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The Vibrating Ecstatic Now

from The Vibrating Ecstatic Now by Lach

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"This song grew out of a concert I did at The Edinburgh Fringe with the highly talented Roy Møller, Paul Hullah and Martin Metcalfe. It was an evening of songs and poetry that I dubbed, "The Vibrating Ecstatic Now". I then ended up writing a song, using that title, the day before the gig and then taught it to the group at that night's rehearsal. The van lowering the boom in the second stanza refers to the car accident I had at the start of my last UK tour. As they say, at least I got a song out of it!" - Lach

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I was listening to The Replacements
In the 'get high' shack
in the back of my place.
I was thinking about displacement
and if I died
What would fill my space
Just for a moment, I disappeared
Into the eternal thou
I was doing whatever it took
To be vibrating ecstatic now
I was doing whatever it took
To be vibrating ecstatic now


I was driving to another distant gig
Love left behind
In a crowded room
I was thinking about some things I did
When a van
lowered the boom
Someone yell cut, someone change the scene
Someone take my bow
I was doing whatever it took
To be vibrating ecstatic now
I was doing whatever it took
To be vibrating ecstatic now


Well, I woke up in a local hospital bed
With plastic tubes
Running from my arms
There were doctors sighing
And mothers crying
At the harm that I had done
All for a dream, all for a dream
To calm my fevered brow
I was doing whatever it took
To be vibrating ecstatic now
I was doing whatever it took
To be vibrating ecstatic now

Now I’m sitting in a Scottish garden
Cloudy skies swirling
in my tea
I’m conversing with a curious martin
Who tells me of
All the things I’ve yet to be
It’s up to me, it’s up to me
She sings from her lofty bow
Stop doing and just let life be
vibrating ecstatic now
Stop doing and just let life be
vibrating ecstatic now

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from The Vibrating Ecstatic Now, released August 28, 2018
Lach - Vocal and Guitar
Produced by Lach at Eden B Studios

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Lach Edinburgh, UK

Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK

‘Splendid! Best of it's kind!’- Mojo

‘Incredibly bright, influential, funny, poetic.’-Suzanne Vega

‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis ... more

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