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Down Below World

by REPTIEL

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A really deep groove (opens up) In the earth (down below) A sonic boom (resonates) rocks this place (all around) An endless crevasse (swallows us) down we fall (darkness now) It's a really deep groove… Fall, fall, fall into the earth Deep down dark below Descend to another world Unlike any known
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Part I: It's an Alternate World (It's alternate) It's an alternate world (It's alternate) (Boys and girls) Haven't you heard? (Boys and girls) (It's different) It's a different scene (It's different) (haven't you seen?) You know what I mean? (haven't you seen?) Part II: As Above, So Below Are you feeling it? The air is heavy And the lights are low As above, so below Are you hearing it? All those chants and calls from the dwellers hereof As below, so above Part III: The Cult of Thos (instrumental) Part IV: Surrender Your Soul She's a smooth oscillator a mind alterater a psych-operator a soul saturator You still remember You still remember Remember your role Remember your goal But you must surrender You must surrender Surrender your soul Surrender your soul Surrender to Thos Surrender to Thos Let go your thoughts Let go your cause
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Deep below the surface here we are stone They buried our bodies with soil and bone Into the underground we sought for Thos Deity primeval who's thought for lost Come with us Be with Thos Let your thoughts Awaken Thos Revered by the ancients, this god of yore Believed to reside in the planet’s core She exhaled through dirt to sky, we were told Dormant for millennia, rise god of old Come with us Be with Thos Let your thoughts Awaken Thos Come with us into the darkness Dig down deep into your mind's eye You must arouse and waken her So she can breathe into the sky Neither here nor there, Thos is more She is the planet, crust to core She is substance, this world is her Praise her this way and fear no more
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Ja'roque 06:02
Part I: The Fire Is Stoked The fire is stoked Ja'roque, Ja'roque Here we've convoked Ja'roque, Ja'roque Our chant evokes Ja'roque, Ja'roque This crazy bloke Ja'roque, Ja'roque Breathe in the smoke Ja'roque, Ja'roque Try not to choke Ja'roque, Ja'roque This is not a joke Ja'roque, Ja'roque You're our only hope Ja'roque, Ja'roque Unlike other folk Ja'roque, Ja'roque Soil, ash, and muck Ja'roque, Ja'roque Throw off the yoke Ja'roque, Ja'roque Your dance invokes Ja'roque, Ja'roque Minds be awoke Ja'roque, Ja'roque Exhale the smoke Ja'roque, Ja'roque Part II: Where Have We Awoke? Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Exhales the smo-oh-oke Deeper we go-oh-o Into the belo-ow Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Where have we awoke? Will we ever know? And where did you go? Ja'ro-oh-oh-oh-oque Is this a jo-oh-oke? You've brought us to the fore? Closer to planet's core? Part III: Do What You Will Do Do you what you will (do) Do you what you will (do) Will what you do (do) Will what you do (do) Do you what you will (do) Will what you do (do)
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Long, long, long, long It's a long way Long, long, long, long It's a long way Obsidian Obsidian Obsidian City Long, long, long, long It's a long way Long, long, long, long It's a long way Oblivion Oblivion Oblivi-on this day Gone, gone, gone, gone Gone away Gone, gone, gone, gone Gone away They're living out They're living out They're living out this way Down, down, down, down Down this way Down, down, down, down Down this way
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Part I: The Cave of Lights (instrumental) Part II: Life Forms Preserved in Amber Life forms preserved in amber down below Emulate a specific sort of glow Flailing bodies polarized in place A curious look of wonder on a face Look at them not directly in the eye For then you may also petrify With eyelids closed, give them the breath of life And witness the forms come slowly alive Their eyes in gratitude stare at you Millions of eons coming through Telepathic through the static Their purpose no longer enigmatic The amber begins to crack and splinter Into the earth the life forms reenter Their age you're unable to fathom So long they've resided in this stratum Part III: The Life Forms Reenter (instrumental) Part IV: They Totally Know Your Name They totally know your name They totally play your game You'll never be the same After they read your brain They totally make you sane They're totally in refrain On another plane Transcending joy and pain They totally know your name They totally play your game
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Introit 02:21
ENTER...where no one returns ENTER...do not look forlorn ENTER...you are the twice-born ENTER… ENTER...there is no return ENTER...do what you have sworn ENTER...you will be thrice-born ENTER…
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Part I: Long Thought Lost She was long thought lost At such a great cost Some say that she slept Others that she'd left But before our eyes The goddess there lies A queen petrified Enstoned she resides Part II: Wake then from Sleep Time doesn't show And time doesn't know where you've been or who you are God doesn't care And God doesn't share what you've been or why you are Moon, day and night are all you've been and all you are Wake then from sleep Take us from the deep change what we've been and change who we are Part III: Thos Unearthed (instrumental) Part IV: Can I Put a Spell on You? Can I Put a Spell on You? Then I'd Tell You What to Do Don't worry I'll guide you through And our journey will be true, true Once you're under my control I will take hold of your soul and lead you out from this hole Once again you will be whole, whole Fear not I will make you free And then all you'll need is me No longer you'll want to see Yourself individually Part V: Deicide It's regicide It's deicide I know it's suicide So step aside This false god now must die Look inside Open wide Your inner eye Undeify Evil queen, you must die
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Part I: Explosion Post-synergistic, atmospheric Explosion Ultra-magnetic, pre-magmatic Expulsion Hydrothermal, subvolcanic Combustion Radioactive, critically massive Compulsion Post-climactic, a new planet… In motion… In motion… In motion… Part II: In Motion (instrumental)
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Where have you gone and what have you done? Does it even matter in the ever after? Below in the center Thos was our mentor Now that she is gone how do we move on? Inside each molecule is written the rule, the miracle of one above and beyond Hidden in your souls all there is to know Symmetry is breaking Your minds are now awaking Rectify your lives Embrace the new skies All phases completed You have transmutated
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VITRIOL 01:50

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released February 1, 2024

REPTIEL is...
Alec Way - guitars, keyboards, lead & backup vocals
Brian Weaver - bass guitar, lead & backup vocals
Jason Gonzales - drums, percussion, backup vocals
Jason Yakich - guitars, backup vocals

Down Below Word was recorded, mixed and mastered at Light Rail Studios in San Francisco by Elton Cunniffe off and on between November, 2018 and February, 2023, except for tracks 4, 6, 9 & 14, which were recorded by REPTIEL and mixed by Brian Weaver at Cubby Control in San Francisco. All songs written by REPTIEL, © 2023.

Cover art (“Thos Unearthed”) by Dru Ariel.

© 2024 Cubby Control Records. CCR-026

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REPTIEL is a psychedelic indie prog rock band from San Francisco that practices the art of ceremonial musick, delving deep into their communal unconscious to write songs about ancient legends, fantasy worlds and distant planets.

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