Guide to the Unusual

by Mt Fog

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1.	One Piece Puzzle 04:04	lyrics	buy track
I wonder I want to be a kitten in a basket I want to be an unpolluted sunset I want to be the sounds of falling rain But in reality I’m an existential person in pain I’m a one piece puzzle There’s no pieces to lose There’s no solving to do There’s no solving I’m a one piece puzzle There’s no pieces to find There’s no pieces Pieces that will fit into mine I want to be a gas cloud in outer space I want to be a first discovered place I want to be Captain Jean-Luc Picard But in reality I’m a thirty-something trying too hard I wonder No pieces to lose No pieces to find I wonder I wonder if I am impossible to solve I’m a one piece puzzle There’s no pieces to lose There’s no solving to do There’s no solving I’m a one piece puzzle There’s no pieces to find There’s no pieces Pieces that will fit into mine Am I No pieces to lose Am I impossible to solve No pieces to find Am I impossible to solve
2.	Dreams are Heavy 03:33	lyrics	buy track
It’s easy to think about someone far away Is gone forever And ever and ever And I think a lot about all the dreams are gone Are gone forever And ever and ever And I think I lack the inner strength to hold them all The dreams are heavy Saying my love for you I heard in a bell I heard it ringing It’s on the air we breathe Saying my love for you I heard it in a bell I heard it ringing It’s on the air we breathe Saying my love for you I think a lot Saying my love for you It’s easy to do I think a lot about all the old trees On fire on fire And I think about all the wild spaces left And if they were recovered And on and on and on and on and on I heard it in a bell I heard it ringing It’s on the air we breathe Saying my love for you I heard it in a bell I heard it ringing It’s on the air we breathe Saying my love for you
3.	Fog Collector 03:53	lyrics	buy track
Fog collector from a long time ago You keep the future You keep the future where did it go Fog collector you’re made of fog I don’t know where I don’t know where you keep it all Where’ s my future I can’t see where this path leads All these branches all these leaves And all the fog Where’s my future I can’t where this path leads All these branches all these leaves And all the fog Fog collector you collect the fog You’re not discerning You’re not discerning you want it all Fog collector you’re made of fog You spread confusion Disorientation where did I go Where’ s my future I can’t see where this path leads All these branches all these leaves And all the fog Where’s my future I can’t where this path leads All these branches all these leaves And all the fog Fog, fog, fog, fog
4.	Blue Summer 04:05	lyrics
Blue Summer I have answers At once I knew And I tremble Judgment day is a blue summer Maybe maybe in a different life Maybe one day is a blue summer Yesterday I went to say a real goodbye Already gone Already gone I cried again My heart screaming out Why hold on hold on Maybe maybe in a different life Maybe one day is a blue summer day And I have answers and at once I knew And I tremble Judgment day is a blue summer Fast forward I won’t see you again I hold on hold on I love you does that make me mad I tremble tremble Maybe maybe in a different life Maybe one day is a blue summer day And I have answers at once I knew And I tremble Judgment day is a blue summer day Blue summer Is a blue summer Is a blue summer
5.	Spiderlike 03:45	lyrics	buy track
Shadows lurking at the edge of dawn Images always shifting All she sees is gray She relies on small vibrations To build her web A lonely spider Spiderlike you crawl into my consciousness Spiderlike you crawl into my consciousness spiderlike Spiderlike you crawl into my consciousness Spiderlike you crawl into my consciousness spiderlike Bleeding from within my broken mind Bleeding from within my broken, stolen mind A lingering evening at the edge of dawn Radial outward weaving She builds a psychic orb She relies on strong contagions To inhabit the minds of others A lonely spider Spiderlike you crawl into my consciousness Spiderlike you crawl into my consciousness spiderlike Spiderlike you crawl into my consciousness Spiderlike you crawl into my consciousness spiderlike Bleeding from within my broken mind Bleeding from within my broken, stolen mind Bleeding from within my broken mind Bleeding from within my broken, stolen mind
6.	Made of Yarn 03:57	lyrics	buy track
I hold the future in my hands And like a cloud it fades I need a story about myself Something short and sweet What if you find exactly what you’re looking for What if you find more than you bargained for It’s basic it’s normal What if you try and you miss it What if it’s fine Like a sweater is made of yarn It’s not nice and neat Like a story I tell myself It’s worn in spots I’ve worn What if I find What if I find What if I find sadness comes to mind What if you find exactly what you’re looking for It’s basic it’s normal What if you try to make a story And it’s just fine What if you find more than you bargained for It’s basic it’s normal What if you try and you miss it It’s just fine
7.	Test of Time 03:49	lyrics	buy track
My inner space forgotten in a day Forgotten in a day And my dreams became someone else’s means In this world Co-opted in a day Forgotten in a day Write a song write a poem leave a book it’s for space it’s for the future A time capsule Test of time It’s for the future Stand the test of time We sold ourselves to someone else’s dream Co-opted in a day In this world I probably sold them anyway In this world Forgotten in a day Forgotten in a day It’s for the future It’s for everyone Write a song it’s for the future A time capsule Test of time It’s for the future a time capsule Space it’s for the future A time capsule Test of time Stand the test of time
8.	Turn into Leaves 05:37	lyrics	buy track
What I wanted Every morning every day The world is created And the heaped ashes of the night Turn into leaves Turn into leaves again Every morning Every morning Every morning every day Turn into leaves There is a beast within you Shouting the earth is what I wanted What I wanted The earth is what I wanted The earth is what I wanted It’s your nature It’s your spirit You dare to be happy You are happy whether or not you dare to pray You’ve ever dared to pray It’s your nature It’s your spirit It’s your spirit It’s your spirit It’s your spirit There is a beast within you Shouting the earth is what I wanted What I wanted The earth is what I wanted The earth is what I wanted The earth is what I wanted The earth is what I wanted
9.	Future Gem 04:58	lyrics	buy track
Down What do you think about me That’s something that’s something you won’t say Keep it all inside Keep it all inside Now I won’t say why Why I’m asking I’m asking the questions Keep it all inside for later rumination When I see happy people I want to cry So I dig a little deeper I undermine You’re a future gem It’s a million years it’s a million years before you can sparkle You’re a future gem It’s a million years it’s a million years before you can sparkle Down down down down Down down down down What is the thing about you I don’t know what makes me addicted Keep it all inside Keep it all inside But can I live without you I need you I need you like Coffee Keep it all inside for later rumination Building tunnels under tunnels Down down down down Down down down down When I see happy people I want to cry When I see happy people I want to cry Building tunnels under tunnels I undermine It’ll all break through under pressure of time You’re a future gem It’s a million years It’s a million years before you can sparkle You’re a future gem Building tunnels under tunnels It’s a million years It’s a million years before you can sparkle Down down down down down Down down down down down Down down down down down Down down down down down Down down down down down Down down down down down Down down down down down When I see happy people Building tunnels under tunnels When I see happy people I want to cry Happy people
10.	The Universe is a Place 03:11	lyrics	buy track
I saw you fighting I saw you hitting little birds with rocks And I asked myself Is OK if I just look the other way I am like a stone alone in the universe And I use this fact to feel OK Where does this take us I don’t have a book of morality Not today If I knew you better I’d tell you Go find God I am like a stone alone in the universe Why And I use this fact to feel OK Though I’m like a stone Things are wrong things can fall Silence can feel wrong Though I’m like a stone I saw I saw Tell me why and tell me why I am like a stone alone in the universe And tell me why And I I feel OK OK

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Guide to the Unusual takes you on a dark-hued journey through a world inhabited by imaginary creatures and shadows of a former life. This is a personal meditation on dreams that have disappeared and the tensions between turning inward to feel OK and the collective nature of existence. Mt Fog created this album while singing to herself on rainy walks during quarantine. These songs might make for a good friend on your own walks and travels.

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released July 2, 2021

Written, performed and produced by Mt Fog

Mastered by Mike Vernon Davis

Photography by Rachel Bennett

Mushroom headdress created by String and Shadow

Album artwork by Sierra Severson

Mt Fog is a creation of Carolyn B.

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Mt Fog Seattle, Washington

A creation of love and a response to the world’s chaos and absurdity, Mt Fog creates magical spaces, real and imagined. Mt Fog has been featured by Bandcamp, KEXP, and the Seattle Times. Mt Fog is Carolyn B., Andy Sells (Select Level, FCS North) and Casey Rosebridge (Crazy Eyes).
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