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1.
Century 03:40
when the emperor said yes he really said yes "do you know what it means? they rewrote the book over the centuries" I wanted the beginning and you gave me the end I only want the beginning of what the emperor said. Even divided by time you could have asked me what my... you could have asked me what my priority was It is a different sun I am the only one who knew and now there is you... rewriting history in the most exquisite way possible adding endings where endings formerly weren't plausible I had wanted to see the dawn of a new age but now we're wondering why? why bother bringing up the past? even if a culture didn't last? even if a culture didn't ask? down in that crypt we're wondering what script they left for us and you and I must abide by consent of the old world even in the new world we're just the next scribes of over a lifetime's work Even if you can't deny the desire to try even if that page could be erased or changed
2.
Seabirds 02:15
before the birds came in, I saw your letter saying you're leaving that's early morning in this season before the birds came in I watched the sunrise and I thought of my old friends where are you going now that we've got something left but not enough to keep the sun up? were you asleep when I became aware? or are you waiting out there? who's awake? can we break without the other? classic question for the morning birds hello? we wanted this but did we know? it's low tide and I thought you'd go at high tide somewhere they're skipping stones somewhere it's calm somewhere in my bones I know that different shapes are coming home to rest in me but now, alone
3.
Eternity 01:35
it's not the company that I bought it's not what I sought when you got notice of the word I came into your galaxy wanting eternity didn't think things would be this difficult to say but in essence, you've got the presence that pleases but not the balls to say effort, that you have made effortless as we have been I'm wondering if you could come again my king and queen don't mean the same thing as your country or century I wanted to make something beautiful you wanted to make something powerful now, we've got ourselves in quite a state and I don't mean what you do when you say "state" I want emotion you want revolution you come from something I have never seen I want the best and you just want something not quite as painful as the centuries have been I want the stars to talk to you directly you don't expect me to actually believe that you don't see what I see when I come back from eternity
4.
Even Steps 02:43
even steps brought me here even my sense of duty would not have brough such a path just even steps it's the heartbeat that makes a life one full life any road I ever walked even when it seemed to be a new moment every single road even if I knew where I thought I was going was just another step and now I see it on the rails on the way such smooth path in and out every day I was coming to this place coming to this place and now I see you and how you are so travel-worn we are each uniquely born and you've got such a dragon's stride that dragon's stride that jagged way of coming to even the most important possibilities with a fire and a tooth I can see those mountain paths in you something I haven't done but could I do? could I do? could I do? even steps have brought me to the precipice I'm seeing now there's more than this
5.
if you came home to a lily or a rose heaven knows and I'm glad heaven knows if you came home to a lily or a rose it's cause heaven knows I love you and if heaven knows I love you then heaven knows a thing or two and heaven help us on our way if I came home to a lily or a rose I'd know heaven had a word and knew I'd know heaven had a word with you I'd know heaven had a word or two and heaven knew what to say
6.
Not The Same 01:59
short words make me want to ask you for more meaning that I can't believe difference makes me haunt you over and underneath how can we see through this veil? when we're divided? by decades and by the double-sided? you died twenty years ago and I continue to live you came into my room and I couldn't believe you for about five more years now we live in this apartment just the way it sparks I'm asking you, please on this night listen to me death was such a suprise but not the way the light changed I thought you would be gone but it's just not the same it's just not the same I want to tell you something brilliant

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This is an album of Spontaneous Song Composition. The words and music took as long to make as it takes to listen to. All six songs were created on the spot, with no preparation during a stellar improvisation session on a February afternoon.

We created this album in under half an hour with no score nor talking about what we were going to do. The only exception is track 5, “If You Came Home” -- beforehand Matt said, “Let’s try improvising something that sounds like a jazz standard.”

Celebrating spontaneity, serendipity, whimsy, and the creative potency of any given moment; Matt says "it’s like a musical trust exercise"; trusting each other to go with what the other is giving and committing to keeping the balloon up!

Rather than gilding the lily, we offer listeners simply “The Lily” - the improvised essence of a moment in time.

Enjoy!
Caylie Staples and Matt Brubeck


Matt Brubeck and Caylie Staples met in 2005 at York University in Toronto. Brubeck was Staples’ weekly lesson instructor for a Contemporary Improvisation class. The two rapidly developed an improvisational compatibility in creating completely freely improvised songs. In the years since, the two have met up periodically and, without rehearsal or hesitation, have created spontaneous songs in front of live audiences, including the Halifax Jazz Festival and Toronto’s Music Gallery. This is the first recorded release of their unique form of improvisation.

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released August 4, 2021

improvised music by Matt Brubeck (cello) and Caylie Staples (voice)
improvised lyrics by Caylie Staples
recorded and mixed by Laura Dickens
mastered by Gavin Gardiner

graphic design by Caylie Staples and Catherine Staples
lily image is adapted from source image"White Calla Lily Flower" by The Equinest, Creative Commons License CC 2.0

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