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Lance Daily & Voodoo Lily

by The Lance Daily Project

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1.
Tokens 02:50
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a mind so overcast and overripe all moments are eons alone a wind so overblown and wound up tight the trials of facing unknowns You’ve got your tokens No cash value Worth more than all the world’s gold Each of your tokens Was counterfeit Cheapening what’s bought and sold All dulcet bells are cast in flames of hell a sonorous song sung alone They’ve rung in my ears so long I can’t tell Was it years or seconds ago? You’ve got your tokens No cash value Worth more than all the world’s gold Each of your tokens Was counterfeit Cheapening what’s bought and sold These dark clouds speak to me While they chatter so callously I mine the silver from their linings After years of fool’s gold That never did pan out for me All I need is a new beginning Approaching Fate’s counter I hope it’s possible to trade As I hear all the brass bells tolling Fate won’t make exchanges For what I’ve found and what I’ve made Can’t rob the bankrupt freely smiling You’ve got your tokens No cash value Worth more than all the world’s gold Each of your tokens Was counterfeit Cheapening what’s bought and sold
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Bleeding Indigo 03:54
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Victim of desires Born from men’s cruelty Razors like vampires Drain them veins empty A need for some control Some kind of release Sensitivity dulled Like the stains on her sheets Indigo child INFJ Gifted empath Old Soul, Sage She’s going wild It all gives way Sociopath Chaos, rage What lies behind wise eyes blinded this way? Words of affirmation From crystalline prose Her manipulation Is cutting too close Sex and addiction The gloaming of hope Incarceration Unable to cope Indigo child INFJ Gifted empath Old Soul, Sage She’s going wild It all gives way Sociopath Chaos, rage What lies behind wise eyes blinded this way? Bleeding Indigo PTSD Every level Ruined, weak She wants to let go She wants to be free A voice to speak Damaged, bleak Healer distorted into a needle freak The equation is simple You take trauma plus time Multiply by madness Reason lost to rhyme Then divide the whole psyche To fractions of a soul Subtract opportunities A life less than zero
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Web of Madness 02:02
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Verses: Head spinning Thoughts woven into my mind Heart tangled Up in feelings undefined Venomous illnesses -trapped within Anxiety, Depression Poisonous perceptions Post traumatic stress -stuck in This disorder I think this could be the end Chorus: Web of Madness (Web of Madness) Verses: I’m trying To experience breakthroughs Pain mangled My vitality I lose A mental straight jacket -writhing in Anxiety, Depression Asylum Arachnids Weave traumatic traps -stuck in Grinding forward I can’t let this be the end!
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Exiled From Hell 04:04
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Trained monkey of tragedy Looking for loopholes in Pyrrhic victories Pained heavy with more goodbyes Even my demons won’t look me in the eyes I need the familiar I need the familiar even if even if even if even if it’s hell It’s hell It’s hell It’s hell There’s no more familiar I’m adrift in limbo You make me ill by wishing me well Exiled from hell Slag dumped from the crucible Forgery cast in Machiavellian spells I didn’t want to leave or stay Why try to mold me just to throw me away I need the familiar I need the familiar even if even if even if even if it’s hell It’s hell It’s hell It’s hell There’s no more familiar I’m adrift in limbo You make me ill by wishing me well Exiled from hell Denied a tribe I wander onward a neutral force that lets life’s pieces fall where they may Mankind must stand by its merits or burn away Impermanence no gods no masters A nomad drifting Through a strange land Blistered by loss No turning back Even if it hurts like hell.
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Ziggurat of Woe 02:26
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They wear a mask of so-called empathy Layers constructing Fake identity They are a Pisces pescatarian Where we’ve been before Here we are again Stay away from me It all keeps building Stay away from me Get out of my head Stay away from me Escape through dreaming Stay away from me I’d rather be dead They curl up in this shrine to falsity A Woeful fortress Walled up and empty They hide within the ruins of a man Where we’ve been before We come back again
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Rotfester 03:53
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Rotfester I've been told There's a land that god abandoned Nowhere to go It’s called Gentrification So step up Tune out Shoot up Shoot out Problems aren't meant to be solved So fuck up Luck out Give up Give out See the blooming of your suffering Industrial womb Rot flower in bloom A dour visage where the skyline looms A plate of garbage In a filthy room No more than a cell that becomes a tomb Don't you know This city's gonna turn around any day now Nowhere to go Complacent with corruption You're homeless And jonesing Your options Are closing Get that fix at the first of the month This city Is so great Cuz that's what The suits state Black and white ideas for things so grey Industrial womb Rot flower in bloom A dour visage where the skyline looms A plate of garbage In a filthy room No more than a cell that becomes a tomb Your suffering is a commodity Your suffering is a commodity (guitar solo) until 2:10 Rot! Fester! Rochester! Rot! Fester! Rochester New York! Rot! Fester! Rochester! Rot! Fester! Rochester New York! Industrial womb Rot flower in bloom A dour visage where the skyline looms A plate of garbage In a filthy room No more than a cell that becomes a tomb Your suffering is a commodity Your suffering is a commodity Rot! Fester! Rochester! Rot! Fester! Rochester New York! Rot! Fester! Rochester! Rot! Fester! Rochester New York! Do I have to scream this from the crumbling rooftops or beg on my hands and knees about the need to fix this broken machine full of systemic suffering?!
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You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts 01:55
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Why you gotta be so motherfucking toxic Every damn day it makes me sick Why you gotta be so motherfucking vacant Every damn day you lie and bitch You sit on the couch killing time like a loser Every damn day it makes me sick Drink another vodka but tell me that you’re sober Every damn day I’m sick of it I'm sick of it Why you gotta take advantage of my feelings Every damn day the knife you twist Drink another vodka but tell me that you’re sober Every damn day you piece of shit You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts Why you gotta be so motherfucking stupid Every damn day it makes me sick You think you’re sexy Cupid but you’re fucking putrid Every damn day You take the piss Causing all the fighting with all your Gaslighting Every damn day it makes me sick Your drinking and your lying and all your Backbiting Every damn day with this bullshit This is bullshit Why you gotta hurt me and everyone around you Every damn day the same old shit Why you gotta make it fucking suck to love you Every damn day you’re the worst pick You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts You Kicked My Heart In The Goddamn Motherfucking Nuts!
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Siberia 03:41
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black boots black hair black nails black heart fishnets corsets leather & latex This ice queen has been paid to be mean on your knees worship your mistress pray to the predator she’ll break you & you’ll say thank you you want a cold bitch she’s Siberia, baby black boots black hair black nails black heart fishnets corsets leather & latex This ice queen has been paid to be mean on your knees worship your mistress pray to the predator she’ll break you & you’ll say thank you you want a cold bitch she’s Siberia, baby Siberia I need your discipline True submissive love my wish for your command With glowing flames and candle wax, You whip me into shape I’m all tied up, Siberia, please step all over me Goddess you are gloriously mean Siberia, please step all over me Siberia, please step all over me
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Las Patónas 04:41
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Your Arms (My Sanctuary) 03:13
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In Your arms I’ve learned how safety feels For so long I doubted this was real You’ve opened your doors to me Now I open up to you My sanctuary In Your arms Vulnerability Does no harm to me In Your arms In Your arms I’ve learned what is true wealth For so long I’ve guarded my true self You’ve opened your doors to me Now I open up to you My sanctuary In Your arms Vulnerability Does no harm to me In Your arms
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New Way 05:15
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New Way Each life contains light and shadow So close to that place (so close to that place) Love elegant and powerful Things I need to face (Things I need to face) Fill my empty soul with real joy Change this dark ending (Change this dark ending) All these intentions to employ It’s all depending (It’s all depending) On a new way (new way) Find a New Way (new way) On a new way (new way) Find a new way (new way) Fear is a shield; Anger a sword And I just cannot afford For life to be an endless war I need to find a new way The darkness is not missed by me I control my life (I control my life) The light inside keeps guiding me Through valleys of strife (Through valleys of strife) The mountains I will move in time Streams forming canyons (Streams forming canyons) The people I will soothe sublime Stable companions (Stable companions) Wrapped in a warm blanket of hope Cold world can’t kill me (Cold world can’t kill me) Perception’s a Kaleidoscope Shifts intensity (Shifts intensity) Shown in the sunrise of a smile Concrete beyond dreams (Concrete beyond dreams) Reality’s more worthwhile More than what it seems (More than what it seems) On a new way (new way) Find a New Way (new way) On a new way (new way) Find a new way (new way) Fear is a shield; Anger a sword And I just cannot afford For life to be an endless war I need to find a new way On a new way (new way) Find a New Way (new way) On a new way (new way) Find a new way (new way) Fear is a shield; Anger a sword And I just cannot afford For life to be an endless war I need to find a new way I need to take my life back so I can move forward (a new way forward) I need to take my life back so I can move forward (a new way forward) I need to take my life back so I can move forward (a new way forward) I need to take my life back so I can move forward (a new way forward)
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䷐ ䷀ (Hexagram Hexagram) 04:22
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Casting stalks of yarrow Crisis is opportunity Read the changes The joy, the sorrow What is, What will be Find the joy in following Guided by this cleromancy fates random plan The good things it brings What is, What will be Resistance is futile Persistence is worthwhile Persist Persist Persist Maturing removes excess From struggle into success Stillness Stillness Stillness Natural transformation Follow the flow of becoming Embracing change The creative man What is, What will be Harnessing the dragon Upward to heaven it’s pulling Cast off childish things that hinder growth What is, What will be Resistance is futile Persistence is worthwhile Persist Persist Persist Maturing removes excess From struggle into success Stillness Stillness Stillness
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Chronocide 05:15
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Clock’s ticking life’s slipping through my hands like grains of sand I’m killing time until I know what to do But I’m killing it, chilling with you I’m killing time until I can find my next steps to take, and see what I destroy and what I make I’m killing it, chilling with you And right now there’s nothing else I’d rather do The juggernaut of forward motion Hand in hand with entropy A pointless lofty abstract notion Means nothing to you and me It’s Chronocide We’re killing time Until our time Is up Grains trickling life’s sinking into hourglass quicksand This temporal cloche is big enough for two I’m killing it, chilling with you I’m killing time until I can decide how to react; I’m killing time that I cannot get back But I’m killing it, chilling with you And right now there’s nothing else I’d rather do The juggernaut of forward motion Hand in hand with entropy A pointless lofty abstract notion Means nothing to you and me It’s Chronocide We’re killing time Until our time Is up Nothing good or bad will stay Forever only lasts today Nothing good or bad will stay Forever only lasts today Nothing good or bad will stay Forever only lasts today Nothing good or bad will stay Forever only lasts today
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Slouching Towards Doomsday 03:37
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Slouching Towards Doomsday VERSE 1: The first act is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships, and the world they live in. Later in the first act, a dynamic, on-screen incident occurs, known as the inciting incident, or catalyst, that confronts the protagonist, and whose attempts to deal with this incident lead to a second and more dramatic situation, known as the first plot point, which (a) signals the end of the first act, (b) ensures life will never be the same again for the protagonist and (c) raises a dramatic question that will be answered in the climax of the film. The dramatic question should be framed in terms of the protagonist's call to action, (Will X recover the diamond? Will Y get the girl? Will Z capture the killer?). CHORUS: As we’re slouching towards doomsday I’ll be moving forward On My own terms & in My own way Becoming old and bored I don’t know what to say As we’re slouching towards doomsday VERSE 2: The second act, also referred to as "rising action", typically depicts the protagonist's attempt to resolve the problem initiated by the first turning point, only to find themselves in ever worsening situations. Part of the reason protagonists seem unable to resolve their problems is because they do not yet have the skills to deal with the forces of antagonism that confront them. They must not only learn new skills but arrive at a higher sense of awareness of who they are and what they are capable of, in order to deal with their predicament, which in turn changes who they are. This is referred to as a character arc. CHORUS: As we’re slouching towards doomsday I’ll be moving forward On My own terms & in My own way Becoming old and bored I don’t know what to say As we’re slouching towards doomsday (Guitar solo) VERSE 3: The third act features the resolution of the story and its subplots. The climax is the scene or sequence in which the main tensions of the story are brought to their most intense point and the dramatic question answered, leaving the protagonist and other characters with a new sense of who they really are. Wouldn’t it be GREAT if real life worked like that? BRIDGE: When everything you wanted Isn’t everything you wanted When everything you wanted Isn’t everything you wanted Trottier, David: "The Screenwriter's Bible", pp. 5–7. Silman James, 1998.
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Muditā 02:47
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Muditā Boundless empathy Finding inspiration In the universe As it moves towards enlightenment This sympathetic joy is limitless It’s always available It’s hard to cultivate That’s ok We’ll develop it day to day Slake all thirst at this endless well Delighted in the joy of others’ joy Calm the mind Open the heart We are all part of this cosmic drama The sky is big enough for everyone there's always someone somewhere discovering something The whole world is lifted by that maitrī-karuṇā-muditopekṣāṇāṁ sukha-duḥkha-puṇyāpuṇya-viṣayāṇāṁ bhāvanātaś-citta-prasādanam

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Collaborative release conceived during the pandemic between Lance Daily and Christophe Lewis Follette (Voodoo Lily). voodoolilyproject.bandcamp.com
This is Lance Daily’s last proper album and Voodoo Lily’s first.

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released November 5, 2021

Lance Daily:
album art; all lyrics (except the chorus of “Rotfester” written by Jesse Halstead); other stuff

Christophe Follette:
many things


Shaun Jones: jaw harp solo (sampled) on “Rotfester”.

Leah O: pipa solo on “Hexagram Hexagram”.

Lyrics of “Mudita” inspired by a conversation between Lance Daily and Scott Dregsen.

Mixed & Mastered by Doug at Watchmen Studios.

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The Lance Daily Project Rochester, New York

I'm a musician who has collaborated with many better musicians over the years, but due to struggles with mental illness I have devolved & decided to not release anything else to the public. This page is a document of what I created before and during my decline.

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