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Descartes' Daughter

from Machine Under Its Own Spell by Corpus Callosum

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD in a jewel case, with fold-out artwork by Hannah Blair and photograph by Heather Hryciw.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Machine Under Its Own Spell via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • 11x14 Poster
    Poster/Print + Digital Album

    For those who like to have something to hang on a wall we have made a run of posters of the incredible photograph by Heather Hryciw that was originally in the CD booklet. Staged at Sutro Baths in San Francisco, this photo was shot as a 4x5 positive using the very Deardorff camera you see in the frame. Corpus Callosum members pictured (front to back) are Stevie Hryciw, Zach Michels, Dax Tran-Caffee and Avery Burke.

    With the purchase of this 11x14 poster (which we will mail to you), you also receive a free digital download of "Machine Under Its Own Spell" in the file format of your choosing (we will email you a download code).

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lyrics

Descarte's daughter is now resting at the bottom of the sea
just the soul that's in control of the gears of a machine

just the hand of man stepping in
where the hand of God should have been
so they threw Descartes' daughter down into the water

and now she lies below the waves
if logic is the difference between animals and man
as she was going overboard, she was heard to say
I think, therefore I am

Descartes' daugher was the apple of the mind of her father
and the product of the hands of a genius clockwork maker

well, she ain't no procreation
she's just automation
just the winding of a spring that brings forth life's imitation

one wonders, is there a heaven for machines?
one wonders, has she finally gone to pieces?
resting at the bottom with a rust that sleeps
and the ticking of a tock in a breast that never ceases

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from Machine Under Its Own Spell, released May 20, 2005

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