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The Grasshopper Lies Heavy

by Prins Obi

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1.
Apricot Jive 04:02
clap your hands and form a line for the apricot jive bending knees, ignore the signs for the apricot jive will we smile again? naked, below the grass the season of evil will come to pass I know why I feel uptight It's the apricot jive when the spirits all align will they instruct my life? here we lie, underground waiting to be found the season of evil will come to pass
2.
Banana 03:47
cheeky-a-bom banana think I'm gonna cumma I will do it if you wanna, too cheeky-a-bom banana think I'm gonna cumma I will do it if you want me to (I) lay by your side but you're reading pornographic magazines eyes on the prize you're driving me insane and I am way out of control out of control cheeky-a-bom banana think I'm gonna cumma I will do it if you wanna, too cheeky-a-bom banana I think I'm gonna cumma I will do it if you want me to lay by your side all you do is reading pornographic magazines eyes on the prize I'm ok but I am way out of control out of control
3.
burning up the wall let Tanith by your side spirit like an eagle fights the dislocated mind all the feathered seeds are lying on the grass crimson fairy, much too weary a bracelet of brass devil's treats, devil's treats devil's treats, I don't know why I don't know why devoted to the team leader of the pack learned to rely on others where's the fun in that? I heard the serpent crawl it whispered in my ear let the very ordinary people disappear devil's treats, devil's treats devil's treats, I don't know why I don't know why
4.
languished in fairy tales couldn't keep my feet on the ground but all this uncertainty took its toll I'm going down sinking in phobias, losing myself resigning from anything it never ends, it never really ends the grasshopper lies heavy the grasshopper lies heavy I went to the therapist: "doctor, I'm really stressed and all this anxiety has really made me obsessed" driven by fairy tales can't keep my feet on the ground I dived in a black hole, I can't even try to lift myself up I'm trapped by, trapped by the whys the grasshopper lies heavy the grasshopper lies heavy
5.
Hard To Pliz 03:50
guided by stars, all my efforts vaporize creature of dark star, with a pair of wicked eyes drive me insane, see my problems multiply your heart to obtain, it is just a waste of time babe, tell me what you need 'cause you're so hard, so hard to pliz I try to give you precious things but you're so damn hard to pliz baby, tell me what you need 'cause you're so damn hard to pliz shooting star, tiny, microscopic ism everyone's trying to run his course I don't give a shit, I'll be back in the pulse sexual hunger of high esteem I just need a body to sink myself in sexual hunger of high esteem But I need a body to plunge myself in baby, tell me what I need 'cause I'm so hard, so hard to pliz I try to satisfy my needs but I'm so damn hard to pliz babe, tell me what you need 'cause you're so hard, so hard to pliz Obi tries to buy you precious things but you're so damn hard to pliz Professor Dada, give a solution on your own Mother Superior, isn't it strange, we're all alone
6.
Mercy 04:13
at the turning of the tides there is something on my mind but I guess I'll keep it to myself it's not for anybody else I remember all the times that stillness stroke our lives and I miss you, funny isn't it? you are my everything oh, my sweet angel, have mercy on my soul for you're the greatest person I've ever known oh, pretty darling, have mercy on my soul for you're the sweetest person I've ever known I've ever known
7.
doo pa, doo pa, she bop da ta doo pa, doo pa, she bop da ta da rapa, doo pa, she bop da ta da rapa, doo pa, she bop da ta lousy humans, you're the virus lousy humans, you're the virus Athens matters Athens' trappers Athens sinking in a shitty mattress I'm tired of that shit I'm tired of the shit yeah, yeah, yeah lousy humans, you're the virus lousy humans, you're the virus lousy humans, you're the virus
8.
wake up, see the sun try again, try again look up, see the sun try again, try again
9.
I care to feel I feel no more Lady Kabbalah above the law I wanna let go won't you find the harmony to disrupt your piece of mind? wanna let you go I care to feel I feel no more Lady Kabbalah above the law turn your eye, turn the tides let it rain someday I shut the blinds once more
10.
Friends 04:08
friends of low expectations they just seem to drift away despite their politeness they just cause me so much pain friends of low impedance write your name on the snow instead of inspiration they just give me the opposite of love and I'm on the brink of telling them to fuck off and I'm on the verge of telling them to fuck off fuck off, fuck off friends of resolutions they only care about themselves once they were brothers now they're assholes, it just ain't fair friends of mild intentions seem so boring all the time avoiding misadventures to protect their piece of mind and I'm on the verge of telling you to fuck off and I'm on the brink of telling them to fuck off fuck off, fuck off and I'm on the verge of telling you goodbye and I'm on the brink of telling you to fuck off fuck off, fuck off
11.
This is the world of discordance, we all live in some are trying to get through with hypocrisy others extend semi-precious blades and you and I survive by conducting imperfect, pocket symphonies this is not a statement, just a shield
12.
SCDP 01:13

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Prins Obi's fourth long play is a quarantine/depression/one-man-band/home-made album, recorded during the two long athenian lockdowns.

Composed, produced, performed (with the exception of a few special guests) and engineered in its entirety by Obi himself (with Todd Rundgren and Stevie Wonder as inspiration), this new LP marks his entrance in the bedroom-musician universe and gives him the chance to experiment with new sounds and ideas.

It's the end of the civilization as we know it and the beginning of a new era... Prins Obi invites us to his personal playground and invents an alternate reality where you can taste the sounds, hear the colours and overcome your pain and obstacles through creativity and honesty. This is not a statement, just a shield.

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released October 22, 2021

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Music and lyrics by Prins Obi
Produced, performed and engineered by Prins Obi

Recorded at Bee Thousand Studios (during 2020)
Mixed by Chris Bekiris and Prins Obi
Mastered by Anestis Psaradakos at Athens Mastering Studios

Prins Obi: vocals, yamaha upright piano, moog synthesizer, casiotone, nord stage compact, yamaha clavinova, drums, percussion, toy vibraphone, electric & acoustic guitars, recorder, Roland sp-404 sampler, soundscapes, programming

Christina: lead vocals on "Apricot Jive" // backing vocals on "Banana" & "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy"
Dr. Nanos: electric guitar on "Hard to Pliz"
Aggi: backing vocals on "Mercy"
Sir Kosmiche: feedback, moog filter & La Düsseldorf leak on "You're the Virus"
Kon Kon: electric & acoustic guitars on "Just a Shield"
Madam Manthos: electric bass on "Just a Shield"

Artwork by Ifigenia Vasiliou

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Prins Obi Athens, Greece

Prins Obi is the moniker of Georgios Dimakis: songwriter, producer and ex-member of Baby Guru, Electric Feat & Duke Abduction. He has released five solo albums & four EPs. He performs live with The Dream Warriors or alone.

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