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The Rise and Fall

by Celeste Krishna & Monarchs

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1.
Arm's Length 02:53
Your love is selfish your love is cold your love is shallow you don't want more don't want to lose me well that's not for me yes, that is for you this is can see Austin is where you are so you'd like to have my company while i am in the same city arms-length is what you want you'd like to spend some time with me and then you would be free to leave, well, God's Speed you're losing me i'm taking it my company no, you will not be reaching me You say you're unclear about your future so then you feel unclear about me but when is it clear? my future's unclear but i'm manning-up you're not man enough, my dear CHORUS Go again, get gone, get along, get moving girl I've gotta lot, I'll dig it up, I'll grow it out and see Having fun, livin’ up, having laughs with friends My livin-lovin-life is full even with out him, I'll Set a line, set a line, set a line, set a line for him And make it clear what must be done for him to be with me 2 arms, 2 legs, full heart, 2 hands I don't deserve a half, no I deserve a full man CHORUS
2.
Business casual High heels and a pants suit Laying in an open casket you’ve got the world looking down on you and you look So fantastic Your skin is flawless and your lips are rouge In your Open casket They will watch you when you’re falling And you’re gaining Giving words to your decay Post a message from The box inside your office That you’re happy And you’re ok Business is good Family is great Life is looking merry looking gay Business casual High heels and a pants suit Laying in an open casket you’ve got the world looking down on you and you look So fantastic on satin pillow shades of blue on blue In your Open casket They see you slipping See ya giving See ya gripping Read you like you Were a charade Take the phone call Change the status Leave the message That you’re happy with your fillet dinner was good family is great I can’t be happier today Climb the hill and get the mail Take a pen and break the seal It’s a notable affair And it’s asking that you wear Business casual High heels and a pants suit Laying in an open casket you’ve got the world looking down on you and you look So fantastic Your skin is flawless and your lips are rouge In your Open casket ------------------------------------------------------------
3.
A Love Alive 05:27
Start the water Pull the bath Get a candle Strike a match Light a fire Let’s relax The record’s spinnin’ Start the track Cause I want to feel it A love alive So let’s take our time ‘cause baby we must feed it For it to survive Don’t know the future Barely know the past Graduation’s nearing It’s coming fast Shifting cities Changing tracks They say ‘guard your heart girl It may not last’ But I want to feel it A love alive So let’s take our time ‘cause baby we must feed it For it to survive And I want to keep this This you and I So if you’re with me darlin’ won’t you come on let me hear it I need to know your fire they say ‘guard your heart girl’ It may not last The future’s unclear There’re rocks in your past I say give it time, see it through, let it be When you feel like He’s the one, that you want, most of all You feel just right In his arms You feel just right As his woman Cause I want to feel it A love alive So if you’re with me darlin’ won’t you come and let me hear it I need to know your Wait for the moment When the time’s in the present Then you’ll see it your future It will become Now is the moment That was one time your future You must use it your patience You must let go Love him your Alex If you choose to with him Then you’re heart you must give him You must let-go Waiting for the moment When the time is in the present Then you’ll see it your future It will become
4.
Blvd. 03:29
Blvd. is open And her soul is hummin’ She says her life’s a blessing Well she’s got more comin’, child, Don’t look down Dancing in the kitchen With the widows open Her friends are all around her And they’re laughing, joking, now Young and loud She had her first heart break, Her first uplifting off the ground She learned that after the pain, The joy would always come around Back in Alabama On the back porch swingin’ The lake it waiting for her And her family’s singing loud Full and proud Cooking in the kitchen With her best friend talking The boys are on the lawn The dogs are outside jumping round Oh home town She found she loved her songs She loved they’d gather people round Opened her heart up wide And let it rise up with the sound and all her webs inside she came to think that they were alright and she knows that she might be and she knows that she might be and she knows that she must be fine biking through the city with her friends and sweating they’re heading to the springs and you can bet they’re jumping in summer swim talking to Anne Garland and you know she’s listening her wisdom’s asking questions and her love is sinking in oh best friend she had a new heart break a confrontation with the ground opened her heart up wide and let it rise up
5.
Miles Away 04:07
Sitting Forward Sitting back messing up your bed sheets Making up the bed Marking off the old lines Making a new list Fixing up your breakfast Washing off the dish I need you heaven Heaven, you are miles away I have an inside Kind of feeling That he will not stay I need you heaven, Heaven I’ve hit the sand-bar Run aground Same one that I hit before Keeps coming round It clears a message That I’m in too deep Seeing him in the shallow water Standing on his feet I need you heaven Heaven, you are miles away I have an inside Kind of feeling That he will not stay I need you heaven, Heaven, you are miles away
6.
I thought you gave me what you got then No plans of keeping I had a little you a lot then And no way of seeing That you’d give me what you gave before the sunrise You’d leave me with no footing in the daylight I couldn’t give you what I felt then You tied ropes to the feelings You bound me in your web then You asked for my shillings I went I went back home I lived like I had lived before When you had You had gone it alone You never dialed my number on the phone Blue blue blue sky Red rain Red eyes Black black black night Long way Longer drive I couldn’t give you what I held then The truths in the ceiling You were a razor to my melt down My mess made for spilling I went I went back home I gave you what I gave before When you had You had done it alone You never dialed my number on the phone Blue blue blue sky Red rain Red eyes Black black black night Long way Longer drive
7.
Date Night 05:21
lay it down now it is date night you and me by the spring side peddle back now through the East Side i’m so glad i came into your life doo – da – doo… weigh it down now water sealed tight burlap bag filled with sand and rice coolest breeze we have felt in nights we don’t know where it came from but it feels nice doo – da – doo … the sky it boasts of storms this i have realized we’re forewarned but like the oaks by the spring side born we will be just fine if we grow soft if we grow strong doo – da –doo …
8.
The silence in the suburbs has got me crazy It’s as lush and as lovely as can be The lawns stretch out wide Beneath balconies wide But there’s nobody out there to greet
9.
I don’t believe what you say Cause you’re not sure what’s real You don’t know what you think You’re not sure what you feel Come away from my life Because I am for real There was some grief Some pangs of exposure Some mix of missin And addiction withdrawal We walked out under streetlights Said bye for the first time And if you wanna dig a grave Do it with the dead by your side Please don’t believe what I say Cause I’m not sure what’s real I don’t know what I think I’m not sure what I feel But I’m livin my life And yes I am for real I’m not full of peace But I’ve got plenty to work with I’m not full of grief But I’m sad all the time I’m not sure if my settling Is good as it’s gettin Or if I need the best Poured and cast up high in the sky Blow the house down Then throw the money out Bend down clean up the floors Bring your friends round And have them bring more Come on love Go on and blow your house down I don’t believe what you say Cause you’re not sure what’s real You don’t know what you think You’re not sure what you feel Come away from my life Because I am for real I’m not full of peace But I’ve got plenty of life
10.
You came with the spirit of the rain packed down the joy made room for pain well go then and i won't give a fuck about when you came I don't want there to be empty rooms sun bleeds in the window and i'm through don't send me your letters your words are no better than the spirit of the rain i don't want there to be empty rooms sun bleeds in the window and i'm through the album is spinning no need for repeating save yourself fall in line be the one you came for in the end filed away i'm the one your came for far away nameless shape i'm the one you came for you came with the spirit of the rain
11.
Wishing well I have found no end to you Your floor is timeless It gapes with your youth And I have sought out your laughter I’ve wrestled days for your fruits You remain and watch your actor Age in all her pursuits But I’ll come back Where I left Lay me down Find my breath The rise and fall is best Little girl You had so much ahead of you Disappointment Morning fades into blue But you’ll never see the daylight When shadows hem in your room Put on your rings now Lace up your boots But I’ll come back Where I left Lay me down Find my breath The rise and fall is best But I’ll come back Where I left Lay me down Find my breath The rise and fall is best The rise and fall is best The rise and fall is best

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released July 12, 2011

Credits:

vocals, piano, and guitar on “The Rise and Fall”: Celeste Griffin
guitar, mandolin, and bass on “Business Casual”: Van Hollingsworth
bass, pedal steel, and harmonies on “Date Night” and “A Love Alive”: Phil Ajjarapu
drums, percussion, and harmonies on “Date Night” and “A Love Alive”: Josh Halpern
violin and harmonies on “Miles Away”: Katie Holmes
harmonies on “Miles Away,” “Blvd.” and “The Rise and Fall”: Anne Garland Mahler
vocals on “Spirit of the Rain”: Preston Lovinggood
live drums on “Business Casual”: Daniel Jones

Produced by Mike McCarthy and Monarchs
Recorded by Mike McCarthy with additional recording by Jim Valentine and Lars Goransson
Mixed and Mastered by Lars Goransson
All songs written by Celeste Griffin
“Business Casual,” “A Love Alive,” and “Not Sure What’s Real” written by Celeste Griffin and Van Hollingsworth
“Spirit of the Rain” written by Celeste Griffin and Preston Lovinggood

Album layout by Young Athenians
Cover photo: Christmas 1979 at the Burnum House, compliments of Mary Ann Findlay
Back photo of Celeste on gravel pile by Cary Norton
Photo of Celeste and crown by Alex Howell
Portrait of Celeste Burnum by W.W.S. Wilson (1958)


Thanks you’s:


Endless thanks to all the Pledgers who made this album possible with a special thanks to my “executive producers,” Celeste Burnum (Mimi), Fran Griffin (Mama), Celeste Burnum Burford (Aunt Lessie), Neil B. Griffin (Uncle Neil), and Jay "Flow" Catalina. To the band for all your time, talent, and creativity. To my “board of directors” and awesome team: Morgan Catalina, (tiny) Jessi Baker, Alex Howell, and John P. Strohm (legal). To my amazing friends, art clubbers, beloved beasties… and a big thanks to my love, Alex.

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Celeste Krishna & Monarchs Birmingham, Alabama

Celeste Krishna is a Southern expressionist music artist, songwriter, and producer originally from Birmingham, Alabama, who is now based in Brooklyn, New York. With an ensemble of musicians she calls “Monarchs,” Celeste creates a range of poetic songs that have musical notes of Van Morrison, Lauryn Hill, and Björk. ... more

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