1. |
Bark Thickening
03:40
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There is no learner's permit
for the family meal.
Table slick with history
dribbling down our heels.
Sitting here, I wonder
when we'll all be dead.
I'm not afraid to die, but
I fear the things we'll leave unsaid.
I feel the bark thickening--
slow, resilient.
Moments passing with an ache
like a phantom limb.
What am I supposed to do?
I want to hear the parts of you
that breathe when no one's
in the room.
I feel the bark thickening--
slow, resilient.
Moments passing with an ache
like a phantom limb.
x2
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2. |
On someone else's neck
03:27
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Peeled the veins right off my heart
and knit you a red scarf
said, "Wear it round your neck at night,
I know you hate the cold"
I'm reaching out and reaching in,
wincing at the raw skin
I wish someone had warned me then:
"Your blood is meaningless
on someone else's neck"
For now,
I'll lean into the wind
Let it riffle through
who I have been
Let it find me out, call me in
Teach me ownership of my skin
Basic courtesy to my body,
to the red pulsing inside me
x2
I'm reaching out, reaching in
And I’m fingering the raw skin
I wish someone had warned me then:
"Your blood is meaningless
on someone else's neck"
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3. |
Light the Wick
03:54
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The ozone’s gone all wooden,
kneeling on the birds
The timbre of the new year
eking out the words
Denial’s in the airy walls
The sinew, taut on bone
Tub-eyed, caught in crevices
An iron egg disowned
I’ll hold the soap for us, I’ll paint
But I cannot do this
What was the aphid’s name again?
The kitsch of raw belief
Denial’s in the airy walls
The sinew, taut on bone
Tub-eyed, caught in crevices
An iron egg disowned
I tell you, no need to rot in your seat
Light the wick and speak
Trim the diary fat
Arrange your limbs roughly
I told you, no need to rot in your seat
Light the wick and speak
Light the wick and speak
Light the wick and speak
Light the wick and speak
Light the wick and speak
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C.J. Red Mouth Boston, Massachusetts
Indie folk with occasional screaming
Based in Boston
Banner art by Jesso Wang (frogsfrogs.github.io)
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