1. |
Perfumed and Ready!
03:47
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soak the cityscape in ichor,
collapse through a dirty floor
all your friends are bored again,
they need something worth pining for
(stay down, watch the core undress
will never be put to rest)
everything deepens further than you can feel
everything touches you where you need to heal
when they turn to you for comfort now,
does it feel like you’ve won somehow?
does it feel like you’ve figured them out?
or is it the other way around,
and they’re wearing you like a crown
while they burn the whole fortress down?
soak the cityscape in ichor,
douse the streetlight’s knowing nods
coaxed from your cocoon again,
now you’re something you’re not, something somebody wants
(stay down, watch the core undress
will never be put to rest)
everyone places bets upon your skin
everyone watches you fall into the thin
when they turn to you for comfort now,
does it feel like you’ve won somehow?
does it feel like you’ve figured them out?
or is it the other way around,
and they’re wearing you like a crown
while they burn the whole fortress down?
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2. |
No Bloodline
04:24
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hey you with the reading-lamp soul
i’m forgetting all the stories you’ve ever told
and yellowing paper is far more real than where we’ve been
hey you, are you pearl and lime?
does the sun ever kiss you to kill the time?
and did you lie awake alone last night?
hey you with your sorcerer’s soul
tell me all of the forces you thought i controlled
and when you realized you were wrong this time
look through, incandescent-eyed stare
does the keyhole leak in lost desire, and do you care?
and do these moments leave marks on tile?
how i will not wait for all you’ve seen
floating feathers taking hold of me
no bloodline, no bloodline
no doorway figures in nurturing time
no bloodline, no bloodline
when next it slips your mind
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3. |
Slither Away In Secrecy
03:46
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tell me how it’s supposed to feel
decoded, unreal
from starry smile
to swirling vortex
when sky grants a glimpse
through thunder that’s split
and when you melt again to rise
right past my eyes
i just slither away in secrecy,
before you’ve even had to ask
that’s when the floorboards bleed
new flourishing weeds
they understand
but wish they didn’t
the rainforest runs
curled up within your lungs
i hear it beckoning
but heaven sets it right
way out of sight
i just slither away in secrecy,
before you’ve even had to ask
and when you swear to me that you’ve forgotten everything,
i believe you, oh i believe you.
and when i swear to you that i can conjure anything,
i am dreaming; oh, you’ll never hear me.
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4. |
Mermaid
04:34
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that's how they slipped off,
to drift upon the ice floe
impulses switched off,
spraypainting endless tableaux
the marble echoes,
the mirrors gently pulsate
and trembling clock-ghosts
press to their hearts all sun-shaped
two dreamers touching clouds,
electric raining down
soft twinges speak aloud,
all synchronized in sound
spun in silken weather,
legs entwined together.
reach out under twilight
feel his pulse, know he's alive
reach out under twilight,
feel her pulse, know she's alive
that's how they slipped in,
away from smoke and x-rays
and all confessions
converged to build their nesting-place
two dreamers spitting leaves
upon each other wounds
soft twinges, how they bind
and blend to something new
life looks so much better,
legs entwined together.
reach out under twilight
feel her pulse, know she's alive
reach out under twilight
feel his pulse, know he's alive
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5. |
The Belly of a Whale
03:51
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the staircase drips
with oil and pale light
your little heart
beats blood and medicine
in the stillness of the night
the room fills up with sand
as you silently step down
and your voice is so loud
i am wrapped up,
i ignore every other sound
will you be long
in the belly of a whale?
is it wrong to call for you
in this need so lost and frail?
is it where i’m meant to stay?
the curtains drawn
reflect a waning moon
one fluttering soul
enfolds another
whirlwinds veiled in the room
a warm, drowsy smile
a head nuzzled in a chest
the right words flowing forth
not like stardust
not spilled out in a breathless mess
will you be long
in the belly of a whale?
is it wrong to call for you
in this need so lost and frail?
could you ever feel the same?
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Celogen Calgary, Alberta
I have seen everything and known everyone and I am still not tired!
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