1. |
Kind of Home
04:47
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It racks my body
Every time I breathe in
It sucks me out and leaves me haunted
‘Til you come back
You carve me out and leave me hollow
Under the earth
You take my arms and break my hold--
Hold off
Hold me, pull me closer please
It’s safe here in the ground
Find me at home among the trees
I’ve built a kind of home
I have perfect to drive me
This space too heavy
You want me to be less for you
I could be a little less
You plant flowers inside me
Their roots are deep in my lungs--
They’re blooming
And god, I’m dying
Oh, what a sick thrill I have found
In the sight of bone
Compulsion guides me
To end up on the floor
This burns my palms and leaves my back bruised
From bearing its own weight
But it's so
empty, I'm so hungry
Dying to be pure
Hold me, pull me closer please
It’s safe here in the ground
Find me, at home among the trees
I’ve built a kind of home
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2. |
Capnolagnia
04:07
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I could never mind
The things you said behind those
Closed doors, so tell your friends
What you think of me
I could pray you’re not the same
I will waste my time on you so please
Don’t lie, don’t lie to me
You do so through your teeth
Soft boys, if they touched a hair on your head
Everything would come undone
Those smiles and pretty lines
That let you by my side
I’m sorry you’re so sad
I’m sorry that nobody knows you
Who would want to
Don’t want to see you play
And god, please don’t talk to me about Nietzsche
I’ll never need you
No, it’s fine,
Don’t let me be
Take my hands
And flatter me
mYeah, I’m sure
You’re listening
I love you
It’s empty
If what you want’s
A hold on me
Who really cares
What I think
look me in the eye
Smoke your Gauloises, whiskey in mason jars
Moralize between the bars
Your philosophy’s so hard
How would I have survived
Without you in my life to guide me
Those two cents saved my life
I’ll keep those words in mind
Sad boys, if they touched a hair on your head
Everything would come undone
Those smiles and pretty lies
That let you by my side
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3. |
Porch Lights
04:24
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Tell me you know
We’re falling and
I’m on my way out
Oh, and I know
You said you loved me but
I'm on my way out
Oh, I won't be
There for you
God, can't you breathe alone
Through all the stitches
And sticking pins
I found my way out
They’ve turned back on the porch light
So take me home
So take me home
I can’t stay the night in your twin bed
No not anymore
Not anymore
Glad to step out on my own now
Don’t need you here
But that’s your fear
I can’t drive with you anymore
I need that bridge
To take me home
I promise that the closer
You hold me the faster that
It’s all falling out
Oh, and, I know,
You thought you loved me but
It’s all run out
I, I won’t be
Waiting here
Soft, I can breath now
Through all the stitching
That held me in
I found my way out
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4. |
Supine
03:55
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I’ve left days here with you
And in this room
You’re vinegar and wine
So drown in the slough
And, hollow you,
With your asthmatic lines
I’ve given these limbs reasons
To climb out of the quicksand
Although my mother told me
If you’re lying supine
It’ll give you away
If no one cares to float on
You’re making my life easy
You’re making my life easy
I’ll be sorry for you
You’ve struck that wound
I've left it all behind
In the dust reflects you
You want the moon
Responsibility is mine
I’ve given these limbs reasons
To climb out of the quicksand
Although my mother told me
If you’re lying supine
It’ll give you away
If no one cares to float on
You’re making my life easy
Not making my life easy
Oh, last night I’ll run away
Leave it for the light of day
If you’re here to take me out
Drive until the wheels fall off
Oh, and if you drink in front of me
Please make sure that all the world can see
It’s you that drives me home
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5. |
Great Heights
04:27
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The threat of breath
And empty maws
The macabre promise
His selfishness caused
Stained glass, the ceiling
Of headlights and curtains
Wrapped in a quilt as I lay there with you
I thought I knew what love wouldn't do
Full grown and
Steady eyed
I refuse to believe
You'd want to die
Drop me from a great height
If you really care
Why would these hard bargains come down to me
We lived through the winter and broke in the breeze
Remember when the pews were strong
I stood where you want me to
It felt so wrong
All along
Now and when your altar’s gone
You said you built it to make me strong
Enough to run from you
And I've run
As far as I wanted to
It’s the sickest thing
a man could do
It's unspeakable violence
A burden upon them
I’ll never find you
Be your reprisal
It's not my fault she left you alone
I don't need you building a graveyard at home
Hid you in a cardboard box under the sink
Here's the time to care what the neighbors think
They burned the mattress
With Powers and cigarettes
Knowing that makes sense to do
I only pray I’m not as fucked as you
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6. |
Will of
05:11
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Would the dead skin follow
Down to the river beds
Would the gas lights take you
Over horizon’s edge
My love, please don’t burn me
Like the sun I’ll shrink away
Bright, I could take or leave you
But can’t look
Hide away your hands away
If not, they’ll guide you
I can see that they reach
The sun, those sun flares scare you
Nowadays, I only think of you
Don’t guide me and I’ll only think of you
I’ll drown if I try and follow you
If you live to pull me off the edge
I’ll let the light of you be
My lifeline in the bog
And at the wisp of your will
I’ll rest here
Hide away your hands away
They’ll guide you
I can see that they reach
The sun, those sun flares scare you
Hide away your lantern away
And fade home
I don’t want to, at the breech,
Find you to take me with you
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7. |
Spiders
05:23
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I knew that I’d find you buried in the smoke
That seeps in, you steep in
Keeping warm fire around you
Won’t it hurt
Wouldn’t I find you nestled in my ribs
At home there, break them out
So I can see you
But won’t bleed for you
Take me home
Leave me alone
In the garden
Leave me, leave
Break my nails
They leave marks of satin and rose
In my thighs
With scars, alive, spiders
I’ll bandage my hands
To keep the skin whole, out of my grasp
I’ll roll my sleeves up high
The cigarette burns, I’ll honor it
Now that I’ll hide you, oh, and prize you
Keeping out of the bright light
‘Til they heal, everything I paid to you
Won’t be for you
Wouldn’t I find you nestled in my ribs
To stay there, pushed deep there
Numb you out ‘cause I don’t need you
I bled for you
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8. |
Danielle
04:00
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Drive me to the beach to smoke away our heartache
You’re all I need ahead of me to shelve all my misgivings
We were only fifteen years old, we didn’t know we were tripping
And crying on the balcony is pretty therapeutic
I couldn’t be there at the time, I barely thought of kissing
I watched you come out the other side broken but rebuilding
How’s this for the obvious, you should be too small to bear it
But just like coal under pressure you turned into diamond
You’re the first one
To strike out on your own
No net to fall in, never needed
For you, I’ll catch you
Sleep safe
I need you here
You kept me breathing
Danielle
I might not have luck
But it’s better than your bad luck
I know nothing's easy
My love
With grass and drinking games
Cigarettes on the stairs
Growing up’s still not easy
The worst is done
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9. |
Stay Over
04:18
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Don’t touch those baby birds
It’s how their mothers teach them to fly
Don’t leave your scent on her
Or mama’ll leave her behind, behind
Don’t touch the wings that land in your hand
Those moths don’t know it’s you
Don’t touch the scales as soft as powder
Can’t fly anymore
Don’t want to wake you in the morning
Don’t want to stay over tonight
‘Cause I’m alright
It’s all
Don’t want to see you when you’re sleeping
Could never sleep wrapped in your arms
But it’s alright
It’s all
Nothing's easy nothing's smooth when for you I'm all that's there
I don't owe you anything, no crying it's unfair
I’m so glad you’re moving out but please leave me alone
Let the years I spent with you be something left at home
Nothing's easy nothing's smooth when for you I'm all that's there
I don't owe you anything, no crying it's unfair
I’m so glad you’re moving out but please leave me alone
Let the years I spent with you be something left at home
Don’t want to wake you in the morning
Don’t want to stay over tonight
‘Cause I’m alright
It’s all
Don’t want to see you when you’re sleeping
Could never sleep wrapped in your arms
But it’s alright
It’s all
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10. |
Otter Creek
02:48
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Close, close your eyes
Wait, wait until the morning comes
You’ll see, you’ll see what tomorrow brings
Sleep, it’ll be there
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emma houton New York, New York
songs for voice and electronics
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