Pyramids

by Circular Reasoning

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lyrics

Every minute, every hour
Collecting like raindrops, dispersing like powder
The time you can’t save, the years you can’t stash
The dime you can’t spend, the check you can’t cash
So invest your time right, if you’re so clever
With crystal-clear hindsight you can see forever
So tuck it away, put it in your folder
Another ageless day and I’m getting older

Each day is a block of stone
In a pyramid of time
Through swirling storms of sand temporal temples stand
The arid planes surround you
Stacking bricks blindly through the years
Collecting moments like they’re shells
The architects of age detail every page
A blueprint for existence

Souvenir parcels
Arrive on a conveyor
Each placed in the puzzle
By the steady bricklayer
Under tonnage of decades
Now and then one will crumble
Caught up in a brainstorm
Down the steps it may tumble
The top has sharp edges
Mirror-polished you’ve got ‘em
While worn-out and fading
Are the bricks at the bottom
You’ll stand on the apex
Once your stories align
This tower’s not perfect
But the view sure is fine

Each day is a block of stone
In a pyramid of time
Through swirling storms of sand temporal temples stand
The arid planes surround you
Stacking bricks blindly through the years
Collecting moments like they’re shells
The architects of age detail every page
A blueprint for existence

credits

released December 6, 2023
Written by Mikko Nynäs

Vocals/Keyboards/Alto Sax: Mikko Nynäs
Tenor Sax: Charlie Phillips
Trombone: Christian Read
Bari Sax: Noah Baseleon-Abbott
Guitars: James Vincent Sloan
Bass: David Murray
Drums: Tai Taitano

Mixing: Mikko Nynäs
Mastering: Rachel Field at Resonant Mastering

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Circular Reasoning Seattle, Washington

Circular Reasoning is an unconventional retrofitting of R&B and funk from the fertile grounds of the Seattle music scene, overlaying psychedelic, jazzy abstractions over old-school stone grooves. Materialized in the U-District by arranger/keyboardist Mikko Nynäs, CR has been romping around the Seattle area since 2011, spewing novel sounds and unorthodox lyricism. ... more