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Laurels of the End of History

by Cime

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1.
El espejo del Pueblo que Pierde Refleja laureles que alumbre La Avenida de nuestro historia Que a todos nos espera Como Podemos ganar? Como Podemos Vivir? Si cuando hay desquieto No Podemos rindir Si no podemos recorder Obreros tienen El poder Estamos atrapados en espejos de ayer Let me tell you something li'l friend of mine There's a little temple in a jungle nearby Called Kaha Kamasa, or so the Pech have decried And hidden beneath pale virgin doors Lay the spirits of a thousand storms (As to hope is to love) It's full of their dreams and hopes (And to love is to hope) Lost to time like ash to smoke (Life without love) But maybe they'll find it if they try (Is life without hope) Hope without love is Life without love Which is why we we look to the past As we advance the past we lost
2.
La Granadera 02:03
Ya se ve, Patria mía, en tu oriente Nuevo sol esparcir claridad; Ya podemos con voz reverente Pronunciar: Dios, Unión, Libertad. Cambiarán ya tu vida y tu suerte Un solo hombre tus hijos serán; Ya entre ellos no habrá guerra o muerte Y dichosos tu bien labrarán. Ya podrás alcanzar pura gloria, De tus próceres sueño tenaz; Y el laurel de tu espléndida historia Será signo de triunfos de paz. Salve, Patria, tu hermosa bandera Luce al viento del cielo el color; A su sombra juramos doquiera A vencer o morir por tu honor.
3.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid Escuchen, escuchen Cada hermano sín para comer tenía sus alimentos robados Por un norteño que vive bien comodo en Los Estados La empobreza y explotacion de nuestros países Se resulta en la riquesa de los Norteamericanos La ciudad que se brille Ese país de exceso Asentaba sobre un monte De Flores muertos Su luz nos consume Pero tambien nos atraiga Nos matan pa que sale El Sol cada madrugada Y despues de robarnos se andan echando rostros Nos venden una fantasia de los oportunidades de trabajo Y como lemings que son siegos lo seguimos como esclavos Sin saber que el monte se construye con sangre Centroamericano Sacrificios pa mañana Mientras se muere la Tierra Es el Ultimo chance Pa ver la primavera Sacrificios pa mañana Un mañana de fuego Hay que construir Un ciudad nuevo
4.
Yoro 00:57
Depths of care within our shores Honduran saints fed and loved the poor Like Isidore the farmer or Subirana who prayed for more For three days and nights he prayed And on the third it began to rain Fish fell from the sky in May And it still does to this very day God is Indigenous We will be victorious And His love for Honduras resounds Through miracles that know no bounds And I thank God for my daily bread With his love we'll never be dead Never be dead And I thank God for my daily bread Daily bread
5.
A flower can’t bloom in the shade of before Only from water and light can fruit be born Spring won’t arrive with autumnal repeats We must syncretize so we can synthesize Soviet October with our July heat There are leaders we adore, and those which were poor They all make for good mulch and nothing more It's not a drab, it's an honorable toil And with any luck we'll all make great topsoil But when a tree falls and we’re left with a stump We take the lumber and build a nice trunk As its seeds plant a forest which inherit its traits As it’s evolved to adapt within its constraints Castro Chavez Allende and Che Their spirits roam the earth they led No longer a tree, their shade so heavy With branches that block light meant for saplings
6.
At the height of your success You signed your likeness into space And in its place, a little star And wrapped in bloody socks With fingers snapped As the guards they mocked and jeered And watched you wither away As you languished for years No one watching over you Did you ever think everyone would forget? Did they hide you on purpose? Did they hit you with that car? Did they make you believe that it couldn't get better Cause they thought you were too powerful? Cause you are, you are, you are Your death is not an end but a means where we begin A baby bottle rocket above the land which you’ve been Will your light guide our way or will we worship its refraction? Will reflection lead to pain instead of the right direction? And through Misdirection We lost our discretion And all our lost roads led to insurrection Love isn’t peace and peace isn’t nonviolence Love is retribution for voices which are silenced And love is hope and hope is love To hope is to live and to live is to love And to love is to live and to live is to hope And hope is to love but love isn’t peace To love is to fight for the life of the deceased Divide the land & conquer the faithful Destroy the temples, destroy the streets Cut out our tongues our hands and our feet And though we can’t run, can’t fight, can’t build, can’t speak We can love, we can dream, we can hope, we can think Our fight is land our fight is unity Our fight is not one in which we struggle with modernity Kill the weeds as they spring up each and every one Or they will outgrow us they will outpace us They will enslave us before they replace us The gauchos died alone and divided The cowboys died alone and divided The natives died alone and divided Our spirit dies alone when divided The cowboys died alone and divided The cowboys died alone and divided The cowboys died alone and divided The cowboys died alone and divided

about

Laurels of the End of History is a 20-minute Latin party megamix cassette you found unlabeled in a garage sale being performed by a noise rock band.. the past and present melt into one another through hazy, melancholic memories.. one of the tracks is a national anthem for a country which no longer exists, transforming it into a eulogy for a people's lost history.. a lost hope.. Laurels is a scathing indictment of neoliberalism, but it's also a dedication to our history, a teachable moment.. It's defined by anger and desperation, yes, but also love.. love in the land which unites us all, love for the people, and love for God as our guide to a better future.

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released August 18, 2023

Monty Cime - vocals, lyrics, theatre organ, garifuna drums, wooden frog, bongos, conga, accordion, acoustic guitar, baritone ukulele, autoharp, marimba, electric bass, fretless bass, bedframe, bass drum, cajón, maracas, conch shell
Aron Farkas - drum kit, electric guitar
Jay Ingram - electric bass
Jack von Bloeker V - drum kit, electric guitar
Diego Gonzalez - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Rowan Collins - electric guitar
Lautaro Akira Martinez-Satoh - flute, quena, quenacho, keyboard
Lyle Cohen - cello
Brian Watson - trumpet
Isaac Duer - alto sax
Cate Huiras - violin
Noah Benasfre - clarinet
Mike S. - double bass
DrDuctape - xylophone

Monty Cime - composition, arrangement, recording, mixing, mastering
Rowan Collins - arrangement assistance
Conor Ryan - mixing, mastering
Anna Lily - production
Phoebe Höeffken - art

Recorded in Monty’s room & Marco’s home studio in Costa Rica. October 2022 - August 2023

"La Granadera" is a public domain work as the national anthem of the former Federal Republic of Central America. Composer unknown, lyrics by Rómulo Ernesto Durón.

Special thanks to Hex, Ian, Xochitl, Cass, Frank, Morgan, Skylar, Cristian, Loto, John, & Patrick

Cime is Monty Cime, Aron Farkas, Jay Ingram, Jack von Bloeker V, Diego Gonzalez, and Rowan Collins

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Syzygy Records Aliso Viejo, California

Syzygy Records isn't a label; it is a portfolio of every project I, Monty Cime, have created.
When I was 11, I learnt the word "syzygy," & in trying to show an example of it, conjectured that "art is the result of an alignment (a "syzygy") of influences & life experiences beyond one's control"—these are my "Syzygy Records."
This conjecture, I came to find out, is a tenet of historical materialism.
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