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Conscious

by Baked Shrimp

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    Release Date: March 26th, 2021

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1.
NO2-4U 06:04
NO2-4U that's the way you groove In you're made up space, In you're happy place When it's all around you can't stop feelin' all that NO2 That is what's for you It's a carnival on your favorite day You've got all your friends here for the big parade You watch the big balloons float all through the sky Along with you, you and your NO2 And now you're all confused What did it do to you? The price you paid so you can feel this way Like a numbed up tooth for a drill to use on a foul decay You've got all this empty space 4D-NO2 ©℗ Jared Cowen 2021
2.
In a circle binge of spinning in loops I'm asked to move and I'm sure I will soon On a night where there's storms but the T.V. still works I'm sure there's someone else who is an office clerk In a hazy fog a brighter light flickers twice And what that means to me is that I should the roll the dice And if I leave the next day will my hands work the same? Or should I just keep up the pace and play along with the game? Silk smooth and shiny buttons below me But far brighter moments and poems await me When I lost my grip and I feel like I'm slipping I break from this curse and get rid of that feeling When my mind is away it flutters and flaunts To a place where they say is the house of the haunts But a break from this world makes a comeback more strong And in the delay you'll find a place to belong In a room that spins around and around The walls are too thin to be alone with your sounds A good setting and time can make this process align To stay in connect with what you think is your prime Silk smooth and shiny buttons below me But far brighter moments and poems await me When I lost my grip and I feel like I'm slipping I break from this curse and get rid of that feeling Being back home a new setting and place A place you may not see the sunlight for days To pick up the pen is a process and chore And the buttons that I see are more simple for sure But in these nearing months you'll see the pen start to move And the buttons before me I won't stamp approved A more productive life I can spend on this earth To make the greatest times a value more than they're worth Silk smooth and shiny buttons below me But far brighter moments and poems await me When I lost my grip and I feel like I'm slipping I break from this curse and get rid of that feeling Silk smooth and shiny buttons below me But far brighter moments and poems await me When I lost my grip and I feel like I'm slipping I break from this curse and get rid of that feeling Silk smooth and shiny (get rid of that feeling) Silk smooth and shiny (get rid of that feeling) Silk smooth and shiny (get rid of that feeling) Silk smooth and shiny (get rid of that feeling) Silk smooth and shiny (get rid of that feeling) Silk smooth and shiny (get rid of that feeling) Silk smooth and shiny (get rid of that feeling) ©℗ Jared Cowen 2021
3.
People lie and deceive you Playing you for a fool Keep your act together son Don't become their mule Don't conform to society That's something I've got to say Keep on doing what you love every single day Turn it on turn it off You can always choose Turn it on turn it off No way you can loose Turn it on turn it off You can always choose Turn it on turn it off No way you can loose I've been waiting such a long time Not a moment passed me by We could be together Who are you and what am I? Social age things get twisted As they travel around a bit Your heart has been broken No one can commit Freedom so much closer Closer than you think All sorts of people Surely bound to sink Turn it on turn it off You can always choose Turn it on turn it off No way you can lose Turn it on turn it off You can always choose No way you can loose I've been waiting such a long time Not a moment passed me by We could be together Who are you and what am I? I've been waiting such a long time Not a moment passed We could be together Who are you and what am I? Turn it on turn it off Turn it on turn it off ©℗ Jager Soss 2021
4.
Inside the plexiglass on the outside looking in When this door breaks when this door breaks I'm feeling rather rash but I'd rather not let it under my skin When this door breaks when this door breaks This place it feels so quiet but I'd rather not open doors When this door breaks when this door breaks I'm coming home to the wild to the place I was before When this door breaks when this door breaks I'm gonna jump over the stream gonna be loud and scream So the world can hear my call Inside this fairy tale where the rocks are large and you are small We'll flip the cause O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing I'm moving through shapes sounds of light When this door breaks when this door breaks I'm taking your place I'm ahead of you now When this door breaks when this door breaks I'm king of this world no one's here to call my name When this door breaks when this door breaks I'm about to explode becoming one rather than whole When this door breaks when this door breaks I'm gonna jump over the stream gonna be loud and scream So the world can hear my call Inside this fairy tale where the rocks are large and you are small We'll flip the cause O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing I'm gonna jump over the stream gonna be loud and scream So the world can hear my call Inside this fairy tale where the rocks are large and you are small We'll flip the cause O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing O-oh melting over nothing ©℗ Jared Cowen 2021
5.
Time wasted wasted time Sitting in this here cage of mine Time wasted wasted time I think I’m losing my mind Completely free but stuck in place imaginary weights on shoes of lead keep me here in my quarters still I’m weighed down by my own head Time wasted wasted time still don’t know what to do Time wasted wasted time No horizon on this point of view A contraption nearly motionless is very hard to start if you don’t know how but heed this warning friend it won’t relent once it’s off the ground Time wasted wasted time (A clue that’s very hard to find) Time wasted wasted time (a past we all have left behind) Time wasted wasted time (an act that you consider kind) Just be sure you don’t lose your mind Took some time and I got away tried to go out and find the chill of night and the light of day to balance out the scales in my mind Time wasted wasted time still don’t know what to do Time wasted wasted time No horizon on this point of view A contraption nearly motionless is very hard to start if you don’t know how but heed this warning friend it won’t relent once it’s off the ground Time wasted wasted time (A clue that’s very hard to find) Time wasted wasted time (a past we all have left behind) Time wasted wasted time (an act that you consider kind) Just be sure you don’t lose your mind Time wasted wasted time (A clue that’s very hard to find) Time wasted wasted time (a past we all have left behind) Time wasted wasted time (an act that you consider kind) Just be sure you don’t lose your mind ©℗ Scott Reill 2021
6.
The Method 08:07
The method used to play the game Is only used to perform the function The present danger that we face We're taken to the dungeon The walls and ceilings painted brown And the cracks and spaces in-between Who's there? Who's watching you? You slip you fall You're sinking down You're sinking down You're sinking down You're sinking down The method used to play the game The method used to play the game The method used to play the game ©℗ Jared Cowen 2021
7.
Rosa 11:03
Give me a second I need to catch my breath for you Rosa Can you feel my heart beat through my chest? For you Rosa R-O-S-A That's where I want to stay with Rosa Nothing more for me to say all I can say is Rosa We'll climb higher than the mountains and the birds and surge a storm You and I have never split apart since we've been born A kiss goodnight I return back home to sleep life could not be better A lovely night and all is right to me until I received that letter R-O-S-A Won't come home today She didn't make it I wish there was more that I could say I don't know how to break it I'd fly to the moon and back to earth and swim around the world and turn the stars I stare into the clearest pond my reflection comes unhinged and there you are There you are you're gone you're not coming around You are you're gone you're not There you are you're gone you're not coming around You are you are you are You are rosa My sweet mimosa My favorite story for you when we grow older My mariposa oh my only Rosa We can have all things we wanted today You are rosa My sweet mimosa My favorite story for you when we grow older My mariposa oh my only Rosa We can have all things we wanted today There you are you're gone you're not coming around You are you're gone you're not There you are you're gone you're not coming around You are you are you are You are rosa My sweet mimosa My favorite story for you when we grow older My mariposa oh my only Rosa We can have all things we wanted today You are rosa My sweet mimosa My favorite story for you when we grow older My mariposa oh my only Rosa We can have all things we wanted today ©℗ Jared Cowen 2021
8.
Keep me runnin runnin on empty Give me more though I got plenty I’m an important man Dontcha see where I stand I’m a sight to see I got bionic knees and an oil well in my hands Got a plate in my head it’s protected by lead so even god won’t know plans Are you afraid of the boogeyman well I’m his big bad brother livin' in the can of marble columns and steps never did nothin that I regret I got foreign wars coming out my pours there’s a famine every time I smile All the ends and means of regal queens to keep me round for a little while Pig hearts and mechanical parts keep me around long after you're gone Pig hearts and mechanical parts one-thousand years old and going strong I’m the voice in your head when you’re all alone I’m the maniac with the microphone I’m the snake that you see on your tv screen I’m a smooth cold killer that’s a machine All my plans are revealed Then comes the day when your fate is sealed All my plans are revealed Then comes the day when your fate is sealed Pig hearts and mechanical parts keep me around long after you're gone Pig hearts and mechanical parts one-thousand years old and going strong Pig hearts and mechanical parts keep me around long after you're gone Pig hearts and mechanical parts one-thousand years old and going strong ©℗ Scott Reill 2021
9.
Bird 06:21
Some days I'm told how to act right But I always seem to contemplate the situation I used to know where I was going But now I"m lost in this abyss of worry Only one thing here to cheer me up is when The bird soars through the air She compresses all my fears She caresses me with care She holds back all of my tears Since no one is around I can whisper her a sound She'll come down to say hello from her nest in the willow And when it's time to say goodbye I know that she will never die She's the star of the show She's someone everyone should know She shines I've been known to frown I've been known to smile But lately I can only do the former Who can I trust? Who can I follow? When my mind becomes a scrambled egg at least there's one thing that I'll remember Is when the bird soars through the air She compresses all my fears She caresses me with care She holds back all of my tears Since no one is around I can whisper her a sound She'll come down to say hello from her nest in the willow And when it's time to say goodbye I know that she will never die She's the star of the show She's someone everyone should know She shines As summer fades and fall turns to winter The snowstorms remind me of my future When it dissipates and it all seems to be over The class it tips again and there's only one thing that I can think of Is when the bird soars through the air She compresses all my fears She caresses me with care She holds back all of my tears Since no one is around I can whisper her a sound She'll come down to say hello from her nest in the willow And when it's time to say goodbye I know that she will never die She's the star of the show She's someone everyone should know She shines is when the bird soars through the air She compresses all my fears She caresses me with care She holds back all of my tears Since no one is around I can whisper her a sound She'll come down to say hello from her nest in the willow And when it's time to say goodbye I know that she will never die She's the star of the show She's someone everyone should know Is the bird soars through the air She compresses all my fears She caresses me with care She holds back all of my tears Since no one is around I can whisper her a sound She'll come down to say hello from her nest in the willow And when it's time to say goodbye I know that she will never die She's the star of the show She's someone everyone should know She shines ©℗ Jared Cowen 2021
10.
I hear you loud I hear you clearly I know what you did I heard what you said I heard what you said And do you know why I'm angry? Cause I know what you did I heard what you said I heard what you said Pick me up Open my mind up Oh doc tell me everything you think you know What it looks to me is that I must be going cause life's too short to sit here and listen to you moan I hear your voice I hear you laughing You never came back You left me for dead You left me for dead You dropped me off and then you left me You never came back You left me for dead You left me for dead Pick me up Open my mind up Oh doc tell me everything you think you know What it looks to me is that I must be going cause life's too short to sit here and listen to you moan I lost my grip Then numbed my body And now I'm spinning spinning down the drain Pick me up Open my mind up Oh doc tell me everything you think you know What it looks to me is that I must be going cause life's too short to sit here and listen to you moan Pick me up Open my mind up Oh doc tell me everything you think you know What it looks to me is that I must be going cause life's too short to sit here and listen to you moan cause life's too short to sit here and listen to you moan cause life's too short to sit here and listen to you moan ©℗ Jared Cowen 2021

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Conscious captures the defining magic of the “Baked Shrimp” sound. This album built with layers of horns, strings, and synthesizers will make you want to dance, love, laugh, and cry. You will become aware of the power of the music and the pure beauty of feeling conscious.

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released March 26, 2021

Baked Shrimp is:
Jared Cowen - Guitar/Vocals
Scott Reill - Bass/Vocals
Jager Soss - Drums/Vocals

Special Guests:
Nick Rufolo is featured on keyboards, horns, strings, and more, on all ten tracks.
Michael Rufolo added percussion textures to four of ten tracks.

Co-Produced by Nick Rufolo and Michael Rufolo from The Brothers Nylon
Co-Produced by Anthony Cimino at Mojo Music Studio
Co-Produced by Baked Shrimp

Recording Engineer: Michael Rufolo
Recorded at The Brothers Nylon studio in Patchogue, NY

Mixed by Anthony Cimino at Mojo Music Studio in Franconia, NH
Mastered by Anthony Cimino at Mojo Music Studio in Franconia NH

Album Artwork designed by Scott Reill

Conscious is dedicated in the memory of Lon "Conscious" Gellman.

©℗ Baked Shrimp 2021
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