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TRACK LIST 1. ONE FOR YOU AND ONE FOR ME 2. SILKEN PAVILION 3. ALL TOGETHER NOW 4. MONKEY WORLD 5. HOOVER IN THE SKY 6. YOUR BALLOON

7. RODENTS 8. HARNESS 9. HERE’S YOUR MAN 10. ONE MAN CULT 11. DAUGHTERS ON VALENTINE’S DAY

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Pr oduced between 2019 and 2024 by MANICBURG and Maximilien Hein Recorded between 2019 and 2024 at: Respir ano-on-Hudson, New Yor k City, NY The Br ooklyn Pear l, Br ooklyn, NY The Bunker Studio, Br ooklyn, NY iSound, Rende, Italy Echo Mobile Studio, Bisignano, Italy Slow-Fi Records, Fiumefreddo Br uzio, Italy Dubw ay Studios, New Yor k City, NY Benny's Wash 'n Dr y, Br ooklyn, NY The Hit Factor y, New Yor k City, NY Recording Engineer s: Maximilien Hein, Drew Schlingman, Peter Fox, Ser gio Cipolla, Alber to La Riccia, Fr ancesco Malizia, Bennett Paster, Char ley “Chad” Shealy Mixed by Maximilien Hein at The Hit Factor y, NY Mastered by Andrew Yanchyshyn at Silverw ater Audio, NY Released by Respir ano Records, New Yor k City, NY www.respir ano.com

R ay Lustig: vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10), backing vocals (4, 8, 11), piano (1, 7, 9, 10, 11), Hammond or g an (1, 2, 4, 5, 8), synthesizer s (1, 5, 9, 10, 11), accordion (3, 4, 9), mellotr on (6, 7), har psichord (8), Wur litzer (10), celeste (6), percussion (5), timpani (3, 6, 9), music box (6), tin w histle (5) Luigi Por to: vocals (4, 7, 8, 11), backing vocals (1, 2, 5), electric guitar, electric baritone guitar, e-bow guitar, dreadnought guitar, bass (4, 5, 7, 11), synthesizer s (7), dr ums (5, 11), percussion (5), violin (8) Andrew Miller : dr ums (1, 2) Paolo Gaudio: dr ums (3, 4) Alv ar o “Var o” Bar ahona: dr ums (7) Car mine Cipolla: bass (1, 2) Drew Schlingman: par lor guitar (3), acoustic bass guitar (3) Chaitanya Sangco: choir vocals (10), electr onics (6, 10), additional guitar (6) Emanuele Calvosa: tr umpet (3, 5, 9) Leah Asher : violin (11) Joy Tamayo: choir vocals (10) Nadia Tamayo: choir vocals (10) Vaikuntha Tamayo: choir vocals (10) ADDITIONAL LIVE MUSICIANS: Rob Salmon, Alv ar o “Var o” Bar ahona, Daniel Espinoza, Andrew Miller, Patrick Suler, Max Mar sillo, Matt Willhelm, Car mine Cipolla, Ser gio Cipolla

THANKS TO: ANA BERLIN, MICHELA VARRESE, EVA BERLIN-LUSTIG, ASHISH PANT & THE PANT FAMILY, ROBERT PRESUTTI, JOHN WALTER LUSTIG, AL THE COORDINATOR, MICHELE ALESSI, TROY GERMANO, PETER FOX, AN_OUTSKIRT, FRANCIS PETTY, HANS TASHJIAN, RANJIT “RAJ”PRASAD, THE RHYTHM METHOD, ELIZABETH SWEENEY, 187 SCHOOLAPALOOZA, EYAL MARCOVICI, STEVE "YANO" YANOVSKY, AURELIA & GIUSEPPE, DARIO BRUNORI, MASSIMO PALERMO, BILL WEEDEN, CONRAD CUMMINGS, HOWARD LIEBERMAN, NINA COLOSI, DAN YURKOFSKY, EVERYONE FROM STUDIO NIGHTS, BRENDAN “HENDEN” WHITE, THE NEIGHBORS AT 200 CABRINI, THE BUILDING GUYS AT 200 CABRINI, FRIENDS FROM THE AMATEUR COMEDY CLUB, SAM FORTENBAUGH, CHIARA PENNA, GINTSUGI, MEDIAKITE, AWEN FILMS, STEFANO PETITTO, MARCO GOZZO, GIACOMO TRIGLIA, MASSIMILIANO VELTRI, GIANLUCA BOZZO, TARA KHOZEIN, MARTIN BOROSS, ALICE LUSTIG, MARCYLINE, CORTEZ, EMPIRICAL MATADOR, MASSIMO GARRITANO, ERNESTO ORRICO, OUR PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, and LUIS ALTAMIRANDA // FOLLOW MANICBURG AT WWW.MANICBURG.COM // IG: @MANICBURG // FB: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MANICBURG // MANAGEMENT: INFO@MANICBURG.COM ©2024 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ONE FOR YOU AND ONE FOR ME One for you and one for me Tr y not to believe ever ything you see Two for you and two for her Tr y not to remember the w ay things were Three for you and three for the dead Tr y not to remember the things you said Four on the floor and I’m out the door Tr y not to invoke the lion’ s r oar Ever yone and ever ything fills your head Don’ t you think it’ s time that we go to bed A for you and B for me Don’ t you think that ever yone still can see D for you and E for her Ever yone and ever ything star ts to blur F the man and G for his gir l They hate you even more w hen she wear s your pear ls I'm the one w ho jailed you there It’ s okay if you r ot in L-M-N-O-P They wouldn’ t have it any other w ay Such a disgr ace that you’ ve alw ays been So out of place like you’ ve alw ays been It’ s ever ything you w anted And nobod y sees it ‘Cause there’ s no one here They haven’ t visited in half a year How could they leave you alone like this How could they leave you alone like this How could they leave you alone like this How could they leave you alone like this How could they leave you alone like this How could they leave you alone

Newly renov ated once ag ain In the hope that you will come and stay For a long, long w hile It all be g an so long ago It all be g an so ver y long ago Why can’ t you resist the gr avity Why can’ t you resist the gr avity Such an intricate cr ochet with a delicate ballet Until the real show be gins A thickening plot with a sickening finale And the same one alw ays wins The same one alw ays wins The cur tain call is brief As she unceremoniously resets her awful stage It all be g an so long ago It all be g an so ver y long, long ago Why can’ t you deny your histor y Why can't you defy your destiny You’ re tr ading it all for the numbness And it’ s such a relief But w hen you w ake to the price of her slumber You’ re in disbelief Oh, she’ s a thief A deal so r otten But then she’ s back for more And you’ ve completely for gotten once ag ain The colored-glass dancing spider Will believe you only w hen you’ ve sur rendered completely And pr acticed her song over and over ag ain Until you sing it so sweetly that no one can resist

Q for you owe Are you even read y to Estimate your Tea for taxation and You never fed your Venus flytr ap so Double you will pay for your X-Y-Z

And then you’ ll take your own cor ner Where you’ ll quietly aw ait the f ate Of your own next meal It all be g an so long ago It all be g an so ver y long, long ago It all be g an such a long, long time ago Go Go Go Go

SILKEN PAVILION

ALL TOGETHER NOW

The colored-glass dancing spider Will relieve you of your memories Wandering into her silken pavilion Str umming her melod y To summon her lasting remed y

Far aw ay I never felt so close to you Such a sor r owful day And this is not w hat I’ d hoped for you

You would never believe And you were there right next to me You were blinded by love An invisible ecstasy All the things we don’ t see In and ar ound us they will alw ays be Pulling and pulling and pulling us All together now All together now All your guests have ar ri ved And it’ s anyone’ s guess how they sur vi ved Something w as blocking their view An invisible hole between them and you Now all the tables have tur ned And all of the books have been bur ned by the Sun And all the things that we’ ve lear ned Will soon disappear along with ever yone

I w as hiding More often desiring Demanding Even more often I said “I am here as well”

There’ s a hoover in the sk y Flying f ar up high above Sw allowing the clouds So the sun can shine down on our love Hoover in the sk y Flying f ar up high above

Within the dismal lair Between the secrets And the hunger s I could hear Distinctly The fer al breath

The captain’ s making sand wiches And ser ving them with br and y by the pr ow Right now So get your ass on up here ‘cause they’ re free And even for the likes of you and me Yes, the captain’ s making sand wiches And ser ving them with br and y by the pr ow Right now So get your ass on up here ‘cause they’ re free And even for the likes of you and me

Vile detestable like ducks and geese Were our tear s w hen we decei ved our selves I w as afr aid of not existing In the season of our sleep Embr acing stones And then receding back ag ain I monkey the wor ld

The things that you choose to cobble together Depends on your mood and the wind and the weather Or knot you choose to tie us All together now All together now All together now All together now

The pere grine f alcon that comes to our balcony Is of fering something that he murdered just for you and me

MONKEY WORLD

We haven’ t a minute left to decide Whether to politely accept it Or to ask for a ride

Slow and swollen Ner vously desiring And embr acing All of the clif fs It retur ns once ag ain Fr ankly unconvincingly And clumsily The sk y is doing her best To hide the ships of night Searching alleys for an answer But the streets are deadly silent They don't tell me if you’ re still ali ve They don't tell me w hat to decide Y la intrig a Va al viajer o A castig ar

HOOVER IN THE SKY

There’ s a hoover in the sk y Flying f ar up high above Sw allowing the clouds So the sun can shine down on our love There’ s a hoover in the sk y Flying f ar up high above Stow aw ay today, it’ s okay As we set sail for Hanalei Bay Tr avel down under below In a space that nobod y knows (Nobod y knows) Yes, tr avel down under below In a space that nobod y knows Nobod y ever goes there We haven’ t a minute left to decide Whether to w ander the shore Or to go aboard and hide

We haven’ t a minute left to decide Whether to go and enjoy Or to continue to hide We haven’ t a minute left to decide Whether to come and enjoy Or to continue to hide There’ s a hoover in the sk y Flying f ar up high above Sw allowing the clouds So the sun can shine down on our love There’ s a hoover in the sk y Flying f ar up high above Sw allowing the clouds So the sun can shine down

YOUR BALLOON Your balloon will be ar ri ving ver y soon Be ginning its descent at high noon It’ s here to take you up to meet the moon So don’ t for get your ticket and your f ancy coat Untethered and as buoyant as a feather And we haven’ t got a plan For w here or w hether we will ever ever land

RODENTS Blue stripes on smooth layer s of MDF When r odents slept in a tor por state

And we drifted apar t and it w as OK On the day I came back to JFK I could sleep for a lifetime On the smell of the flame retardant suede I could sleep for a lifetime Heading back to my retarded den I could sleep for a lifetime I could sleep All r odents were in a tor por state The smok y w ater dusted coated mats And she said “Why the hell did I tr ust you for so long?” And I packed the r oom with colored scr ubs “Wor king hour s and hour s and night and days” I could sleep for a lifetime and I w asn't there Who's been there for a lifetime? Fooling the agents out in the hallw ay? Who's been there for a lifetime? Who w as there? Changed the locks and locked myself Switched her bags so no one knew Got the cash but I w as gone Ever ybod y w as after me and you New Yor k City had its load On a lawn on Gun Hill Road And the clouds of w ar were there When you landed in JFK Changed the locks and locked myself Switched her bags so no one knew Got the cash but I w as gone Ever ybod y w as after me and you New Yor k City had its load On that lawn on Gun Hill Road And the clouds, the w ar w as there When you landed in JFK And I changed the locks and locked myself And I switched her bags so no one knew And we fucked on the couch but I w as gone Ever ybod y w as after me and you New Yor k City had its load On a lawn on Gun Hill Road And the clouds and the clouds and the w ar w as there When you finally landed in JFK You could sleep for a lifetime you didn't have In the flash of a sunbeam cr y But I w as up in Andover Snow w hite Andover Green and crimson striped

Ever ybod y's a str anger Ever ybod y's in danger

HARNESS Careless Har ness with wooden hips My back is not enough It's not enough You scream For get to bite your lips And soon they come apar t I rise and f ail What w as I? None stuf fed with nothing You were the breath The breath of year s Your back Was made of marble Was made of bread You knew it all along Sirens Silence my confidence They're gone, it comes undone Could you believe? Render me now once ag ain And I lost my temper Iner tia Intoxicating the swing Came out of nothing To sw ay to nothing The g ame w as mine Your s w as the reason Half of my ef for ts to lose you The rest to own you Half of my ef for ts to lose you The rest to own you Half of my ef for ts to lose you The rest to own you

HERE’S YOUR MAN Here’ s your man The right man for the job You’ d better go and hire him Instead of that other slob.

Yes, here’ s your man The only man for this impor tant job So go ahead and hire him Instead of that wor thless slobbering buf foon It couldn’ t be too soon When his resume unr olls You’ re gonna be bowled over Like the last pin standing at the end of the lane Let me explain He’ s the best of the best And he’ d have to confess to being totally obsessed Head and shoulder s and boulder s above the rest When the competition’ s thick as can be You’ re gonna see that he is more than read y Watch w hat he can do And lear n a thing or two Hire this man He’ s the man for the job You’ d better snap him up now He’ s got his hand on the knob And could w alk out your door forever more You’ ve never seen anything like him before He’ s bold under pressure Doesn’ t fold under duress And just as you guessed He doesn’ t need any rest He is impeccably dressed And ever yone is so impressed At how he handles such incredible stress With pure finesse I’m told he wear s a coat of diamonds All the time in ever y climate Even though he’ s never ever cold He is something to behold He’ s sweating silver bullets And he’ s shitting bricks of gold I’m sure you’ re sold, sold, sold, sold, sold Onboard this man today This instant, don’ t delay This job is f ar too impor tant To entr ust to those other chattering baboons And soon you’ re gonna see New booming mar kets found Your pr ofits abound Your interest compound You’ re gonna lift of f the gr ound You’ ll be the talk of the town Inter nationally renowned

ONE MAN CULT He’ s a one-man cult And he follows his lead And he dr ank his own K ool-Aid long, long a go Now he’ s up and ali v e In his palace of scaf folding Waiting for someone to bring him some clothes Time to find a lost soul Read y for r e vi v al Looking to ar ri v e in the pr omised land Seeking a disciple To shar e his wine T he type w ho’ s willing to obey his e v er y command It’ s a small, small wor ld And he’ s making it smaller and smaller All of the time Yes, it’ s a small, small wor ld And he’ s making it smaller and smaller and smaller All of the time

Meeting an old friend Oh, the w ay I w as afr aid to f all "There's someone at your beck and call” "There's someone at your beck and call" Oh, longing You such unspeakable melancholy Still owned by the fir stbor n child Oh, myster y Too soon I got out of the ri ver Flowing in the ver y fir st places Come w ar m Come among the pines that are spikes on a spider Carefully challenging the Devil himself Ever yone should be ashamed to beat their Daughter s on Valentine's Day Daughter s on Valentine's Day

So he can be the best ther e e v er w as

Par ked just by the gym Long gone w as the end of the day We’ re still there, memories of Hanalei Bay How we smiled, sweet her oes we were

He is looking for fl yer distributor s Read y to star t right aw ay to spr ead ne ws of his plans Yes, he’ s looking for fl yer distributor s Read y to co v er the windshields acr oss the land

Oh, maiden Haven’ t thought about you in centuries Loving w as an exercise in memor y Better owned by an only child

Must hav e a flexible schedule And their own v ehicle Pr efer a bl y a v an T hey’ ll be paid at the end of the week If the job is complete And it leads to incr easing demand

Cr ying is something I longed for for year s Except w hen I w as f alling all the w ay down here Ever ybod y listened, ever ybod y said Ever ybod y w as then astonished to beat their Daughter s on Valentine's Day Daughter s on Valentine's Day

I r epeat He is looking for fl yer distributor s Looking for fl yer distributor s Looking for fl yer distributor s

All the king’ s children and all their high hopes Sipping the Kool-Aid of dancing spider s Monkeys and hoover s are wearing their pear ls Here are their f amilies, here are their men All together now in their har ness of death Balloons are landing at JFK All on a Valentine’ s Day All on a Valentine’ s Day

So he can be the best ther e e v er w as

DAUGHTERS ON VALENTINE'S DAY We were in a car We were at the edge of the day w hen you said "'Tis 'bout time to come out and play" You found a r azor blade Stuck near the w hite pr omenade the same day Ever y bird w as flying aw ay