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Steam Powered Giraffe's very first album was originally released in 2009. By 2011, founding member Erin Burke (who played the robot Upgrade) had left the band to pursue other opportunities. Since the band only had one album at the time, during their 2011-2012 performances at the San Diego Zoo, the band decided to change this album to feature just the current robot lineup. This included new cover art, the removal of Erin Burke's vocals, and the replacement of the song "I Am Not Alone" with the song "Ice Cream Parade". 

This version features the original release of Album One as it was in 2009, with the robot Upgrade, her vocals, and her song "I Am Not Alone". It also includes the track Ice Cream Parade from the 2011 release as a bonus.

Album One (2021 Re-release)

Brass Goggles

lryics:
[Verse]
There is a little rock that hangs out in my house
And I looked at it one day and I thought it was neat
But the rock became much needier than I had thought
And now I have to look at the rock in order to live
And the rock tells me things that I ought to do
And it makes me think the things I am are not so good
But the things that I am are all the things I'll be
And I'd like to stop looking at the rock so much
Because when I look at the rock, then I want to scream
And I'm beginning to think that the rock is bad for me
But I've tied myself inexorably to this rock
So I guess I will bе treating myself bad for now
And the rock tеlls me that if I stop looking at it
Then I will stop existing and there's no more me
And I think the rock is lying but I really can't be sure
Because I've never tried to stop looking at the rock
So I'll keep myself attached to the rock I have
And I'll look at the rock as much as it wants me to look
And in the moment that I decide to stop looking at the rock
I will feel extremely bad for choosing to do other things

[Outro]
La-di-da, da-da-di-da da-di-da-da-da
La-di-da da da da la-di-ya-da-da-da
La-di-da, da-da-di-da da-di-da-da-da
La-di-da da da da la-di-di-da-di-da

there is a rock in my house

there is a rock in my house - BDG

Folks were asking sooo I finished it! I'm playing live so if you hear any fumbles, no you don't!

LYRICS!

I’ve been up for 40 hours
Though by now its 41
I tried my hand at sleeping
Now I watch the rising sun

It’s a pretty morning
Though the day now dawns I’m done!
Cause I’m going on hour 41

(hahaHAHAha)

I’ve been up for quite a while
And I’ve had some time to stew
Hey, is that book cover moving?
This tea’s past it’s time to brew

My eyes are puffy-crusty
But I have to see this through
Cause now I’m reaching hour 42

(Oh. My. Gd.)

I’ve tried about everything in the book
Counting sheep is cheap
And I still can’t sleep
So I take another look

I flip through YouTube and tv
TikTok shakes me awake
While my brain’s on break
I close it out with this plea

If there’s a higher power
Let it see me bended knee
Cause now I’m really on hour 43

I’ve been up 44 hours
Getting close to 45
Shadows dancing on the ceiling
Almost look like they’re alive

My eye has started twitching
Like my body is it’s hive
Oh bzzt! looks like we’ve hit hour 45

 (bzzzt!)

Look, I swear I’ve tried relaxing
But it seems like nothing clicks
Once I tried out melatonin
Dreamt I drowned in River Styx

My day is full tomorrow
My mind’s empty pulling tricks
Will someone knock me out hour 46?

(Wait - today, tomorrow, AH!)

I’ve tried about everything in the book
Pressure points on joints
Only disappoint
So I take another look

I fight to keep my head on straight
Stop my yap, take a nap
Could I close the gap
And slow my heart rate

Is there someone out there
Looking down who can change my fate?
I slipped past seven to hour 48

Is it so much to ask
To feel safe in my skin
The new place isn’t home yet
Cause we’ve yet to begin

But I’m not giving up
Until I have passed out
So I’ll keep counting hours
Till my body works it out

This home is new
This chapter is too
I’ll see this through
Before hour 52

If you've read this far, let me know what other songs you might like to see from me! Also idk comment like ur favorite musical or smth? Dealer's choice!

Xx

The Hour Song | Insomniac Anthem (Live Demo)

Ulysses Dies At Dawn My Name Is No-One - The Mechanisms

Better
When the world feels better
And when you’re out of luck
I hope that I can be better
Compared, and yet I’m stuck

Hard to feel the dark
When everyone’s better
The hate you share is worse than being better—it’s just letters

To fight the madness in the dark
Is visible by day; oh, where do I start?

Oh, I confess my feelings are hard to put down
When happiness is toxic and it dances all around
Who knows who you truly are? It’s a mystery
And; Yet I think you’re more simple, you’ve got a head, so think

When the time is near
Hope that you find your fears
To feel alive is better
Than any kind of letters

I suppose it’s all the same
I hope you remember my name

When the world feels better
And when you’re out of luck
I hope that I can be better

Better

Theme music to 'The Magnus Archives', featuring viola solo by Elliot Corner.
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"Make your statement, face your fear." A weekly horror fiction podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join Jonathan Sims as he explores the archive, but be be warned, as he looks into its depths something starts to look back… New episodes every Thursday produced by Rusty Quill, featuring guest actors, short stories, serial plots and more.

THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES - main theme

A Circus Most Peculiar (A Nikola Orsinov Fansong)

I Drown (An Archivist Fansong)

LYRICS:

JON
Tim, you haven’t seen that box of blank tapes anywhere, have you? Oh, Sasha, could you look into any mention of this book in the records? Martin, for the last time, no hot beverages around the technology!

It isn’t easy
Making sense of all this mess
But I shall simply have to try my best
For now

I’ve tried to digitise
These old, archaic archives
But I’ve been trying
For a lifetime
It seems

TIM
Jon?

JON
Yes, what is it?

TIM
Were you planning on labelling any of the tapes you record?

JON
Just play the first few seconds, it’ll be evident which statements they are by the introductions.

TIM
Right, it’s just that you’ve then got to rewind them with a pencil and it’s all a bit time consuming—

JON
Not now!

TIM
Alright, boss.

It makes my skin crawl
The way he speaks to us all
He may be stressed
But it’s depressing
That’s not what I need

JON
Sasha, did you find anything?

SASHA
I’m afraid not.

JON
Yes, I thought as much. Another baseless story.

SASHA
I did meet this very strange man, though. He had hands like claws—

JON
Not now, Sasha.

SASHA
And there was this man just covered in worms—

JON
Not now!

SASHA
But — wait — Jon!

Lately I’ve not been myself
I’ve felt like I’ve been someone else
This job is so degrading
I have a degree

JON
Martin.

MARTIN
What is it now? What have I done wrong now?

JON
I… Just wanted to ask if you were making tea.

MARTIN
Oh.

I just wish that I
Could make them all see eye to eye
I’m tired, sick of all the tension in the air

Jon, Sasha, Tim and I
Are doing mostly fine
But still I sometimes fear
That something else is living here

/ OVERLAPPING VOICES:

SASHA
Lately I’ve not been myself
I’ve felt like I’ve been someone else
This job is so degrading

MARTIN
I just wish that I
Could make them all see eye to eye
But it’s proving very difficult so far

TIM
The way he speaks to us all
He may be stressed but it’s depressing

JON
I’ve been trying for a lifetime it seems

TIM
That’s not what I need

SASHA
I have a degree!

/

TIM
Pub tonight?

SASHA
Yeah, go on. Martin?

MARTIN
I’m there.

ELIAS
Hello, Jon. How’s work? I’ve been keeping an eye on you. I just want to ensure you’re settling in to your new position. With any luck, you’ll soon come to see yourself as the essential part of the archives that you are. Sincerely, your boss, Elias Bouchard.

P.S take some time to absorb everything. It can be quite overwhelming, but I’m sure, with time, and a little supervision, you’ll find that you're truly in your element here.

/ OVERLAPPING VOICES:

SASHA
Trying to survive
In the Archive x3

MARTIN
How the hell can I
Make them all see eye to eye

JON
I am so damn tired!

TIM
Fuck the Archive!

MARTIN
He’s stubborn, he’s a joker
And she’s too good to be here

JON/MARTIN
I’m so damn tired/You look so tired

JON
Why did it have to be me?

TIM
Or me!

SASHA
Or me!

MARTIN
Why me?

Eye To Eye - The Magnus Archives: The Musical

Threadbare Web (A Martin K. Blackwood Fansong)

I wrote this song before s5 came out but I have a feeling it's only going to get more relevant...  👀
If you like this version, check out the acoustic rendition on my youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc_9lKAc0KY

LYRICS
The world I thought I knew is starting to change
things that once were normal now are frightening and strange
I don't know who I can trust if I can trust at all
there's no way of telling who's been captured by the thrall

All this paranoia seems to grip me like a vice
but after all that I've seen I can't help but think I'm right
I can feel the walls close in with how the silence drones
but I still can't shake the feeling that I'm not alone

I can feel you watching me

I can see with my eyes closed but the visions are terrifying
I hear voices that echo with the truths that they are denying
I can feel it in my head but where does it start and where do I end
I've had to cheat and hide and lie
is there still a human soul behind my eyes

Everybody seems to know what's wrong and what's right
but what's for the greater good and what will tear me up inside
I can hear the darkness call each day more and more
but is straying from the light what it'll take to win this war
this war

I keep on stealing words right out of your mouth
doesn't matter if I mean to cos the questions just come out
maybe if I save the world I'll finally be free
but I don't know if that's possible with everything I've seen

I can feel you watching me

I can see with my eyes closed but the visions are terrifying
I hear voices that echo with the truths that they are denying
I can feel it in my head but where does it start and where do I end
I've had to cheat and hide and lie
is there still a human soul behind my eyes

I've left the realm of reality
I'm against a force that's greater than me 
and all that I know could be lost
but no matter the cost
after the bridges I've crossed
it's too late to retreat

I can see with my eyes closed but the visions are terrifying
I hear voices that echo with the truths that they are denying
I can feel it in my head but where does it start and where do I end
I've had to cheat and hide and lie
is there still a human soul

So many friends have lost their lives
is there still a human soul behind
my eyes

Behind My Eyes (A Magnus Archives Fansong)

Blood Song (A fansong for The Hunt)

spoilers for MAG101! a song for Michael Shelley. me entertaining the idea of a more self-aware michaeldistortion or a thought process of  michael shelley turnin' into michaeldistortion....idk. a compilation of Michael Shelley thoughts.

inspired by The Magnus Archives by Rusty Quill!

LYRICS
I started working for her when I was still young
Thought that place could answer things I didn’t know how to ask
I’d chased answers for years something to quiet my mind
And I knew she had the knowledge I sought to find

I had a flaw you lack and that flaw was trust
I wish I'd kicked it out in time and ground it to dust
Things are more than they appear, doors and people too
The veil between faith and folly is easy to fall through 

Now I can’t see my own limbs; they fade in and out
And there’s bones where there shouldn’t be
My voice is always being mocked back at me
Except for the times when it speaks before I speak

I don’t have all of who I was, maybe I was a fool
full of so much care for others it twisted me from man to tool
Now I’m just some tragedy that hurts your eyes to perceive
Won’t you come through my door, keep me company?





She was forgetful yet had so much behind her eyes 
Knowledge barely contained within her frail frame
I couldn’t tell what it was, but there was a density there
Indiscernible things always crowding her air

I had the feeling if she told me I could not begin to understand
There were times I’d feel ignorant and useless
Feeling she was seeing the world with an added dimension
All I could do was give her all my trust and attention

Now I can’t see my own limbs; they fade in and out
And there’s bones where there shouldn’t be
My voice is always being mocked back at me
Except for the times when it speaks before I speak

I don’t have all of who I was, maybe I was a fool
full of so much care for others it twisted me from man to tool
Now I’m just some tragedy that hurts your eyes to perceive
Won’t you come through my door, keep me company?

We traveled north for a little business trip
To a place with a name that was fake
We shared a glimpse of hallucination or evidence
She gave me a map that made no sense

She said I could stop a great evil
It was the something I’ve become one with
With the map in hand, I stepped into the maze 
Of ever-changing colors and no nights or days

Now I can’t see my own limbs; they fade in and out
And there’s bones where there shouldn’t be
My voice is always being mocked back at me
Except for the times when it speaks before I speak

I don’t have all of who I was, maybe I was a fool
full of so much care for others it twisted me from man to tool
Now I’m just some tragedy that hurts your eyes to perceive
Won’t you come through my door, keep me company?


I met the monster and I made it my own
Made these hallways I wandered my new home
Am I too sharp to look at, am I something unknown?
Would you still call your hand a hand if it had so much bone?

Now I can’t see my own limbs; they fade in and out
And there’s bones where there shouldn’t be
My voice is always being mocked back at me
Except for the times when it speaks before I speak

I don’t have all of who I was, maybe I was a fool
full of so much care for others it twisted me from man to tool
Now I’m just some tragedy that hurts your eyes to perceive
Won’t you come through my door, keep me company?
Won’t you come through my door, keep me company?

Through My Door (A Magnus Archives Fansong)

spoilers for tma season 4! a song for Melanie King from the Magnus Archives. comment creds to the wonderful commenters in the screenshots!
(u can find me at elliotly on youtube, soundcloud, n spotify for more music! also check out my musical podcast Whirlwind for Hire on all streaming platforms if ur into musicals!)
lyrics:
The only thing Melanie did wrong was hold back
She was a meme for a sec
She started MAG86 with a little clap (clappin’ noise) 
Ghost bullet in her leg 

Escaped the Institute? that’s a good move!
Queen of recovery
Ms King I have feelings for u
Queen of self care 
If I were Elias I would’ve simply let her poison me
Now it’s the end times and she lives with her girlfriend Georgie (and the Admiral!)
 
Melanie thinks her dad died of smoke inhalation
But, oh, boy, is she wrong!
The Corruption got him, not a nice sensation 
So let’s hope he did not live through it for too long

Escaped the Institute? that’s a good move!
Evil slaughter boobs
Ms King I have feelings for u
Beautiful, gorgeous, radiant, ethereal
If I were Elias I would’ve simply let her poison me
Now it’s the end times and she lives with her girlfriend Georgie (and the Admiral!)

escaped the institute? that's a good move!

Sarah and The Safe Word  - "You're All Scotch, No Soda"
From their upcoming 2020 LP 

https://www.takethistoheartrecords.com

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https://www.twitter.com/stswband
https://www.instagram.com/sarahandthesafeword

You're All Scotch, No Soda

Sarah and the Safe Word - "You're All Scotch, No Soda"

Aspiring Artist
Singer/Songwriter
Piano, Ukulele, Guitar

Behind My Eyes (A Magnus Archives Fansong)

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