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Astronaut

by Astronaut

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    Also to be included with the "short demo" digital version of "Astronaut" are the "solo acoustic" and "studio" release versions including two bonus tracks - "Always End Up Here" and "Deadly Dread"- when they become available. Purchasing the digital versions of the album now also insures that when you purchase a CD, cassette, or vinyl version of "Astronaut" your copy will include a special signed note of thanks - because let's face it - anybody supporting me at this point in my career deserves a special note of thanks. Thanks - MZ
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1.
Any man, woman or child can be an astronaut Whether or not they ever wanted to go into outer space or not And any idiot or fool can say anything they want whether it makes any sense or not Continued...
2.
It was just another worthless collection of collections there inside someone’s room You asked me if I was feeling better and I said only when you tell me where it hurts Continued...
3.
What in the world could they have been thinking of Couldn’t they see it would turn into a flood of blood That one push, that one shove turning into a flood of blood Oh a flood of blood Continued...
4.
No I don’t want us to crash I’d prefer to take our problems out with the trash Oh yes and as you’re quite aware you always looked perfect in that chair And when you left you promised you’d leave me alone but every Sunday we’re on the phone and afterwards I feel even more alone than when I’m alone Continued...
5.
Well you know I’d do what any good lover would do just to be with you And you know how'd I love it to be, me with you and you with me And you know all you have to do is call and you know love we can have it all And we'll go to the land of a million stars and we'll look up and call it ours Yes we'll go to the land of a million stars and we'ii look up and call it ours Continued...
6.
Oh yes I love playing with our collective couples head In our living room and in our bed By what is and isn’t said oh I've fallen in love with our strange narrative thread I’m sure we’ll be working on it until we’re both dead Oh playing with our collective couples head I’m sure we’ll be doing it every day until we’re dead Oh I love playing with our collective couples head Continued...
7.
Oh one day it’ll all happen so naturally 100,000 protesters will drown in the South China Sea And we’ll all look at our phones to see if it is or isn’t reality And a talking head will come to tell us if it matters to you and me And what if they want us to send them more than our love And what if they want us to send more than our love Oh yes could we ever send them more than love Oh one day it’ll all happen so naturally Continued...
8.
Oh give me a break and tell me what I believe I’m getting so uncertain about it all that I can barely breathe Yes give me a break and tell me what I believe If it sounds half way believable I guess I’ll go ahead and leave Oh yes give me a break and tell me what I believe I’m getting so uncertain about it all that I can barely breathe Continued...
9.
Oh yes, we’re more than what we own It’s more like who and what we’ve known No matter what we say we don't want to be alone As we go into the great unknown Yes, as we go into the great unknown Yes, we’re more than what we own It’s more like who and what we’ve known Oh and none of us wants to be alone As we go into the great unknown Oh the great unknown Continued...
10.
Yes, we’re more than what we own It’s more like who and what we’ve known And no matter what we any of us say we don't want to be alone As we go into the great unknown Oh the great unknown Yes, we’re more than what we own It’s more like who and what we’ve known And no matter what we any of us say we don't want to be alone As we go into the great unknown Oh yes, the great unknown Continued...
11.
Thought you knew it all, that was just before the fall Yeah you were standing tall Thought you could answer any call Yes thought you knew it all Continued...
12.
Yes there’s nothing more for us to do We’ve done all we can do Obviously our work here is through It’s all back down to me and you If only I’d known what I came to know today, I might of done it all another way Oh our work here is through Continued...
13.
Oooh I love to watch your body in the waves But only because I’m fascinated by the way the ocean behaves Go to the Queen’s cemetery and look at all the graves Light a cigarette and try to figure out who Jesus saves Then maybe then we can figure out what's tearing us apart and why it is love has become our lost art And why this strange path through your heart Where did it begin yes why did it start Mmmm I love to watch your body in the waves

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WHAT'S GOING ON HERE EXACTLY?

First, let me say I’m releasing three digital versions of each album. Each version with it's own purpose. The “short demo” versions of songs are meant to facilitate the transmission of short song memes in social media in order to gain awareness for the whole “Zenwarren” experiment and help me figure out which songs should be released as fully produced singles before "studio" albums start coming out. The singles helping finance and provide traction to the rest of the project. A project which by the way I have been referring to in my head for the last two years or so as the “Casting Shadows on Dreams” project named after the never released album that contained many of the songs that inspired these ten albums.

To achieve my goals for the “short demos” I felt that each demo had to play as a self-contained unit or “mini song” rather than like the usually random excerpts from release versions of songs found on Spotify and Apple Music that seldom give any insight into the “essence” of a song. The “mini song” strategy turned out to have an unanticipated bonus. When I started putting “mini songs” together I ended up with “mini albums.” When I tried the same thing with song excerpts - that have no real beginning, middle or end - I just ended up with an effing mess.

As far as the “solo acoustic” versions of the albums I just kind of imagine them as an intimate thank you gift to those fans that supported the “Zenwarren” experiment from the start. As much as I’d love to do more, the “solo acoustic” version will probably be as close as either one of us will come to me performing for you personally in your living room or a random street at 4:30 in the morning. The “solo acoustic” version will also serve as a kind of vocal, lyrical and arrangement shake down recording that fans can comment on for a month or so before I start work on the “studio” version of an album.

After I’ve stopped receiving significant feedback on the “solo acoustic” version of an album I’ll go into the studio and put together the “studio” release version. The version that will pleasure true Zenwarrenites the most greatly. A version loyal to it’s minimalist origins but with just enough percussion, cellos, harmonies and orchestral troupes and acoustic oddities to hold up under endless listenings. A version that will lead to substantial numbers of casual converts to Zenwarrenism. But we here today will always know who the real Zenwarrenites are. Thank you. - MZ

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released July 20, 2022

Album Cover Photo - Adam Miller

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Michael Zenwarren Colorado

It all started with writing a few songs. Saying a few things in what I thought was an elegant and artful way. Soon it became obsession. Then I thought in this day and age obsession is meant to be shared with the world because the world is obsessed with obsession. Well here are ten brand new pre-production albums - for all of us to start obsessing over until the obsession is total. Thanks - MZ ... more

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