Don't let the title fool you. No porn here...that was in "Feel Like a King" and "Come Over Me". Snippets make up most of this song. Seemingly paradoxical impressions and vignettes tied together by one word...the last word of the verse is the first word of the next. The title track of the recording.
lyrics
Porn Stars
Well it's lights, camera. action
The porn stars are working
The director is vague
The best boy is jerking
Off
in the distance
An old priest mumbles
Words of consecration
While his congregation crumbles
Down
on the boulevard
The young, wild, and willing
Make out, make time, make plans
To make a killing in
The night
air is filled
With the thrumming of wires
Invisible networks
On a background of stars
Shine
on, Jillian
Shine on, Jack
We heard you hit the road
And you ain’t never coming back.
Oh, Oh, Oh...
here is a basement
Where dreams go to die
Conspiracy theorists
Trumpet the falling of the
Sky
larks at the bird feeder
Cats on the ground
It's been ever thus
One the finder, one the
Found
—ations tremble
Mobs assemble
Chanting words of war
That's what freedom's
For
—tunes rise and fall and
Through it all
We act like we’ve never
Seen this all before.
Oh, Oh, Oh...
It's hard to have faith
in the plans that we make
And the hearts we hold,
and the risks we take
When we get out of bed
on a bet someone made
To see if we could get through
the day unscathed.
And I can't receive love,
but I'm not into hate
My compass is shot, I can't locate
The room with the treasure,
the door with the code
The map of above
The map of below.
credits
from The Map of Above, The Map of Below,
released August 26, 2013
Words and Music: Gregory Hoskins
Arranged and Produced by Gregory Hoskins and Gary Craig
Recorded and Mixed at Signal Path by Ken Friesen
Additional Recording at The Boogie Barn by G.H.
Gregory Hoskins: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gary Craig: Drums and Percussion
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