Tsai Shen

by Trauma Cat

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“What comes next?”
I ask the Chinese God of Fortune from my bed
And in my head,
He gets right back to me
And much like this small slip of paper
Riddles of my death
In broken verse, he does his worst and goes like:

“Don’t be afraid of your downfall;
It’s your downfall that should fear you.
If you know that it’s coming, it’ll sooner start running away.”
Lucky numbers 1, 3, 29, 3

Well, that’s just great
They shot the fact-checker and threw him in the lake
For Heaven’s sake
Will someone please go out
And fish his little glasses from
The duckweed cluster there?
Does no one care? Are you aware that when you

Can’t even trust in your experts
All your experts distrust you?
Though I can’t really say I’m an expert on ID’ing experts,
I’ve got a clue
It’s not me, and it’s not you
Good morning, and how do you do?

credits

released April 1, 2022
Produced by Trauma Cat & St. Julian P. Dingus
Engineered and mixed by St. Julian P. Dingus at More Sound Recording Studio & The Candy Shop in Syracuse, NY, USA, 2021
Mastered by Steve Sopchak at The Square Studio in Syracuse, NY, USA, 2021
Artwork by Jessica Beagle

Music by Ralph Kojig, Roman Pando, and Rutger DiBoyere
Lyrics by Roman Pando

Trauma Cat is:
Ralph Kojig — guitar, vocals
Roman Pando — bass guitar, vocals
Rutger DiBoyere — drums

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