(p)&(c) 2005 The Mars Volta, licensed exclusively to Universal Records (075021039773) Released: March 1, 2005, recorded: 2004
1. "Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus4" 13:08 a. "Sarcophagi" b. "Umbilical Syllables" c. "Facilis Descenus Averni2" d. "Con Safo" 2. "The Widow" 5:57 3. "L`Via L`Viaquez" 12:27 4. "Miranda That Ghost Just Isn`t Holy Anymore" 13:09 a. "Vade Mecum" b. "Pour Another Icepick" c. "Pisacis (Phra-Men-Ma)" d. "Con Safo" 5. "Cassandra Gemini" 32:32 a. "Tarantism" b. "Plant a Nail in the Navel Stream" c. "Faminepulse" d. "Multiple Spouse Wounds" e. "Sarcophagi"
Duration: 76:57 (CD edition), 77:19 (3LP edition)
Produced by: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Mixed by: Rich Costey
Music written and directed by: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Vocals and lyrics written by Cedric Bixler Zavala
Engineered by Jon Debaun, Omar Rodrigues Lopez, Andrew Scheps, Dave Schiffman at the following locations: 373 Ewingsdale, Byron Bay, Australia, 6540 Matilija, Van Nuys, California, 291 South Lake Street, Burbank, California, 3400 Eagle Rock blvd, Los Angeles, California, 453 Mario Julia Industrial Park, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 5161 North Cartwright ave, N.Hollywood, California, 3222 Loz Feliz blvd, Los Angeles, California, 441 w. 53rd street, NYC, NY Mixed at: Avatar Studis in New York City Mastered by: Howie Weinberg, assisted by Roger Lian Mastered at Masterdisc
Cover by: Storm Thorgerson, Peter Curzon and Dan Abbott, with Bill Thorgerson. Photography by: Rupert Truman, Storm Thorgerson and Peter Curzon.
On this recording The Mars Volta is:
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Guitar Cedric Bixler Zavala - Vocals Jon Theodore - Drums Isaiah Ikey Owens - Keyboards Juan Alderete De La Peña - Bass Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez - Percussion
Joining the band for selected moments are:
Michael "Flea" Balzary - Trumpet John Frusciante - First two guitar solos on "L`Via L`Viaquez" Larry Harlow - Piano / Treated Clavinet on "L`Via L`Viaquez" and "Cassandra Gemini" Lenny Castro - Additional track percussion Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales - Tenor Sax / Flute on "Cassandra Gemini" David Campbell - String Arrangements
The Coquí of Puerto Rico:Violins: Fernano Moreno, Erick Hernandez, Diego Casillas, Ernesto Molina, Joel Derouin, Roberto Cani, Mario De Leon, Peter Kent, Josefina Vergara. Trumpets: Salvador (Chava) Hernandez, Wayne Bergeron, Suzie Katayama, Randy Jones (Also contributed Tuba), Larry Corbett (Also contributed Cello), Roger Manning (Also contributed Piano), Nicholas Lane (Also contributed Trombone),William Reichenbach (Also contributed Bass Trombone).
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Act Five: Cassandra Gemini 32:32
1. Tarantism 11:26 2. Plant a Nail in the Navel Stream 9:37 3. Faminepulse 7:38 4. Multiple Spouse Wounds 2:57 5. Sarcophagi (Reprise) 0:54
Scene One: Tarantism 11:26
I think Ive become one of the others I think Ive become one of the others I think Ive become one of the others
There was a frail syrup dripping off his lap-danced lapel Punctuated by her decrepit prowl, she washed down the hatching gizzard Soft as a mane of needles, his orifice icicles Hemorrhaged by combing her torso to a pile Perspired, the trophy shelves made room for his collapse She was a mink handjob in sarcophagus heels...
Bring me to my knees, read the sharpened lines All my arms bled me blind Faucet leaks in shadows, spilling from Morgue lancet caressed your fontanelle Ive sworn to kill Every last one, every last one Panic in the shakes of the wounded, panic in the worms Onto the floor and out of your mouth, out of your eyelids
No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches
All your dreams splintered off Leech by leech on this catafalque Anyone will tell you, yes, anyone Chance had me setting a trip wire alarm Your mother flirted with disease When she skinned that costume by its navel strings Panic in the shakes of the wounded, panic in the worms Onto the floor and out of your mouth, out of your eyelids
No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches
Shockless shackles free you Fools taste tongues I better leave you again I wont be owned, not this time
Shock lest shackles free you Volt face cons Abandon you again I wont feel, not this time
Brick by brick, the night eclipsed Pricked by cuticle thorns Dried the sleep on nursery slits Into this life Im born
Heavens just a scab away Id like to see you after just one taste
Sink your teeth into the flesh of midnight Night forevermore Let them see it has begun The others Ive become
If you should see the dice Charmed with its snake-choked eyes Youll wear the widows weeds Because theyre just your size
Behind the snail secretion Leaves a dry heave that absorbs A limbless procreation Let the infant crawl, deformed
A bag replace the breath Of these suffocating sheets And now when the craving calls Ill scratch my itchy teeth
And soon... Come on if you dont know Come on if you dont know Come on if you dont know
Sink your teeth into the flesh of midnight Night forevermore Sink your teeth into the flesh of midnight Night forevermore
She fell for the whispers Sister flooded deaf tears That night tore a river In her barren womb mirror
And his multiple sons With their mandible tongues Set crucified fires To petrified homes
I wanna, wanna, wanna let it burn I wanna, wanna, wanna let it burn...
And the owls, they were watching And the owls didnt care Then the owls came a-knocking Placentas in their stares
They will feed on all the carnage Left over from the flood And in the corner of their eyes Fled sister LVia Sister LVia...
Now the pieces went floating Reflecting all at dusk Conceived from the stabbing Was Vismund Cygnus
Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight...
Scene Two: Plant a Nail in the Navel Stream 9:37
Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Raw bark in the water of the marble shrine Twenty-five snakes pour out your eyes Yeah, the icepicks cumming on the marble shrine
Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Raw bark in the water of the marble shrine Twenty-five snakes pour out your eyes Yeah the icepicks cumming, cumming tonight
Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Raw bark in the water of the marble shrine Twenty-five snakes pour out your eyes Yeah, the icepicks cumming on the marble shrine
Twenty-five wives in the lake tonight Raw bark in the water of the marble shrine Twenty-five snakes pour out your eyes Yeah the icepicks cumming, cumming tonight...
Twenty-five snakes are drowning, drowning, drowning, drowning, drowning...
You cant bend your crooked arms Or fold your punctured proof The air is growing cold, cold, cold, cold, cold And theres nothing you can do
Soon therell be no gauze Inside the confessional Only rows of crows Defrocking every breath, breath, breath, breath, breath, breath
And one day youll remember Behind the melting cones I said one day youll remember Behind the melting cones
Youve always had a family In the burial of your home In the burial of your home Of your home...
Night forevermore Night forevermore Night forevermore Night forevermore Night forevermore
And I peel back all of my skin Peel it back, let it all run And I peel back all of my skin Peel it back, let it all run Peel back all of my skin...
Scene Three: Faminepulse 7:38 Instrumental
Scene Four: Multiple Spouse Wounds 2:57
Brick by brick, the night eclipsed Pricked by cuticle thorns Dried the sleep on nursery slits Into this life Im born
Heavens just a scab away Id like to see you after just one taste
Sink your teeth into the flesh of midnight Night forevermore Let them see it has begun The others Ive become
No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches No, theres no light In the darkest of your furthest reaches No, theres no light (No, theres no light, no, theres no time) In the darkest of your furthest reaches (You aint got nothing, your life was just a lie) No, theres no light (No, theres no light, no, theres no time) In the darkest of your furthest reaches (You aint got nothing, your life was just a lie)
Scene Five: Sarcophagi (Reprise) 0:54
The ocean floor is hidden from your viewing lens A depth perception languished in the night All my life Ive been sewing the wounds But the seeds sprout a lachrymal cloud