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Onward & Downward

by Beach Bodies

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Rainwater 04:33
Look on your face, it's rainwater All my chances are gone You say my name, but it dont matter I’ve made my mind up I should probably cover up The blood on my hands with a glove Stop these eyes from wandering Keep this heart from softening You can’t say anything I’m broke in the head Cut off from your spell Out of spite and well Burn the money, it’ll keep you warm Safe in our houses, marooned and bored Burn the money, it’ll keep you warm Solitary runs, distraction gone wrong I’ve sworn to save myself All that’s left of you is rainwater I sold my grounding for gold On stable legs for the first time I’m earning on my own I thought that if I called you I would get off track Couldn’t you imagine I was right about that In my sad suburban estate Running along these streets Empty and endless fate
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After many years of wandering, eyes on the trees There has never been one here that I’ve seen But one tall maple tree I caught with a glance Captured me and pulled me into a deep, deep trance I stumbled when I made it there, coming to a stop I grabbed onto the branches and they took me to the top Spending lots of time up there, I gained the tree’s trust But something that I did was wrong and it told me that it must The tree was shaking violently and made the branches break Falling through the branches, I was caught by the salty lake Now I’m lost in the woods No place I can go to, I am out here all alone Now I’m lost in the woods No one’s here to help me fix my glorious gold throne Now I’m lost in the woods No place I can go to, I am out here all alone This seeming perfect tree had changed, I think I needed help Black with thorns and ugly teeth, ‘twas laughing to itself Cursed me with a rare disease that no one’s seen before I felt oh slowly, limb for limb, I’m being torn This disease is spreading quickly and is tearing me apart Everything seems hopeless, I should have known from the start Blinded by the gorgeous leaves, it was the tree’s disguise And with one final blow, I met with my demise Now I’m lost in the woods No one here to help me and I’m barely still alive Now I’m lost in the woods Running around aimlessly, just hoping to survive No place I can go to, I am out here all alone Now I’m lost in the woods No one’s here to help me fix my glorious gold throne Now I’m lost in the woods No place I can go to, I am out here all alone
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Salty Susan 05:13
Salty Susan, is it true that They threw you overboard? Underneath the moonlight of the longest night in the middle of the storm The stirring of the currents washed your body to the shore They say the beach is killer but no one ever asked the corpse Salty Susan We're going to the ocean On that foggy coast is where is saw your ghost Alright Oh salty Susan I feel it in the water I wanna go diving I wanna see your coffin The tide is regressing It's like you are undressing Alright Salty Susan I know it's really hard But even though that you're a she-ghost I wanna try and make the most of this bad situation Salty Susan I don't really know Where we went wrong But with your plasma heart inside of my hand I will be your flesh and blood man Salty Susan Salty Susan I don't care what them people say I been waiting my whole life For a siren to drag me away With that song My angel floats with me now
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Strawberries 04:31
You were right right when you said it be simple no they can't touch you you're invincible but let me tell you something it's easy feeling nothing I’m getting tired of running I'm alright can't you just believe me leave me alone it could be that easy forgettings not defeating The message you're not hearing while you're sleeping You're still wearing the mask But I saw right past and the face behind is smiling I've got strawberries and sprats and that's why my light is shining Who puffed a palm full of pepper into your eyes? You went blind, if you stop crying you could see I'm sick I'm Miles away, fighting a plague I never caught, I never thought I'd be in love and so far I've been right Don't worry, you'll get there right after, you master the art of walking faster your past will never catch you the future, don't worry it's coming in a hurry you'll get there
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Looking 04:44
Stop touching me I can hardly breathe When you’re next to me Thought I had figured out What it’s really all about But now it’s clear I don’t know anything I’m on the outside looking in My courage failed and is wearing thin You know I never really thought I’d make it this far Tremor touches, waves of skin Exposing everything I’ve been Oh god, can you see me? The light was flicked and put on me Can I go back I’m blinded Back to sleep No I know I’m paranoid But I can’t help from hearing noise It all rushes back to me I’ve left you nothing, caving in I’m selfish even when I give I look in your eyes and lie lie Lie down with myself I’m on the outside looking in Exposing everything I’ve been When you’re next to me
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Ego Death 04:15
The cement is dry But my foot’s still stuck Will I make it out alive? I’m in need of surgical relief I’m a statue and idol of my time Have I gone blue? Waiting for my request to take my last social breath Ego death I’m starting to realize I can’t fend for myself in a world of self-help I think I need some sort of hand To rest upon my chest Before I drop it all I wanna feel your suffering Rainwater’s all I had and without it I've gone mad Thus I want to be near you But my heart is forged with cash And it’s forever held me back This one’s going to the dogs I don’t wanna die alone
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No More Pain 06:42
All I wanna do All I wanna do All I wanna do is talk to you All I have to say All I have to say All I have to say is I don’t care All I have to give All I have to give’s myself to you Half of my life spent waiting For the world to stop delaying And let me Let me lose Lose myself to you Let me lose Lose myself to you Let me lose Lose myself to you All the pictures to take And all the memories that make up you All the lives you’d live I’d like to live there too I wanna kiss your head And roll back into bed Can I let my feelings show? I won’t let you break I won’t hesitate I’m gonna find my way to you People come and go; This life’s berated After eighteen years I think I’m changing Let me lose Lose myself to you Let me lose Lose myself to you Let me lose Lose myself to you All I wanna be Is your one and only I wanna prove myself to you I just wanna hold I just wanna hold I just wanna hold you in my arms I’m caught on the edge One step from the ledge And I will fall right into you Forgive the life I’ve lived I’ve never done enough To keep my promises, Convictions, and my love Infatuated fantasies Were all I had And songs of blood Heartache in vain, I’m wide awake But no more pain
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I was a child, I was vile, I cried out to the thunder I was fool out of fuel but you still drove me on empty At red lights on silver nights, I held you in the snowstorm Unpacified, unparalyzed, and unchastised To know all your words as they roll from your tongue to my mind I pulled at the plug, but it’s you who kept me alive We get a new day Go back to the beginning
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Motherspeak 02:58
Maybe it was not a good day. But I make at the end of the day, it was a good day. Of course. Any day I feel at the end, when I'm ready for bed... You lived today! It was a good day. I don't want to look back, what exactly was the day? It was a good day. What went wrong today? It doesn't matter. If I struggled, If I had to argue with people, no matter. I'm thinking about it when I go to bed and it was a good day. I get up in the morning and I say "God, please. A good day. Help me, just help me, that's all." Another day. Brand new start, brand new day. And I think you can achieve so much more than waiting around. Because I see some of them. Oh, they complain all the time. A lot of people, I wonder, do a lot of people do that because they have no one to talk to? And that's just a way of saying something to somebody? I think so. And at that time they get attention. It's strange, you know, how you go through life step by step from child and baby and growing and you're still learning, no matter how old. You're still learning. Everyday. I'm amazed at some things and some some days that I've learned that's absolutely new. Whether it was what someone has told me or I have discovered it myself. Like it always makes me kind of think "gee, I'm this age and I'm still learning these things, isn't that wonderful? Like, thank you. This has been great!" Yes! Like, I didn't know this was this or that was that and now I do! Somebody said to me last week, I was at a store in town. At the drug store, actually. They said to me: "Ah! What a day out there, you know it's damp and it's cold and it's windy." And I looked at her and I said: "yeah, all of that. But you know what? I'm here. And so are you. We're right here. We're not some place else, we're right here." She said: "yes, that's true" but she wasn't impressed with that. Doesn't that sound like an eight-year-old, but it's true! Yes. Any kind of little discovery, I'm grateful. You say "oh thank you that I still learn. If I be gone a long time ago I wouldn't know this thing, or this thing." I'm still learning. And I'm learning to be a better person.
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Here we are So close to nothing I’m a vacuum without your grace There you go Out into open air I bite my tongue when you call my name Late a night I count my blessings When I remember your sweet face And no the dark doesn’t feel so empty I’m not alone, I’m just awake Sometimes I feel lost in the open Are we now broken? Who am I to say? It’s not my place To forget the reasons Why I continue keeping on this way It’s for you And you for me Stay on the phoneline as you fall asleep After then, I’ll sit in bed With the words you said floating in my head We’ll amass the deep crevasse May I take your hand perchance? Surrender myself into your wilderness And drink your heaven’s wine and sleep on grass The reservoir wall, discoloured and all Bite our tongues as we write our names And I admit that I partake In memories of you kissing me awake If I’ve got you I can stop it If I’ve got you

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released July 26, 2016

All songs except Black Orpheus written by The Beach Bodies
Black Orpheus by Luiz Bonfá
Additional sounds on Salty Susan from “A Clue for Scooby Doo”
Looking features a sample from Deep Purple by The Beach Boys


Primarily recorded in Isaac's basement (frozen room studio)
From around June 2015 - July 2016
Xtra recordings done in bathrooms, bedrooms, eg etc.
Produced by the Grant Brothers

The Beach Bodies are these bois…
Brock Bourgeois - bass
Jamie Gibson - vocals
Corben Grant - keys
Isaac Grant - drums
Matt Morgan - guitar

Additional Players:
Felix Palmer Steinhauser - violins on Rainwater, Salty Susan, Looking, Awake But Not Alone
Claire Wilcox - trumpet on Lost in the Woods, Salty Susan, Strawberries, Awake But Not Alone
Aleida Budgeon-Strating - sax on Perspective Battles (New Day)

Cover artwork by Sam Oh

Thanks to:
Isaac’s parents!!!
GCVI (we used your microphones)
Coffee
Felix, Claire, and Aleida
Sam Oh
Basedgod
Paige Bultje
Kieran Steeves
MADE in Guelph: the Urban Arts Project (Kelly McCullough and Jeff Bersche)

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Beach Bodies Guelph, Ontario

Beach Bodies is a five piece art-rock band from Guelph, Ontario. Energetic and introspective, Beach Bodies' unique pop sound has been described as "artful dissonance" that "demonstrates how to make a bold musical statement without getting lost in the noise". In 2016, the band released a debut LP: Onward & Downward. ... more

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