your eyes like poets, open up every cruel door.." ALL THESE THINGS
THE QUIET TABLE
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THE QUIET TABLE
BACK .. THREE FISH .. BACK
ALBUM: The Quiet Table
RELEASED: 1st June 1999
LENGTH: 47:57
TRACK LISTING:
Shiva and the Astronaut [4:54]
Tremor Void [2:57]
Myth of Abdul [4:48]
Once In a Day [3:48]
All These Things [3:50]
Timeless [5:06]
Hummingbird [3:57]
My Only Foe [3:21]
Transporting [3:02]
Found a Window [3:26]
Resonate [3:51]
Chantreuse [4:57]
lyrics are copyright © to Three Fish
NOTES: PRODUCED BY: Brett Eliason and Three Fish @ Horseback Court, Blue Mts, Mt from Feb '97 to Jan '99 .. ALL SONGS BY: Robbi Robb, Richard Stuverud and Jeff Ament .. PHOTOS AND ART BY: Ames Bros .. MASTERED BY: Joe Gastwirt @ Ocean View Digital Mastering .. MIXED AT: Stepping Stone by Brett Eliason .. ASSISTED BY: John Burton and Pat Aki .. ADDITIONAL: Mike McCready - electric guitar on the track "Resonate" .. Cary Ecklund - keyboards on the track "All These Things"
.. i reckon the guys sound a littl' more "together" with "THE QUIET TABLE" .. wells, seein' as their debut album was mainly cut from jam sessions .. I guess they would be eh¿ **goofy smiles** but there's definately progression .. which is damn good¡ in fact .. six of the tracks were actually written¡ =)
Unlike their first album which was recorded in Seattle their second in "THE QUIET TABLE" was recorded in a barn up in the mountains of northern Montana in a space of about two years¡ It was the inspirations found on their self titled album from one Sufi poet in Rumi, that found the guys from THREE FISH embarke on a journey to Turkey and Egypt between recording and releasing it. And from those journeys .. came further inspirations .. AND .. to the release of their second album in THE QUIET TABLE.
The album's title has a special meaning to Ament .. in which he offers the explanation "It was all about searching for a place- spiritual or whatever- where I could create a calm space where I could channel my anxiety, anger, and creativity." .. lurv alls the string and percussion¡ *s*
There's a child that sings soft and warm
There's a bell that rings every Sunday morn
There's a bird of love, has no place to mourn
It swept him blindly throught the air
And left him broken
There's a wind that goes from the strangest ocean
And a jasmine rose, song of roses
There's unfathomed sounds in a place called nowhere
And the silent ground in these breaths
It swept him blindly through the air
And left him opened
He left the world without a tear
When he crossed over
Om namah Shiva ..
In a world without tears
Farewell
Fare thee well
Om namah Shiva ..
In every russ he bid farewell
When he crossed over
TREMOR VOID Well I feel the happiness as the ground shakes around today MYTH OF ABDUL Where the elders are weeping in the old courts of laughter
ONCE IN A DAY In a way you know, I have sown in out ALL THESE THINGS The sun is damning, please let go
TIMELESS Paperdolls, painted in blue and grey
HUMMINGBIRD
One, two, three, four
TRANSPORTING And through this wire
vStuverudv
And I feel her smile in between the million miles she's from me now
Picture perfect snapshot, it's in the camera void
Now it's on the cracking walls, so beautiful and real
She goes to sleep as the earth I stand on falls
Into the sleep below the tremor void
In a song forth he knows wisdom rescues all the lonely fear
Set your wounded planet such a ness he learned woo now
I could leave everywhere for somewhere else
Ready to return, returning to you
Into the tremor void with you
vRobb, Ament, Stuverudv
Spilling tears on velvet, tears spun from dew, draped from the lace
Where the elders are weeping
Come, come see for yourself
When the raven's wings are beating, where the harlequin sleeps
And the old play is pleading under dark, cold raining skies
Beneath the old courts of laughter
Come, come see for yourself
And the wise men speak while the raven's wings beat
And a cold raining sky
And a harlequin sleeps where the old players plead
Under dark, cold raining skies
vRobbv
It's been a terrible snow in a world
In a proud, in a shadow, in a tower, in a tower
In a gale
Once in a day
I was out, I cannot be here
Saw the sun, was it always
In a while, holding outside, holy child in a tower
In a terror
Once in a day
And she's in love with a man she once despised
But this doesn't come as a suprise
It's just like on a course like a wild, running horse
With no limits or bounds or ties
Once, once in a day
vRobb, Ament, Stuverudv
Not with the memory, it'll drag you down below
Jump at his dancers, out on the ledge, can't feel the edges
Love dragged all her friends inside
Was a melody she lifted by the wall
Jogged through the memories traded for the hollow pillow
Innocent christians no joy for love
No eyes were hoping until love without words
Like a river to the ocean, like a drop of rain, like a weeping willow
Tears falling from her wings
That's all these things
Your eyes are smiling, your mouth is crying
Your eyes like poets, open up every cruel door
Jump at his dancers, for something that seems so twisted
Undone but this December
Now she can call it her own
I don't want to be a lover, I don't want to need it before you
Not as a lover
She's lying in the dark
Just like a machine
She's lying in the dark
Now it's only trouble, tears falling from her wings
vRobbv
Sleepin' where the shadows play
Where the nighttime meets the day
Strange lady prayers in a chapel
With an old dark door
Wonderin' if what she came here for
Was in all her yesterdays
No time for photographs
No time for the past
No time for the laughs
Cold mother begs
From a painter in an empty street
For somethin' she can warm her feet
Least to stop the cryin' child
Sad actress preys on a waiter
In cheap cafe
Hopin' she can end the day
With a warmth that lovers feel
Lady Di, took more than a moving car
To steal your breath away
Take your hand from the steering wheel
No time for photographs
No time for the laugh
No time for the past
No time ..
vRobbv
Of the men who were loved by you
Some were lookin' for a woman to play
One who could venture to the empty rooms
And carry their bodies away
Of course there's a ghost
And maybe one was a king
He whispered but never came through
One so alone, sad as a poem
Who hovered by the window then flew
Away from poison rainbows
Away from fallen snow
Away from stumblin' footsteps
Away from so alone
But to lie down beside you
To feel the heart beat in your breath
To carry my song to you
To bury the words inside you
Is all I really want
Twisted and simple
You curled into the shoulder
Of a joker that could not surrender
Like some endless river
He broke into the layers
Sunsets darken the waters
Of course there was laughter
In this shelter of strangers
In the rooms of "I love you"
"I love you"
One so alone, sad as a poem
Who hovered by the window then flew
Away from poison rainbows
Away from fallen snow
Away from stumblin' footsteps
Away from so alone
But to lie down beside you
To feel the heart beat in your breath
To carry my song to you
To bury the words inside
Is all I really want
vStuverudv
Your sleepy voice calls
Every one of my shortages
Of good days
Transporting
Time it's so ample
And it's passin' so sweet
You bring the deepest things out of me
Outside
As amazing space
Transporting
Me to you