CALM YOUR STORM, by Shaolin Fez

CALM YOUR STORM

by Shaolin Fez

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1.	No Question for a Sage 03:03	lyrics	buy track
NO QUESTION FOR A SAGE Lyrics by Samuel Ferrer (Verse I) I walk alone, Skipping your words across a lake. Who’ll make this choice? As the ripples reflect your face. So scale your cliff, Dive in the sea or cross the globe. When you return, You still blankly stare out the window. (Chorus) You wait for prophesy And the sun and the moon to mate. What is good? (Can’t you see?) It’s no question for a sage. So don’t look left And don’t peek right, One more time I can’t abide. (Verse II) Our happiness Needs oracles read by the wise? It should be free, Not some unattainable prize. This game’s not right: Gold’s not more precious when it’s new. Don’t fake a fight, I can see through an act so shrewd. (Chorus)
2.	Calm Your Storm 04:54	lyrics	buy track
CALM YOUR STORM Lyrics by Samuel Ferrer (Verse I) Rising tides roll in, A rush of colder air, Reoccurring signs I watch unfurling. Sideways sheets of rain Push me back again, Standing ankle deep in your undoing. (Chorus) Time to calm your storm and wind-blown doubts. I can’t ride such waves, Let these tides die out. (Verse II) Trees may need their drink, A sail may need its pull, So justify your need to flurry. A heart once swelled with love Now throbs upon your brow, Coils of anger beat your fury. (Chorus) (Bridge) Your love seemed so eternal, Just like me to fool myself. How could I waste all this time, Hoping you’d change to someone else. (Coda) Chariots of clouds Your whips crack bright The tempest replays Noon now dark as night. Up and down the boat is tossed, I hold fast at any cost. As I steer you sit and brood, Tacking through your change of moods. (Chorus)
3.	Your Soul, the World 05:39	lyrics	buy track
YOUR SOUL, THE WORLD Lyrics by Samuel Ferrer (Verse 1) A young man leaves his father and his home In hopes to find his own philosophy. He abandons all things he has known To reconcile an inner harmony. He stops among monks whose prayers sound like moans And listens to words from a Holy One, Knowing he is more than flesh and bone, The common life he knew before now shunned. (Chorus) Rest at the river Listen well and stare, Let it teach you How to hear. The river sings And its children call to you, Its song is Heard by the few. (Verse II) The sound of water stills him in the woods, The voice of nature stops the need to roam. Floating words sink and make sound fluid, The river’s song now chills him to the bone. (Chorus) (Coda) A-u-m is the bow Arrow, the soul. Your heart a pearl Your soul, the world. (Chorus)
4.	Time Does Not Gray 03:52	lyrics	buy track
TIME DOES NOT GRAY Lyrics by Samuel Ferrer (Verse I) Cherry blossoms from your life Hang overhead, Each memory as precious as the Day we wed. (Chorus) Time does not gray, Each day recalls you. Even now the blossoms Keep their hue. (Verse II) And through the years we lived as one, A life well-lived. But cherry trees in full blossom Leave none to give. (Chorus) (Verse III) Child of heaven, child of earth Child of fire and stone, The love we lived Was light borrowed, Before we’re called back home. Child of heaven, child of earth The tree may count the vows, I promised you my love as long as Memory allows. (Chorus) (Coda) I miss you when the east turns blue And when red takes the west, So help me God I’ll love you ‘til this Body’s put to rest.
5.	Arabian Coffee Dance 02:53	lyrics	buy track
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6.	Won't Give in to Time 05:23	lyrics	buy track
WON’T GIVE IN TO TIME Lyrics by Samuel Ferrer (Verse I) Time, it beats and ticks and moves ahead Slips through my hands, it falls instead And I awake in yesterday. Still, your scent and sound is at my side As I toss throughout the whole night So near is the absence of you. (Chorus) Past, the past is now my closest friend That makes you still my own. The memories comfort and amend Don’t let them turn to stone. For now you are but a thought Your hand still in mine. I pull back on earth’s old spin Won’t give into time. (Verse II) Sun, the trees and hills pull on the sun Lakes turn to gold before it’s gone In spite of night you will remain. Heart, my heart beats time from our paired lives Each bridge recalled I take in stride And cross to wild fields we knew. (Chorus) (Coda) Won’t give in to time Won’t give in to time Won’t give in to time I wake up in yesterday Won’t give in to time I pull back on earth’s old spin
7.	Candyland 04:03	lyrics	buy track
CANDYLAND Lyrics by Samuel Ferrer (Verse I) You have led me to this cottage Its walls of gingerbread For too many times I followed Each time was misled. I was sure of what I wanted So I told myself How could I resist Confectionary spells? (But who could have seen that far?) (Verse II) For you it is like a sale The flavors of love Words coated with spice and sugar Each one not enough. Still the trees of lemon drops and Trails of pastry crumbs Bring me back again Logic comes undone (But who could have seen that far?) (Chorus) Buttresses of licorice Bricks made out of cake A cathedral of broken promises A love that we had faked. Through the pine trees I spy A cottage like a dream Candy-canes on the doors Roof of chocolate cream. (Bridge) A body is more than a sweet-tooth A heart more than its beat Take me to a different place where I can be complete All the hopes I had for us are Now just dreams bereaved This has grown old I want to leave. (Chorus)
8.	Plant a Bass in the Earth 04:56	lyrics	buy track
PLANT A BASS IN THE EARTH Lyrics by Samuel Ferrer (Verse I) Soft, soften your gaze And soften your heart. And breathe the groove in deep, Then breathe it out slower. A candle flame wavers, You melt to nowhere So breathe the groove in deep, And let its beat fill you, And don’t regret when it’s gone. (Verse II) Your smile makes flowers lean. Your light like nectar, so you seem. So earth rolls under With ribbons of river, A wind blows stronger And bamboo shivers. The dimpled water Underneath thunder, Each moment a child’s wonder. (Chorus) Plant a bass in the earth, Watch the root grow a chord. Give the tune to a dove, Let it fly to the Lord. Move the earth with your horn, Stars in the sky now strewn. Solar winds halt their course, The dots I connect shine you. (Countervoice) Your smile Makes these flowers lean Your light Like nectar so you seem. (Coda) Silver fish, shiny as blades Spears of light pierce treetops’ shade. Or dimpled water Under skies of thunder: So I look upon you with a child’s first wonder.
9.	Fukushima 05:28	lyrics	buy track
FUKUSHIMA Lyrics by Samuel Ferrer (Verse I) Arise son, keep warm Snow might fall, let’s move on. Even air here Cannot be breathed for too long. Your father rides on Eagles wings and monk’s prayers, Where sea gods are peaceful And earth doesn’t shake from nightmares. ( (Chorus) He’ll lead birds back With white clouds that graze on blue. They’ll fly through rainbows And fruit will hang like jewels. (Verse II) Our new home lies under Amber sun, pastel skies. Where doggies are plenty And children play with sunshine. (Chorus) (Coda) He’ll be in rainbows, Jade hills, gold fields. Don’t fear cold nights, He lives In starlight.

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released July 12, 2012

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Shaolin Fez

Hong Kong’s largest original band and greatest diva showcase, we are a new take on acid jazz, R&B, symphonic disco, funk, and cinematic styles.

“A wondrous, massive mishmash of a group,” – Time Out Magazine.