some lyrics for new songs (you can check these out in the videos section)


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Capitalist Optimist

no matter how hard you try
if the worlds are colliding
no one cares.
you must be high as a kite
I think you're making a mountain out of a mouse

no more clichés

so come bail me out
just this time, come bail me out
didn't think I'd live to be so old
to have these problems follow me home.

no matter how loud they cry
it's real hard to hear when
heads are in the sand.
think less, don't be afraid
all those optimistic notions have left me

I'm in trouble

so come bail me out
just this time, come bail me out
didn't think I'd live to be so old
to have these problems follow me home.

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New song (turn around)

wait for me
I am coming home,
to write some more about everything that's wrong.
and tell me
how can I look up
with all these things I've heard weigh on my back.

the hope for tomorrow is an epistemic trap

I'm starting to see it
and its turning me around
its turning me around

so I'm keeping clean
with enemy machines
that were meant to keep me home.
and I, I can feel it come,
charging like a tiger from behind
rising like a river to swallow, swallow me whole.

the hope for tomorrow is an epistemic trap

I'm starting to see it
and its turning me around
now I'm turning back
so easy to pretend that I forgot.

since nobody (including myself) understands anything i try to sing.. here we go. all lyrics by adam basanta and spladam bladanta

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the Hidden

it's hard to be a rock star
with no big cigars
hanging limp from your mouth
whispering that
you are the man
who makes us eat our disappointments tonight.

rest your head down.

and here come the triumphant
here they come
running right through our town
feeding voices
they amplify
and makes listen to our voice in doubt.

they say "come, you seem nice
and tired out
rest your head down
you tried"

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Heads roll

heads roll
crack under pressure when you're running
temples pressing on your mind
leave what you're running from behind

treasures
they will take away your problems
go on and keep 'em in your mouth
stick 'em underneath your tongue

save what you can,
don't wake my
don't wake my head.

don't let them change you
don't let them medicate your mind
twelve thieves and lawyers
they're talking all at once

save what you can,
don't wake my
don't wake my head.

help us out, we're under siege tonight
help us in love, in silence.

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the Rope and the Hand


Miss me, on late nights
Miss me, nevermind
Never good to feel right.
Simple, I will love
That simple kind of life
All else memory.
Now teach me to give some
Lend me to everyone.
I've nothing more to say.

The execution, is going fine.
The execution, my my.

End years, end fun
Long time, no different
More cheeks to slap them.
Pretensions, your self worth
Take them, feed the wolves
Turn around, face down.
No let me bend some,
Ill bend for everyone.
I've nothing more to say.

The execution, is going fine.
The execution, my my.

Fight not, recede I must
I smell dirt, I smell trust
Bury quick in new sand.
I will rise a new man,
I will rise a new man,
What more could you ask for now.
Don't show me to everyone,
Don't show me to anyone,
I've nothing more to say.

The execution, is going fine.
The execution, my my.

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Stay NIght


In hands
Transparent as light
We trust all our fights.
And the motion
The spinning in flight
The circular lies
Are saving me from shipwreck.

Changing skies
Stay night
Stay dark
Stay true.

What you left behind
The suits and the ties
They hang and they dry.
Anonymous fear
He calls in the ear
In the corners we sit
And guard precious observations.

Changing skies
Stay night
Stay dark
Stay true.


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Illusion Guilt


ask me how
you disappear into the clouds
With no sound,
and if you try
you can cut your life with glass you find
you can be fine.

maybe now
mama make me face the lie,
will you be there my friend?

thinking now
it's funny how the time goes by,
soon we die.
in daddy's mind
these things just make us strong inside,
so sad.

maybe now
mama ties me up inside
will you be there my friend?

something called illusion guilt
is keeping me up at night.

what I cut, now I'm wishing is alive
guess we'll see if I find you one time.
maybe try looking back without my eyes and see
will you be there my friend?

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Circles


dead boats buried in my chest
circles that round don't listen to sense
jump up down, these walls will always rise.
dear god the cynics come tonight
and I will be there
peaking through holes and waiting for praise
these sheep are golden calves disguised.
but I see concepts in the sky
ideals they whisper
take their money, take their money run.

it's necessary to be far away
don't let them find you
don't let them get you
I wont let them.

it's necessary to be far away
necessary, goddamn see it my way.
take time to see things clear
(the time, the tears, the wine, the fears.)
more time never make it right
you'll lose your life you'll lose guide.
it's necessary to be far away
necessary, goddamn see it my way.
I want them all with me
(the lion, the fish, the wolf, the sheep)
let them take me away…

let me out of this
I starve, I starve, I starve in the peace.
let me out of this,
release me now its time to feed.
and there's no meaning in the sky
I wonder how long ago it died
without your head it has no life.


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Living in trees


no time for waiting, not tonight
we are walking with the animals in circles
and lines that lead nowhere,
They're taking us back home.

oh Happiness lives in a tree
we cant reach.
it's smiling down, it can smell us trying,
it's says "pipe down, and sell yourself to the wheel".
oh Happiness lives in a tree.

twenty years seem shorter than they mean,
we've listened on and on
and we all know the lies we've swallowed whole
now we're pretending for the children.

oh Happiness lives in a tree
we cant reach.
it's smiling down, it can smell us trying,
it's says "pipe down, and sell yourself to the wheel".
oh Happiness lives in a tree.

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Faceless Salute for the Imperial Guard


On bending tracks
We're waiting for the mothership.
The eyes we fix above
Don't build solution.

We will be skeletons.

Empires..
Colossus..

This is a life force
Its shrinking our hearts and minds.
We cant, we cant see past our toes
We don't build solutions.

Empires..
Colossus..

We will be skeletons.

This is a life force
Its shrinking our hearts and minds.
We cant, we cant see past our toes
We don't build solutions.

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They come tonight


Guest star shining
Burned out yesterday
I wont lose my way
I wont lose my way.
Whispered sad notes
lullaby like rain
I wont lose my way
I wont lose my way.

There they come
All tonight
There they come
Step around
Miss you, step around
Miss you.

Great uncertain
Breathing down my neck
I wont lose my way
I wont lose my way.
Fears that loved me
Are coming back to stay
I wont lose my way
I wont lose my way.

There they come
All tonight
There they come
Step around
Miss you, step around
Miss you.

thank you everybody who came out to the lamplighter last night. we had a great time, its such a good feeling to see a crowd get worked up about somethin, when that somethin is you.
unfortunatly london spy didnt get to play which majorly sucked, but im sure we will run in to those guys at some point soon.
thankfully we had the best soundguy in town.

oh ya. holy fuck somebody stage-dived at the lamp, and people caught him too. than we drank and smoked and went to work on 3 hr sleep. party on wayne

Make The Lion
s/t
Independent
There's still a lot of life left in the world of post-Radiohead prog-psychedelia, as the debut album from Make the Lion makes clear. Adam Basanta's haunting murmur of a voice (imagine Thom Yorke guesting in Echo & the Bunnymen) floats above the dreamy textures of his guitar work, which is only about halfeffective; it's almost impossible to tell what he's singing about, but the melancholy mood of the record as a whole points towards a dour, almost retro-British world of gloom, disappointment, and defeat. Smokestack soot smeared on chipped brick walls and all that. Which is not to say that Make the Lion writes bad songs – quite the opposite, to be sure. Basanta's inventive and interesting trio is rounded out by the melodic chops of bassist/keyboardist/vocalist Cole Birney- Stewart and the skilled trapsmanship of Andy Hodgson. This is definitely intelligent rock for the thinking soul, and shows great promise of things to come from one of Vancouver's more impressive young bands.
- Ferdy Belland

i just posted some rough mixes from the album, let us know what you think!

soon to come: pictures/video of the recording process. as well as full lyrics will posted soon.

also the album will have 10 songs. they are (out of order):

the hidden. the rope and the hand. living in tree. circles. illusion guilt. heads roll. they come tonight. stay, night. faceless salute for the imperial guard. as well as a still untitled instrumental track.

see ya at the cd release party on april 7

adam

thanks alot to everyone who came to the show last night. we had a great time, and it was nice to meet a whole bunch of strangers, now not so strange... and congrats to shades of gray for their new cd, as well as their excuisite taste in covers (sir psycho sid, damn i almost forgot about that song... how come the red hot chilli peppers suck now?)

playing live has never been so fulfilling and fun...

DO come to our CD release party, april 7 at the media club. you will get a free cd and get to see a couple of other great local bands. also we are planning to have an interactive, live, visual system together... me and andy are working on that, and it should look great when it's done.

the cd sounds good, we are just starting to mix so i will post some rough mixes next week on myspace.

till april 7!

adam / make the lion

could it be? no

yes the ep's are done. 4 songs. woohoo
i uploaded the songs to myspace so i hope you all enjoy them
and pay us wads of cash.
or at least enjoy them.
they cost $5 (cough cough)

video in tommorow, should be great
i am looking forward to it.

oh and happy 420 to all
i sure had my share
adam

so.
we got a website. www.makethelion.com
check it & dont forget to click on the lions head.
also we mixed The Rope and The Hand and posted it on myspace. this will be on our upcoming ep.
also i uploaded a rough mix of Turn Left, Turn Right.
some new pics from shows and recording sessions up as well.
practicing a lot. show on friday, and also on april 21 (AA).
love to see y'all out
adam

the time has come. oh yes it has a 4..5 song EP is feverishly in the works. it will contain the final mixes for the Rope and the Hand, and Illusion Guilt, as well as some other songs. rumour has it Circles may be on it... perhaps a live version.. whose to say and september/october we will be releasing our full length debut (tentative title : "Frolickin' on Mount Lion") which will contain 11 songs! many unheard by those who dwell on the outside.. anyway im working on t-shirts too.. so hopefully you can grab em from us on march 31 at the lamplighter and april 21 at video in (all ages) and everyshow thereafter. ohya april 21 all ages show. that will be fun it has been awhile. "we're rockin, we're rockin tonight!" adam

well this is my first "blogging" (should i use qoutation marks there? does everybody know what "blogging" is? fuksh..t.) experience.. there is now no stopping my random sharings, one might say offerings, to the world. thank god just when i most needed a tool to solidfy my egocentricity.. well. there is a reason for this blog. we have officially changed our band name from "AVATAR" to "MAKE THE LION"/ before the riots start, let me offer an explanation: (hopefully this makes sense and everybody is appeased) 1) Avatar was kinda lame and was picked because our hashed minds could think of nothing else one week before our first show. 2) doesnt it sound like Avatar would play some sort of prog-metal-dark-hard-rock ish stuff? (not that there is anything wrong with that.) 3) there are so many Avatar bands out there.. its rediculous. 4) Make the Lion sounds cool i think., 5) i like the logo too. 6) Make the Lion was inspired by the allen ginsberg poem "making the lion for all it's got". check it. 7) i think we seem a lot more intellectual now ya know naming our band after yaknow a poem yaknow. deep. annyway. thats all for now, i wonder if anybody actually reads these blogs on myspace, or is it just a venting tool? i mean im just desperatly trying to justify a band name change, i just wanna fuckin belong yaknow?!! peace adam 'jerk' basanta