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Hymns from the Blazing Flesh

by Stairs to Nowhere

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Rick Meijer It's raw, it's original, it's more refined, it's everything I could wish for in a sophomore release. Like any great dish: My only wish is that there would be more, even if you've got enough. Favorite track: The Flight of the Anti-Ming Rebels.
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1.
Invocation 02:19
HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! drag me up rusty cranes no heights I fear no claws will tear my clothes
2.
Sky Burial 04:14
tie me with ropes to the solid ground network of radars force me down I will I will ascend for I fear no heights I will be launched be propelled I will rise I will look down show dissolution your sabreteeth fear no surrender to ecstasy I will though I be vanquished by giant wings though I be shredded by jet engines I will look down drag me up rusty cranes no heights I fear no claws will tear my clothes no sabreteeth I fear no one though I be torn up by clouds of beaks though I be chased by a million spears I will look down drag me up rusty cranes no heights I fear no claws will tear my clothes no sabreteeth I fear no heights
3.
Urban Riots 04:02
quiet roads under glittering glass I will seize you, I police you fill the streets with a menacing mass 'we should dream more! we should scream more!' you control me with a rock in your fist I obeyed you now I’ll break you all I’m saying is that the riots have started again all I'm saying is we need more trained and single men all I'm saying is that it’s wildly out of control all I'm saying is that the cops came and took us all come on rattle the shields of freedom now bottles are breaking all around so come on all I'm saying is that it’s never enough you who cheat us you will meet us all I'm saying is that the riots have started again all I'm saying is we need more trained and single men all I'm saying is that it’s wildly out of control all I'm saying is that the cops came and took us all so come on!
4.
show us both hands Francis show your scars you recall the plane crash, right? fire did consume all aboard -all but you- will you tell the people at home how that feels? panic from the cockpit then the mud on your teeth fingers smoldered softly, right? tell us what you saw in the kerosene blaze share with us the horror of that dark orange haze report now millions of people wanna know how you feel you were deaf, blinded galaxies away talking to a creature, right? how did you experience waking up burnt? will you draw the creature that made you return? report now millions of people wanna know how you feel so Francis did you return just to swallow your story? and at last Francis replied: 'all i have seen and felt, done, and heard with each passing hour becomes less relevant to you' show us both hands show us your hands
5.
show me your karate make your body a karate machine welcome to the movies you're a hero but you die in this scene fame is on the horizon but celebrated critics always come and torture you and your dreams the catastrophic anti-ming karate club is forced to retreat radical fanatics on the verge of facing total defeat armies on the horizon predatory forces are upon us and our wives as we speak they're closing in they'll hunt us down we're not in a movie wake up your wives cover their eyes they want to pierce your skin with shells with rocks with aluminum it's the machines! it’s the machines! the predatory forces wake up your wives cover their eyes they wanna pierce your skin with shells with rocks with aluminum show me your karate make your body a karate machine
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(((glossolalia)))
7.
down by the river barefoot in the sand drawn to the current I know this current never will end rise up where I stand soak up all I am now rise I want to be suspended in everything forever, pressure my golden moment wash me so clean cityscapes are sinking I'm sinking smiling, naked overwhelm me I'll gasp for air I'll gasp for air I'll gasp for air carried by the waves to the infinite ocean beds make me aware make me aware I am at the mercy of waves big as industry taller than industry dark as infinity time, close your rivers above me now down by the river clothes torn by the wind fighting is useless I only start a fight if I win I want to be suspended in everything forever, pressure my golden moment wash me so clean cityscapes are sinking I'm sinking smiling, naked overwhelm me I'll gasp for air I'll gasp for air I'll gasp for time close your rivers above me
8.
waiting in dark and quiet streets you see a sign no dragon's gonna scream tonight in the blackness light a match by your face smile, sinner! set the night ablaze! tonight you're a sundancer your clothes will be torn apart! your mask will be shattered hard! your feet, they will radiate! your shoes will disintegrate! your hair will be dripping sweat! your face will be burning red! your thoughts will be pure. your skin meets the solid ground! the generous fertile ground! no catch-phrase or slogan sounds! no hyper-reality no neon pornography back in the dark and quiet streets clogged ears and eyes malfunction in a world of hypes jingles, sirens, sex-ads! check my hair! my tired mind is unaware but tonight I'm a sundancer my clothes will be torn apart! my mask will be shattered hard! my feet they will radiate! my shoes will disintegrate! my hair will be dripping sweat! my face will be burning red! my thoughts will be pure! my skin meets the solid ground! the generous, fertile ground! no catch-phrase or slogan sounds! no hyper-reality no neon pornography
9.
Howls 03:42
walk about like a pack of wolves snowy ground, it's night in the woods what if I stumble suddenly what if it smells the blood it needs howling howling hunted, running on frozen feet crawling shadows, enclosing teeth cold voices cursing frostbite and bones old ghosts rehearsing devouring songs howling howling for the enclosing kill howling wolves encircle the holy ground fear is like hot nails in your mouth call it a last stance, a desperate try I may not survive but know half of you will die with branches in my hair my last breath be a fire promptly the trees start burning come unto me come hear me howling howling howling for the enclosing kill howling
10.
come on set fire to your house come light a match in your hearts leave your gold and jewels in the sand they'll give you only broken necks and hands come let us run through the night you were a fleet stuck in nowhere, sailing in the ice I was a coal train out of control so now we're crashing through this violent land and not a million ropes could hold us back come line our road with your lights now I want to see you dragging your bones across mountain tops the highest hills, the longest drop in the water in the water bodies are blasted clean with air gravity smiles and pulls us near as we’re falling as we’re falling just seconds away from age-old depths unified, exchanging breath in the water in the water what is the word that says the unspoken? what is a drop when out of the ocean? come on cautious come out of nowhere our bodies can not be controlled all returns to where it flows in the water in the water
11.
Marble Puma 04:11
(((my solemn miracle monument for an age to come this son I cut from stone a grave stillness of the horizon product of my brazen hands this shape is of my progeny and as sure as I will wither in him I will be))) no way, no way, my offspring is he my eyes, my face, my violent grace have you lost your head no way when my child attacks I will sing (((and you shall hear silence))) his subtle movements' praise (((for what move more subtle than a mountain?))) the rhythm of his jaws (((not thee))) all I am is he the melody of his muscles I wrote and named it after me cold stone, dead stone your name is unknown crumble crumble your statue will fall and you'll lose your head your name no name (((and you who claim to know exactly enough are tainted by your own experimental violence and as your lungs fill with the dust swept up in my century his tongue will sing the song of my silence I will be I will be remembered in my stone offspring bury myself into the sky like a candle melting in reverse and you will fall still and silent in the shadow of my scion))) where we converge marble shapes grow claws
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13.
Ascension 05:11
now ignite in us an unquenchable fire so the skin on our faces becomes rough like unpolished diamonds with lines carved deep into our foreheads from the many knives we weren't able to dodge. May our voices sound like a choir on a mountaintop during a snowstorm. Halleluiah. On an island where the air is thick with light and the tinkling of jewelry we wait like beggars among the silk and porcelain to burst into a million candles. Now unleash in us a violent storm of inspiration. Halleluiah. Multiply the scars on our hands as we ascend along frozen metal bars above a million streetlights and fistfights. May our thoughts grow like wild flowers in rusty machines, may our skills like waves express noises from below. Then we will wear our experiences like elegant jewelry, we will always successfully escape from prison with diamonds. Halleluiah. Illuminate all our faces in cold nights far from home.

about

We have made a new record. It has been a long time in the making and we’re very proud of the result. We locked ourselves away for a few weeks on our boat where we built our own studio so we could do whatever we wanted, i.e. burn piano’s, scream at the sky and electrocute each other while singing. It was amazing. We have decided to call our second album 'Hymns from the Blazing Flesh'. It contains 13 songs and it is now yours.

As with most things, the sweet goes with the bitter. We have decided that with the release of this album, it is time for Stairs to Nowhere to call it a day. We've put a lot of ourselves into this record and for various reasons we have not been able to get everything back into our bodies again. We've always tried to remain true to the axiom that we'd give it everything or nothing, always. At the present time, we cannot give you everything, so you will get nothing. We sank the boat and gave away most of our stuff.

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▲▲Stairs to Nowhere is on indefinite hiatus▲▲

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Our music is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike license.
If you're a producer, DJ, remixer, whatever and want to get your hands on the master tapes of one of our tracks for remixing or sampling, please send an e-mail to benvangaalen@gmail.com.

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released October 12, 2011

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Music & lyrics by Stairs to Nowhere:
▵Bram Colijn
▷Tim Mooij
▽Daniël Danse
◃Benjamin van Gaalen

Producer:
▢Martijn Doolaard

Sound Engineer:
◎Jasper de Groot, Puree Productions

Mastering:
◯Paul-Matthijs Lombert at The Mastering Factory, Eindhoven.

Drums recorded at IJland Studios, Amsterdam.

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