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Bonfire Diaries

by Metal Mother

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1.
Shake 05:36
Shake Shake shake shake your at leaves me Tough love has got me on my knees Shake shake shake your spirit free Heal heal from a sick disease Come go comin’ up against A loud voice that just tells me when To let fly on wounded wings Shock me am I seeing things? I hear a soldier’s song I feel a craving crazy strong Got to get, get with the times Gotta trust enough To lay it on the line Patience, patience I hold on tight Bet on my heart that it’s alright Pushing pulling so that you might Hear me calling to bring the light Bring the light Bring the light Bring the light.... Effigy of a southern gate Do you see that I hesitate? Count to three I concentrate Count to seven begin to shake free Shake shake shake your at leaves me Tough love has got me on my knees Shake shake shake your spirit free Heal heal from a sick disease Come go comin’ up against A loud voice that just tells me when To let fly on wounded wings Shock me am I seeing things?
2.
Ashes 04:15
Ashes Skin like ashes Words like snow To stay means trouble But who of us wants to go? Lines on the ceiling Count them one more time Hunting for feeling But what I find is not mine Sit at your outpost Friends filter through Recalling times of plenty When darlings sang for you Lines on the highway Follow them away from here I take what you say And nourish what’s sincere Go back to the islands Take time to clear your head I’ll stay with the sirens Until the city’s fed
3.
In The Bones 04:12
It’s been a long time Since I walked this road It’s been a long time I been carrying this load Now I’m going I’m going home Way back way back Way back where I come from It’s been a long time I been on my own Had many teachers A lots been shown Now I’m goin’ back to the land To my oldest teacher On which I stand Somebody said that we’re gettin’ older But I still feel like such a soldier As its been said, we’ve discovered There's nothing left to do But join each other on the land I’m gonna be a good daughter Gonna be a good friend Gonna be a good lover With time to lend Gonna stop this running Gonna stand up tall Gonna bury this restlessness Gonna burn these walls Somebody said that we’re gettin’ older But I still feel like such a soldier As its been said, we’ve discovered There's nothing left to do But join each other on the land Don’t need a machine To show me the road Don’t need a disaster To get me to go Cuz I’m from the dust And I have grown And I find my home Deep in my bones
4.
Post Weekend 03:25
Rest These Eyes Hum and Sigh Burn Herbs and Unwind And Then When We Wake, Lets Spend Tomorrow In Love Repaired And Wash Out Our Mouths And Care Cuz Its Is An Occasion This Time We Both Want To Stay And Refine Now that We Agree That This Package Comes With Few Guarantees Cuz It’s Too Supernatural SuperNatural As Humans can be In your Sight (Seeing past the coliseum) Dynamite (Oakland giving you a feeling) Make it right (Took a week to talk it out this time) Hold tight hold tight till the morning comes (And then we throw it across the sky) Light and Haze (Maybe laugh about it cry about it) Count the days (And at night we join in dreams about it) Know your ways (Send an arrow to the center of it) And we allow authenticity To love!!! Times They Change (Easy Coming and a’goin’) Jobs the Same (Who Are We To Act Like Knowing) To Live or Let Live (Understanding How To Give It Better) And Someday (And Maybe Someday) We’ll Sit And Say That We Were Not Sorry For Not Giving No Guarantees (Ain’t No Fun In Prediction, When We Try We’re Making Friction) Cuz Its Too SuperNatural Supernatural As Humans Can Be (We Can Trust In Good Feelings, And Be Glad For The Healing) Yeah This Pretty Package It Don’t Come With No False Guarantees Cuz It’s Too Supernatural Supernatural as Humans Can Be
5.
Vices 04:46
Coming into the kitchen You looked so very dense Coming into my vision Your special language don’t make much sense You were already on you high I knew you were coming so So was I You came by for a lullaby But there was no sleep that night Fallen angels, well known strangers Danger danger don’t miss that train Bound for glory, in no hurry Tellin stories of how you’ve changed Lovely fashion and nice tattoos Keep stashin’ away your blues Pretty pictures but what is true Old coyote got ahold on you But, you are so beautiful That look, unshakable You are so beautiful You’re a star child with a rugged soul Skull and crossbones upon your heart You wear them well, like beauty marks So sweet and so bitter Make it right with your lightning glitter Maybe it’s your ancient memories To big for your precious identity But don’t tell me that you love the glory More than you love your family But, you are so beautiful That look, unshakable You are so beautiful You’re a star child with a rugged soul Gorgeous vices, perfectly placed Gently hidden for your routine embrace Wounded healers and drunken saints What nice pictures we like to paint
6.
'W' 05:30
Does your mother say? And does your father say? And do your teachers say To walk in a line? Does your ancestry Seem a fantasy And will your legacy Stand through the times? But who’s the one with courage? Who’s the one who knows? All reasons that you built, Fall like dominos Not convincible How you lost control With them lofty goals Catching the sky Irresistible How you could pull the wool No, you’re no ones fool Tying your ties But do you long for listeners? And do you know your friends? And can you hear the questioners? And do your answers bend? In your thunderstorm With your worn and torn I hope you’re keeping warm Working the Flames With your bitten tongue I hope you’re feeling young It looks like you’ve become The one with no name It’s all laid out for you, old man It’s all laid out for you So what you gonna do, old man? What you gonna do?
7.
Lost Story (free) 04:03
Through Seven Seas A Lost Story Of Two Young Heathens Touch Tenderly And Casually Take Notice That You’ve Got Me We Discuss Autonomy The Need for Solitude And Fantasy Exposing Our Diaries And We’re Embedded In The Scenery Come to the Edge (Be As You Are) The Fireside (As if Love) What Life (Where The Only) To Be Human (Way You Know Of) Through Seven Seas A Lost Story Of Two Young Heathens Touch Tenderly And Casually Take Notice That You Got Me Saving This Time To Imprint Tear Apart A Flame That Devours Me Wrap Me Up In Your Arms Joining In The Rite Of Simplicity Stretching To What We Can Offer To Card and Rune We Attune In An Opening Lightning In Who We Are Here Again There Before Till the end Its Just You and Me
8.
Gold Lasso 05:47
We were chosen To be the ones to go Deep down where the future grows It’s no coincidence And everybody knows That we’re ready for the rodeo We on the flatlands We gonna tame the beast We on the mountain Looking out, from the highest peaks Now it’s our turn We got our hands on the wheel Its time To clear the field It’s just a moment It’s just a blink of an eye We won’t let the well run dry On a wire Its getting’ gettin’ higher We acquire A gold lasso We conspire By neon bonfire To catch the keys To what we know And there’s a stampede And it’s crossed the line It looks like its right on time And there’s a passion To make a new design We’re gonna make this baby shine
9.
All the minds are loaded And the plans are made And the light exploded All the roads they paved All the lights are lifted All the curtains drawn And the scope has shifted To the stage we’re on When the earth starts shakin’ We’re on our feet And what’s not forsaken Pours into the streets The weight is lifting And the flames are high And the eagle watches From a wounded sky
10.
Willow 05:48
You are an ocean And I, a diver deep You are a hungry farmer And I, a harvest to reap 
Suns and moons and stars we swoon To wake us from our sleep, Even if the world would die My love you’ll always keep You are a sunrise And I, an eastbound train You are a midnight poet And I, the table’s flame Song of a willow Blow us to a higher place Queen of the coyotes Howl into the empty space You are a bandit And I, a chest of jewels You are a grumpy king And I, a topnotch fool You are an Eskimo And I, a sea of ice You are a gamble And I, the lucky dice Song of a Willow Blow us to a higher place Queen of the coyotes Howl into the empty space 
 Let us remember A time when reason took its bow Feelings of wonder Help us to remember how
11.
Billy Cruz 03:56
Billy Cruz Was a kid with some paint on his face Who wore no shoes But what he touched it turned to gold Billy Cruz He put his head some far out places But would not loose His touch for that rock and roll He made a lengthy confession That Eve was the first girl he’d kissed And it made him need a religion So he called himself An Animist Billy Cruz Was a kid with some paint on his face Who wore no shoes But what he touched it turned to gold Billy Cruz Put his head some far out places But would not loose His touch for that rock and roll Billy rode 70 miles Leap leap! And still did not sweat off his style Leap leap! He finally showed up with a smile Leap leap And told us he’s back from the wild Back from the wild Back from the wild Billy! You must call your manager Billy! You worry your girl Billy! So in with the scavengers Billy! Your heads in a whirl Sit between two redwood trees Triangle up Triangle down Do your rituals Watch the cars go by Throw away your phone And skip this town He’s likes to play some black metal He’s likes shape shifting into a black panther He likes to be kind and thoughtful He likes he likes to let everybody know

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released May 17, 2011

Shake:
Keys, Vocals, Percussion: Tara Timberman
Bass: Mica Devlin Grainger
Guitar: Dee El Lobo
Drums: Tommy Cappel
Cello: Cello Joe
Synth Programming: Daniel Meyers

Ashes:
Piano, Organ, Synth, Vocals: Tara Timberman
Bass: Mica Devlin Grainger
Guitar: Dee El Lobo
Drums: Tommy Cappel
Synth Programming, Backup Vocals : Daniel Meyers
Pump Organ: Dan Cantrell

In The Bones:
Keys, Vocals: Tara Timberman
Guitar and Drums: Dee El Lobo
Slide Guitar: Mitchell Kulkin
Drums: Tommy Cappel
Cello: Cello Joe
Synth Programming: Daniel Meyers
Drums/Percussion: Evan Fraser

Post Weekend:
Keys, Vocals: Tara Timberman
Bass: Mica Devlin Grainger
Guitar: Dee El Lobo
Drums: Tommy Cappel
Synth Programming, Percussion: Daniel Meyers
Organ, Saw, Bowed Glock: Dan Cantrell

Vices:
Keys, Vocals: Tara Timberman
Synth Programming: Daniel Meyers
Saw, Pump Organ: Dan Cantrell

‘W’:
Keys, Vocals: Tara Timberman
Drums: Tommy Cappel
Cello: Cello Joe
Synth Programming: Daniel Meyers
Drums/Percussion: Evan Fraser

Lost Story:
Keys, Vocals: Tara Timberman
Guitar: Dee El Lobo
Drums: Tommy Cappel
Cello: Cello Joe
Synth Programming, Djembe: Daniel Meyers
Flat Drum: Joseph Rynd
Pump Organ, Piano, Saw: Dan Cantrell

Gold Lasso:
Keys, Vocals: Tara Timberman
Drums: Tommy Cappel
Bass and Backup Vocals: Paul Lamb
Cello: Cello Joe
Synth Programming: Daniel Meyers
Saw, Organ: Dan Cantrell

Gold Lasso, Unfolded:
Keys, Vocals, Drums: Tara Timberman
Drums, Bass, Backup Vocals: Paul Lamb

Willow:
Keys, Vocals: Tara Timberman
Cello: Cello Joe
Bass and Synth: Paul Lamb
Drums/Percussion: Evan Fraser

Billy Cruz:
Keys, Vocals, Drums: Tara Timberman
Bass: Mica Devlin Grainger
Guitar: Dee El Lobo
Trumpet: Luke Solman
Cello: Cello Joe
Flat Drum: Joseph Rynd
Synth Programming and Drums: Daniel Meyers


Recorded by: Paul Lamb, Daniel Meyers, Cochrane McMillan, Chris Cuomo, Jonathan Kepke, Jerome Steegmans, and Jeremy Black

Mixed By: Jeremy Black
Mastered By: Dave Collins

All Songs Written and Produced by Tara Timberman
Co-Produced by Daniel Meyers at Must Bust Studios

Original Album Artwork: Henrijs Preiss
Additional Cover Graphics: Allysun Marie Dutra

Copyright 2010 Post Primal, Oakland, Ca.

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Metal Mother Los Angeles, California

Metal Mother is the pseudonym of LA-based performance artist, vocalist, pianist, and composer, Tara Timberman. Somewhere at the intersection of avant-pop, doom-folk, and electronica, Metal Mother weaves synth-heavy tapestries of melancholic melodies, intricate polyrhythms, and etheric (and sometimes spastic) vocals into cathartic arrangements of songs. ... more

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