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The Wounds We Could Have Healed

by The Flying Tortoise Orchestra

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1.
corpuscle 03:41
I want you to hear me I want you to see me I want you to know me I want you to stay I want you to feel me I want you to trust me I want you to love me I want you to try I want you to aspire I want you to inspire I want you to try
2.
I don't want to let you down I don't want to stick around I don't want to see this through I don't want to see how they'll hurt you I don't want to lie everything will not be ok I don't want to lie everything does not wash away I don't wanna be the one to scare you I don't wanna be the one to scar you
3.
Respite 04:17
Whispers, hopes, and dreams trust kind kisses sweet don't look for more than this in a world of lonely lunatics We found some warmth within the storm it lasts forever until it's gone Do not linger on goodbye just one more embrace to try Hold your tears until we walk away the memories are all we take
4.
Dry Ice 05:18
5.
Can you feel all the little things that are dying in this moment can you feel what they feel what's the difference what's the diffirance what's the deference
6.
the fall 01:13
September rain our dreams will fall and all of our worlds will collide and as the winds blow the embers about we'll remember just what we've lost
7.
The Scarred 03:13
I guess I wanted to take my time and never let these wounds heal so that every time you looked at me you'd see the damage that you had done Until I realized that this was cutting me much deeper than you ever would I wish you weren't alone I wish i had called I wish you were still here I wish you weren't alone I wish I had called I wish you were still here I wish you weren't dead
8.
Benign 03:50
9.
Resonance 07:16
It's in my hands when I really look at them It's in my world when I can see out of it It's a dog rolling around in the grass It's a look in my child's eye It's a snake unwinding back into the light It's that thing that you do when you don't want to do what you always have done and the shadows all shrink while the flowers all wilt It's that thing that wakes you in the middle of the day when the brain has taken over the mind is always patient It's what keeps you from stopping even when you don't need to win

about

This took me about 5 years, from the time I decided to focus on it. During that time, I was playing with Cloacas, Bodies, We Drew Lighting, Circle On Black, and various other short term projects. The original idea was to make a kind of mixed tape with the plethora of musicians I know, and as it progressed I was more and more interested in exploring what I could do by myself (for the most part) for this one. No matter how much I try to make songs that sound like they came from different planets, they all end up sounding like me. "No matter how cleverly one sneaks up on the mirror, they can't escape who's staring back at them."

Thank you to everyone who did contribute your time and talent, magic. Most of all thank you to my family for your support, forgiving my absence while working on this, and especially for listening to all my new ideas (over and over) and not making fun of them too much!

credits

released May 26, 2023

Michael Smith: drums, piano, bass, saw, vocals, electronics, percussion, midi strings
Ben Montgomery: guitar on The Scarred
Roland Ostheim: guest vocals on The Scarred
Ben Tempchin: vocals on Beach House Derrida
Lenore Gusch: vocals on Beach House Derrida and Respite
Paris Mancini/PSIRENS: vocals on The Space Between Things
drums on The Space Between Things recorded and engineered by Will Dyar
Front cover artwork by Patrick Barrow
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering
All songs written, arranged, performed, engineered, recorded, and mixed by Michael Smith

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The Flying Tortoise Orchestra Santa Fe, New Mexico

The solo project of long-time Santa Fe drummer, Michael Smith


"All art is autobiographical."

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