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Live at the Maybeck

by qualia

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ida lupino 04:25
2.
The middle of the road Is the hardest to uphold The well worn paths outside of me Tend to present only the extreme Spoken so loudly you can hardly Make out what they mean The middle way is doomed due to lack of volume When the messengers shrink For long enough to breathe Inhale deep and start to think To choose a path rather than Be towed, a load behind their “guiding” light Too often the pull is strong And we go along, let others Stake the course of history The lights so bright that we can’t see Another option? What kind of potion Are you drinking? The middle way is doomed due to lack of volume There is no way but thinking The path of the middle ground Sees the whole of its surroundings This leads to perspective Unfortunately, once rejected The outside will continue to spew Their vulgar positions Will envelop you As their voices swell your thoughts dwell In silence amidst the screams To continue to exist Clear the head daily for sustenance The middle way is doomed due to lack of volume Unless... The voices grow so proud The talking heads can’t hold their ground Their ears will ring when the Outside’s cry is gone Stillness, silence, it won’t be long Before we hear the center song
3.
7 days til I see your face 7 days til I'm in your place 7 days til I know if we're friends or if I should prepare to be lonely You said the other day I made you happy Just to think of me made your day Though I felt the same, couldn't push from my mouth any meaningful words about you Been sayin for years I don't need your kind One way track to tears and I don't like crying Now tears have been shed and I don't understand why I can't forget you Think you're what I need, that you're everything That I need, what does that mean? I'll know in... ...7 days will you take what's yours 7 days till I receive the cure Until then, every note that I pen, every thought that I send will be about you 7 days, then we'll see, 7 days, won't we? 7 days, then we'll see, won't we?
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It's all desire It's all desire It's all desire Led you to me Then you found out, you could talk to me Threw a wrench in your plans, So it seems You couldn't stand To fuck a woman With mental capabilities She just might see The truth of me Not that you wouldn't mind, having a good time Desire remains, even though I brought you pain It's just that when the morning comes, You'll feel the need, explanation Respect leads to obligation It's all desire It's all desire It's all desire So you left me To spend the night alone while you went home with Some little wench you could screw without the stench of responsibility It's haunting now your memory Nothing to respect, Just in, Then out, But yet You didn't know I would've gone, Done the deed you wanted done It's all desire It's all desire It's all desire Let you do me
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I remember you well in the conference hotel You were talking ‘bout Ernie and me Giving me head on the unmade bed As the lines disappeared from our suite I remember that first morning of the nights of no sleep As we sat on the bench, smoked last cigarettes You said “it’s fair to confess I wasn’t your best, But please, let me repeat” Right from the start, you never asked for my heart Just if you had permission to flirt you claim to avoid ambiguous ploys But I never once heard you say I need you, I don’t need you I need you, I don’t need you And all of that jiving around I remember you well in the conference hotel I thought I was just getting even With some other boy I loved as more than a toy who went up and crazy, no reason As I walk towards the plane, repeating your name I can still feel your lips on my mouth I remember you well in the conference hotel And now I don’t think that I’ll live without I need you, I don’t need you I need you, I don’t need you And all of that jiving around I remember you well in the conference hotel You were talking ‘bout Ernie and me Giving me head on the unmade bed As the lines disappeared from our suite

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released February 17, 2015

piano/lead vocal: Alison Niedbalski

vocal arrangements by the Qualia Choir:
Aoife Davis
Bryn Lux
Andrea De La Rosa

recorded by: Greg Maximov
cover art by: Nicole Valerie Schach

special thanks to Jack Eastman and the Maybeck Studio for sharing their amazing piano and gorgeous space with us

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qualia Oakland, California

Qualia is the auditory outfit spearheaded by Alison Niedbalski.
Her devotion to music became apparent early on, spending hours spinning records, playing classical piano, & arguing with other children who "loved" the Beatles but had never heard of Harry Nilsson.
After an affair with academia, she moved West to teach Philosophy and found herself forming a Band.
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