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WHERE'S THE GROUND?

by Unsafe Space Garden

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pseudo sinensis
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pseudo sinensis Difícil escolher entre uma manifestação de sentimentos e outra, we all get what's going on while really not having a clue about what's actually going on, acho que é o mesmo nesta progressão de sons e palavras, uma mescla imiscível de sentimentos contraditórios - you make no sense :)
and that's just wonderful, sermos poliglotas do sentimento de forma sempre incompleta. Que álbum bonito e terapêutico. Favorite track: TREMENDOUS COMPREHENSION!.
Steve Gardner
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Steve Gardner Unsafe Space Garden are a wonderful band and they deserve every good thing that is going to happen to them. Favorite track: TREMENDOUS COMPREHENSION!.
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All peoples! All aboard! Let’s people! Holy shit! Another groundbreaking moment In your life I’m alive You’re alive We’re alive! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! These weird times exacerbate Our minds and there goes joy Then we hide, we build our lonely stories Carrying them inside our hearts We go outside and throw them In our words, our ways, our energy equations But we were once some kid Fingering its nose We were life and that was it We had the same ground! We had the same ground! We had the same ground! We had the same ground!
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I don’t want to grown up I’m sorry But growing seems to me That I have to overly identify with my name And also live as though I were something other than the exact thing as you are And that sucks! I believe in compassion And acceptance of hypocrisy Of being a child for as long as you live With the excitement and love for each day and everyone And the adult awareness that the world might implode At any moment We all seem to be looking for something And we’re told that life is based upon A certain climb on a corporate ladder That will lead to material success And now everything is warped And every one is soaring aimlessly Through empty space And my head hurts Because i’m just Looking for the ground (And what is that?) What the hell is the ground? Where we stand on? What’s our common ground? Where’s the playground? The place where the line of your name is crossed constantly And we both paint our faces and dance And sing and celebrate the actual miracle That is that we are all alive at the same time I mean What are the odds? What do we do to celebrate those odds? To remember them? What do we do to remember we share The exact same fucking oxygen? What do we see when we look at each other? Just another other? Just how they might serve us That’s the definition of insanity An unconscious population Sees division through identity You don’t need it Fucking throw it in a black hole Otherwise you’ll be the black hole It’s all your fucking mind It’s all our fucking minds It’s absolutely meaningless? So what ground is that after all? What ground is that after all? What ground is that after all? What ground is that after all? What ground is that after all? What ground is that after all? What ground is that after all? What ground is that after all? Is it that insane To be suggesting that we built new systems That take into account The ture nature of humans And all our needs That clearly go beyond the material? Absolutely? Isn’t this ideal? Isn’t this ideal? Isn’t this ideal? Isn’t this ideal? Isn’t this ideal? (xxx)
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GROWN-UPS! 02:43
this is how we communicate nowadays and it would be fine but we bring it home and make a castle out of it cause we're the grown-ups the grown-ups the grown-ups the grown-ups we care about safety and war at the same time the grown-ups the grown-ups the grown-ups the grown-ups does anybody care enough to understand the demand for understanding? NO! é assim que a gente comunica na contemporaneidade como se cá andassemos a respirar tipos diferentes de oxigénio no meu O2 não cabemos os dois é favor se desculpar é importante p'ra nós você se desviar você faz coisas de se desconfiar e uma pessoa tem de se abrigar não vá você se desleixar e acabar com as minhas certezas! the grown-ups the grown-ups the grown-ups the grown-ups we care about safety and war at the same time the grown-ups the grown-ups the grown-ups the grown-ups
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I hide them all in the conversations i should have out of fear I don't wanna ruin my friendships so I hide I hide I'm so sorry I hide but it's so scary to try and say: "YOU MAKE NO SENSE!" sorry buddy but I still love you I still love you uhhhhhh and now that I was already nice it's time to call the bullshit when I ask a friend: can I be honest? maybe he's not my friend maybe when I ask anyone for tremendous comprehension I am asking you to drop condescendence to mould the fire the spark of my approach it needs a place to grow so please just let it go let it go let it I just feel like actually I can try to explain what you think is open it only is under your terms maybe when you think about yourself you draw a line so when I ask for tremendous comprehension I expect you to DESTROY IT (yeah I know what you mean, people don't know what they're asking for when they say they want to be your friend I AGREE!) when I ask for tremendous comprehension I expect you to DESTROY IT when I ask for tremendous comprehension I expect you to destroy the line of your name when I ask for tremendous comprehension I expect you to destroy the line of your name (starts building momentum) WHEN I ASK FOR TREMENDOUS COMPREHENSION I EXPECT YOU TO DESTROY THE LINE OF YOUR NAME (repeat until everyone is singing with you in comprehensive revolt!) In the ancient land of Portugal people sing together in a foreign language it feels kinda weird cause we don't talk to each other like that but I have no choice I need your comprehension do you understand me? your tremendous comprehension or is it com-pre-hen-sion how do you even say the word? I'm not a native english speaker I'm sorry I'm sorry So sorry WHEN I ASK FOR TREMENDOUS COMPREHENSION I EXPECT YOU TO DESTROY THE LINE OF YOUR NAME
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I wrote on the walls all I had to remember To become a better person Isn’t it tragic Isn’t it tragic How to keep track of your shit It oozes No matter what Isn’t it tragic Isn’t it tragic Still everybody comes outside TO PLAY Tragic acknowledgment of fake Tragic acknowledgment Tragic acknowledgment of fake Tragic acknowledgment (Traduz ai ó mano) Trágica admissão da falsidade Trágica admissão Trágica admissão da falsidade Trágica admissão Qual é a língua que eu uso Pra dizer o que eu sinto Todas me parecem bem E que é que importa essa merda Eu sou poliglota E não percebo ninguém Temos todos ciência Nos bolsos da memória Pra rachar as cabeças Mas quando eu era pequeno Só rachava a minha E isso lá me chegava Eu prometo que eu vou tentar Como um outro humano Tenta lá Ciclo após ciclo desvanece Aquilo que foste E juraste a ti mesmo Livrar-te de Então livra Livra-te Da falsidade But I hide I hide I’m so sorry I hide (Dá-me impressão que isto é d’outra música, Ora vê lá) I wrote on the walls all I had to remember To become a better person And that didn’t work So I make songs That maybe will lead you to understand me Since words are kinda over As a way to communicate Complex shit that you feel So we must resort to other ways Like using music as bait to make a point about Comprehension (Tragic acknowledgment of fake) Or is it understanding? I never know Trágica admissão da falsidade Trágica admissão Trágica admissão da falsidade Trágica admissão Eu prometo que eu vou tentar Como um outro humano Tenta lá Ciclo após ciclo desvanece Aquilo que foste E juraste a ti mesmo Livrar-te de Então livra Livra-te Da falsidade Bem Já que estamos pra’qui a admitir coisas Esta parte era em inglês E era muito bonita E eu acho isso incrível Porque é uma celebração de todas as coisas que somos E que nos constroem de alguma forma Porque o mais importante afinal de contas É sermos capazes de não nos identificarmos demasiado Com nenhuma Para podermos compreender todas Portanto I can only promise I will try As a fellow human Try as well Cycle after cycle It does die That thing you once were And you swore to yourself To get Rid of So get Rid of Get Rid of Of fake
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TAROLA BOMBO PRATO TAROLA BOMBO BOMBO PRATO TAROLA BOMBO / TIMBALÃO TAROLA BOMBOMBOMBO TAROLA! Does anyone know where is the ground? Yesterday it was floating around Please help me! Provide me the adress… I need to drop something off my chest BARARARARARARARAM AHAHAHAH BARARARARARARARAM AHAHAHAH BARARARARARARARAM AHAHAHAH BARARARARARARARAM AHAHAHAH (Donde esta el suelo) AHAHAHAH (Donde esta el suelo) AHAHAHAH (Donde esta el suelo) AHAHAHAH (Donde esta el suelo) AHAHAHAH Hey there! What kind of ground Are you looking for? The soil? Ground zero? Common ground? Good luck with that last one! Although you look like someone Who’s looking for THE ACTUAL GROUND Hmmm… BOLD! But why stand on both feet all the time? Miss feeling balanced? Feeling missbalanced? Balancing missensfeels? Fissbilling falance? Where’s the fun in that? Isn’t it better to be floating like a bird? I always feel like floating around Inches, meters away from the ground Please, mom show me the way to come down I have no idea where I’m bound Uhhh Julia Queria se faz favor as direções até ao chão I’m sorry I cannot understand what you’re asking Can you repeat that? Agrh Vou ter que mudar o idioma Caramba Uh Settings General General? General Language and region Language Linguage en rigion Iphone linguage Português portugal, Ta aqui Português Portugal! ok , já está Julia, Queria se faz favor as direções até ao chão Olá Nuno A preparar as direções até ao chão A abrir mapa Aqui vamos nós Daqui a duzentos metros Virar do avesso Depois, na rotunda Fazer três cambalhotas E implorar a Deus por respostas Daqui a 2 milimetros Sair da casca Depois na terceria saida Acene ao joao miguel que esta na varanda à sua esquerda Daqui a 300 metros Ir para o caralho Depois inverta o sentido de marcha Em direçao à rampa Depois chorar durante três quilómetros Daqui a cem metros Na rotunda Tire um tempinho de introspecção
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Hey, Have you noticed that children are not taught to properly Process their emotions And then those emotions turn into something Far more dangerous than they’re supposed to As adults We just vomit emotions on each others plates And complain the restaurant sucks And to be exact In this analogy the restaurant is life Well: I’M DONE WITH THAT! I’m done with feeling guilty For feeling things If I just allow myself to feel what I’m feeling I gradually notice what was clouding my judgement WE HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR EYES! And I don’t think any of us should be ashamed of having emotions WE HAVE THEM! And we just have to learn what to do So that we don’t identify too much with them And take them as the absolute thuth YOU HAVE EMOTIONS! YOU’RE ANGRY? IT’S OK TO BE ANGRY! ANGER IS NATURAL! AGRESSIVENESS IS A NATURAL TRAIT TO YELL YELL AHHH AHHHH AAAAAAHHHHHHH! Channel your shit, Channel your shit Homever you are Channel your shit, Channel your shit Homever you are Channel your shit, (please) Channel your shit (do it) Channel your shit, (c’mon) Homever you are Channel your shit, (just do it!) Channel your shit (c’mon!) Channel your shit C’mon Humans fighting humans Fighting humans They trust they are something Other than human Humans fighting humans Fighting humans Cause they trust they are something Other than human And there’s nothing wrong with being Just a human soul You can stop pretending stop pretending stop pretending stop pretending stop pretending stop pretending (xxx) And in case you didn’t get it the first time
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Wave of compassion Wave of compassion Wave of compassion Wave of compassion A little crack on a really thick wall It surely doesn’t cause the thing to fall But it does make a statement Forever we’ll remember every scar But if we can still look at each other Then it wasn’t for nothing A little crack on a really thick wall It surely doesn’t cause the thing to fall But it does make a statement
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Fall down Oh rain Take me back to when I was a child Do you remember? I forgot The world forgot How to be here Fall down To remind us how Beautiful life is We feel alone At times Helpless cases Misunderstood I forgot The world How to be here Fall down To remind us how Beautiful life is Fall down Oh rain Take me back to when I was a child Do you remember? I forgot The world forgot How to be here Fall down To remind us how Beautiful life is
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credits

released May 17, 2023

‘WHERE’S THE GROUND?’ was recorded at: Cryptomeria Studio, Sala do Lili Studio and Zappelia Studios.

Songs and lyrics by Alexandra Saldanha and Nuno Duarte with the constant nurture and musical flashlight of Filipe Louro.
Drums, trumpet, percussion and samurai tales by Pedro Vasconcelos.
Guitar, pedal Insanity and style by José Vale.
Bass madness, sound wizardry, vocals & absolute devotion by Filipe Louro.
Hammond and great beard by Rui Souza.
Guitar, acoustic guitar, synths, vocals, vision and unbelievable compassion by Nuno Duarte.
Synths, vocals, harmonies, senseless optimism by Alexandra Saldanha.
World bending piano statements about how beautiful life is by João Grilo.
Stoic guidance and best at being himself by Diogo Costa.

Mixed by Ryan Power and Pedro Ribeiro.
Mastered by Andres Malta.
Album cover by Elleonor
Cosmic book by Alexandra Saldanha

Special thanks to:

Pedro Ribeiro, João Araújo, Jorge Dias, Luís Masquete, Luís Salgado, João Guimarães, Pedro M. Alves, João Cardita, Vitor Butuc, Rafael Farias, Vitor e Rui da Silva, Nikita Lamba, Margarida Martins, Vitor e Linda Bessa Monteiro, João Grilo, Rui Souza, Fernanda Machado, Frederico Ferreira, Andres Malta, Rafael Silver, Rolando Ferreira, Álvaro Ramos, Alex Lázaro, Arianna e Kauê, Joana Adelina, Ane e André ‘Fofis’, Zappa Cuecas, Leonor Cunha, João Silvestre, Rita Pereira, Joana Sousa.
Sadhguru, Alejandro Jodorowski,. To all the people that came to our shows with love to share: you guys keep us going. <3

An intergalactic ultra thank you to Natália e José António Pereira for the unconditional love and support.
To Catarina Moura and Diogo Costa for always believing in us.
To Filipe Louro for giving himself fully, for always challenging us to become better musicians, for being Lili.

Dedicated to those who nurture their inner child all throughout life: Filipe Louro, Pedro Vasconcelos, Zé Vale, Diogo Costa. WE LOVE YOU.

with the support of:

Fundação GDA, gig.ROCKS!, Discos de Platão and Chili Com Carne.

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Unsafe Space Garden are a Portuguese band formed in 2019. Known for their honest, humorous, eccentric and free-wheeling compositional form and for their intense theatrical shows.

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