Unfolding the Muse

by Jade Alger

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1.
Indigo Road 06:17
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Lingering footsteps so fresh in the blue silent morning And silence is golden On Indigo Road Now you can dance like they dance on their way home There’s nobody watching On Indigo Road Immortal urges emerge from the forest in stride On Indigo Road Like an angel flying high No ticket required to ride this streetcar machine Don’t shed those tears around me please Don’t go — Just go What can you see from your windowseat? Suddenly you’re free from the camouflage It’s an open-hearted love We race through the trees like a burgeoning romance Moments of joy are the bells in my mind When you came to the edge, what did you uncover? How did he touch you and what did you feel? The Bristlebirds know On Indigo Road Thin is the shadow that hangs on behind you Pure is the feeling of falling forever Black is the rhythm of thoughts that embrace me Dim is the picture — your figure — my ghost On Indigo Road Like a twister in the night It comes and it goes Pausing to unveil the other side Quick, a warm cherry tea before you leave Don’t shed those tears around me please Don’t go — Just go What can you see from your windowseat? Suddenly you’re free from the camouflage It’s an open-hearted love Like an angel flying high No ticket required to ride this streetcar machine Don’t shed those tears around me please Don’t go — Just go Lingering footsteps so soft in the blue silent morning And silence is golden On Indigo Road
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Juggernaut of Super-Shooting Beam 04:31
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Clairvoyant we won’t become This side of the coffin Patient hearts await the night When we won’t feel the razors Lusting for the break of day Craving social justice The avenues of heaven stir Abundant fields of rain Somewhere in the aftermath We won’t be the same By and by the doors unfold To swooshing lands of gladness All of my trinkets I believe To tempt me to believe that this world is all that I own Semi-understanding’s all I’ve got I can never be arrayed like a Juggernaut of Super-Shooting Beam Somewhere when I die I’ll reach the twist — I won’t be ornery; I won’t be a savage I still eat the dirt by night Feathers depict my love Still I cannot fully grasp The situations rising A poof of air from heaven’s atmosphere Would be a soothing reminder Life is running out of time To make room so life may begin All of my trinkets I believe To tempt me to believe that this world is all that I own Semi-understanding’s all I’ve got I can never be arrayed like a Juggernaut of Super-Shooting Beam
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Monsoon 03:17
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Monsoon, you come and go An ageless path and midnight show Blue lights upon my skin Flitter forth and breathe again Look out, the stinging night Shadows hang and dance and fly Reflective, unchanging, this mask is for me Reflective, unchanging, this mask was made for me I lay in bed, my castles made of clay Gold quivers, chariot winds Guide my reins, O glade and glen She sleeps in heaven's hair Look real close and see her there Someday on milkweed dusk His hands calm the rage in us Reflective, unchanging, this mask is for me Subjective, unchanging, this mask was made for me Reflective, unchanging, His voice speaks to me I lay in bed, my castles made of clay
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She Floats (To The Ceiling When She Cries) 02:39
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Hold on, Circle of Fate Beware what you take She has fragile hands Hold and embrace her awhile She is just a girl In a wayfarer’s world And she floats when she cries
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Lakes of Champaign 06:27
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This is my dream I had of the country And it takes me on down Through the lakes of Champaign Nearer or farther On the path in the meadow Always in front of me That house by the road Some people say When you get there it’s over But these fields that I walk upon Say the journey is now Hair in my eyes Autumn comes quickly And the birds chase the butterflies On these warm hills of gold Then you awaken those things you left vacant And tell me stories of you Then you unbridle those gifts that you cherish And unlatch trapdoors of you Music unfolds me and sends me shivers We dance across these swinging bridges sway This is my dream I had of the country And it takes me on down Through the lakes of Champaign Nearer or farther On the path in the meadow Always in front of me That house by the road I remember the hayride I remember the snowfall I remember the solitude of untouched youth I remember the smell of leaves On those crisp misty mornings I remember our reflections As we walked along the stream Then you awaken those things you left vacant And tell me stories of you Then you unbridle those gifts that you cherish And unlatch trapdoors of you Music unfolds me and sends me shivers We dance across these swinging bridges sway This is my dream I had of the country And it takes me on down Through the lakes of Champaign
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Seabird 02:56
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Seabird, shine You are the lucky one You spend your days Counting the waves Seabird, glide Take on this fickle sky Dip and fall Show off your pride I can spot you when the dawn throws her light And how does it feel To lift off and sail? The rising tide is your playground of freedom Come bring your song Come with your dreams Can you taste the ocean On the side of her lips? There’s no dreaming it, She’s in love with you Can you see the seabird Reflect in her eyes? There’s no dreaming it Destiny’s right Seabird, shine You are the lucky one You spend your days Counting the waves Seabird, glide Take on this fickle sky Dip and fall Show off your pride
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Mandolin 04:41
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Mandolin Sings my heart to sleep French for wren Park my heart next to you Mandolin Say you’ll open all my… Don’t come back and steal my… Flowers bloom and my wings stick Don’t know how I got here Want to find the next door Looking for a city She was kind and pretty I’m the rain in summer Listen to the thunder and… Mandolin Sings my heart to sleep French for wren Won’t you take the same train as me Run your fingers through my… I don’t care if we die Then we’ll dine on angel’s wings Laugh and filter all the screams Take a glance at who we were Long-lasting pain’s not worse than fear Listen close and you will hear The scratching sounds of nostalgic sighs I remember when I was seventeen With eyes as bright as when nature sings The mystical voice of the owls in flight Me in my window with circular eyes I don’t want my mom to ever die
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Secret Beach 03:21
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To Secret Beach we go, hmm - mm On coco palms we slide, hmm - mm The canoe garden’s eyes, hmm - mm Change color in the light, hmm - mm Laser leaves and apple torches Overhang our ocean shelter Nature’s life is watching From her silver seabed coral maze Our sandals grip driftwood ferns Tidepools carry ancient dreams We leap across volcano rocks The water’s world beneath us rumbles To Secret Beach we go, hmm - mm On tangled orchards climb, hmm - mm We fight the sinking sands, hmm - mm Native calloused hands, hmm - mm Nestled in the sing - song caves Shipwreck shores where lovers linger Fibers of a molten earth Lie dormant under hammock trees With synchronized attack The monsters of the deep in hazy form We sleep the breadfruit mango grove As shapes meander, shapes collide Homeward on the run, hmm - mm Distance radiates, hmm - mm Discovery is here, hmm - mm Can you feel her hair? hmm - mm O Limahuli moon Illuminate our pathway
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Lil' Bitty Lady La Blue Ha 03:47
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There’s no tellin’ where I’m gonna be No tellin’ where I’m gonna be But if I knew it would be meaningless Sit up, don’t talk Let’s go out tonight And pedal around in this vagabond town Get up, let’s go It’s a fragile mess To shuffle about in your vagabond dress Ahoy from Londontown now, Lil’ Bitty Lady La Blue Ha Ahoy, we’re on the ground now Lil’ Bitty Lady La Blue Let’s see if we can travel light And tip - toe through this maze Footsteps dribble down The shipyards are ablaze Let’s see if we can travel light Through zig - zag braided trees Your silhouette’s on fire And flickers in the sea Let’s see if we can travel light Through topsy - turvy trees A diagonal dream Enchanted beaconing Ahoy from Londontown now, Lil’ Bitty Lady La Blue Ha Ahoy, we’re on the ground now Lil’ Bitty Lady La Blue Sit up, don’t talk Let’s go out tonight And pedal around in this vagabond town
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Ferris Wheel Tree 04:47
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How pleasant doth that moon seem When shaking in the waves How delicate her eyelids When startled by a dream How faithfully she opens When touched beneath the wings How winsome are the fruit trees When colored by the clouds How quick to shed a teardrop Her lashes spit them out How angelic is Christmas When miracles occur I’m looking down from a Ferris Wheel Tree Spooked by the lighthouse upon me stays Sometimes at night I can hear her shadow Move through the leaves under window - candles play The fringes are pregnant with laughter sleepy Wheels of life take us with hands unfurled Up to the gates of the frothy mountains Snow in our eyes and our britches torn Once you get there, can you tell me Where to meet you — Can you tell me when?
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Shoes 04:36
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These wheels are in a constant flow A show of hands for those who think they know The essence of this wild moonshadow That flirts with lights upon our shoes A flash of time is hinged to clockwork on a crimson wall That trembles in the wake of night’s soft glaze A haze draws pictures on our shoes Both of us know, Things are masquerading as light All the time Princess Radio, your gift is the sunlight Shine on this moment, The treetops on fire My loosening grip on the torn canvas sea… The echoes of winter in me I’m shaking from her garden kiss Entrenched, hands flailing in the wind-high gale Set sail, my satchel and a feathered friend The stars drip flavors on our shoes A forest door peeks open Sounds a bell to search the floor Reflections dance across our wandering eyes Surprised by gold dust on our shoes Both of us know, Things are masquerading as light All the time Princess Radio, your gift is the sunlight Shine on this moment, The treetops are burning Faces fade on the tanglewood stairs ( I love the way she holds my hand ) Both of us know, Things are masquerading as light All the time Drop a penny in the elephant’s mouth Make a wish for tomorrow This forgotten maze is where hand-made strangers Guided ships with their drums through the typhoon breeze Arrested by mischief We swing through the shutters And slink off to rest in the canopy crown Life and love, Short as the summer Can you share some of your Crème Brûlée? The end is when the tears will flow Hello, footsteps of the island Queen Her hands, they shimmer when the mountains sing The night’s long shadows on our shoes
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Lemon-Yellow Rendezvous 05:34
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Drifting with a soulless heart Yellow is my bedroom wall Raging is the will to love And that’s how the story goes Shadows in a violet hue Green is my bedroom door Wavy are my thoughts at night Tamed in confetti sky Why can’t you be there to comb the resin from my hair Your wardrobe eyes are holding magic And I want that door to open Lines of color—lines of grey Red is my tiled floor Brushstrokes carry Prussian blue Lemon-yellow rendezvous Why can’t you be there to comb the resin from my hair Your wardrobe eyes are holding magic And I want that door to open Star shadows hide within the tresses by your side It is the onyx that I like A Northern Wind blows through the chimney {Like clockwork unwinding Your straw hat, the candles The echoes of silence Her strawberry sequins The mantle, the mirror The forgiving pieces Of destiny wanting Surrounded by oscillating clouds} Drifting with a soulless heart Yellow is my bedroom wall Raging is the will to love And that’s how the story goes
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If My Paper Boat Could Sail 05:17
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Lavender and cloves On my paper boat Mornings come and go Want to touch your face Don’t remember how From your room behind the sea Do you sit and wait for me? Does the ocean sing my name? How much longer will you stay? From your room behind the sea Do you sit and wait for me? Monsters glide beneath the blue As I lie here in my boat Moonflower, Moonflower Grant me one wish That we’ll meet again someday Bobbin lace and snow On my brittle boat Painted winds, they blow Want to warm your hands From your room behind the sea Do you sit and wait for me? Oh these letters that you write The smell of paper makes me cry From your room behind the sea Do you hold the orphan stars? Moonflower, Moonflower Grant me one wish That we’ll meet again someday
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March to Grace 03:18
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Indigo Road (acoustic version) 06:22
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Lingering footsteps so fresh in the blue silent morning And silence is golden On Indigo Road Now you can dance like they dance on their way home There’s nobody watching On Indigo Road Immortal urges emerge from the forest in stride On Indigo Road Like an angel flying high No ticket required to ride this streetcar machine Don’t shed those tears around me please Don’t go — Just go What can you see from your windowseat? Suddenly you’re free from the camouflage It’s an open-hearted love We race through the trees like a burgeoning romance Moments of joy are the bells in my mind When you came to the edge, what did you uncover? How did he touch you and what did you feel? The Bristlebirds know On Indigo Road Thin is the shadow that hangs on behind you Pure is the feeling of falling forever Black is the rhythm of thoughts that embrace me Dim is the picture — your figure — my ghost On Indigo Road Like a twister in the night It comes and it goes Pausing to unveil the other side Quick, a warm cherry of tea before you leave Don’t shed those tears around me please Don’t go — Just go What can you see from your windowseat? Suddenly you’re free from the camouflage It’s an open-hearted love Like an angel flying high No ticket required to ride this streetcar machine Don’t shed those tears around me please Don’t go — Just go Lingering footsteps so fresh in the blue silent morning And silence is golden On Indigo Road
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Copper Coastline Bridge 03:48
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Born and raised In the back of a circus train And I’m definitely amazed tonight I see the blue Washing the barren plain And I burn to climb aboard that layered seahorse I’m standing now On the Copper Coastline Bridge I’m a wanderer now I wonder when my ship rolls in There’s a wrap-around treehouse Where the voyagers gaze down at the sea In these drawstring slippers I’m gonna just follow the forest to see where it leads I’m standing now On the Copper Coastline Bridge I’m a wanderer now I wonder when my ship rolls in Born and raised In a side-show caravan With a costume drawer on a ramshackle stage I love the wind When it winds through the canopy Invigorating wanderlust appeal I’m standing now On the Copper Coastline Bridge I’m a wanderer now I wonder when my ship rolls in

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An anthology of 15 songs, ranging from the melodic rise and fall of Seabird to the emotionally raw Indigo Road. Shoes is a playful recollection that takes the listener on a revelatory trek through an enchanted forest. Lakes of Champaign is packed with romantic memoirs and Lemon-Yellow Rendezvous is a tune written around Van Gogh's yellow house and bedroom paintings. If you prefer seaside whimsy, Secret Beach recalls a primitive quest on lava shores.

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released September 9, 2016

Words, music and instrument arrangement Jade Alger
Mixed by Jade Alger
Recorded in a little house in Chattanooga TN
Mastered by KRAMER at Noise Miami

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Jade Alger Chattanooga, Tennessee

Jade Alger began his journey in music at an early age playing cello. At university he made a name for himself through song- writing and became known for his abilities to marry avant-garde wordplay with lilting melodies and intricate finger-style guitar work. ... more

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