Name: The Gates (Help! I'm A Rock)
Duration: P00H06M33S
Description: The new single from Ronin Aurelia tells a very very old story. We walk through the gates of paradise and watch as the Gardener's motives are questioned.

The Gates (Help! I'm A Rock)

by Ronin Aurelia

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The new single from Ronin Aurelia tells a very very old story. We walk through the gates of paradise and watch as the Gardener's motives are questioned.

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He steps back
from the gestating plot
first the trunk
and then the leaves spring forth
the snake asks if this is good
and he says it has to be
don't be afraid it's just the truth that lies
even the snakes are talking

four billion years
the gates still don't rust
they
don't make a sound as they
swing right open
even the rocks are breathing

the ornaments hang
just within reach
the flesh glitters red
like the flush of our cheeks

birds suspended
like frozen arrows
while dogs drool
from staring at their bodies

the birds flutter away
as he scolds his dogs
for barking at their thoughts

four billion years
the gates still don't rust
they
don't make a sound as they
swing right open
even the rocks are breathing

[indecipherable]

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released February 1, 2022
Written, arranged, and produced by Ronin Aurelia.
Some of (Help! I'm A Rock) lyrics written by Frank Zappa.
All parts performed by Ronin Aurelia.

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Ronin Aurelia Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, KY based producer and multi-instrumentalist Ronin Aurelia began writing music in his middle-school bedroom in Louisiana with no prior training. Decades later his DIY sensibilities and love for experimentation have blossomed into art that sounds like no one else—always merging the cerebral with the cathartic for tunes that are vulnerable and never predictable. ... more

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