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Recorded live in the studio to an audience of Walter Sickert and Edrie Edrie, then a few overdubs. The song deals with the trickster/lover who dangles the lotus (carrot) in front of our eyes. Are we looking for mutual love or ego annihilation? Who knows? The lyrics are a mash-up of personal romantic frustration and myths about the Holy Grail being something that is not attained through another. It's the first song on "And Other Stories" because the journey inward usually starts as a quest for something outside the self, in this case, love and affection (a.k.a. approval.) But don't we all love to turned inside out?

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fisher king

he's got eyes like jesus and a smile like the devil
lord, how he teases - make an old soul tremble
don't walk away
babe, don't talk that all the time
fisher king, if you give me just one thing
better give me peace of mind

you come thundering like horses
red fire coursing through your blood
then you shower me with roses
i lie naked in the thorns of your love
you say your love is god
can turn my water into wine
well, fisher king, if you give me just one thing
better give me peace of mind

you've come to tempt my faith
come to grind me down to something pure
you've come to drink my grace
until i'm crawling on the bedroom floor
a tongue so sweet
can turn so bitter and unkind
fisher king, if you give me just one thing
better give me peace of mind

so you've come to show me the sun
but when you're done
you're gonna leave me blind
fisher king, you give me just one thing
better give me peace of mind

credits

from And Other Stories, track released April 21, 2009
brian king - guitar, voice
nathan cohen - violin
mike leggio - bass
kristen miller - cello
nate greenslit - drums
tom eaton - accordion, percussion

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What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? Boston, Massachusetts

Baroque pop meets neo-soul in a steamer trunk.


"Time has come for Mr. Fox" Boston Herald

"Catch him as his star climbs" Time Out NYC


Members:

3rian King - voice, guitar, keys

Nathan Cohen - violin, trumpet

Renee Dupuis - vocals, keys, melodica

Joe Cardoza - upright bass

Dennis Monagle - drums
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