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A Bolt from the Blue

by Maobi

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1.
Manyatta 03:48
Is there somewhere to breathe, see untouched land with no broken men struggling to live on. Are you still blinded Have we all fallen out of your arms in seas of doubts There will be no savior for the deeds we left behind. There will be no betrayers for the ones who close their eyes. Stray away from the rules and guides and drift… are you still a fool on this land with no aim marching in line There will be no savior for the deeds we left behind. There will be no betrayers for the ones who close their eyes. Stray away from the rules and guides and drift… Held out some pictures You see how we have changed Have we got dreams to share I long to see you sleep Help out  I lie down See how we have changed This is a deep fall This is a faint sigh, so cold, for all I left far behind For the wasted tears washed by time. I long to see the world smile.
2.
Fake Liberty 02:30
All I heard was just some whisper And all I saw was just a common lie. And all I lived was just on paper And all they wrote was just out of reach. All this pain in vain only washed by the rain left me puzzled. All this broken youth with no aim and no games left me broken. All I heard was just some whisper And all I saw was just a common lie. And all you lived was only written And all those words were just out of reach. All these gods in your head all your prayers to the stars left me puzzled All this broken youth all these faded years left me puzzled. Out of a blue stream, where I could hear people sing It lift my heart higher out of this fake dull liberty. Out of a blue stream, where I could hear people sing It lift my heart higher out of this fake dull liberty.
3.
Winter Years 05:18
Drowning into these deep waters, oblivion surrounding me. My faint breath gets so much distance, struck by childhood fear. A sheer gloom for an only vision, the cold now creeping in. Glittering heart please keep beating, keep my memories. A fake hero searching for nothing but stories to be told. Remote old places, no more heard of, pictures fade away. Losing grip on all beloved ones, conversing with the wind. I had hoped they’d be no moonlight to see or behold. No smiles, no arms to cling to. Did you hide you wrinkled face between walls. I choke on words and songs, they’re so vain. I creep into my winter years, I see footstep behind, slowly filled by snow gently in silence…
4.
Put on my swaggest moves tried to lure your charms, then cracked some silly jokes to finally make you smile. Falling into a gravity well In which you cannot breathe. Is there something for us to feel to give or share. There was nothing beside you We fooled the night. Then shrouded in a calm silence our lips filled by desire Falling into a gravity well In which you cannot breathe. Is there something for us to feel to give or share. How could it all fall apart, dust slowly covering my past. our nights became so common, our words so practical and lame. Our days seemed the same, playing parts we didn’t live or see through, I changed yes I changed, disappeared and failed to keep it all alive. Many words were said and yelled to keep our love pristine. Torn memories on the ground, our life is out of tune. Falling into a gravity well In which you cannot breathe. Is there something for us to feel to give or share.
5.
Dunes 04:24
Breaking the ties to your land Roots are rotting in the sand Sons are burning  in front of gates. You walk out to a new fate. Trades will always recoup the hopes of fallen souls hiding, sharing some rancid soup Out in the day you would only pray to see a spark in your children’s eyes. Stare at the foam drawing some forms Trying to find some solution. No cries no absolution Just slaves in a dead end. Sigh were lost in the moonlight. Faint whispers drifting in the wind. foreseeing some shades of hope thru waves of broken dull seas. Ploding roughly thru the desert Your dreams are slowly fainting Blinded by storms of sand Out in the day you would only pray to see a spark in your children’s eyes. Stare at the foam drawing some forms Trying to find some solution. No cries no absolution Just slaves in a dead end.
6.
Dead Waves 02:43
I heard them sink their doubt and linger upon their past. I felt the dawn rays coming out I saw the blast of the morning light, the foam breaking the scenes, the rolls of desperation. I heard the dead waves calling me, felt my last breath set me free Live out this day, a glimpse of joy into this slave world cast upon us and it’s social lies. I saw them drink their pride and bargain their last words. Same dust surrounding me, the moonlight upon the sea. The world is breaking out in rolls of desperation I heard dead waves calling me, felt my last breath set me free.
7.
Damask 05:20
8.
A.M 03:21
Lately falling out of a stage I once stood upon. And I just stood there drowning in her eyes. First love words on a blank page. And I was told there was no choice. They kept on repeating there was no fate. But I hoped someone would guide me thru this And I longed for past sorrows to fail in her arms. Fool living like a slave, y days all the same. And I just lied there knowing it’s the last Listening to a new dawn
9.
I heard some flawless theories where people gave their life. I saw this abstract love burning in my woman’s heart. I failed to live out a tale ; kept on changing the bitter end. Forsee the twilight of my life ; regrets painted on my face. Pictures of smiles in alleys where we used to wander. Still see the ghosts of my past, rusted poets who lost their soul. And they would shed no light. No word no lies to feel alive and seize the day Cold nights to fall apart. They drift into a random maze to crawl away to die. Breaking idols and muses to sense the life around me. You’re still in placid contemplation ; with pearls sparkling in my eyes And they would shed no light. No word no lies to feel alive and seize the day Cold nights to fall apart. They drift into this random maze to crawl away to die. Astray and forgotten as so many before Waiting for a new dawn to get a new part Is there an oblivion to hide away The world is crumbling upon my head No dice to roll this time Why awake these days Is there something new for me to see to live to feel to ponder.
10.
The Stroll 03:29
11.
Transwest 04:24
Held out for a second chance Moving sadly close behind How would I ever take the lead and find out some new direction. Making these empty doll sway Stabbed by all the passion and lost. You spend your time between freight trains. And the void you live behind. The landscapes always take the aim out of your soul and idle brain. How would I ever pick up the time Wasted years erased or just blurred. Move on in the same repetition. Chained to forgotten roads. A straight man made out of straw burning in a maze of sound. Blinded by the flame My begging starving heart. Senses in a turmoil. My eyes paralyzed. Pry or beseech me to put it to an end No complains no sorrow at the cemetery gate. Plodding down to the river....

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released March 20, 2015

Gary Soubrier : Vocals & Guitars
Arnaud Roy : Harp & Synthetizers
Julien Desrante : Bass & Double Bass
Pascal Delage : Drums
Artwork by Selena Picque
Edit & Mix : Arnaud Roy
Mastering : Fabien Girard
Booking : www.terrabooking.fr

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Maobi Angoulême, France

Maobi is a rock band with harp and live painting.
The cristal harmonies of the harp minggle with the profound vovals in intimistic composition on the border of post-rock and atmospheric sounds.

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