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Kicking Down the Ladders

from "Thinkinging​.​.​.​" by Ted the Block

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Common sense only complicates
The way from me to you
What a confusing thing to say
But wonderful to hear

You sounded like a question
And I didn't have the answer
I said "I'm kicking down the ladders,
Hanging from the rafters,
wondering what I'm after,
Sick of being tired."

"So hold on," you said.
"Hold on, you're no good to me dead."

Did I hear the answer
coming from a stranger?
I think I can remember
My way down.

I'm coming down.
I'm coming down.

I write my own prescriptions
Just because I can
It's a strange occupation,
Being a human.

Let's never sever
I'll keep it all together
Forget all the promises,
the facts, and whatever
it is we want.
As I stare at the sun
I see all the things
That I'd like to believe.

Let's never sever.
I'll keep it together.

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from "Thinkinging​.​.​.​", released May 1, 2009
Recorded, mixed, mastered, and performed by Winston Goertz-Giffen in Oakland, CA

Additional vocals by Rosie Steffey

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Ted the Block Oakland, California

Winston Goertz-Giffen of Saything (the atypical Oakland thought-rock band) is Ted the Block, a one-man band that floats around the Oakland art scene. His musical inventions, like a crackly reverse-feed headphone-microphone, and unusual orchestration combine to form soulful noise-pop that is accessible and moving, incorporating free-jazz-style trumpeting and ambient synthesizer tones. ... more

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