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Free Will and Testament

from Infinite Loop EP by Lou Tides

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A Robert Wyatt Cover

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Given free will but within certain limitations
I cannot will myself to limitless mutations
I cannot know what I would be if I were not me
I can only guess me

So when I say that I know me, how can I know that?
What kind of spider understands arachnophobia?
I have my senses and my sense of having senses
Do I guide them? Or they me?

The weight of dust exceeds the weight of settled objects
What can it mean, such gravity without a centre?
Is there freedom to un-be?
Is there freedom from will-to-be?

Sheer momentum makes us act this way or that way
We just invent or just assume a motivation
I would disperse, be disconnected. Is this possible?
What are soldiers without a foe?

Be in the air, but not be air, be in the no air
Be on the loose, neither compacted nor suspended
Neither born nor left to die

Had I been free, I could have chosen not to be me
Demented forces push me madly round a treadmill
Demented forces push me madly round a treadmill
Let me off please, I am so tired
Let me off please, I am so very tired

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from Infinite Loop EP, released January 20, 2023

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Lou Tides Brooklyn, New York

A veteran of Here We Go Magic and TEEN, Tides has chosen a solo moniker for her newest project. While she has collaborators, namely drummer Sarah Galdes, the laminated layers of synthesizers and vocals are all her own.

Tides weaves in multiple elements to her performances, incorporating movement, costume, film, and sound artistry by drummer Sarah Galdes. ... more

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