Lotus may refer to:
Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental multi-genre music producer from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He produced much of the bumper music on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, for which he is uncredited, and he also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd. He is often referred to as FlyLo by fans and critics. His grandmother was songwriter Marilyn McLeod. He is the great-nephew of the late Alice Coltrane, whose husband was John Coltrane. He is also the cousin of musician Ravi Coltrane.
In 2007, he announced that he signed with Warp Records. Following his Warp debut, the six-track Reset EP, he quickly became one of the label’s cornerstone artists and released his second album, titled Los Angeles, on June 10, 2008. In 2008, Flying Lotus also remixed "Reckoner" from Radiohead's album In Rainbows. His third album, Cosmogramma, was released on May 3, 2010, in the UK and May 4, 2010, in the US. In January 2011, Cosmogramma won in the Dance/Electronica Album category in the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.
hey hey.
I was hell
sarcastic silver swell.
that day it rained
tough spun. hard won. no
ocean flower aquarium
badlands. give a hand.
honey dipt. film flam
hey hey. hey hey.
that cat can walk like a big bad man.
so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus
storefront window, I reflect.
just last week I merely heck
tip the scale. I was hell
picked me up, then I fell.
who's this stranger? crowbar spine
...and I feel fine.
let it rain, rain, rain
bring my happy back again.
so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus
let it rain, rain, rain
save me from myself again
wash away my ugly sins
opposing thumb, dorsal fin
that monkey died for my grin
bring my happy back again
let it rain, rain, rain
bring my happy back again
so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus
I ate the lotus
Without a whisper without a chore
All without ambition that awaits 10,000's roar
The perfect vision of less is more
Awake in me lotus flower
Without conditions without a door
Me and my religion seekin' fame and keepin' score
Somewhere the vision of less is more
Still waits in me lotus flower
Those golden chimes ring in roundelay
In time chasin' pride away far away from sight
Somewhere tonight a child is waiting
Those golden chimes ring in roundelay
In time chasin' pride away far away from sight
Somewhere tonight a child is waiting
Without a whisper without a chore
All about ambition that awaits 10,000's roar
The perfect vision of less is more
Lotus
When the morning weeps
Endless sky is near
And the road you choose
By my hand is lead
In the morning light
All is clean and young
And the spider webs
Shine like silver threads
But you must not fear the dark
I will watch over your sleep
Until the morning comes
All woods have to fail
I will watch over your sleep
Lead me
Please guide me
Unchain me
Untie me
I see your shadow
Your shape on the wall
But I cannot hear your voice when it calls
Can you tell dreams from reality?
Can you tell sense from insanity?
Sometimes it all melts down
There are no ghosts
watching through your walls,
so put the cross down.
And there are no angels
reading your thoughts,
keep your feet on this ground.
We getting scared yet?
The man in the blue suit’s got god.
Are we there yet?
The congregation’s been sold off,
they’ve been bought.
What to do about tomorrow?
Please let it come, let it come.
What you gonna do about today, man?
It’s right here staring you in the face.
What a difference that would make
if we were finally awake.
We getting scared yet?
The man in the blue suit’s got guns.
Are we there yet?
The congregation’s been killed off
Are we getting scared yet?
We drop our bombs to lift them up.
You’ve gotta be out of your head!
Is it worth all the dead?
Do you like it?
Does the wife
mind the touch
of your reddened hand,
or the money on your breath?
Does your balance turn her on
regardless of the sin?
Blind your eyes watching sunbeams
you can’t see this creeping pack of dogs.
Blind your eyes watching sunbeams
within a silent lake aside
you are wet lotus in my mind
silent wind takes me away
we are the flowers of decay
and all these years that have passed by
and you´ll be wilted in my eye
and if these seconds have passed by
i will be wilted in your eye
silhouettes of faces roam to leave this world
grant me absolution, im afraid it hurts
like fragile colours in your eyes, touched by floating
light to see
violence and misery, silent war and… little lies
we paint our icon on a wall
to taste the sins for what we´ll fall
life and death are not the same
we are the flowers that remain
my heart is frozen in white skies
waiting for the day we´ll rise
by burning roses i have sent
Woke before the morning sun
I found it tucked beneath the hills
I sat and watched it rise
It hit the sky and burst to flames
The lotus flower's
Got me thinking bout the way that we live
I've got this feeling
It's gonna stop
Driven by religion
Running backwards down a one way road
A course collision, split decision
Tryin' to save your soul
Manifest Destiny
Is just a fancy word for murder
I've got this feeling
It's gonna stop
[Chorus]
A billion faces running round my head
All got opinions but the don't mean shit
Keep droppin' bombs untill the whole world's dead
They said it's all been done and it's all been said
They'll turn this message into a pop movement
A fascist statement, called politics
You can't mark my words they'll put a spin on it
They say it's all been done
Look outside the box my friend
You heart's been dead since who knows when
It seems we've missed the mark
Lost all hope and given in
Pack up the suitcase
Take that handkerchief and wipe off your chin
The fear that drives you
Needs to be stopped
[Chorus]
A billion faces running round my head
All got opinions but the don't mean shit
Keep droppin' bombs untill the whole world's dead
They said it's all been done and it's all been said
They'll turn this message into a pop movement
A fascist statement, called politics
You can't mark my words they'll put a spin on it
They say it's all been done
Fell into a daze
And found my mind was gone and laid to waste
A battle ground indeed
Where holy wars have taken place
I saw the sun set watched it travel down
And tear through the ground
The hate the drives us
Needs to be stopped
[Chorus]
A billion faces running round my head
All got opinions but the don't mean shit
Keep droppin' bombs untill the whole world's dead
They said it's all been done and it's all been said
They'll turn this message into a pop movement
A fascist statement, called politics
You can't mark my words they'll put a spin on it
Nomadically I scavenge
A waster amongst waste
Upon a plateau of ravaged
Cliffs all around me, I can't get any higher
Tears in my eyes, tainted with desire
Prisoner to the wall-less cell
This disease called instinct, can't help myself
A beacon burdens upon the sunset
I hurt for its figure and its silhouette
And now, for the first time in my life
I see more than what's on the outside
For so long, temptation has left me blind
From this valley of lust and disgusts
I must rise
And suppress this driving force
To the point where it leaks from my pores
Despite this pain and this urge I contain
I refuse to be what I was again
I've ripped the stem, I've picked the petals
I've watched the beauty shrivel and dry
I've ripped the stem, I've picked the petals
I've watched the beauty wither and die
Anyone can kill a field of flowers
Cool he dies on his own time,
Roarin' I won't hear your thunder.
Called each other Chinese names,
If, oh, the book just has a number.
There's a garden where the devil lurks,
Such a strange life this.
They break their backs for sweat and gold,
And all the things in which they buy.
Things that I thought were heavy loads,
Ces Cru music comin' up out yo speaker,
The Deevil's in the mirror praying to God, scrubbin' his features,
He came a helluva way from battlin' squads, murderin' features,
And the way that he's been doin' it makes it hard for niggas to keep up,
They might've been local forever but Tech swooped 'em,
For murderin' everything in the MIDI, Duke Nukem,
These suckas throwin' caution to wind we might slaughter,
But just to set it off once again be like water,
Don't focus on the finger miss all that heavenly glory
Those rhymes are fuckin' recycled no wonder you niggas bore me,
Pour me, suckin' me dry of my energy can't stop,
We've diversified the label they label it Strange Hop,
My angels prayin' to demons I'm wavy that's why I'm leanin',
Chug up a cup of blood now it's somethin' to put the lean in,
Meanin', I'm wilin' out for the night, and I'm writin' likin' it,
Like it or not, I'm right in the light and I'm kinda likin' it,
Fighting 'em like a lichen, if I tried then I might win,
Parasailin' in peril, soon as I catch the right wind,
But to be one of the greatest is to be hated,
Take a look around the room and it feels like I finally made it...
Made it made it (made it) made it,
Godemis: Finally made it,
Ubiquitous: Arrived, here, all this fuckin' way,
Godi: Still on my first wind, your journey just started, full tank--
Ubi: And it feels like it never stopped,
Godi: I ain't tired folks...
We graduated from the block with a full ride, covered the countryside
To the stage where we don't play games now come alive
Shut my eyes; thinkin': "What if we never make it?",
All of the years that we've invested are wasted, it's comin' up close I can
See, told me to look but don't touch, told me to touch but don't
Taste, I've been starving for years, homie you stuffin' your
Face, rather I work like a slave than to be stuck in no
Place, and see enough to no way! I'm freein' up my soul,
Came with all my chakras aligned,
How could they possibly think I'd be fallin' off in my prime?
Strange gave me my shot! I sawed it off with a N9ne,
Patiently waitin' my turn and you nodded off in the line,
Homie they callin' your number, during your slumber I shine,
Snatchin' up what is mine, the classic come-from-behind win,
I'm catching that high wind, my weapon is si-lent,
You can hear what I'm thinkin' inside this deafening si-lence,
Two hands on the clock, never forget what the time is,
Meditation affecting perception under my eye-lids,
I sit in Lotus and focus, stagger my steps,
Takin' a shot at my body at best they tatted my vest,
Nobody's snatchin' my breath, they only add to my stress,
Stress pattern my flesh a lesson I have to accept,
Shit -- happens I guess, Klick -- Clack when I crept,
Now sit -- back and ingest 'Constant Energy Struggles'
Breathe
Now rise
The air
Is high
Search
To the end of the skies
Now freeze
Watch the lotus climb
Exhale
As peace revives
Now dream
Watch the lotus rise
Watch the lotus
Revive
Search
To the end of the skies
Now freeze
Watch the lotus climb
Exhale
As peace revives
Now dream
Watch the lotus rise
La radio trasmette la stessa canzone mi annoio ogni giorno senza interruzione
La testa dentro a una nuova dimensione per chi ? come me la sola soluzione
La chiave che guida l’accesso alle porte che ho trovato chiuse e che credevo aperte
La sfida
Il miraggio
La nuova conquista che va oltre i confini di ogni realt?
Sto cercando un’illusione chiss? quale effetto fa
Trasportato dal ciclone di un’aria magnetica
di un’aria magnetica
di un’aria magnetica
La radio rimanda la stessa canzone sotterro nel vaso gi? il terzo cannone
Mi infilo le scarpe poi scendo gi? in strada e mi accorgo di essere gi? fuori moda
Non vedo ai colori per? non capisco le corna alla guida e gli sguardi in cagnesco
Mi perdo tra strisce pedoni e palazzi e tra tutte le trappole della citt?
Sto cercando un’illusione chiss? quale effetto fa
Trasportato dal ciclone di un’aria magnetica
di un’aria magnetica
di un’aria magnetica
E ora non mi importa dove sono stato o sar?
Se perdo il mio tempo a cercare le cose che non ho
Sto cercando un’illusione chiss? quale effetto fa
Trasportato dal ciclone di un’aria magnetica
Sto cercando un’illusione chiss? quale effetto fa
Trasportato dal ciclone di un’aria magnetica
di un’aria magnetica
di un’aria magnetica
di un’aria magnetica...
Protected by a few little thorns.
Defended by an ethereal cocoon.
Growing weak, damned, sad and shy!
To be secure, to take the reins,
to hold the force that keep you sane.
There is a shield, a protective shield
all around you.
Come on, don't be afraid...
Smile and stay alive.
To make a choice, to enjoy life,
to hear the voice from deep inside,
destroy the wall, don't use the shield,
break all the barrieres.
Come on, be yourself...