.....Lyrical Worker
.....Track 11: "Incantation"
.....Words and music by Katisse
.....©2007 Look Further Music BMI
We all participate in the "quaint human spectacle" according to
Mahatma Gandhi(repeat)
We all participate in the "quaint human spectacle" according to
Mahatma Gandhi true to non violent light upon he stands a war
on terror is a contradiction in terms fight fire with fire and entirety
burns society learns that a personal agenda can render a nation
unconscious but I won't sit and watch as a world goes down in
flames we worship the same higher power with different names
sustain the pain with more time in war times convicted of war
crimes I see that the core shines through it always comes back to
you charity begins alone the sins atone the long way home prone to
disasters on the way twice fade away say no more faced with the
silent rage of the cold war
excuse me for caring invest in a kind gesture that the rest called a
red herring on the global level the scariest fate is the prez the vice
the secretary of state I barely relate that goes for most I suppose we
see the turnout at the poles the heat retreats the coals turn to apathy
then another figure head like Vaseline slides upon the scene with a
policy reminiscent of a predecessor and then he cracks under pressure
and after all that we laugh about his malapropisms and not his lack
of vision hanging from a string like a marionette without breaking a
sweat but he looks real bask in the glow of a million dollar book deal
these men aren't born they're created manipulated instead of wise and
contemplative but people are mesmerized with a smile and the
requisite style with lies in disguise and power ties while sighs of
futility rain from the skies
the name of this guys not the issue when he's gone another appears like
a tissue we call this a fertilizer for a battle of jokes a four year sitcom
without a remote I can't help but think of our elation when we reach out
and change the station…. Incantation
We all participate in the "quaint human spectacle" according to Mahatma
Gandhi
(repeat)
Song Info-
The monk voices were sung by myself and Chris (who is a super funky guitar player) when we recorded this
tune with our group, Mosaic, in 1994. Tony and I lifted it off the original
recording and I sang a few more passes to fatten it up. Right before the
fade out the high voices that come in are a sample.
Katisse- Vocal, Monk Voices, Flute, Alto Flute, Soprano, Alto, and
Tenor Saxophones
Chris Wabich- Drums, Percussion
Jimmy Haslip- Bass
Dennis Hamm- Keyboards
Chris Clermont- Monk Voices
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