The Killer Jellyfish formed in 2005 and consisted of Ron Vreeland on keys, synth, vocals and songwriting; Steve Raguso on guitar; Matt Huppert on guitar; Chad Kesser on bass; Matty Dans on drums. The Killer Jellyfish played a few shows in the Northern NJ area before changing lineups in 2009. All songwriting was done as a band collaborative effort, with Ron providing lyrics and melodies on top of song structure ideas. These recordings were captured live in the band’s rehearsal space over the span of a few years.
Concrete Paradise
if you could find the timing of your life
and still you hide, this concrete paradise
if what you want is what you need
if what you want is love
…is what you really need
love is what you really want
…is what you really need
concrete
Pleasure Principles
hurry, hurry look what’s on display
a brand new pet for us to entertain
never mind your thoughts and opinions
abandon hope all you who enter here
if you really want to know the ruse
pleasure principles don’t equal truth
it’s not as if i’d ever let you down
please pay no attention to the man
who is back behind the curtains pulling strings
with candy-coated visions on display
pain + consequence = entertainment
it’s not as if i’d ever let you down
Gold Digger
how much digging will i have to do
to find a nugget of the truth
and all of this is just because
i fell in love with the stone
if you’re given enough time
you’ll just change your mind
and you’re easy enough to fool
with pyrite’s golden hue
it’s easy enough for me to see
what works for you won’t always work for me
and all of this is just because
i fell in love with the stone
Precision
in time, and by your own admission
these innumerable conditions will never fail to surprise
or by, your unfavorable position
we are throwing cosmic darts with absolute precision
for you, everything is so fine-tuned
i am here, to admire all your beauty
and your force of gravity, pulling down on me
and my heart, my heart is crying treason
when all coincidence, it contradicts my reason
for you, everything is so fine-tuned
my location so precise, the apple of your eye
When Push Comes to Love
i’ve been waiting all my life to hear what it is you’ve said
of all the things to be believed, these doubts are in my head
when push comes to love
Murph
(instrumental)
Modus Operandi
why leave a living witness, what difference will it make
for me the sun it rises with her, it’s a risk i’m willing to take
now Eady get your gun
it’s like you’ve always said of me, all i am is all i am after
and i will not hesitate, not for a second…just don’t ask me what will happen
now Eady get your gun
now please just tell me what you think you saw
i promise i won’t tell a living soul
Whitewashed
before you seal my tomb
please whitewash all the rooms
pull the sheet up over my eyes
i can finally sleep
i’ve given up the ghost
on the things that matter most
despite your thoughts on all these things
the contrary
i’ve given up the ghost
but i’m not dead, i’m not dead just yet
to make these matters worse
the shovels hitting dirt
despite your thoughts on all these things
the contrary
it’s title, chapter, verse
but i’m not dead, i’m not dead just yet
Jailbreak
i hope my letters find you safe and sounds and feeling fine
i trust that life is good inside your cozy 9×9
given enough time you may begin to see their plight
just please remember no one here gets out alive
there seems no hope in the advocating for your crimes
you are sentenced to the fellowship of kindred minds
given enough time you may begin to see their plight
just please remember no one here gets out alive
no one here gets out alive
Demarcation
what would you have to say if I told you, if i told you
that i never really loved you in that way
be sure to check your sources before you start to claim the facts
there’s a line of demarcation and once you cross it, i’m never coming back
when faced with decision, the truth is stranger than fiction
and now with my permission, a case of human condition