Chaí is bird
Parrot?
Vawa?
And the small parrot?
Shawã
They say chivalry is dead
Imma make it up to you,
They say chivalry is dead,
I will make it up to you
If I were a leopard slug, I would reach out with the blue rose of ours, wrapping myself
around
you
High up in the treetops, we could get lost in our lust, us
If I were a seahorse, I’d only dance around you, underneath the green water, I could fill you
up
You could be my daddy-o, we could get lost in our lust, us
All I wanna do
An it's all
All I wanna do
All I wanna do
An it’s all
All I wanna do
Close to your molecules
Close to your molecules
If I were a hummingbird, your wings would beat like thunder, orbit in a flight display, as If to
gently
say
Kiss the flowers ultraviolet, we could get lost or we could find it alive with
electrons in the air on fire, lightning kissing metal, whisper to the tiny hairs, battery on my
tongue,
meteor that greets Sahara, we could get lost in static power, ours
All I wanna do
An it's all
All I wanna do
All I wanna do
An it’s all
All I wanna do
Close to your molecules
Close to your molecules I wanna be
Close to your molecules
Close to your molecules I wanna be
Close to your molecules
Close to your molecules I wanna be
Close to your molecules
Close to your molecules I wanna be
Tell me can I get a light...
Moonlight I see why some go (SY-3)
We go far and we go gentle
Moonlight I see why some go (SY-3)
We go far and we go gentle
I only gotta know what it is that you follow
I only gotta know what it is that you follow
Tell me can I get a light...
Do you light up at a fire, or the sight of an iPhone, tea light candles, orange and yellow.
I don’t want you to you burn, I don’t want to burn, no, I don’t want you to burn,
no
Moonlight I see why some go
We go far and we go gentle...
Surface will it suffice, the clay grows dry, but you keep your borders guarded,
and the heights of which you own, feed me rhinestones, bowing into the void
A way to get sun when your heart’s not open
A way to get sun when your heart’s not open
Ghost, hidden eggshell, no rebel yell, comfort in vacant waters
And I awake, purging of fear, a task that you wear, dormant valiance it falls
A way to get sun when your heart’s not open
A way to get sun when your heart’s not open
I wanna like what you do
I wanna like what you do
A way to get sun when your heart’s not open
A way to get sun
Draw into the sky, drink me with your eyes.
breath on the ground, work the land now, as it falls as it falls around
Safe in my hand or
Stepping razor
To belong to belong never
Cradle of venom
Tongue tied watch it now, as it falls as it falls around
All the words we don’t say
All the words we don’t say
All the words we don’t say
Draw into the sky, drink me with your eyes
Breath on the ground, work the land now, as it falls as it falls around
All the words we don’t say
Iwêi (I love you)
Rona (I will always miss you)
Rose water
Pour a little over me, over me
Rose water, pour a little over me, over me
All over me
All of my heart, it wants to hold you
All of my heart, all of my heart
Rose water, pour a little over me, over me
Rose water, pour a little over me, over me
All over me
My Hayati, leopard pearl
In the arms of my lover
I draw your outline with scent of amber
My Hayati, leopard pearl
In the arms of my lover, got to kiss the fire flower
More valiant as the walls of Petra
All of my heart, it wants to hold you
All of my heart
I got a red room
It is the red hour when sun sets in my bedroom
I got a red room
It is the red hour when the sun sets in my bedroom
It feels like I’m inside a flower
I got a red room
It is the red hour when the sun sets in my bedroom
It feels like I’m inside a flower
Feels like I’m inside my eyelids
And I don’t wanna be anywhere but here...
No I can’t keep on breaking apart
Grow like waratah
He says I always take it too far
Sharp like cobra arch
Maybe if I was hard and not so
I got a little bit
You got a little bit
We can get over it, or
Maybe if I was hard and not so emotional
If I had a little
We need your love and not deadly nightshade
Wait
Wait for the cards to fall into place
Blame it on the sun, turn your face
If I had a little
Maybe if I was hard and not so
I got a little bit
You got a little bit
We can get over it, or
Maybe if I was hard and not so emotional
If I had a little
Belong to love
Please don’t bury us unless we’re seeds
Learn to forgive
You know very well it’s not easy
It’s so simple to read without living its meaning
Breathe, slow down, stand for something if not anything
Breathe, slow down, we could get closer without the yearning
Please believe me when I say
Someday, it’ll be ok
Please believe me when I say
That I know, that I know, we will get over it, only if we wanna
That I know, that I know, we will get over, only if we wanna
Please believe me when I say
Someday, it’ll be ok
Who are they when they meet?
Stone or lavender
Before the word is ever uttered
Was your leap deeper?
Show her clover and wildflowers when the soul is tired and needing
Do not grieve the idle time
Or all the moments that are ever leaving
Take me far away from myself
Rest, don’t rest like everyone else
I don’t wanna be small, I wanna be full of life
We can weave all things together and be alright
Please believe me when I say
That I know, that I know we will get over only if we wanna
Please believe me when I say
Someday, it’ll be ok
Not a speck of dust on chrysanthemum, feather on the breath of the mother tongue
Awake in full bloom with the sleeping sun
Pomegranate jewel between lip and thumb
We are only, love and longing
We are only, love and longing
It’s all clearer beyond fawn and weather
Hands and cheek and flowers pressed together
When the sea and sky are one like mirror
When the wind and river are old lovers
We are only, love and longing
We are only, love and longing
You could get through to the blood and marrow
You could get through to the blood and marrow
deeper than a cinder in snow
And silently
Bathe the body in silence
Bathe the body in silence
And let it eat you alive
You could get through to the blood and marrow, deeper than a cinder in snow
You could get through to the blood and marrow, deeper than a cinder in snow
You could get through to the blood and marrow, deeper than a cinder in snow
You could get through to the blood and marrow
Not a speck of dust on chrysanthemum
Hiatus Kaiyote is:
Nai Palm
Paul Bender
Simon Mavin
Perrin Moss
All songs written by Naomi Saalfield, Paul Bender, Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss — Warner Chappell
Music/Universal Music Publishing Group (APRA/BMI)
Except “Flight Of The Tiger Lily”, written by Naomi Saalfield, Paul Bender, Simon Mavin,
Perrin Moss, Arthur Verocai — Warner Chappell Music/Universal Music Publishing Group
(APRA/BMI) / Arthur Côrtes Verocai (SGAE)
Produced and Mixed by Hiatus Kaiyote
Mastered by Dan Ellison
Additional engineering by Nick Hererra, Haima Marriott and William Luna
Recording Studios:
Park Orchards Recording Studio, Park Orchards
Rockinghorse Studios, Byron Bay
The Grove, Coburg
The Villa, Preston
Found Heads Studios, Preston
Rolling Stock Studios, Collingwood
Cia Dos Técnios Studios, Rio de Janeiro
Artwork by Amy Lou
Layout by Adam Stover
Layout assistance by Jeffrey Kessel
Portrait Photography + Direction by Tré Koch
Post production by Sheriff Paris
Additional photos by Rafael Rocha & Myka Wallace
Ratbag & Needle Paw fonts by Nai Palm
Collage design by Paul Bender
Follow my love follow my love
drop into
drop into
drop into this or I’ll be swinging it solo
the lines on your palm cry out to be cloaked with the steady compass of my own, my constellations
burn
to be strung to yours, our mighty dot to dot
so drop into this
so drop into this
so drop into this or I’ll be swinging it solo
so drop into this honey help me swim right through this so drop into this or I’ll be swinging
it
solo
in this heat don’t doubt
eye on the hour
white ochre shower
howling as it falls to find the form of dust once more
as time fleets don’t tire your hands in mine as time fleets don’t tire your hands in
mine
so drop into this
so drop into this
so drop into this or I’ll be swinging it solo
so drop into this honey help me swim right through this so drop into this or I'll be swinging it
solo
Graphite to paper a saga born hand drawn artisan dreamer graphite to paper a saga born and hand
drawn
artisan dreamer Miyazaki frontier a crystal clear picture of illumininom seeker this view from here
is
airborne
mystic catacomb creeper who whispers stone cold and as the mind follows deeper a relic a teacher
a talisman in the hand
navigate to seek up above
Laputa (miss you)
Laputa (how I miss you)
Laputa (how I miss your)
floating castles in the sky (miss you) Laputa
young one hear this be fearless
I’ve been running running but a riot hunts for you you you you for you
i can hear the timeless corridor of your meadows of your meadows I can hear the timeless corridor of
your meadows of your meadows
Laputa, Laputa, Laputa
Melt into the other world
melt
melt
he saw my eyes turn gold and reptile
I dream tonight bare and baptised, bear and baptised coyote bones flex the muscle of animal spirit
old
a bond so simple
borderline with my atoms borderline with my atoms borderline with my atoms borderline in time it
alkalines
after the coal has settled deep beneath ash resting quiet as silk the remedy tampers the willing
a ripe submergence of the highest order no borders
after the coal has settled deep beneath ash resting quiet as silk the remedy tampers the willing
a ripe submergence of the highest order
no borders
borderline with my atoms borderline with my atoms borderline with my atoms borderline with my atoms
The words in water
Matter slowly unwinds as I leave feathers behind (for your love, for your lover to find)
warm hands wrapped in blue linen from Tuareg sands (for your love, for your lover to find)
wild rose Jericho sewn arid as stone (for your love, for your lover to find)
aorta, tattoo the artery with acute artistry (for your love, for your lover to find)
breathing underwater breathing underwater
I could breathe you underwater
pleasure melting a snowflake of lace down your face (for your love,for your lover to find)
I could call your demons inside soak them in chamomile (for your love, for your lover to find)
breathing underwater breathing underwater
I could breathe you underwater
for your love, for your lover to find
breathing underwater
I want you to breathe it in the words in water
Aftermath of the catch
reeling in the secrets of the swamp
a motorcade harrowed and dapper underneath the surface founded
its talons curl they come to get you boy
howling like…
a toothless grinned swamp thing is lurking, come get you
is lusting for your skin
its hunger is climbing
a willow wisp, a rum soaked ritual
ravenous its cold stare is habitual
send a message with fire smouldering across the lily pad saffron tears the sweetest you’ve
ever
had
a toothless grinned swamp thing is lurking come get you
come close dear I could hold you safe in the water where the pressure crush you like pestle and
mortar
kiss your fever sleep forever
to sleep forever
forever
forever...
Broken memories they taught me like a bird caged by scorched wings
puzzle pieces missing
the grubby fingerprints that kissed the walls have vanished
like the wind without her whisperings and the colours wept from all the tapestries would be left
nothing
but sullen imagery
the uncertainty of forgotten things
the phoenix she dies with her wings burning she sinks from the sky to the earth returning but she
will
rise through ashes singing
with new wisdom she flies to a new beginning
JEKYLL:
Dr. Jekyll that mister been buggin out my Hyde again
if he come and wrapping on my door I’m not gonna answer it
I’ve been grieving old fashioned at the seed my seam is fraying
silk once rushed this thrust has rusted dry
slip your flux right past your fortress we all are born to die we all are born to die
lease this here now sweet piece of mind awake this light
lease this here now sweet peace of mind
always in flight
Diamond of a boy docile and wide eyed and small in size stay warm tranquil a hymn of vermillion
prince minikid i feed you water and seed from my lips
sleeps through the day drunk on the fruit of symmetry sleep in my hair, a nest, your labyrinth
lapse of myth
I found a babe to keep warm and safe
I found a babe to keep warm and safe
Out over the edge you’ll find beads of laser fly
out over the edge of time
armada of mirrors
a flint to strike down with weather and combat in full force eternal
Atari sight
abrasive the static
the grain of pixel equation erase speed
and forced heat
in 2D
Atari sight
out over the edge you’ll find beads of laser fly
out over the edge of time
Direct to the old Navajo by the fire
wish we were burn your design
suede and hawk feather entwine me to the time Arizona in due mind
a bell that rings in the chest of story told meet you in this future bold
sage at key point lead me to his funeral a man lost young and old
regret less the knot yes I give you the end to hold
and through darkness and earth wet I seek through the land to mould a woman that rests night and
day,
sweat and tears unfold to undress the burdens that caress the blessed I’m told
Cool it out by Coolabah overrun from the mouth
stone
a flare cold undercoat bare
an apple overhead
swift courage shoot it down
fill the lung that loves the phosphorescent absorbent time spent on few and all of you
I’ll offer myrrh and murder the preferred method of doubt that sways about heavy and unsound I
offer this smoke from you
overrun from the mouth
you
the truth overrun from the mouth
stone
a flare cold undercoat bare
an apple over head
swift courage shoot it down
cool it out by Coolabah
quick
quick to
quick to lose
quick to lose your
quick to lose your furrowed brow
quick to lose your furrowed brow
ONLY TIME ALL THE TIME:
Only time all the time
Might not get
might not get any better
you the born hunter relic with an armoured heart
colour of sulphur banished to a single arc
porcelain smolders and don’t forget your state of the art buried deep in the soil selfless or
daft
it could be a compass rare and so bountiful it could be the opposing opinion
it could be the point of traction bound to all
it could be the point of letting it go
running with my eyes closed blinding the lens with focus running with my eyes closed finding omens
in
the woodwork icicle cold braille mechanical and frail
how do I tessellate to filter the rage
you the born hunter relic with an armoured heart
colour of sulphur banished to a single arc
porcelain smolders and don’t forget your state of the art
buried deep in the soil selfless or daft might not get any better
it could be a compass rare and so bountiful it could be the opposing opinion
it could be the point of traction bound to all
it could be the point of letting it go
Free range of the mind maps the fire coasting the sidelines contact with an ease
tarnish point of the supreme
is it the strength of your fearless overthrowing your pain
you’ll see new heights you’ll be reaching
is it today that you will find your new release and in your wake ripples your sweet fate
in the death of the grip of the mask that’s covering your simple love for the part of your
soul so
warm and vast and I can hear the hinges struggle to last rusting feel my feathers rush from the
past
building a ladder of love to you and I hope that love you build one too and then we fly away
hand in hand we fly away
hand in hand
Triumph is ablaze
Ricochet through the age, through the age, all age, always
When your mind is cast iron thread in the dark, hold your tongue and embark, arrowhead is sharp and
will last,
Digging my own grave to display, permeate, vision of songs of love, birds of prey.
When your mind is cast iron thread in the dark, hold your tongue and embark,
Arrowhead is sharp and will last.
I’ll keep your heart in canopic jar.
Pulse sound of blood train through marble faces.
I’ll keep your heart in canopic jar.
Triumph is ablaze
Ricochet through the age, through the age, all age, always
When your mind is cast iron thread in the dark, hold your tongue and embark, arrowhead is sharp and
will last.
I’ll keep your heart in canopic jar.
Pulse sound of blood train through marble faces.
I’ll keep your heart in canopic jar.
See how my harboured might is blowing away he breaks my fall as
dawning of day break welts with a mobius streak boundless and righteous for our magnolia seed surely
ripe in the dark.
Origami birds flock from my heart, burst out in colour to wherever you are.
Ancient psychic, tandem, love elephants rest in my skin fit this,
try angels, triangles
See how my harboured might is blowing away
he breaks my fall as
dawning of day break welt with a mobius streak boundless and righteous for our
magnolia seed surely righteous for our.
Rarity glistened sharp,
the memory of silver tooth bark,
bathed led light history
fractured into pieces
and outside
storm forks a snake tongue
curls through my finger tips warm
a rouge streak ribbons around my skull
the world it softly lulls
the world it softly lulls
the world it softly lulls
the world it softly lulls
Scratch the nape, just like a snake
I will shake the scales the dry self I have been dragging
and I walk into the sun, and I won't bite my thumb
if the splendour ruptures I'm gone take it as it comes
lurch, murky depths can tear your heart cruel
deep calls to deep a chance to sift through
harsh may burn you love to seek truth shed a new view
lurch, murky depths can pull you under
deep calls to deep raucous as thunder
shake the wonder, prey to utter
oh we melt hearts a flutter
A new stain etches through the veins
a small grace bathed in old refrain, stretch the frame a little further this aria will play again
come
now shiver through the soft aching jasmine ribbon around your claws
rambles through the heart eons that dart but never part laughing is the morning spark.
Lurch, murky depths can tare your heart cruel
deep calls to deep a chance to sift through
harsh may burn you love to seek truth shed a new view
my love, my love, my love
scratch the nape, just like a snake
I will shake the scales the dry self I have been dragging
Malika my soul sweetener,
Malika my soul sweetener
my soul sweetener, my soul sweetener
Started out as a pause, first leather bound and wrapped around the rhythm of my temperature
Rorschach
way is back and raw to the marrow, fierce as don't toll me back missy mister official document my,
my,
my dot dot dot
my, my, my dot dot ocelot
my, my, my ocelot tongue is sharp and it'll eat you up
leave you looming wild eyed far cry and wondering in the dark
best you try to spot dot
best you try to spot dot dot
best you try to spot dot dot dot
best you try to spot dot dot dot dot ocelot
Ashes at ease now, mother heart wise and swollen
how you purge for us
notice the grief harden and I tear at the core to serve the arbour
unit of ours of ours
a subtle harnessed rush like a dart
a hope for breathe in there assuming it conquers ours
unit of ours unit of ours
Lace skull that once hung low on its humble thrown awoke arose,
awoke a rose
said did the scroll of salty diamonds that did truly roll on,
and filled up the well you never could tell who threw the first stone.
They sat and paused a moment at the oceans velvet I’ve died and gone to heaven first only for
a
second they sat and pawed a moment at the oceans velvet vie died and gone to heaven
and swung softly as a feather, swung softly as a feather.
You have come here wounded paw seeking courage solace
I found the way to the faucets sauce, I found the way to the faucets sauce.
I'll breathe you a message in condensation written in your glass heart if only you'd illuminate it
for a
moment, the sky weeps veins ink for all who listen in, trickle to your glass heart if only you'd
illuminate it for a moment.
Lace skull that once hung low on its humble thrown awoke arose,
awoke a rose.
Hannah my darling I will follow you into the sunrise under desert sky
we fly, rise together with our hearts upon our sleeves for all to see
we two will breathe, aqua queen tho vast distance between us, heart sails with love
for you, I love you, I love you I do
love you, I love you, I love you I do
Nakamarra sweet red earth will hold you like the strength you bless to me
true we engage humility, watch me struggle with your words however truthful they may be we'll see in
time, opening our hearts and nurturing our minds to shine
I love you, I love you, I love you I do
love you, I love you, I love you I do,
Oh it sets our hearts to fire, sweeps you and I
honey don’t you know it sets our heart to fire, sweeps you and I
honey don’t you know we two will pulse in through this light
honey don’t you know we two will pulse,
ill always love you love you love you I do
love you I love you I love you I do
Hannah my darling I will follow you into the sunrise under desert sky
we fly, rise together with our hearts upon our sleeves for all to see
we two will breathe, aqua queen tho vast distance between us, heart sails with love
for you, I love you, I love you I do
love you, I love you, I love you I do
Oh it sets our hearts to fire, sweeps you and I
honey don’t you know it sets our heart to fire, sweeps you and I
honey don’t you know we two will pulse in through this light
honey don’t you know we two will pulse,
ill always love you love you love you I do
love you I love you I love you I do