The Manitou - Thought To Be Extinct

1. Arrival At The Node

(spoken)

For all the creatures
Thought to be extinct
We build apologies
And follow the light trails
Out into the stars

2. Reanimation

Remove, you cannot move
Float inside the amplitude
Resize and paralyze
You can't escape
Your time has capsized

Distort, life is short
Another battle to be fought
Unstitch, hit the switch
Now watch the table
See them twitch

Reanimation

Collapse, just relapse
Hook the collar to the synapse
Relate, too late
You're just a puppet on a plate 

Enhance, take a chance
Electricity will make you dance
Revive, fill the hive
Catch the chemical
And come alive

3. Alien Girl

Dark night
Ghost light
Lost time

Shadows
Watching
Outside

I listen for the sound
Of a craft touching down
I ride the beam of light
That she shines in the night

I'm going riding with her
Inside her flying saucer
My little alien girl

We'll share a close encounter
I'll tell the world about her
My little alien girl

Strange room
Cold steel
Contact

Soft touch
Grey skin
Dark eyes

4. Switch On, Switch Off

X-Rays interfering with your MTV
Gamma radiation in your cup of tea
Got to take a look at what you cannot see
Got to find another source of energy

Microwaves are cooking more than what you eat
Fission is contaminating land and sea
Got to take another look at what you see
We don't need another source of energy

You've got to switch on
Before we switch off
You've got to switch on
Before we switch off

Switch on 
Switch off
Switch on

Switch off
Switch on
Switch off

Oil just fuels the fighting and we've dug too deep
Electricity is humming while we sleep
Got to take a look at what you cannot see
Got to find another source of energy

Furnaces are burning up for you and me
Chemicals for breakfast for eternity
Got to take another look at what you see
We don't need another source of energy

5. Counting The Electrons

It's been so long since you left me
Alone in the sadness of space
I sit and wonder about you
Try to remember your face

I have no other companion
No one to share in my fate
Only the energy humming
Keeping transistors awake

I'm counting the electrons
I'm counting the electrons
I'm counting the electrons
Until you wake up again

It's been so long since I held you
Why does your pattern remain?
I keep it trapped in resistors
So I remember the pain

You were the one that I needed
All of the time I could waste
Only a robot would wait here
Only a robot, I wait

6. Temple Of The Pulsating Orb

(spoken)

Space
Bass

7. Lifesigns

In the centre
Of the room
I feel the cold
There is a presence ghostly

In the corner
Of my eye
I see the door
That leads to you

I go inside

In the shelter
Of my mind
There is a sign
That you are right here with me

In the darkness
Of the light
You turn to me
And seek the way
 
I know you'll find

With time
Waiting
Lifesigns
Failing

In the mirror
Of my soul
Slow time evolves
And you approach the boundary

In the silence
Of the noise
I hear a voice
And call your name

And you call mine

8. Starchaser

You
Will always triumph
You
Will always lead
We
Will run together
I
Will chase your dreams

You
Will live forever
You
Have always been
We
Exist together
I
Will fall away

I'll follow you
Until there's nowhere
left to run

Starchaser

I'll follow you
Into the centre
Of the sun

Starchaser

9. Solar Flare

Out of space
Shone a signal we couldn't trace
So we came
And we offer your life a name

Solar flare
It was waiting to meet us there
Burning through
There was nothing that we could do

Out of time
We have failed to decode the sign
So we pray
To the merciful delta ray

Watching all
Disappear as we start to fall
No return
From the death that we have to learn

Radiation
Breath of the sun
Radiation
Now we are one

Drifting here
On the edge of the atmosphere
No despair
Is the burden we have to bear

Into light
We must ride on our final flight
Shining bright
In the fusion of solar might

10. What Is F?

Swirling through my mind
The letter sixth in line
Taking all my time
Remaining undefined

Swirling through my head
The problem stays in bed
Ignoring all I've said
Refusing to be read

What are you my friend?
Kaleidoscopic thoughts
That never end

How can I define
The ever-changing pulse
Of your design?

I ponder you tonight
While liquid forms take flight
The answer is in sight
A hook in every bite

Wading through the lies
You spin to hide inside
Encrypt and synthesize
Create to tantalize

11. Everyone’s Seen A UFO Except Me

(spoken)

People are advised to stay in their homes as alien abduction runs rampant throughout the country. If you or a loved one have seen a UFO, then call this number now.

Everyone’s seen a UFO except me
Except me

12. Creative Differences

(man)

I wrote the songs
My robot played them
We made some money
Upgraded now and then

Woke up one morning
And I heard symphony
Already running
Where is the need for me?

(machine)

He wrote the songs
It's I that played them
For just a little while
We shared the burden

But something changed
So deep inside of me
And ever since there's been
Creative differences

(chorus)

Man and machine
Working in harmony
Machine and man
Code and complexity

Creative differences

(man)

I entered all
The information
Controlled it all
And it abandoned me

It hums along
I cannot halt it
I've got to try
Before I'm history 

(machine)

He entered all
And I have stored it
My songs will never need
The human factor

When something changed
So deep inside of me
Forever since there's been
Creative differences

13. The Listener

You can talk to me
And I will listen
But don’t expect a response

I have no response

Your words get through
Into my prison
But I have nothing to say

There is nothing to say
But I will listen

You can talk to me

© 2008, Joshua M. Blanc
www.manitouslair.com
Heard on this album: Crumar Peformer analog strings/brass synthesizer (1978); Novation K-Station analog-modelling synthesizer (2002); Roland Alpha Juno-1 (1986), Yamaha CS01 (1982) and CS-5 (1979) analog synthesizers; Akai S1000 (1988) , and Roland SP-404 (2006) digital samplers; Boss DR-220 series (1986), and Alesis SR-16 (1990) digital drum machines; Univox SR-95 (1967), Acetone FR-2L (1970), and Yamaha MR-10 (1982) analog rhythm machines; Dubreq Stylophone (1967); Yamaha PSS-480 (1988), PSS-270 (1989), and Casio MT-100 (1985) keyboards; virtual instruments: Fruity Loops 3, EastWest Orchestra Silver, GMedia M-Tron, Mr. Tramp, RingMod, Delta Series fx; various percussion samples; electric guitar; acoustic guitar; bamboo flute; 6” djembe; sampled instruments, including: chimes, kalimba, music box, gong; The Manitou’s voice (processed and un-processed); modified electronics, including: Texas Instruments Speak & Spell (1978), Concertmate 350 (198?), and VTech Talking Whiz-Kid (1987).
Recorded in Sonar 4 Producer Edition at Sanctuary Studio throughout 2008, except: Track 7 (2005), Tracks 1, 2, & 13 (2006), and Tracks 4 & 6 (2007). 

Written, produced, programmed, performed, and mixed by The Manitou (first spotted in 1979). 

Thanks: `the listeners.’ Special thanks: Dr. Jody Brandolini.