domain Well don't, no don't, please don't
3.
Wicked Woman 08:07
You say that it's over It's just it never even began You never saw it out Went all in for starters Deluled me I could be your man And then you did me out You had me on and off Looking to get it rough I think your time is gonna come Wicked woman you'll be done hard and fair I see you've been looking For loving but not love Though I'd give it all in time I thought to be wasting Another chance, but I see it now It's you who wasted yours You had me on and off Looking to get it rough I think your time is gonna come Wicked woman you'll be done hard and fair You had me down and out Feeding my doubt I think your time is gonna come You'll be sorry, you'll be sad Wicked woman you'll be had hard and fair
4.
I hate you and I wish that you were dead I'd rather be myself than in your bed I want to be alone now, do you mind? I want to disassociate from your kind I know I've been alone now for some time But like you said, we'd hardly walk the line It's true we got along well for a while But now I see you were a waste of time I can't believe I saved myself for you I thought I had a reason to be true Once I got to know you and you me You suddenly made up I wouldn't please You're right we're certainly not of one kind I'd never ditch a love for a biased mind It's sad to see another love downturned But thanks to you my trust in love is burned Now I wish we'd never met Oh, I wish we'd never met Oh I hate you and I wish that you were dead I thought to need a woman in my life I thought I needed you while by your side Each time I fall I lose another dare You girls can go to hell for all I care I hate you and I wish that you were dead I'd like to see you dangling from a thread From all your talk of what love means to you I want you in disgrace in public view I should have known by all your random talk I caught your eye only by pure unluck How I wish that you were dead Your severed head in your bed Think of who will tell your parents that you're dead
5.
Neveragain 08:50
Do you know about my reasoning? Do you know about my reasoning? Do you care for how I feel? Do you care for what I might conceal? Do you care for why I up the shield? Do you care for why I'm cold as steel? But even though I yearn for you I'm tired of treading terrain We'll meet in neveragain Never is a long long time Never is a long long time When you said there is a chance It would be in a long long time Be flattered you're the reason why I'll never buy a woman's cry About never finding decent guys And though you're stuck on my brain We'll meet in neveragain Never again, no never again Never again, never ever again Never again, no never again Never will we meet again Do you care about the reason why My walls have never been this high? Do you care why I'm aloof? Would you notice if I was to die? You carry on as if it rains No shame in where you show your face However much you wanna be friends We're not ment to remain We'll meet in neveragain Never again, no never again Never again, never ever again Never again, no never again Never will we meet again Be sure you are the reason why I'll never buy in if you cry You don't deserve a decent guy You had me under your reign See you in neveragain
6.
Fanfaronade 06:19
There is some grandness in your goal Some trepidation in your role That resonates and burns Among the people searching for their soul There is a grandness that will kill That goes against the human will It greases up your bat And helps the weak to allowance and pills Lonely writer, aching head inciter Hail the liar, wake the pacifier We see a grand fanfaronade We see them all held down in aid I hope you'll sleep when they are gone Featured in their song Don't know if you're wrong So now the grandness in your goal Can it excuse you playing foul? If noone really knows How can you claim the veto of the sole? Lonely stealer, faking headache healer Hail the dealer, hide the real concealer We see a grand fanfaronade We see them all held down in aid You'll never know when all is well And nobody can tell Where anyone will dwell So shut your cranky yell
7.
Don't make me love you Don't make me bide Don't make me fall for you While you reside So far away from here Don't make me hate you In wake of your leave Don't turn to that guy While I can see Stay away from him Everytime I see you I keep forgetting you don't care at all Deceptive in all that you do Your beauty brings me nigher to the fall I know he wants you Just for your flesh If that's your outlook Then go ahead But stay away from me Everytime I see you I keep forgetting you don't care at all Deceptive in all that you do Your beauty brings me nigher to the fall But if you linger And if I fall Don't play no games You made me love you, woman Don't turn away from me
8.
You may ask why I'm waiting Why I took so long to get here Still I ain't sure What I've done is the right thing My mind can't afford being wrong You may ask why I doubt you Girl, why I can't get near and tell you I know what I feel But I don't know about you My heart can't afford being wrong What happened to me? What happened to me? Every day I see the people From the corner of my darkened eyes And I see what they have done with their lives What they dared, what they won For they could afford their wrongs Don't know if it's called for To doubt you girl, in that you would love me But no hope can defeat That feeling of failure That I can't afford being wrong So let me down easy I need someone in the right to show me I'm alone, incomplete I've got tons to achieve Baby, make me risk being wrong
9.
Tired arms around your town A lucky fight at least has one man down They reach out for mercy They wait around for peace But trouble or deux There's a reason why you never charm the sad few Tired eyes, they see no lies So nothing you say ever can stand trial Don't reach out for mercy Every time you're wrong But trouble or deux There's a reason why you never find the right cure So, for your earnest Herald as you're blessed And before you claim redemption There's at least one loser in a fight Save for the papers Tolls for the lowbreds But one thing they'll never mention There's at least one loser in a fight Trouble or deux There's a reason why I'll never join the sad queue Have you been where you accuse? Or are you only pleading guns you choose? Why the war on learning About the other dues? But trouble or deux There's a reason why you never find the right cure So, for your earnest Herald as you're blessed And before you claim redemption Are you not just mad because I'm right? Save for the papers Tolls for your own chest But one thing they'll never mention There's at least one loser in a fight
10.
Early sun for an early woman By the stream she's greeting the day A nymph she's born of pines and heather Dances through the meadows unburdened by time Down by the stream a tune in the wind A tune so fair she could cry Like hers, a greeting for the morning sun A fiddler extolling the forest that bore their lives "Come here, follow me, lady of dawn Let me sing your beauty so pure Come dance to my tune, come dance through your meadows I'll play you happy, I'll play anything for your smile" That's his trade, a sweet serenade To sing to the world, to prove her his love But words of the pines had given her signs That noone should trust the tunes of the sprite and his lust "Oh no", she said, our lady of dawn "I have caught the hoot from afar Borne on the cries of the owl so wise You fiddlers are known to lure any maiden astray" "Oh no", he said, our sprite of the brook "You don't know all the times I have heard Don't fall for his music, it's sweet but luring Well, it's sweet for it's all I can prove for my love" And off she went, with a heavenly scent And left him there yearning, with a heart still burning To prove them wrong, he sings out his song For the beautiful lady, that one day she'll maybe return So she's leaving for the valley Takes a picture everyday Of the place she used to stay Claiming apples of her eye Though she wonders everyday Was it fate to be alone? The owl oversees the brook never feeds upon the morn In yield of his creed they will be gone So, he's heading for the mountains Given up on growing up In the bower of his making Spring is calling for rejoicing Though he's kept to play his part For the spirits in the valley The owl dresses down as your brother in view of those he quelled In yield of his creed they are dispelled And for each summer she'd left crying He'd call upon her in song The wind will never call you brother But it will never be wrong There goes our lady of the morning Merged with the heather alone There goes our sprite and his tune Carved in a heart of stone So here's to all of you young maidens And all young fiddlers alike Relying of pines and heather Will see your feelings denied

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released December 20, 2015

Stratus is:

Fredrik Andersson - Guitars and vocals
Georg Bivall - Bass guitar and backing vocals
Robert Wiiand - Drums and percussion

"Stratonomy" was recorded during the summer of 2015 in Örebro and was produced by Johan Berglund. Cover art by Viktor Örneland. All songs written and performed by Stratus.

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