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Rightside Down (feat. The Lickerish Quartet)

from Once Upon Deep Time by Matthew Bonnan

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Hearing evolved from an ancient balancing organ our ancestors used to tell rightside up from rightside down ...

lyrics

--Early Animals--
In the beginning no control
The currents take you wherever they go
Or fastened to rocks on the ocean floor
Holding on, holding on

Then with cells like wires
Rapid signals were fired
To living motors inside
Wresting control from eternity

Gravity pulled a tiny rock inside
Stretching our piece of mind
Our spirit level was born
At the current’s whim no more!

Rightside down
You can feel your world turned over
Spirit level inside
Help me turn rightside up again

Rightside down
Can you feel your world turned over?
Spirit level inside
Help me turn rightside up again

--Jellyfish--
As you push against the tides
Your gelatinous body glides
Snagging prey and making your way
Feeling the world all around you

But things can easily go astray
And you can quickly lose your way
When waves come crashing down
Tumbling and tumbling around and around

Rightside down
You can feel your world turned over
Spirit level inside
Help me turn rightside up again

Rightside down
Can you feel your world turned over?
Spirit level inside
Help me turn rightside up again

--Horseshoe Crabs--
More time has elapsed
Than you can ever possibly grasp
When our horseshoe-shaped bodies
First emerged to breed in the moonlight

The waves show us no mercy
As we fulfill our destiny
Tossed around in our search for mates
Tumbling about in the foam and sand

Rightside down
You can feel your world turned over
Spirit level inside
Help me turn rightside up again

Rightside down
Can you feel your world turned over?
Spirit level inside
Help me turn rightside up again

--Our Bony Ancestors--
A mutation … or three
When our bony ancestors lived in the sea
New awareness came online
Now there was sound with the up and down

And it’s rightside down
You can feel your world turned over
Spirit level inside
Help me turn rightside up again

Rightside down
Can you feel your world turned over?
Spirit level inside
Help me turn rightside up again

So if you’re rightside down
And you feel your world turned over
Now you know the reason why
Music turns you rightside up again

So if you’re rightside down
And you feel your world turned over
Now you know the reason why
Music turns you rightside up again
Music turns you rightside up again
The music brings you back to life again

credits

from Once Upon Deep Time, released December 16, 2022
Matthew Bonnan - all instruments and vocals except*
*The Lickerish Quartet (Eric Dover, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Tim Smith) - supporting vocals
*David Hess - lead & rhythm guitars
Underwater ambience: Fission9 (freesound.orgpeople/Fission9/sounds/504641/)

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Matthew Bonnan Hammonton, New Jersey

I am a dinosaur paleontologist and singer/songwriter. My songs focus on evolution and our connection to the tree of life.

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