"Life Is Opened" genre: New Age
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	Recorded in December of 1994. In recognition of the large and sometimes overwhelming influence of Laurie Anderson, XOX has tipped its collective head gear her way with this album title track. Those who know of L.A.'s art may recognize this style of music with its hypnotic, pulsating rhythm. The vocal tracks and poetic lyrics, however, are purely original, as well as originating, with depth of meaning which should strike a chord in hearts tuned to life's mystery and magic.
	CD: XOX: LIFE IS OPENED   Label: Abstract Dreamteching Credits: ABRAXOX:vox
	Story Behind the Song Driven by a philosophical mind and truth seeking spirit, Abraxox wrote this poem in ode to the forgotten magic which connects all children masquerading as adults, playing games of "all grown up." The meaning of the words are either subtly self-evident to the reader/listener, or lost within one's own psychobabble. Life is opened, or life remains closed; this is the challenge humanity must rise to. The vocal tracks were finalized mere days before the album release, long after the melody was completed. The delay was created by a slow vocal recovery from influenza. The secondary, contrasting vocalizations were unplanned and very nearly improvised If anyone is familar with reversed speech phenomena, it is interesting to note that an unintended example of such can be found in the lyric concerning "the bed's edge of truth is cold, is sheer." Lyrics Into worlds unknown we've crept Dreaming travelers while we slept Into within explains without Vision reigns when words are drought Salted with sweet memories Of magic's subtle undertaste Someday your dreams will bring Moments to stand where once you were chased Scant explorers in a slumbering flight Secrets discovered then lost to the trite Childhood uncovers what adults will fear The bed's edge of truth is cold, is sheer Quandaries of, and in, the overcrowded head Fleeting freedom forsaken once outside the bed Stories telling us, how to see the seen until sight's unscene Layered knots of waking dreams occlude much wiser childlike themes Into worlds where names are not We know of things, Miles within a dot Life is woven, Lanes of light Life is opened, Sleep within sight Sheaves of secrets quiet kept Shadow's surface harbors depth Mysteries shown us while we've slept Dreaming of the traveler

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