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Kill Yourself - Fire

from Church of the Lost by Modus Opera & Eye

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    Church of the Lost is a concept album recorded entirely in quarantine in the spring of 2020. An agnostic gospel journey through life & death, the search for meaning, love & heartbreak. A soulful nihilism siren song for the forgotten & the lost.

    A quick note on listening to a concept album in the modern age:
    While all of the parts of this record could stand alone as individual songs, the album is meant to be listened to from beginning to end, preferably in one sitting. And to borrow a quote from the back of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, played at “maximum volume”.

    Another brief note on “songs” verses “musical movements”:
    There are two ways to separate the music on this record. The first, and most logical for the current marketplace (since the album has been pronounced dead repeatedly) is to look at it like this: A nine track EP featuring an intro, followed by one of four recurring interludes which serve to break up three longer songs. The whole piece ends with a coda that brings us back to the beginning. That is probably complex enough and is the way the album has been presented here.
    The second way to listen (and the way I envision it as the writer), is to look at it as a single 24 ½ minute piece of music broken up into in 16 movements. It was written that way, one small piece at a time, with recurring themes musically and thematically meant to fit together and tell one story.


    Movements:
    I will attempt to describe the motivation and inspiration behind each movement. Please keep in mind that the meaning I glean from this piece is just my opinion. The best any artist can hope for is for their work to be interpreted in ways they've never dreamed of. If I'm lucky, these songs will mean something powerful and personal to you as the listener, that has nothing to do with me.

    (Descriptions of each movement in each song description)

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When you have truly loved and lost, a part of you scabs over stronger and a part of you is dead forever. A page of innocence is ripped out and burned to ashes. The safe thing would be to run, hide and heal in solitude. To stay away from open flames from now on, but that is not the way of humans. Even though it kills you a little, you stoke the fires again, and willingly burn a little bit more.

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There's a light at the end of the tunnel
Lay your heart on the kindling, spark like a match
Save a scrap of your spirit to burn next time
Kill yourself just enough to feel alive

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from Church of the Lost, released June 25, 2020
Modus Opera: Ukulele, Vocals

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Modus Opera & Eye Vallejo, California

The soundtrack for the foolish Borracho looking for salvation. Finding it in a cup, or on the road, or maybe behind the sofa.

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