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Your Ascension

by Michael Zenwarren

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    Also to be included with the "short demo" digital version of "Your Ascension" are the "solo acoustic" and "studio" release versions including two bonus tracks - "She Lights Candles" and "The Infinitely Talented" - 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 "Your Ascension" 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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Oh Angeline I know you don’t know what I mean, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get by Oh Angeline prettiest woman I’ve ever seen, but that doesn’t mean I won’t say goodbye No it doesn't mean I won’t say goodbye Continued...
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I wish I'd been born into a different universe or at least given time to rehearse as there is so much strangeness one needs to learn to traverse But I guess eventually this all will come to an end and if I'm very special they'll bury me on a hill on a hill Yes I wish I'd been born into a different universe
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Now that everything has turned out like you thought it would Now that your life story is being turned into a film in Hollywood Now that you’ve done even more than your mother ever thought you could You can sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Yes now that everything has turned out like you thought it would Continued...
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I'm just looking for signs of intelligent life Yes I just want to live the intelligent life I just want friends that can talk about books they’ve never read, that have appropriate quotes for everything right in their head and are doing things so important they'll be remembered for weeks after they're dead Yes I'm just looking for signs of intelligent life Intelligent life
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Oh no it’s just not fair, the way you can do everything like it’s no harder than breathing air Breathing air, breathing air, breathing air Oh no it’s just not fair, the way you can transfix a room by just standing there Standing there, standing there, standing there Oh no it’s just not fair Oh no oh no no it’s just not fair It’s just not fair It’s just not fair Continued...
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Oh I remember when we use to drive down Northpark Dr wondering if either one of us was really alive Sometimes I’m so desperate to leave and other times ask myself why we even bother to breath But I always ask myself who it is that we’re trying to deceive as we drive down Northpark Dr Oh I remember when we use to drive down Northpark Dr wondering if either one of us was really alive Continued...
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Go ahead and roll right down We’ll just watch, we won’t make a sound Go ahead and roll right down Oh yes our king with half a crown Yes go ahead and roll right down Continued...
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Soon the virtueless will be virtue signaling in the park As summer will be coming soon and they’ll be free revelations for the children in the afternoon As summer will be coming soon Yes, as summer will be coming soon
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Oh please take me to heaven you’re the only one that can me there Oh heaven with you I feel like I’m already there Oh with you heaven is everywhere Oh please take me to heaven Continued...
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Take me to the river oh take me to the sea oh take me any place that the world can wash over me Oh let me pretend there's someone always watching over me yes let me imagine how good that would be Yes take me right to the edge you know where you can really see or just take me to the place that I always wanted to be Yes take me to the river take me to the sea oh take me any where that the world can wash over me Yes take me to the river oh take me to the sea
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Good luck on your ascension No I won't take it as a sign of rejection Oh no I totally support your reinvention Go ahead and defy convention Oh, oh I hope you make some great connections up there Since I never really thought you were of this world Oh good luck on your ascension Continued...

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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 - Alayna Tam

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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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