Gardenia   |   Play   Buy  Lyrics Heed me sweet buttercup Despite all the things we talk about All the things we talk about They'll lay orchids nightly At our feet Despite all the things I am about All the things I am about No no we're the sun breaking Through grime on windows Seen to preserve shelter From the likes of We are slow it down slow it down Spiralling Counter the all the processes of gray Countering Iolite turns out deeper grades of play And it has no inhibition It destroys for Exhibition Integrates you Violates you And then tears your world apart Countering Beware that you do not just emulate And we speak with no derision This is our act of contrition Post historic Allegoric And from this word do we start slow it down slow it down Ends meet with a resigned sigh Despite all the things we talk about All the things we talk about Are we just a necessary other For machines to dream about For machines to dream No, no We're the sun breaking through grime On windows seem to preserve shelter From the likes of Gardenia.

Credits Lyrics Credits: Keram Malicki-Sanchez Music Credits: Keram Malicki-Sanchez, pavlo Gallinato Producer Credits: Peter McCabe, Keram Malicki-Sanchez Publisher Credits: Constant Change Music Performance Credits: Keram Malicki-Sanchez (vocals, guitars, Hammond organ) Pavlo Gallinato (bass guitar) Eric Michael Herrmann (drums) Label Credits: Constant Change Music /independent Description Short Song Description: A psychadelic romp through existential reasoning reminiscent of early Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Mercury Rev and Afghan Wigs. Traces of Teeenage Fanclub at their most dour. Story Behind the Song: Recorded by Ribcage for the unreleased album For Machines to Dream About, originally for mp3.com. Recorded in Hollywood, California at Tone King Studios, 1999. Metadata Song Length: 5:25 Primary Genre: Rock-Alternative Secondary Genre: Unique-Avant garde Tempo: Multiple Tempos Lead Vocal: Male Vocal Subject Matter 1: Existence Subject Matter 2: Spirituality Mood 1: Blissful Mood 2: Restless Similar Artist 1: Nirvana Similar Artist 2: Afghan Whigs, The Language: English Era: 2000 and later