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Colorless Farewell
04:32
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I found it at the bottom of a cup
The last taste of you and it came rising on up
Like a siren’s call
In the dim foggy distance
Right behind my bedroom wall
I heard it when we talked on the phone
Ashes where a bridge used to lead all the way home
And then you let me go, and everything settled back
Into a safe and conjured flow
And the flag was at half-mast
Waving a colorless farewell
And whatever your intentions
They’re secrets that you’ll never tell
I held you to a promise you made
One of a handful I watched wither and fade
And it was always unclear
The line between things you despised
And the things you held dear
And so you gave me what was left of my things
Sweet relief, as sweet as the song a bluebird sings
On a soft summer day
And I bet if you listen close enough you’ll hear it coming your way
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2. |
Say Say Say
04:14
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3. |
Real Boy
03:43
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You were always more
Symbolic than human to me
So solid
Not bones, flesh, water, blood
Not another child
At the mercy of all this
But you're a real boy
Through and through
And I was once more symbolic
Than human to you
A real boy through and through, a real boy
You were statuesque
And everybody else
Moved so recklessly
Trying to find themselves
In the deep, endless blue
All of us were there
Everyone but you
Or so it seemed
But you're a real boy
When all is said and done
And you say you think that you are
The most reckless one
A real boy when all is said and done, a real boy
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4. |
Grow a Garden
03:34
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Scaling the wall for a loose stone
To let a little light in
And when the whole thing comes down
I’m gonna grow a garden
Violets and black-eyed-susans
Dahlias and chamomile
Impatiens and bleeding hearts
And anything that grows wild
Birds and bees
All of a sudden they’ll be everywhere
And the wind will tease
The worry out of our every care
How grand would that be
Won’t you grow
Grow a little garden
Grow a garden with me
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5. |
Lioness
03:29
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Untameable lover
Volatile friend
You’ve embossed your body
On my floor again
For you I’ve learned to play
The floorboards mute
And trained my garden to grow
Without taking root
Am I your lioness
Am I your only, only one
‘Cause when you’re in from the woods
This is where you come
I claimed this plot
And you claimed me
A landowning woman
With electricity
You bring me your wilderness
And other precious things
But the plumes are stained with blood
Where your teeth have torn the wings
Am I your lioness
Am I your only, only one
‘Cause when you’re in from the woods
This is where you come
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6. |
The Choir Sighed
05:34
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I found love
Playing down in the Alibi
He was singing warm and low
And bending notes up high
The November cold leaned into the night
Said go on and try to catch a spark
Of the gaslight
I pulled thorns out of my tongue
I twisted strings already tightly strung
And I said
What of colors that only bloom at night
And then the day breaks black and white
So many colors only bloom at night
And then the day breaks black and white
But the choir sighed and we were
Lullabied away
I found love
In a room that had no floor
Just a narrow bed and a sun-bleached
Bed sheet for a door
Upon the warmth and scent
Of your skin
I slept lightly but still I
Fell deeper in
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7. |
Any Kind of Bridge
03:30
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Any kind of bridge would be useless now
The only distance is one we allow
We both love our own languages best
I’m caught up in sounds and you in pictures, I guess
And now you’ve outgrown the child in me
And weren’t you the one who set her free
Late to bed and early to rise
I’m getting stars under my eyes
Shades of violet I’ve never seen
Rest of the world, palest green
And now you’ve outgrown the child in me
And weren’t you the one who set her free
I feel as tall as the trees tonight
And I’m feeling dangerously light
I could float away upon a sigh
And sail down slowly against the sky
But now you’ve outgrown the child in me
And weren’t you the one who set her free
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8. |
The Slightest Sound
04:27
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Where has my baby gone
I searched high and low
In sun and storm
He left no letter
Neither no farewell
Just an empty house
And the neighbors won’t tell
Me nothing
I rush to the door
At the slightest sound
And get all worked up
To get broken down
Where has my baby gone
And will he ever
Come home
I sleep through the day
And I’m up all night
Since he left me
Ain’t one thing been right
So I rush to the door
At the slightest sound
And get all worked up
To get broken down
Where has my baby gone
I searched high and low
In sun and storm
He left no letter
Neither no farewell
Birds sing in the yard
But they don’t tell me nothing
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9. |
Today Next Year
05:18
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I want to take your hand
Slide my fingers between yours
Palm to palm
And mute all of the dissonant chords
I want to know what this is
This lonliness that feels so free
I know I can’t keep you
And you know that you can’t keep me
And now I’m thinking that I should’ve sung you
Happy birthday, softly with my lips against your ear
So I’ll do it in my mind now and I’ll do it in the flesh
If we’re together today next year
Next year
I want to let you sleep
But I can’t seem to keep still enough
You say this way
You fall faster and harder in love
I want to take your picture
As you look the other way
Capture the goodbye
That goodbye cannot say
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10. |
When You Returned
03:43
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You stood at the door
With the fog at your feet
And the grey sky turned white
While you waited
Inside, the warm sound
The bustling around
Of women and children
At suppertime
How she longed for you when you were gone
And still shone brighter than anyone
Everyone knew what lesson you learned
When they heard you knocking
When they knew you'd returned
She came to the door
And she was even more
Arresting than memories
Of nights long past
She led you inside
And the warms sounds of home
Shook you to the bone
She was shaken too
How she longed for you when you were gone
And still shone brighter than anyone
Everyone knew what lesson you learned
When they heard you knocking
When they knew you'd returned
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11. |
Thin Skin
04:03
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Poison flowers
Are blooming everywhere
I can taste
Their perfume in the air
The way it
Gently pricks my tongue
Same way
My old lover's kisses stung
I have no way of knowing
Whether I'll ever be weathered enough
Goodness knows you need a thin, thin skin
To feel this kind of love
Like tanged chimes
In a wayward breeze
We sang
Uncertain melodies
Our silhouettes
Against the dusty sun
Were ebon shapes
That moved as one
I have no way of knowing
Whether I'll ever be weathered enough
Goodness knows you need a thin, thin skin
To make peace with this kind of love
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12. |
Bodega Rose
03:49
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Rainy bodega roses
The shop never closes
They change shifts at dawn
Even in the smallest hours
Fresh cut red flowers
But you just walk on
My love, my grey-eyed
City child
We could've grown wild
We could've grown wild
But this is what we chose
The endless night
The bodega rose
Odd shadows of trees in the park
Claim the darkest dark
While we sleep
Tangled beneath the covers
Tangled in each other
And try to dream deep
My love, my grey-eyed
City child
We could've grown wild
We could've grown wild
But this is what we chose
The endless night
The bodega rose
Silence is wedded to sound
That comes up through the ground
Singing for us
But few things moves us like before
Nothing anymore
Is what it once was
My love, my grey-eyed
City child
We could've grown wild
We could've grown wild
But this is what we chose
The endless night
The bodega rose
And it was no kind of test
We just chose the loneliness
We bore the best
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Kesang Marstrand New York, New York
Singer-songwriter
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