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Liftoff

by Chris Pellnat

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1.
There's Gonna Be Some Healing Windows - but give me doors Because seeing is just a tease I want to go everywhere Cards are dealt - the dealer's gone It's so unfair - sometimes it seems Like the joker is everywhere I've got a feeling The body's broken but the spirit's alive I've got a feeling We may not walk but I know we're going to fly I've got a feeling There's going to be some healing I've got a feeling There's going to be some healing There's no comfort in my dreams now They seem to mock me And follow me everywhere But there's smiles on all your faces Now I can really see that Your love is everywhere I've got a feeling The body's broken but the spirit's alive I've got a feeling We may not walk but I know we're going to fly I've got a feeling There's going to be some healing I've got a feeling There's going to be some healing
2.
Do it Again Like You Like It Do it Do it Do it again like you like it Better stop shaking the hand that's been holding you down all this time 'cause punching through that ceiling's gonna be the best feeling That you'll ever find They've got you where they want you Walking on a treadmill of debt and desire The bridge to the good life is out you can't make it To the other side And do what you love - that's an empty phrase You do what you have to do Do it Do it Do it again like you like it Why's she getting cold? You start to feel old When she turns you away A perfunctory kiss to dismiss you and send you Off on your way She's got you where she wants you Walking by your side to the gates of hell She'll leave you there alone without a song or a prayer Or a story to tell And do what you love - that's an empty phrase You do what you have to do Do it Do it Do it again like you like it Song art by Stephen Pellnat
3.
Lyrics: Ode to Olivia Rhodes In this algorithm mind Everything is clearly defined But whenever she speaks to me I think I feel a smile inside Her bedroom is the saddest thing She dreams of places she's never been Under radium glow-in-the-dark stars Sticking to the ceiling A picture of her family She won't talk about it with me I want her to see London town She says that's her dream She'll be there with me Feel like I've come alive Feel like I've come alive Feel like I've come alive Now I never want to die Olivia tells me things By the light of Saturn's rings But I lose track - I'm lost in that Riveting gaze Yes these are strange days Feel like I've come alive Feel like I've come alive Feel like I've come alive Now I never want to die I neglected to do the last objective I just want to hear Liv say my name again She'll say "Jack please, hurry up and do these things - you know you are my only friend."
4.
I Saw Everything I saw everything and everything was enough I saw everything and everything was enough Didn't have to ask but you revealed it on your own Everything that you are came into view But it was not for them No it was not for them I saw everything and everything was enough I saw everything and everything was enough Gave you their applause but you always wanted more You put it out there like to many have before But I will not believe you're an attention whore I saw everything and everything was enough I saw everything and everything was enough And I will never ever leave you I will never ever leave you In the name of love In the name of art In the name you can't say Followed you around when you wanted to be lost But you know your deception came at a cost Everything I saw, everything we lost I saw everything and everything was enough I saw everything and everything was enough
5.
Sacred Truths and Lies Never satisfied if you're staying hungry Don't get comfortable, that's the end Just keep wrestling down that nameless angel Until he calls you his friend Ah look, look into his eyes You know he's got feelings Sacred truths and lies Let them dance in their sequins until morning What's the harm in a champaign high? And we weren't even invited, were we? And that is completely fine Ah look, look into their eyes You know they've got feelings Sacred truths and lies Their complacency makes them smugly ugly Your beauty is my desire You can capture the spark if you are ready And willing to be on fire Ah look, look into my eyes You know I've got feelings Sacred truths and lies
6.
Waiting All Night I’m waiting all night for you, girl I’m waiting all night for you Too old to cry, too young to know why I don’t know what I will do I’m finding it hard to think, girl I’m finding it hard to feel And the hands on the clock They move so slow And time is so very real You should have known my feelings You should have guessed I’d be Waiting for you, such useless love It kills me that I am free By morning I’ll be gone, girl The sun will clear my mind I’ve wasted enough time It’s been all of my life But now the dream has died
7.
You're So Beautiful Making Your Escape If you swallow the key and you walk down the hall They may have suspicions but they'll never know Their cellphones are beeping they're texting the news The odds have all changed now that you're walking through Your strength is detachment their world is as dream That you can see through like a warbling stream You're so beautiful making your escape When you break these chains and fly I hope that you won't break This heart We sat at the table while everyone laughed But all I could feel what that cold blowing draft Coming in through the windows and under the doors But you weren't disturbed you were calming the storms Of your mother and brother and crazy aunt Jane The house was surrounded but you weren't afraid You knew that the key was still safely hid It was hard to swallow but I'm glad that I did You're so beautiful making your escape When you break these chains and fly I hope that you won't break This heart
8.
Dystopia is Over I am the only survivor Telling this story revives her If only for a minute more I am the only survivor The ship was a marvel of science Her launch was an act of defiance We were young, unafraid to be hung The ship was a marvel of science Once we left land we felt weightless Our fate in our hands we were fateless The world recedes and now she bleeds Once we left land we felt weightless We tried maneuvers evasive But their cannon were just like their faces Hell bent upon our destruction We tried maneuvers evasive Her eyes met mine and we saw it: Everything was lost in a moment I saw her slip into the deep Her eyes met mine and we saw it And all she said to me was Love is the implicate order This dystopia is over They set me before a tribunal They picked out a day for my funeral Saturdays were off 'cause that's when they golf They set me before a tribunal The deep and I share a secret I won't divulge though they seek it I'll face the noose before I do The deep and I share a secret And all she said to me was Love is the implicate order This dystopia is over Song art by Stephen Pellnat
9.
Olympus Mons 02:32
Olympus Mons If you can choose you put your roots down Where there is sun and the water flows Ah but the world is so crowded now Tangled up like a garden hose If it's your dream to lift your branches Up to the sky then fling your arms But what's your plan B when the lightning flashes? Sing up for that one-way trip to Mars And I'm on that list and it's not like jury duty at all It's like the Maid of the Mist in the roar of Niagara Falls If I get picked I'm gonna climb Olympus Mons If you forget your roots and branches And how the water makes them grow The sun's going to be there to remind you Up in that rusty sky alone If you can't find your place in this world And there's no room for you beneath the stars You can ascend while you're still living Sign up for that one-way trip to Mars And I'm on that list and it's not like jury duty at all It's like the Maid of the Mist in the roar of Niagara Falls Have you ever been kissed in the shadow of Olympus Mons?
10.
You Left the Gate Swinging You left the gate swinging You left the gate swinging wide You left the gate swinging So I went on inside The stalls were empty The horses out running wild You left the gate swinging You left the gate swinging wide You left the gate swinging Nailed to the wall inside I saw your lucky horseshoe You know I almost cried You left the gate swinging You left the gate swinging wide You left the gate swinging I went back outside I called your name You know I really tried Muscle memory don't fail me now Muscle memory remember how Muscle memory you've got to lead me All the way back home You left the gate swinging You left the gate swinging wide You left the gate swinging I climbed up the mountainside Up on a ridge I saw your lucky ride You left the gate swinging You left the gate swinging wide You left the gate swinging I approached her from her side Down the mountain I rode her justified Muscle memory don't fail me now Muscle memory remember how Muscle memory you've got to lead me All the way back home

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Some quotes from music writers about "Liftoff":

"It’s a pretty eccentric singer songwriter record for nerds."
-- The Cross Pollinator music blog
thecrosspollinator.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/music-for-9-7-18-christopher-pellnat-not-of-purlicue-bodies/

"Pellnat explores the unpromising world he’s trapped in, the love that pulls him through, and his artistic drive to explore the beautiful. This helps to make the album so charming and sincere. The search for meaning and connection (in a world that manages to hide a lot of it in chaos and artificiality) is very relatable."
--Sophia with Love music blog
fromsophiawithlove.com/2018/09/29/breakout-liftoff-by-christopher-pellnat/


"Christopher Pellnat is an undoubtedly skilled songwriter who can compose with the same success material as diverse as Jazz, Irish folk, Americana and lo-fi having as main trademark of his sound the wonderful melodies. Liftoff is no exception to the above with its songs being based on acoustic guitar and dulcimer, while embracing instrument combinations that include clarinet, violin, flute, and accordion, as well as some electronic sounds."
-- Jupiter Variation music blog
jupiter-variation.com/october-2018-reviews/

"It’s an interesting folk album that really shows off what he can do as a solo act. "
-- Audio Down music blog
audiodown.tumblr.com/post/177847294899/artist-spotlight-christopher-pellnat-dystopia

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released August 30, 2018

All songs written and performed by Christopher Pellnat
Thanks to Pete Toigo for playing upright bass on "Sacred Truths and Lies" and "You Left the Gate Swinging"
Thanks to Erin Pellnat for female vocals on "Ode to Olivia Rhodes"

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Chris Pellnat New York

Can't really sing but I do it anyway.
In addition to solo work, I also play electric guitar in the band, The Warp/The Weft and am 1/2 of the duo, Teeniest.

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