Monuments and Melodies

Monuments and Melodies

Wooot! Another new album from Incubus to be released on June 16 (dunno the release date in the Philippines). Their single Black Heart Inertia has been spreading all over the net already. Take a peek:

Black Heart Inertia

Walking alone tonight
'Cause I've only got room for two.
Me and my burdened black heart,
It's all we know how to do.

Yet I look for a bigger bang
Than the kind I continually see.
Sick of all this inertia,
Oh, won't you mend me?

Lover, can you help me?
I'm a child lost in the woods.
A black heart pollutes me
And I think...

You're a mountain that I'd like to climb,
Not to conquer, but to share in the view.

Pulled by a false inertia,
Pushed out by circumstance.
Pistol firing at my feet
That's coercing me to dance.

Yet I look for a bigger bang
Than the kind I'm sorry to know.
Here I am, first foot of the climb.
Watch me go.

Lover, can you help me?
I'm a child lost in the woods.
A lit path eludes me
And I think...

You're a mountain that I'd like to climb,
Not to conquer, but to share in the view.
You're a bonfire and I'm gathered 'round you.
Set this old black heart inertia aflame.
Send it away... (8X)

You're a mountain that I'd like to climb,
Not to conquer, but to share in the view.
You're a bonfire and I'm gathered 'round you.
Set this old black heart inertia aflame.

Set it aflame, send it away... (6X)

Can't wait for this album.. hihihihih

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From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss

A follow up of White Fluffy Clouds, Brandon Boyd has released his new piece of artwork. From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss is packed with Brandon's creations of photographs, paintings, drawings, and journal entries.

Here's the origin of the title:

"From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss" is a small piece of a quote from Carl Jung. He is one of the most highly respected and highly scrutinized Psychologists and in my opinion, Philosophers, of our time. The bulk of the statement is referring to the 'archetype' and man's quest to understand the images he sees in his mind's eye. But I interpreted it in a far more simple manner. I have always seen my mind as a cellar of sorts. A dark, dank basement that held secrets and memories and it was accessible to me only in very specific circumstances; as in a trance, expressive, or artistic state. The things that are retrieved from this cellar were of the highest order, and if properly understood, could be relocated into the 'Attic' so to speak. Transcendence through the artistic process, as it were. So by retrieving these images "...From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss," I am making maps for my roads to higher awareness. Yeah, I am a cheeseball. And proud of it.

-Brandon Boyd

source:http://brandonboydbooks.com/index.html

There was also a book which came out in the market authored by "Brandon Boyd." But Brandon Boyd has cleared the issue that it was not his. He has only authored two books so far: White Fluffy Clouds and From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss.

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D I G

Love this song from Incubus and the video is just so creative. It really goes along with the lyrics well and the characters' faces are very expressive of emotions.

"Dig"

We all have a weakness
But some of ours are easier to identify.
Look me in the eye
And ask for forgiveness;
We'll make a pact to never speak that word again
Yes you are my friend.
We all have something that digs at us,
At least we dig each other
So when weakness turns my ego up
I know you'll count on the me from yesterday
If I turn into another
Dig me up from under what is covering
The better part of me
Sing this song
Remind me that we'll always have each other
When everything else is gone.
We all have a sickness
That cleverly attaches and multiplies
No matter how hard we try.
We all have someone that digs at us,
At least we dig each other
So when sickness turns my ego up
I know you'll act as a clever medicine.
If I turn into another
Dig me up from under what is covering
The better part of me.
Sing this song!
Remind me that we'll always have each other
When everything else is gone.
Oh each other....
When everything
Else is gone.

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