1. |
Famine Months
03:55
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moments when I might have jumped
a strange impulse I try to fight
pulled over on the shoulder
time takes glaciers to say she's fine
and all the world is white and iced
so nothing lives and nothing dies
and it's too cold to shape with naked hands
placebo pleas
they fold themselves
to hold themselves
they used to hold me
but now they're empty
and I am dark and fleeting in the backseat
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2. |
Oslo
02:33
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oh, the stones
you know you'd have to tie them tighter
so they don't roll off of your bones
when you let your arms go
who are you fighting?
who are you fighting?
you're at your mercy
you're at your mercy
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3. |
Full Hue
03:57
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happier, I want to be happier
don't you dear?
I want to be no one's fault
maybe now I'm red and raging
you can shake the fallow frame
but you just smile
so we keep going in circles
you have sweet dreams
waiting, black leather engraving
you are safe from your own skin
but I'm only full so often
on the front lawn he paints me round
with no strength to thaw
the habits of your mind
if I was brighter
if I was kinder
if I was braver, maybe
if I was brighter
if I was kinder
if I was braver, maybe
if you'd tell me there are conversations left
I'm waning again
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4. |
The Fawn
03:09
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in many ways I'm still eating glass over you
I go for walks to talk to God
I hold my hand like lovers do
wary of gold too soon
worry, sick with worry, I can't be worried anymore
hurry, honey, hurry, I won't be hurried anymore
time's I didn't feel safe, what's wrong?
my voice was always too loud
I don't think I slept much at all
my food turned to poison in my mouth
I'll cry till I can see the light
I'll cry till I can see both sides
see mine, see mine
I never saw mine
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5. |
In A White Gown
01:50
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furrowed, you dim
your legs are wrapped
and calm
they wait beside you
your lids dance
and pray, softly
I will take your blessing
I will take your blessing
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6. |
By Red Work
02:45
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now that I know there's a way out
and my eyes are the start
I thought they were a mirror, I was wrong
I have my own pockets to empty
love that I guard and love that I give
I want to watch my tongue
I want to watch my tongue
make a way to say I love you
make a way to say I love you
all this time
all this time
all this time I thought they were a mirror
now that I know there's a way out
and my eyes are the start
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7. |
At The Place
03:10
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at the place
as old as we've been
I take the path
I take the tree
for someone
I'm sure of little in the dull light
enough of mouths
enough of flight
did you think the way the sun hit
you would have the line?
and your love would turn to face
at the golden hour
at the place
I thought this dream might shift
before I lift my gaze
I won't turn
I won't turn
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8. |
The Waves
03:34
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bathe me in the sea
my love I need a small death
face me sure and sweet
waves will come and change us
claim all our breath
take me to the place
tell me your heart is calm
my heart is fuller than
all I've lost
carve my body like your favorite
part of the earth
call my name like your
favorite word
my love I need a small death
my love I need a small death
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9. |
Like You
02:15
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salt and water
what do they offer
to bones that pray
as the ocean
death turns over
and beauty has its way
I thought the dark would
hurry my heart
to an early grave
when the light came
what sweet wonder
that whole unbroken day
without pain
without pain
like you
like you
like you
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10. |
Taut
04:44
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we share a chrysalis one night
from upside down the sky turns bright
my eyes are much too dark I think
I'm going blind for real this time
and I'm scared of changing shape
of losing sight of my own hands
that break the branches
as you hand them to me
I'm not myself
when you're waking up
with the dreams still there
before your eyes
what are the pictures
that you keep of me?
where are the threads
connecting everything?
I know what you are thinking
your body is sore
from breaking with mine
and tearing the silk
that held us taut
from trees
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11. |
Till the Petals Fell
04:44
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make your mark, I'll make mine
take my heart, I'll be fine
who holds the reins on this thing?
who holds my eyes on painted wings?
did you know you have my love
did you know you have my constancy
did you know my shadow long
hid all my pain from me
till the petals fell
I want to say I'm sorry
for curling my lips in
for hiding my eyes when
hurt could wake me
till the petals fell
let your wings out love
let your wings out
grow our fangs out love
get our fangs out
who holds the reins on this thing?
who holds my eyes on painted wings?
till the petals fell
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Greta Ruth Minneapolis, Minnesota
poem & tone. guitar & voice. language & harmony.
song as a way to sit with, move
through, & heal from experience.
softness & dissonance. reflection & dynamic stillness.
the tension of opposites & the alchemy of internal work.
thank you for listening.
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