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Caterpillars of the Commonwealth (EP)

by Will Connolly

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jem564 very beautifully worded lyrics! loved this whole album! :D Favorite track: bohemian groove: part 1 (invitation).
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grinninggecko The Music is so chill and after a long day at college it really helps with the stress of life in general. Thanks Will! Favorite track: caterpillars (of the commonwealth).
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michael ben spektor this is truly the most unique album ive heard, and during my first listen i already understood its gonna be my favorite album. everything about it is just so relaxing and its just.. amazing in general. Favorite track: caterpillars (of the commonwealth).
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1.
intro 00:38
“This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world… This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world…” - William Shakespeare, “Richard II” (Act II, Scene 1) performed by John Gielgud
2.
the theatre is built with zeroes and ones players on a virtual scaenae-fronz the theatre is built along a silk road every ticket encrypted binary code i watched it all hit rock bottom when the odds were even now i watch the clock tick tock from odd to even odd to even the theatre is built atop an ocean next to a semi-submersible the theatre is built with innovation mortal coils motored by oil so dull i watched it all hit rock bottom when the odds were even now i watch the clock tick tock from odd to even odd to even mama papa and baby wagon the globe with the pageant show a new verizon with every new city a newer sleep beside a newer phone caterpillars are spinning digital silk for everyone a new verizon with every new city a newer sleep under a newer sun
3.
lips are twitching so you crack a smile you’ve been conditioned to listen and wait move an inch and i will trek a mile i'm a fisherman and you're the bait you know you'll always be my valentine now swear to god that you will never tell they're streaming every indiscretion live for caterpillars of the commonwealth gotta go you can stay make yourself at home gotta go this campaign don't run itself you know you've got potential little parasite i tie your hands so i can wish you well cuz i'm a gentleman and you are like a caterpillar of the commonwealth gotta go i said no you need to know your role gotta go i said no it's all under control oh that was so long ago i don't even know baby please she's nothing nothing to me i said more photographs may come to light i said i'm sorry and i'm seeking help i said you'd never see me crawling like a caterpillar of the commonwealth but i hope this don't change the way you want to vote but i hope this don't change the way you want to vote for caterpillars of the commonwealth for caterpillars of the commonwealth
4.
an old envelope rests on my floor i know what it's for... the future's a void broke, unemployed these pills don't relax me and all my friends have surpassed me balance on a nickel's width showbiz is a fickle bitch this is senseless struggling is senseless never a peep when i busked on the street now the critics critique and all the raves start to reek auto-tunes at breakneck speed satisfaction guaranteed this is senseless success is so senseless it's relentless with every entrance an expectation to "connect" no i can't live like this cuz it's senseless a gold envelope slips under my door don't know what it's for
5.
celebrate bro you're at the club under the midsummer sun move and shake bro you're assembled with the most essential members it's fate you've waited for so long i know have a beer bro and have a fifth the coast is clear the view is sick your fear bro is so endearing caterpillars come not here we're safe we're gated closeted alone just a redwood fortress and an owl towering over us raise it up to the skies shake the walls the roof will rise crank it up cremate anxiety you've been given the key take a hit bro pass it to the left we wake and bake when we tech and sitzprobe it's like tradition after we go skinny dipping in the russian river till we're called tonight we'll dance like no one's watching no one can stop us we're the cops the chancellors governors prime ministers they're loving us you can't imagine all the strings we pull at this redwood fortress with the owl towering over us raise it up to the skies shake the walls the roof will rise crank it up cremate anxiety you've been given the key
6.
i believe you knew what you were doing actors backstage talking trash bracing for the fall pacing retracing the look on your face says it all says how the hell can you tell? this will set me back years and i know it i believe you knew what you were doing a new dawn new day new rifle to fight a new war cameras flash markets crash i don’t ask anymore cuz how the hell can you tell when it’s lasted years? i don't know if i believe you knew what you were doing
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dropped in a memory a crash without sound the hardware is invisible yet felt all around i'm as high as the clouds my whole life in the clouds i'm as high as the clouds and i'm never coming down one time i thought that peace was a wide open door i swam in an endless sea till i saw phantom shores now i'm high as the clouds my whole life in the clouds i'm as high as the clouds and i can't ever come down i live half awake i fall half asleep i feel half the pain and half the relief i have to "share" pretend to care i lose half my will half my curiosity half my reputation half my privacy i'm everywhere and nowhere i'm as high as the clouds my whole life in the clouds i'm as high as the clouds and i’m never coming down i'm never coming down i'm never coming down i'm never coming down i'm never coming down i'm never coming down i'm never coming down

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A hybrid-meditation on Cold War paranoia, artistic authenticity, and survival skills of the digital age.

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released February 28, 2015

All songs written and arranged by Will Connolly. Additional arrangements by Daniel Garcia. Produced and mixed by Daniel Garcia and Will Connolly at The Club Casa.

SPECIAL THANKS: Mom, Dad, Jimmy & Kristen for their unconditional love; Daniel, Cade, Chris, Andrew, Nolan, Jay, Aaron, Elizabeth & The Club Casa for their generous hospitality and all-around merriment; Mitnick for his relentless encouragement; Zach, Austin, Whitty & Duva; BKLYN1834; And WS, ED, DT, EM, HH for always inspiring hope.

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Will Connolly New York, New York

Actor / Writer / Musician living in Brooklyn, originally from Montclair, NJ.

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