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Falling, Jabbing & Juggling

from The Nobody Hole [A Sci​-​fi Hip​-​Hop Opera] by Sum

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SUM'S NOTES: This is one of my favorite songs on the album. This is one of the only songs where I feel an physical sensation almost everytime I hear it. A feeling of coldness, dampness, expansiveness and infinity, if that makes any sense. Badtouch originally didn't want to use this beat for The Nobody Hole because he thought it was too light-hearted. But it was so charming to me and I knew there was going to be plenty of darkness on this album, so I thought it important to have at least one kind of beautiful, charming moment before the madness truly began.

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NARRATOR
A dreamer wasn’t Paul
But he fell through space
Little brown body snapping
Stretching like soft rubber
Unnamed stars streaked past
A tunnel, slick and damp
Smelled of earth
Vines, roots and branches scraped him
Time stops for the broken heart
Twists and turns
The tunnel laughed
Poking, juggling poor Paul

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Falling jabbing juggling poking
nudging prodding digging and punching
thrusting digging bouncing
pulling snapping shifting laughing
....sleep

NARRATOR
The tunnel stopped
And he dropped
Falling a short space then hitting the ground with a thud
Moss and mud
The air was thick, moist
Smelling of dying roses
Welcome to The Nobody Hole, Paul
Intoxicating air made him hazy
The sky was a dingy brown
He was in a quiet garden behind a museum
A dozen rows and a family of scarecrows looked down on him
The Cold Moon hung above like a ball of peppered ice
His once bumpy skin was now a drawing
How?
Laying his head on a cabbage in the garden
Curling up as a baby may
His eyes heavy as his heart became
A million voices and sleep’s embrace

The family of scarecrows awakened as Paul fell asleep and circled his body in an eerie song and dance…

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from The Nobody Hole [A Sci​-​fi Hip​-​Hop Opera], track released October 29, 2010
Produced by Badtouch. Written by Sum. Performed by Sum & Nzinga Kadalie. Illustration by Doug Hoffman.

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Sum Los Angeles, California

House of the Red Solar Sky (LP) coming in 2023.

Two-time Indie Music Award nominated songwriter, with music all over your favorite TV shows and videogames. Almost 20 yrs deep, always getting better, virtually unknown but constantly collaborating with legends, go figure. My space-funk band is called The Milky Way, we are currently hibernating. See my website for the full story. ... more

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