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Narratives to Structure

by Tully MacKay-Tisbert

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1.
Summertime 04:16
Everything that you do means nothing Everything that you want is payment Destruction that is so efficient Perception that is so deficient This fucking season won't abate Too fucked up to leave you can relate And we don't seem to learn That silence is all we need to reframe Everything that you choose is contradicted Everything that you hate is inflicted Destruction that is so efficient Perception that is so deficient This fucking season won't abate Too fucked up to leave you can relate And we don't seem to learn That silence is all we need to reframe This fucking season won't abate Too fucked up to leave you can relate And we don't seem to learn That silence is all we need to reframe
2.
I'm barely functional That I can hide Though I'm not a great actor Feels like I'm fucking up All the time And you just say I don't like the way it's going Tired of thinking, tired of knowing I don't like the way it's going Tired of feeling, tired of knowing And it follows me everyday It's crushing like a glacier Then melting off with everything And you just say I don't like the way it's going Tired of feeling, tired of knowing I don't like the way it's going Time reveals they all lie Except for the fish with a novel Suggestion for me I can just marry the water Incidentally Keeping things in perspective You know it's not my strength At the latitude I'm on the brink And you just say I don't like the way it's going Tired of feeling, tired of knowing I don't like the way it's going Time reveals they all lie Except for the fish with a novel Suggestion for me I can just marry the water Incidentally
3.
A difference of opinion Chaotic abandon of all life Narrative to structure Insular desertion of all life We can look at only the worst of it all Crashing into your conversational wall You sound like psychosis when you're training me 'Cause everything you see is how say it would be The story you're spinning Structures everything in a perilous light It's self-reinforcing Entrenched with the fallout of your life We can look at only the worst of it all Crashing into your conversational wall You sound like psychosis when you're training me 'Cause everything you see is how say it would be Through the stories you tell you can let you off Or you could decide imagination of Everything we suffered getting carried off 'Cause abiding in this structure you still feel lost What's your motivation Polysemic distortions of time Self-preservation Footing is displaced or realigned We can look at only the worst of it all Crashing into your conversational wall You sound like psychosis when you're training me 'Cause everything you see is how say it would be Through the stories you tell you can let you off Or you could decide imagination of Everything we suffered getting carried off 'Cause abiding in this structure you still feel lost Through the stories you tell you can let you off Or you could decide imagination of Everything we suffered getting carried off 'Cause abiding in this structure you still feel lost
4.
Say goodbye to me at the waterline But has it occurred to you This ain't a way to fight or find a better life Or a way to lose in order to begin again You would like to be a part of it This sits with you the way I feared It would in time now you're a part of This ends with you the way I feared Say hello to me at the waterline Some things you never renew All you want is, want is a better life Whatever the fuck that means Never to return again You decide to be a part of it This sits with you the way I feared It would in time now you're a part of This ends with you the way I feared Say goodbye to us at the waterline Something that you choose But it's illusion to think that there's a better life Constituents break down In order to being again You would like to be a part of it This sits with you the way I feared It would in time now you're a part of This ends with you the way I feared You decide to be a part of it This sits with you the way I feared It would in time now you're a part of This ends with you the way I feared
5.
Witch 04:51
You would say any fucking thing you want At any given time at all Words harsh and beautiful You weave a complex web A heart for all who come Patterned on your lungs You would love me like a son Even though you knew I wouldn't be a good one My words harsh and limited Wild and agitated Searching for solitude Breaking anything I could I never say goodbye so I'll say it now And while I'm at, fuck this town I never have the time Well I have it now So while I'm at it, fuck this town Falling out for the win Me and Dan may never speak again But you showed love just the same Those words were meaningless temporary at best Close to nothing in this Last message was about your weight While the cancer ate away And I never replied Guess I thought I had more time The excuse I can rely Well here's a new paradigm I never say goodbye so I'll say it now And while I'm at, fuck this town I never have the time Well I have it now So while I'm at it, fuck this town But your light will be there too
6.
Search for a comforting illusion Death is driving innovation on mimetic doubling Ghosts are hovering Lost in their digital gestation Programmed to tell you what you wanna hear In ersatz voices like Distorted mimicking Sorry my friend but she is gone But this way solace won't come Now you're lost in a mirror world Perfect avoidance of grief through If your chimera resurrection knew Everything you want Manipulation is not an art One thing right she's artificial Not even reflections on broken glass But you can't see through it What's lost is evident Can you turn a profit selling ghosts Of reassembled fragments at most Embrace her return like a paradox Sorry my friend but she is gone But this way solace won't come Now you're lost in a mirror world
7.
Summer seasonal affect Dark and drought become projects Paradigmatic distortions Blending with hopeful contortions But I find this little light is meaningful It shows me all I need to know And it seems to shine when I need it most When I turn to it I feel your ghost Caught in depression's distractions Frustrations and slow reactions Paranoiac ideations Troglodytic assertions But I find this little light is meaningful It shows me all I need to know And it seems to shine when I need it most When I turn to it I feel your ghost Rewild autumn with meaning I could find that sense of meaning Find the present tense-its meaning All my wild friends with meaning It's not a new beginning Feels like I've got no tractions Then I realize I don't need In this stillness there's refraction But I find this little light is meaningful It shows me all I need to know And it seems to shine when I need it most When I turn to it I feel your But I find this little light is meaningful It shows me all I need to know And it seems to shine when I need it most When I turn to it I feel your ghost Rewild autumn with meaning I could find that sense of meaning Find the present tense-its meaning All my wild friends with meaning Rewild as autumn comes with meaning Rewild as autumn comes with meaning Rewild as autumn come with meaning Rewild as autumn comes
8.
Unsocialized 04:41
I'm like my dog I'm not socialized Growling, barking to return us the quiet And I'm on the wild's side So get your fucking face out of mine Howling, howling, howling to keep it quiet We don't know how to engage with the world That's fine we're alone in the world We don't know how to engage with the world That's fine we're alone in the world I'm with the bears I feel alive Until a human voice arrives like ecocide I'm on the wild's side So get your fucking face out of mine Growling, barking to return us to the quiet We don't know how to engage with the world That's fine we're alone in the world We don't know how to engage with the world That's fine we're alone in the world I'm like my dog I'm not socialized Growling, barking to return us the quiet We don't know how to engage with the world That's fine we're alone in the world We don't know how to engage with the world That's fine we're alone in the world Find my hermitage Wild practicing Feel the wind against Feel the earth again
9.
Watercolors 05:03
It could be what I want now It could be anything now Find the colors that fit To explore the scenes I can't define When you paint your life When you paint your time alone When you paint your life When you paint your time alone Brush strokes on quiet mornings Soft sunrise merges with ponds now Imaginative somewhere just beyond Creating scenes when the thirst comes When you paint your life When you paint your time alone When you paint your life When you paint your time alone I'm not just painting a ghost I'm painting with all you love I'm not just painting a ghost I'm painting with all you love Continue into the evening Colors shift and their blending Become surreal then abstract now Here I can take this land back now When you paint your life When you paint your time alone When you paint your life When you paint your time alone I'm not just painting a ghost I'm painting with all you love I'm not just painting a ghost I'm painting with all you love
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released March 1, 2024

Music and Lyrics Written by Tully MacKay-Tisbert

Produced by Tully MacKay-Tisbert

Mixed and Mastered by Tully MacKay-Tisbert

Guitar, Vocals, Drums, Bass, Guzheng, Pipa, and Synth Performed by Tully MacKay-Tisbert

Album Cover Photography and Design by Tully MacKay-Tisbert

Special Thanks to Tully MacKay-Tisbert for doing everything on this project

Dedicated to Jocelyn and Bodhi

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Tully MacKay-Tisbert Fullerton, California

Tully MacKay-Tisbert is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter originally from the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York and currently based in Southern California. His music transcends genre, blending heavier electric sounds with acoustic fingerstyle and folk while also exploring influences from around the world. ... more

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