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The Rose Society

by Angelica Rockne

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1.
I miss you when you were a mystery I could walk alone on an empty street I could drink from the well and bathe in the stream Of a daydream that was still lucid I miss you when you were unknown to me I could reach for you allusive you would be Before the chamber the echo was free Before there was even melody In the age of the voyeur Death of the song Lecherous eyes The temple is gone If I spoke too soon catch my weight I miss you when you were a deity You were ageless staring into the sea You were a swan dive into ecstasy In your private cove I miss you when you were unknown to me I could walk through gilded canopies Before the city the angels were free To serenade the illusory In the age of the voyeur Death of the song Lecherous eyes The temple is gone If I spoke too soon Catch my weight If I could release you Surely you could release me If I could release you, Surely you could release me If I could release you, Surely You could release me If I could release you, Surely you could release me
2.
It started all over again When I saw him eight years down the line My heart wasn’t open when you found me then He said honey to just take my time Down at The Rose Society Where the dead got their hands dirty It’s where we are humbled and held At The Rose Society On Grand Ave and Kennedy It’s where we get by when we can’t Pray for the light that we could never shine He traced the flowers in my hair Back to the garden from which they came You said honey can I ask you one thing Then proceeded to open my mind At The Rose Society Where the dead got their hands dirty It’s where we are humbled and held At The Rose Society On Grand Ave and Kennedy It’s where we break down when we can’t Live for the fantasy, but I know what is good for me And I can still hold that dream Pray for the light that we could never shine Shine Shine
3.
I heard you crying on the mountainside You can’t conceal your tears On these high desert plains You know god’s watching as you skip through the years Sowing seeds with a hungry heart When you know it’s barren around here And in the morning I held you all night The distance is long As it high Sound it carries The way waters wants To rush through the canyon To outlive the venom in his thoughts It never runs, it never runs out Believe what you have to And it will come alive again And when it falls That’s when i rise The distance is long As it is high And in the morning I held you all night I broke down the veil To reach greater heights Yeah when it falls That’s when I rise The distance is long As it high I heard you crying On the mountainside You can’t conceal your tears On these high desert plains
4.
You forgot to turn the light off I was trying to sleep all day It’s the healthiest vice that I know It’s the beginning of letting you go You see you and me ain’t so different I can’t get by on bread and coffee no more I get hungry in the afternoon And surviving it’s all we’ve been doing Last night I dreamt we were sane Quit the band, started over again Found an easier way to be free Is to be nothing extraordinary On the county line My baby likes to ride He rode on two wheels I rode my Stallion to the Black Buttes one cold night Oh you see you and me, ain’t so different I can’t keep up at that speed you go I slowed down at twenty-two And I might die if we don’t leave here soon Last night I dreamt we never changed We were the people we would remain Oh it’s the little things that ease my mind And our love remains undefined Oh last night I saw the open plains Quit the band started over again Found an easier way to be free Is to leave, never go back And we left in that white cadillac Yeah we left and didn’t come back Oh we left in that white cadillac Yeah we left in that white cadillac
5.
Restless you might be baby I know the same is true for me I went from San Francisco Down the highway The angels were riding beside me Protection, prayers, and vigilance Help you and I as we do our dance Raising each other Inner child Throwing our stories into the wild I gave up a place For a purpose I dreamt of the occasion And I resurfaced Protection, prayers, and vigilance Help you and I as we do our dance Protection, prayers, and vigilance Helped me to my destination Oh but you're in the lead, and you’re picking up speed Arrows pointing to the prize at the gates You’re all I see, and it’s hard to be free, and it’s hard to believe When you’re in my way Obsession, layers of innocence You escorted me Into Los Angeles Protection, prayers and vigilance Helped me to my destination
6.
Crystalline 03:37
Let’s not confuse the pain with the time of day 4pm ain’t never easy on me Before the landscape informs the destiny Freeing our hearts For the rest of the day Last night, we killed the man that caused the genocide Confronted the monarch, we found our queen All was erased from memory Finally, lit a match and walked away Baby, I got your letter from Soledad You’d forgotten what it means to be free We healed eachother child, it wasn’t just for me But I will fill out that form And drive the 101 To see you even for a moment And If I had my way Our love could be both crystalline And If this were a dream Our thoughts would be both crystalline Oh If I had my way You know loves the water and death, the stream
7.
The Undoing 03:47
I just found out That the stars won’t allow Me to be yours I want to be yours Sudden death Don’t scare you none It quakes the earth I felt it first Witching hour Give our wine to gods Edge of the sea Oh what you do to me Oh you said it was right Before my eyes Behind the tides Oh my sacred mirror Won’t you come here And hold my hand While everything comes Undone Visions gone Veils undone Take down my dress Take back what you said I just found out That the stars won’t allow Me to be yours I want to be yours
8.
Can I too be worthy of such beauty Beauty that opens doors through me Can i see the light that surrounds me The light that you saw when you first found me Can I be the life that you want Breathe into it all day long Until the end of the sun Can I have the courage to tell him It’s his heart for which mines been waiting The distance is just a reminder That we can stretch father And wiser Can I be the life that you chose Walk the thorned path of the rose Until the sun orbits the moon What does it take to believe thee When the grounds always shifting below me I’ve collected your words and sing gods hymns For us he has asked but just one thing To live out the love that you know With only one touch You make god's glow Can i too be worthy of such beauty Beauty that opens doors through me
9.
Ripe To Ruin 05:53
Desires strung like flowers On Día de los Muertos Lust, is it still a sin When you’ve mastered your own senses Like I’ve memorized your body I place the chain upon Your crown From the start to the end From the ripe to ruin Memento mori My immortal beauty Your language I don’t speak now It’s exotic ‘til i’m speechless And silence Turns to sorrow I traced all my memories To the origin of an ocean You tell me of the sanskaras on our soul From the start to the end From the ripe to ruin I’m eternally In debt to your glory Mercurial he calls me To his calm cool waters Mercy he has taught me with his tongue And all that stands between us Disintegrate into dust And I’m free, to love him For all of my days From the start to the end From the ripe to ruin Memento mori My immortal beauty From the start to the end From the ripe to ruin I’m eternally In debt to your glory
10.
The night dreams of you When you’re tempted by blues Black is the sky The memories are yours to choose When I make love Like it could be the last time All love prevails When I seek tenderness When I seek truth Solace and sanctity In the way you move When the night dreams of you The night dreams of you Calls out your unspoken name In the voice of fire Speaks to your sacred flame And when I’m drawn to you Like you were the sun All love prevails When I seek tenderness When I seek truth Solace and sanctity In the way you move When the night dreams of you When the night dreams of you When the night dreams of you When the night dreams of you

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On her new album Rockne frees herself from the confines of cosmic country. The arrangements are wholeheartedly devoted to the song. “Age of the Voyeur” opens as piano and acoustic guitar mimic each other and Rockne begins, “I miss you when you were a mystery.” Her voice is striking in its willingness to be exposed, naked, yet there is a strength that comes through that almost feels learned, like how we learn to navigate chaos. Nevertheless, what is underlying and constant throughout is an exquisite tenderness.

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released May 5, 2023

Produced by Angelica Rockne
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Oz Fritz
Recorded at Ancient Wave Studios in Nevada City, Solstice 2021

Angelica Rockne–Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Organ on “PPV”, vocal pads
Cody Rhodes–Drums, Percussion
Jason Cirimele–Lead Guitar, Bass, Organ on “PPV”
Patrick McGee–Piano, Organ
Lea Thomas–Background vocals on Age of the Voyeur
Kelly McFarling–Background vocals on White Cadillac and Rose Society
Mariee Siou–Background vocals (with AR) on Crystalline
Graham Patzner–Violin, fiddle, synthesizer, string arranging
Lewis Patzner–Cello, string arranging
Anton Patzner–Programmed string pad on “Distance is High”
Additional Engineering and string arrangement for “Ripe to Ruin” by Scott Mcdowell
Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, 2022
All songs by Angelica Rockne

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