Liner Notes

Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads

Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel.

Kris McDaniel: vocals, acoustic guitar, baby sitar, bass guitar, clarinet, drums, nova dude, soprano saxophone

Laura Callahan: vocals

Cover art by Carrie Jenkins.

Lyrics

It’s tough enough
to hold the whole world in your gaze
And view it as though from above
When it’s filled with those you love
And it’s tough enough
But still you want to understand
And so you try and try
Though all you love will one day die

And friends
There are truths
Of which you cannot be aware
Until you’ve begun to care
And been open to despair

So friends, enter this world
The only one
You are in
Please, friends, let this world
Get underneath your skin

Because it’s tough enough
to hold the whole world in your gaze
And view it as though from above
When it’s filled with those you love
And it’s tough enough
But still you want to understand
And so you’ll try and try
Though all you love will one day die

And friends
This world is strange
Stranger than we thought anyways
It can occupy all your gaze
Until nothing else can fill that place