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Happy Wretched Family

by Non Credo

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    Original 1995 release on the great Canadian label Les Disques VICTO. Comes with a lovely booklet containing lyrics and info.
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Non licet de hoc verbum divulgare Si alicui narres, tibi non credat Desiste ab illo fletu Siste, inquam Mi pater, ut quid dereliquisti me? Quomodo hoc pati possim? Semper fui servus tuus Quomodo pati hoc mihi accidere posses? Puer bone! Noli me timere....
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Kneeling afore while bending over hassock Hem sweeps the floor fiddling in his cassock Cloven-tongued bitches writhing in the halls as images of fists break through and pull him through the walls Carrying him aloft he floats atop a sea of arms that wave and break and finally, succumbing to their charms, distribute him piecemeal upon the fatal rock where the trenches flow with blood and the thirsty dead now flock Circe's pigs are slaughtered for the cannibal's feast Mercy be my guide, I know not which is man or beast Calling for more time feeds upon his reverie Birthing a spore thoughts fight to dissever he First you crawl Then you stand up Next you fall First you crawl Then you stand up Next you fall... Falling down stairs in his sleep Legs jerk and scramble to keep some semblence of which end is up Arm flails, knock over the cup Crying aloud in the night Trying to abate his fright Whimpers and drools, pillows wet Swimming in pools of his sweat Slithering along on the floor Dithering the lock at the door Praying that they will keep out Staring awake with a shout Climbing out from the bed sheet Beating a hasty retreat Hiding himself in the hole Losing all his self-control Are they calling........... Avé Are they falling............ Avé One fast part we're making over now One last heart we're breaking over thou Call the climb the falling upwards... how? All the time, the calling obscured Ahhhhhhhhh Kneeling afore while bending over hassock Hem sweeps the floor fiddling in his cassock Distribute us piecemeal upon the fatal rock where the trenches flow with blood and the thirsty dead now flock Circe's pigs are slaughtered for the cannibal's feast Mercy be my guide, I know not which is man or beast
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Measured be the graces and allotment so minute All that you are granted is the right to the pursuit Take all that you can carry, fill your pockets to the brim mind you do not tarry, time is wearing thin I can't keep up with the weeds I can't keep back the ivy I can't keep up with the weeds Dust crawls languidly across the floor... Rust bleeds I can not stem the flow I know, I know I can not stem the flow I know, though.... Measured be the days, be the hours, be the measure, be the beats by which you measure every moment that you treasure Guaranteed is seldom more, is little more, is nothing more than this
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Piano Urine 07:46
All, save one, came down the hill A countenance of crosses Shorn and shaved, cloaked and grave An apparition in formation We stood at the window, Lill and I and watched them pass in silence I turned and asked where they'd come from Lill said they were her new neighbors All she knew was they'd arrived two weeks ago last Friday and every evening at this time they took their constitutional I thought they were peculiar and it wasn't just the face Though much as I wish there was one I've never seen a mouthless race It had something to do with the packets and seeds and pods on the wall the hieroglyphics that filled in the spaces thirty wide and fifty tall Pericarps I'd never seen the likes of were thumbtacked all over the place Though Lill insisted they were native I was sure the came from outer space A cocoon-like thing at eye level had something wriggling inside Lill laughed and lit up a cigarette I ran looking for someplace to hide Sharizan was back in the house with that woman that I'd brought along They had hated each other on sight I should have known that the day would go wrong
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Beleaguered by the bellyache of humanity Sickened by the pain of your stupidity Questioning once again my own sanity as I battle once again a known futility Could I... possibly like you? Might I... actually care? Am I... probably like you? Don't say a word... don't you dare... Follow me into this pit I can't see light, if you block it There is only one way out Stand aside while I decide This or that? Tit or tat? The sound of my head beating against the wall is really quite soothing you know, I wish we could all experience the sound of my head beating against the wall is really quite soothing you know... All in the boat together We had to share the load We braced for all sorts of weather and into the sunset we rowed
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Entzauberung 03:38
No reprieve – I can't believe I won't bereave the memory And now, now will I be? Want to lie on the day – none today One note – now I read Now one night hardened care Gone over, wronged I be Longed for the leaving day – leaving they 'Bye from whose eyes and disguise bring on who's that are want in I do remark, I lie beyond to start it all and then – all again Only by threes, I walk up high road I might re-resolve this time On the far road, I want to meet no ride in on the day Lo the day that is now Cold and night, found is how On life, I've been wrong about all Why we're all lost gone? Wanting I've been blind from Oh... I need all For the ride on I'll be caught on This diary brought to Heaven holds us down All that I've been told And I've been told
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Snake Oil 02:41
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Hacked 05:08
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Big Teeth 03:13
Your smile runs off the photo As I catch it in the corner of my eye I start to cry The colors from the paper fall into the crack where the wall meets the floor I walk out the door The lies you whispered in my ear were something to behold and so I put them in a jar where I could look at them now and then and shake them up and rattle them and listen while they beat against the sides as they tried to break out People who smile often aren't necessarily good people, kind people, happy people They just show their teeth...... big teeth People who smile often don't necessarily like you, or want you, or respect you but oh those lovely teeth...... big teeth Life just keeps getting better and everyday is so much more fun than the last Don't give me that shit Everything falls together and it all works out the way that it's supposed to Don't hold your breath As I wander among my options, for to find the lesser of evils, one is never less enough to make the choice to lie side by side with, to share the voice and scream … I'll take the gun
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Pay & Learn 04:10
Mistook illicit food He did not balk Forsook solicitude Services rendered by the clock The night spilled like ink We did not talk The lights begin to drink the shadows from the streets down which we walk Indifference? Or bored? I could not say Abstinence ignored Pay and learn I always say A pocket hides a stash, a clip full of bills, a wad of cash that greases the tills Emotions hidden away -◊- That's a good girl The only game she can play -◊- And you do it well Who would guess that your pillow was stained by tears? His body conceded its yield -◊- That's a good boy A loveless encounter appealed -◊- And you did it well Who would guess that your actions were strained by fears? Heels click as they fall He turns away Feels sick for tasting all forbidden fruit that drops along his way
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Tokyorama 00:40
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Joyeria 02:42
Baby come home to me Slap me 'round... I'm silly Show me what I am Baby truss me up like the pig I am Tie me with my hair Baby I know it's love when you beat me to a pulp Show me what I am I am I am I am?
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Come... escape the common novelties Savor illicit delicacies Indulge and purge to nth degrees mmmmm Come... let's seek out new obscenities Elicit indelicacies Witness, friends, my atrocities Step inside now, don't be bashful Have a look, they're quite an eyeful My hatred sits here There you'll find my fears Please... Meet my distrust Don't step on my lust! All my sins I've given form to Like babes, I've borne and suckled them Assembled here, now, just for you They've grown into such lovely beasts How nice that I can charge to view Step right up folks, it's so easy I can teach you to create living, monster children culled from greed and lies and hate Come on in, they won't bite you Please don't take off in such haste We'll find something to delight you You'll acquire the taste

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Non Credo's 2nd album, originally released in 1995 by
Les Disques VICTO, Canada. Experimental Art Rock in the RIO tradition of Art Bears, Henry Cow, Univers Zero, etc. Using unique instrumentation for their musical landscapes, Non Credo creates songs that take the listener on a disturbing journey.

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released June 1, 1995

Joseph Berardi: drums, percussion, marimba, keyboards, cello, viola, radio
Kira Vollman: voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, electric bass, keyboards, guitar, lyrics
with guest Bernard Sauser-Hall: keyboards on 4, 8, 13

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Non Credo Los Angeles, California

Non Credo is the duo of Joe Berardi and Kira Vollman. Their enchanting songs and evocative moods draw from all styles, from contemporary experimental forms to Saturday morning cartoons to film scores to pygmy war chants. Be prepared to get seasick, be beaten up, thrown in jail, fall in love, contract an STD, have your heart broken, your wallet stolen, get shanghaied, hog tied and crucified. ... more

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