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Dreamland​/​Reality

by Whiskey Paradis

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1.
Whiskies in the past/Whiskey’s in the present/Whiskies in the future and whiskies you’re regretting/I left my rucksack on her front door step/there’s no telling when I’m getting in back/but I got my accordion and some money for boozeI got the no rucksack whiskey drunk blues/2 bottles of wine is a safe estimation/the coffee on the stove is a percolatingmy girl said we gotta catch the next trainlet’s move on over and out of here again/ Whiskies in the past/Whiskey’s in the present/Whiskies in the future and whiskies you’re regretting/Witch has a got a brew and gin’s got a flower/This train’s a moving 65 miles an hour/Count your coins and your wishes and dont leave the kitchen sink ful of dishes/Sitting on the side of the railroad track/Singing about Johnny when he’s balling the jack/Just passing time with a bottle of shine/Waiting for the train at ten-o-nin/ Whiskies in the past/Whiskey’s in the present/Whiskies in the future and whiskies you’re regretting/I found a bicycle with a boy on the seat/His boots were unlaced and he was looking pretty neat/He gave me a ride, out of downtown/Told me he went crazy once and he’s been around/He told me everyone’s got 2 souls/One in a cage and one that roams/In your dreams, into there dimensions/He left without a kiss and I went to heaven/Whiskies in the past/Whiskey’s in the present/Whiskies in the future and whiskies you’re regretting
2.
I want to feel all the intense things/Your intensity/Of your heart beat and the smell of your sweat from the other side of the stage/But I didn’t feel your heart beat/Lord knows I tried/To climb up next to you on that couch after the wildest show of my life/Moi je le connais/Moi je le connais/Moi je le connais/depuis l’autre coté/Adrenaline boiling through my veins, it’s familiar, it’s sensational/I’m an adrenaline junky, when you give me a taste I want more & more & more & more/And I want/And I want/Oui je veut, j'ai envie, oh I want, I want.../And I will write about what I want yeah, sing about what I want yeah/Fuck about all I want/Oh I got what you want/I want désire pouring from my body to yours/I want my teacup overflowing with your honeysuckle rose/That SWING FM on my Sunday radio/And all your propaganda brainwashing my soul/Moi je le connais/Moi je le connais/Moi je le connais/depuis l’autre coté/I stood there swaying to the beat of the drum/All doped up with stage drama/My emotions overrun/A little taste of crazy peeking from under you brow/And you’re yelling at me all over the crowd/Moi je le connais/Moi je le connais/Moi je le connais/depuis l’autre coté/
3.
Good News 03:55
What’s all of this bad news are you kiddin me/So much of this bad news I really can’t believe/How about some good news/Come and get it/How about some good news, get’s in if you let it/This is the good news/The kind we can’t lose/This is the good news/Everything will get better/Good news raining down today/About how you’re loved and everything will be okay/You feelin safe, feelin secure?/Let in some good news, makes you feel pure/Good news all around the world/Good news for every boy and girl/Did you wake up feeling courageous?/Satisfied, hungry and advantageous?/This is the good news/The kind we can’t lose/This is the good news/Everything will get better/The bad news is killing me/This bad news, I can’t believe/How about some good news, come and get it/How about some good news, gets in if you let it/This is the good news/The kind we can’t lose/This is the good news/Everything will get better/Happiness is falling down upon us/Joy is growing out of the ground/Are you spreading the love?/Let’s all get up and feel good/The leaves turn red just like they ought to/The birds sing out when the rain falls down/The dew lies fresh in the morning/The seasons turn round and round/This is the good news/The kind we can’t lose/This is the good news/ Everything will get better
4.
There she stood/With tears n' guns/In her eyes/“You took my man.”, she said/Let me show you the way to hell/He may not have been the best of men/He certainly was and worst of them/But he was mine/He was mine/You took my heart away from me well/I guess I'll have to live with it
 But first I shall take you with me In pain/In pain/Damn little woman bang bang/Damn little woman shoot, shoot/Damn little woman bang bang/Damn little woman shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot again/I’ll tell you how the show went down that day/It looked like business as usual anyway/But in you came, in you came/You cried spouting lies of accusations/I’ll guess I’ll have to live with it/And you have made a choice you’ll regret/In shame/In shame/Damn little woman bang bang/Damn little woman shoot, shoot/Damn little woman bang bang/Damn little woman shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot again/They say that a woman is hardly dangerous, but ill live to see a few who’ll attest to that/You’ve been warned, you chose to mess with a well-armed girl and I guess you’ll have to die with it/Damn little woman bang bang/Damn little woman shoot, shoot/Damn little woman bang bang/Damn little woman shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot again

5.
Black Magic 03:48
Arrows & Bows/Knives & Skulls/Rocks & Daggers/These are tangible matters/Black Magic Man/ I felt into our slow slow trance/There’s a kindness beaming from your eyes/Like sunshine falling through the forest sky/When I see you nature, I wanna sing/I wanna celebrate all the happiness you make me, yeah yeah/ Man of Gold Man/I fell into your slow slow trance/When our bodies fell into one and you whispered “You’re a goddess”/And for the first time I was a goddess/Why not be a goddess, come on yeah/Crystals your room/ Pull me into your voodoo/We made love in your shrine/Fell into the sky/Time and space disappeared/And I’m feeling weird/ Gold Magic Man/I fell into your slow, slow trance/We got the knowledge now, we’ve reached a higher state/ What parallel universe did you pull me into, mate?/Arrows & Bows/Knives & Skulls/Rocks & Daggers/These are tangible matters
6.
Oh buskin’ for my bacon/My back Im breakin'/Buskin for my bacon/My soul they’re takin’/Oh buskin for my bacon/My back Im breakin'/Buskin for my bacon/Im yours for the taking/It was 4 years of my life playing music on the streets/ Makin' my dough to spend on sweets/Not the kind in the lolly store/The kind that left me squeezin' the floor/Buskin’ in Berlin at the break of noon/Kebab in hand after a pint or two/My morning beer on the subway/Ticket control told me to “Have a nice day!”/At the Turkish Market, my bacon spot/Playin' my set list for hours on the clock/Til somebody else needed my post/Then, PSHHT!/I disappear like a GHOST!/Oh buskin’ for my bacon/My back Im breakin'/Buskin for my bacon/My soul they’re takin’/Oh buskin for my bacon/My back Im breakin'/Buskin for my bacon/Im yours for the taking/Oh busking all around Budapest/Me and my girl Ginn, we’re such a pretty mess/ She was tappin’, breaking her feet/Motherfu**in’ 12 degrees, feelin’ the heat/Counting our coins for bread, wine and cheese/Help me Lord, I need you please/Maybe the answer’s in this bottle of wine/Hours and days of a “real good time” (nuh-uh!)/Trust me Momma, everything’s gravy/ I’ll take a trip to Australia, maybe/Oh buskin’ for my bacon/My back Im breakin'/Buskin for my bacon/My soul they’re takin’/Oh buskin for my bacon/My back Im breakin'/Buskin for my bacon/Im yours for the taking/Oh why didn't I just get a real job, like they told me to?/I guess it’s ‘cause I love myself and I love random people like you/Oh, why didn't I just get a real job, like they told me to?/I guess it’s ‘cause I love myself and I love random people like you/After a while, it don’t feel right anymore/Why am I doing this, it feels like a chore/People be putting me up on their Instagram/Without even thinking of leaving a clam/But you always got friends when you hustle the road/Will I still do this when I’m 50 years old?/Gary’s still at it, Paper Horn guy too/It’s a mighty fine, of easing one’s blues/Im singing...oh Im singing yeah yeah yeah/Im singing Im singing.../’Cause singing seems to help a troubled soul/ Singing seems to help a troubled soul-oh- oh-oh-oh-oh/Oh buskin’ for my bacon/My back Im breakin'/Buskin for my bacon/My soul they’re takin’/Oh buskin for my bacon/My back Im breakin'/Buskin for my bacon/Im yours for the taking
7.
Dreamland 05:43
Riding through the earth/On my mighty buffalo/Awaiting my rebirth and the sunshine/This journey is boiling hot/All my pain I’ve forgot, and all I can think of is the ending/Exhaling with my steed/My body is all I need/It’s the only cage for my vessel/Once a man once told me, we’ve all got 2 souls/History of multiple dimensions/Dreamland lay low, while the time creeps by slow/Dreamland speaks truth, unfiltered thoughts in the deep blue/And when the lights are out/I like to think about/That one time I met you down in Dreamland/Things are just as real you see, in the other reality/I count them as things that really happen/I dream of enormous cakes/Cups of coffee as big as your face, and castles that go and on forever/I’m looking for something/Through city canals of milk and cream/Something I once lost, I’m gonna find it/Dreamland lay low, while the time creeps by slow/Dreamland speaks truth, unfiltered thoughts in the deep blue/
8.
My Release 04:02
Stepping out of the clouds/Leaving my cage of haze/I was so comfortable/Didn’t know I had pain/I don’t long for rest/I found my release/‘cause inside my pocket/I hold the keys/Apathy, frustration, stagnation/ They fall on us sometimes/Disturbed by all the noise/That I hear from outside/My release is your release/A little bit of peace leads to peace/It’s our path to realise/We already have it all on the inside/I dream by day/I dream by night/I combine them both/To take to flight/Walking out of the shade/ And into the sun/He warms my skin/The new journey’s begun/Dignity, protection, salvation/They come to us on time/Coming in through the waves/Of the ocean divine/I call on the truth to set me free/The truth that belongs only to me/We have a lesson to learn from ourselves/We hold the keys to our prison cells/My release is your release/A little bit of peace leads to peace/It’s our path to realise/We already have it all on the inside

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DREAMLAND / REALITY is about the influence our dreams have on our lives. Both our waking dreams and the dreams we have while we sleep. For me life is about being hyper aware of our dreams, using our creativity and imagination to turn them into reality, and interpreting our subconscious dreams as best we can, in order to understand our deepest fears and overcome the limits we set upon ourselves.

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released June 16, 2023

vocals/music/lyrics -- Whitney Anne Fliss
drums -- Laurent Besch
keyboards, synthesizers, bass -- Clement Denis
guitar -- Anthony Picard

back-up vocals -- Moira Conrath & Maud Garri
bodhran & synthesizers in "Dreamland" -- David Carroll

artistic direction -- Gilles Lavanant & David Carroll

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