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Immortal Rhythm

by Kate Koenig

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1.
Idle Hands 02:54
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The devil in these idle hands Seizes a fix Locates the vein and a crucifix Buys the hammer and the nails Measures the beams Leans in and rolls up its sleeves Do what you will, I won’t waste my time I know that I’m powerless I’d much prefer to lend a hand and Act like I’m grateful If this doesn’t kill me, just know that’s What I’ve really wanted What better way to go out than on your favorite vice? If I had the answer, I’d tie a Cinder block round its neck And throw it in the river just to watch it sink If this doesn’t kill me, just know that’s What I’ve really wanted What better way to go out than on your favorite vice? If I had the answer, I’d tie a Cinder block round its neck And throw it in the river just to watch it sink I can’t believe this power you have over me I can’t believe this power you have over me
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Siren Song 04:13
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When you find yourself numb Rip yourself open to see that you’re barren ‘Cept for your hollowed out lungs, your marrowless bones Coagulate scenery Know that you’ve always been powerless There’s nothing to fear, ‘cause you’ve always to powerless There’s nothing to fear Yet still you say The last time that I fucked it was just for the heat I really want to break your hands And silence your throat I really want to break your hands And silence your throat I really want to break your hands And silence your throat I really want to break your hands And silence your Etch these words on your lips Your sutures hold truths of still innocent beauty Told by the harpy’s bold tongue The comfort of whores The pain of the siren song Know that you’ve always been powerless Know that you’ve always been powerless You’ve always been powerless I really want to break your hands And silence your throat I really want to break your hands And silence your throat I really want to break your hands And silence your throat I really want to break your hands And silence your throat Break your hands And silence your throat I really want to break your hands And silence your
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Caligula 03:30
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Kate Koenig: Voice, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
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Chromatic Sun 04:02
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I’m inside out, quiet mess on the floor Wondering what’s there’s to do with living I’m inside out, quiet mess on the floor, I’m with you, I’m with you, I’m with you Improvised memories Disappointing me My love aches like rain in the winter Turning like the moon in phases I’m changing clothes, I’m changing time I’m inside out, I’m still breathing Talking to ourselves Talking to each other Swept by electrical tide Thousands of words leave me color-blind To the fabric of minding Swept by electrical tide Thousands of words leave me color blind To the fabric of minding I’m alone in here, I remember I see, I see, it occurs to me I’m alone in here, I remember Please leave me alone and stay close to me Talking to ourselves Talking to each other I am holding every moment I am pocketing every word I am trying on your shoes Are you still here? Improvised memories Disappointing me Swept by electrical tide Thousands of words leave me color blind To the fabric of minding Swept by electrical tide Thousands of words leave me color blind To the fabric of minding Swept by electrical tide Thousands of words leave me color blind To the fabric of minding This chromatic sun My waking world is a dream My dreams are just boring My waking world is a dream My dreams are just boring
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Monkey's Tail 02:55
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I just don’t know anymore I am mostly empty space Latching on to a hopeful monkey’s tail Maybe I’ll go to the place where lost things go Maybe when we grow up, we’ll know Think it’s clever to play stupid tricks on ourselves I just don’t know anymore I am mostly empty space Like a photo floating in the bath I’m a hollow frame possessed Talk to me like the lonely child I still am Close the book on a string of orphan rhymes Looking every way but up Wear my name as comfortably as my skin So not so much I just don’t know anymore I’m a hollow frame possessed When the excitement runs out I am just an open flame Seeing life through the goodbye TV signal
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Minding 02:55
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Letting my mind wander like an unsupervised toddler I think, "Why do I even bother? I clean up one mess, and I’ve got five others" But self-checking up is a needed routine Makes you feel less like you’ve got twelve TVs All on at once streaming twelve different scenes Reel yourself in, look away from the screen I would rather be This TV is broken, I have to return it I can’t find the manual; I think that I burned it I can’t change the channel; it’s the same I keep getting It’s the reruns I find just extremely upsetting I would rather be out of my mind Somewhere else I’d like to find, yeah I would rather be out of my mind Block my ears and make me color-blind I would rather be out of my mind In a world beyond my own design, yeah I would rather be, rather be out of my mind And it’s not for want of trying I can’t go out again tonight I can’t go out again tonight I can’t go out again tonight I can’t go out again tonight I can’t go out again tonight I can’t go out again tonight I can’t go out again tonight I can’t go out again tonight …
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The Ballad of Will Power 04:49
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I’ve always been adventurous Always comfortably uncomfortable Make men in uniform feel like boys in costume But I don’t want this power anymore No, I don’t want this power anymore It’s exhausting being your own god And I’m no pet name for the Universe In fact, it’s been a while since I believed that I was in control And now you’ll hear me crying Set me free, release your power o’er me Set me free, release your power o’er me Set me free Set me free I’ll dance with all the old ghosts So I won’t drown in liquid shame Now here I stand before the shadow of the northex And it says, “Suffer but don’t act when you’re insane,” Suffer but don’t act when you’re insane Will, set me free Release this power over me Will, set me free Release this power over me Will, set me free Release this power over me Will, set me free When I’m low, it’s all absurd And when I’m high, I’m born again But now I’m taking the Flower Fish’s advice To cocoon myself in life Set me free, release your power o’er me Set me free, release your power o’er me Set me free Set me free Will, set me free Release this power over me Will, set me free Release this power over me (Will, set me free, release this power over me) Will, set me free; Will, set me free (Will, set me free, release this power over me) Ah, set me free (Will, set me free, release this power over me) This power you have over me You have, you have (Will, set me free, release this power over me) Release this power, this power over me (Will, set me free, release this power over me) This power, this power over me (Will, set me free, release this power over me) This power you have over me
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Nothing to Miss 03:14
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You say that there’s A script to this With lines we know You say that there is a part for me That it’s meant to be But I will not read I will not read You say that there’s An arcane room In which I’ll find someone there for me But I don’t believe It’s not meant to be It’s not meant to be If I could steal your pen Write what we would be Write between words that you’ve said to me There’d be so much more to read Much more to read Much more to read You say that there’s No tricks to this You say that there’s nothing to dismiss There’s nothing to miss There’s nothing to miss There’s nothing to miss There’s nothing to miss There’s nothing to miss
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Devils at Sunrise 04:14
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The devils at sunrise, much stronger than sunset I don’t know if I’ll get this fire out of me Flames rise to my throat as I say, I know now I’m powerless over this rage He calls crying wolf through the skin of a lamb There’s more to a man than tongues can betray But not more to him, nor the lies he outlives My body knows how it was made And I know somethin’s changin’ in me And I know somethin’s changin’ in me The sun burning down onto these hollow hands I’m only as strong as my will to forgive You couldn’t ask more, and yet, time may fold that regret And let mercy set me free And I know somethin’s changin’ in me And I know somethin’s changin’ in me And I know somethin’s changin’ in me And I know somethin’s changin’ in me The devils at sunrise, much stronger than sunset I don’t know if I’ll get this fire out of me
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My Protector 02:32
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Now that these wounds have healed Lead me back to the harbor You’re the noble one, but I can’t call you my protector Cast a thousand eyes on me And I could see into this vacuum Where we both exist, but I can’t call you my protector And I have failed far better before As the hero in my own stories And while my mind can spit cobwebs and nitre My body knows you’re here These days we’ve owed the world Seem to end without forgiveness There’s a part of me that will always feel alone And you could say, all is yours where this light falls And I’m the prodigal one back again And I know I won’t get what I want Just by letting go

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released January 31, 2023

Written and produced by Kate Koenig
Recorded at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center in New York, NY
Engineered by Kevin Ramsay
Mixed and mastered by Kevin Ramsay

Performance by Personnel
Kate Koenig: Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, synthesizers
Eliza Endless: Electric bass, all tracks except “Caligula,” “Minding,” and “My Protector”; background vocals, all tracks except “Caligula,” “Monkey’s Tail,” “Minding,” “Nothing to Miss,” and “My Protector”
Jared Pease: Drum set, all tracks except “Caligula,” “Minding,” “Nothing to Miss,” and “My Protector”; additional percussion, “Siren Song,” “Monkey’s Tail”
Courtney McNally: Drum set, “Nothing to Miss”
Lara Brodksy: Cello, “Chromatic Sun”

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Kate Koenig Brooklyn, New York

Kate Koenig is a very hungry experimental folk caterpillar that eats Fleet Foxes’ progressivism and Kate Bush's iconoclasticism and Jeff Buckley’s zeal and Nick Drake’s disenchantment, and is still eating while you read this bio. They are also a fierce advocate for mental health awareness, which comes out in the deeply personal, introspective theater of their music. ... more

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