Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
DIRECTED BY: LAWRENCE SIMONITSCH
(find more of his videos at bit.ly/1REeH7v )
Animal Collective’s Deakin has realized the release of his first solo album Sleep Cycle. The album is available now on Bandcamp: deakinjams.bandcamp.com/releases
It will be available digitally on Friday, April 8 across digital platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Spotify.
The album originally began as a Kickstarter project in which Josh would travel to Mali to play at the Festival in the Desert and raise money for Temedt, an organization that is working to end slavery in Mali.
Lyrics:
STANDING IN THE DESERT FACES STARE BACK FROM THE DUNES / BROUGHT HERE BY COURAGE OR DELUSION I WON’T STOP BUT I FEEL RIPPING MAD / SO I AM CRYING WORDS THAT DON’T MAKE SENSE TO ME OR THEM / BUT I AM SINGING I AM SINGING BEAMS THE CHILD INSIDE THEN DISAPPEARS AGAIN / STILL I GO ON REPEATING WORDS OF LOSS AND FAILURE / OF EVERY CHOICE THAT I GAVE UP TO GUARDIAN ANGER / I HOPE THAT YOU CAN FEEL LIFE / CAUSE EVEN WATCHING DESCENT I SEE LIGHT // BUT I RECALL I CALLED YOU HATE / REPEATED WORDS GET LOCKED AND PHASED / AND THESE WORDS ATTACH / SOME WORDS LIKE STONE / YOU FIND WITH TIME YOU BUILD MORE THAN SOW / YOU BUILD A HOUSE / YOU BUILD WHAT YOU KNOW / I WONDER IF THAT’S HOME // TANGLED UP AT HOME UNLOVED INTENTIONS ALL I SEE / ALL THOSE COLLECTED STACKED AND FRETTED OVER TREASURES LEAVE ME SPINNING SO / I’LL LEAVE THE DOOR WIDE OPEN MY OLD FRIEND THERE’S MORE UNFOUND / IT’S TIME FOR LETTING WOUNDS AND BREAKING THROUGH THESE PRETTY PATTERNED KNOTS I TWIST AROUND / DAD I CAN’T SEE I’VE LOST MY VOICE I NEED DIRECTION / REWEIGHED EACH CHOICE SO MANY TIMES I’VE LOST REFLECTION // YOU’VE GOT TO LET GO SO YOU’LL GROW / THEN EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL BLIND YOU’LL STILL KNOW // SO I ASKED AGAIN WHEN I GET HOME CAN I BUILD SPACE? / AND CLEAR THESE RIPPLES OF DISORDER AND EROSION I FEEL NIPPING MAD / AND WHEN I FIND MY WAY THROUGH ALL DISCOLOR IN MY MIND / SWEAR I’LL NEVER LEAVE IMBALANCE OR IMPATIENCE STANDING GUARD OR KEEPING TIME / CAUSE I HOLD ON TO THINGS THAT DEARLY NEED REPLACING / BROKEN TIME RULING PAIN AND FAILED AGING / WHEN I LET GO I JUST AM / CONJURED BACK TO MYSELF I JUST AM // IN HOLDING ON I’VE GROWN TOO TIGHT / MY JOINTS ARE CRACKED MY EYES GONE WHITE / STOP HOLDING / DON’T WAIT TOO LONG YOUR FACE IS SOWN / YOUR FEARS WON’T FAIL AND NEW ONES WILL SHOW / ONLY STEPS YOU TAKE WILL HELP YOU TO GROW / AND WHEN I HOPE I HOPE I’M HOME / I’LL STEP INSIDE AND I’LL FEEL GROWN / IF ONLY / DON’T WAIT FOR SAFE JUST FALL INSIDE / AND WISELY FORGETTING TO TAKE / THAT TREASURED STAIN YOU’VE ALWAYS RELIED / I WONDER WHAT YOU’LL SHOW
DIRECTED BY: LAWRENCE SIMONITSCH
(find more of his videos at bit.ly/1REeH7v )
Animal Collective’s Deakin has realized the release of his first solo album Sleep Cycle. The album is available now on Bandcamp: deakinjams.bandcamp.com/releases
It will be available digitally on Friday, April 8 across digital platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Spotify.
The album originally began as a Kickstarter project in which Josh would travel to Mali to play at the Festival in the Desert and raise money for Temedt, an organization that is working to end slavery in Mali.
Lyrics:
STANDING IN THE DESERT FACES STARE BACK FROM THE DUNES / BROUGHT HERE BY COURAGE OR DELUSION I WON’T STOP BUT I FEEL RIPPING MAD / SO I AM CRYING WORDS THAT DON’T MAKE SENSE TO ME OR THEM / BUT I AM SINGING I AM SINGING BEAMS THE CHILD INSIDE THEN DISAPPEARS AGAIN / STILL I GO ON REPEATING WORDS OF LOSS AND FAILURE / OF EVERY CHOICE THAT I GAVE UP TO GUARDIAN ANGER / I HOPE THAT YOU CAN FEEL LIFE / CAUSE EVEN WATCHING DESCENT I SEE LIGHT // BUT I RECALL I CALLED YOU HATE / REPEATED WORDS GET LOCKED AND PHASED / AND THESE WORDS ATTACH / SOME WORDS LIKE STONE / YOU FIND WITH TIME YOU BUILD MORE THAN SOW / YOU BUILD A HOUSE / YOU BUILD WHAT YOU KNOW / I WONDER IF THAT’S HOME // TANGLED UP AT HOME UNLOVED INTENTIONS ALL I SEE / ALL THOSE COLLECTED STACKED AND FRETTED OVER TREASURES LEAVE ME SPINNING SO / I’LL LEAVE THE DOOR WIDE OPEN MY OLD FRIEND THERE’S MORE UNFOUND / IT’S TIME FOR LETTING WOUNDS AND BREAKING THROUGH THESE PRETTY PATTERNED KNOTS I TWIST AROUND / DAD I CAN’T SEE I’VE LOST MY VOICE I NEED DIRECTION / REWEIGHED EACH CHOICE SO MANY TIMES I’VE LOST REFLECTION // YOU’VE GOT TO LET GO SO YOU’LL GROW / THEN EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL BLIND YOU’LL STILL KNOW // SO I ASKED AGAIN WHEN I GET HOME CAN I BUILD SPACE? / AND CLEAR THESE RIPPLES OF DISORDER AND EROSION I FEEL NIPPING MAD / AND WHEN I FIND MY WAY THROUGH ALL DISCOLOR IN MY MIND / SWEAR I’LL NEVER LEAVE IMBALANCE OR IMPATIENCE STANDING GUARD OR KEEPING TIME / CAUSE I HOLD ON TO THINGS THAT DEARLY NEED REPLACING / BROKEN TIME RULING PAIN AND FAILED AGING / WHEN I LET GO I JUST AM / CONJURED BACK TO MYSELF I JUST AM // IN HOLDING ON I’VE GROWN TOO TIGHT / MY JOINTS ARE CRACKED MY EYES GONE WHITE / STOP HOLDING / DON’T WAIT TOO LONG YOUR FACE IS SOWN / YOUR FEARS WON’T FAIL AND NEW ONES WILL SHOW / ONLY STEPS YOU TAKE WILL HELP YOU TO GROW / AND WHEN I HOPE I HOPE I’M HOME / I’LL STEP INSIDE AND I’LL FEEL GROWN / IF ONLY / DON’T WAIT FOR SAFE JUST FALL INSIDE / AND WISELY FORGETTING TO TAKE / THAT TREASURED STAIN YOU’VE ALWAYS RELIED / I WONDER WHAT YOU’LL SHOW
