1. |
Attune
04:12
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discerning
questions
to unravel
the ways
lifetime
spent
in service
to other's
a path
to break free
and honor
myself
their voices
are what's left
when I lay
my head
it’s bigger
to think
of how
I’ve lived
this time
my needs
aside
for others’
I want
to break free
and listen
learning
to silence
their call
attune
my needs
to yours
the reflection
whose gaze
I ignored
attune
my needs
to what matters
most
I’m ready
to hear you
for the first time
ready the call
hearing
to you
dear
listen
to what matter
listen please
i want to reach me
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2. |
Heirloom
03:51
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distant
paths
recall
slides
a click
carousel
further
into time
memory
of others
I’m left
to decode
read
between gestures
their eyes
gaze
piecing together
traumas past
generational paths
leading backward
pieces laid bare
at child’s feet
piecing forward
heirloomed pain
willed to blood
that I can’t erase
Heirloom v2
always
alert
watching
movements
out of the corner
of my eyes
awaiting disaster
some might
call it
a gift
but I don’t
vigilance
isn’t
a virtue
it’s a curse
It’s an heirloom
of a past
where sighs
had meaning
the sound
of footsteps
were words
to decode
to always
be aware
of everything
at once
when
I hear
a slam
I feel
the freeze
come
it’s an heirloom
of a time
a constant reminder
grasping for meaning
feeling underwater
to young to express
lost in the subtext
hands over ears
nails sink into my skin
I
won’t
let
the past
control me
anymore
I am
allowed
to give myself
permission
to breathe
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3. |
Drown
04:08
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I want to swim
in my own body
I want to thrive
and open my heart
I’d rather I drown
than suffocate
be vulnerable
in the ocean
of my heart
I want to drift
with no aim
open my eyes
close my mind
I'd rather I drown
than suffocate
be vulnerable
make my heart
an ocean
of my own
make it clear
drown
my instincts
mend myself
dead
I never learned
to swim
no matter
how hard
they tried
i wonder if it was because
I didn’t have a say
to give up my control
in that sacred way
now that the ice is melting
better late than now
glacial formations
turn into honey
cover me
finally
let you in
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4. |
Hollow
03:22
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made to be
different
failing to
fit a template
made to feel like
I’m all alone
without connection
adrift like sky lights
hanging freely
made to feel like
the fate
of all worlds
rests on my back
turning
at a cosmic scale
sinking into stars
but it’s smaller
than a world
a deeper crevice
buried between
an aorta
microscopic in its size
but it’s louder than anything else
hearing the echoes
of contentment
wanting to
acquiesce
lingering thoughts
saved me
from that life
a hollow death
and I’m
not going back
I fought the world
but no one won
just left with hollow laughter
I’ve felt better
but I know I’ll like who I am after
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5. |
Noble
04:48
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always spinning but you never fall
looked so strange when you hit the wall
you said I’m glum but I know I’m not
feelings turn upon the equinox
desensitize my nervous mind
and let my body free for one last time
I tried
it’s known
how long
I’ve wanted to shut it off
I look at others
and long for that
the way they can float without a thought
I wanna know but I’d rather not
I find comfort in the equinox
I always tried
And now its gone
Always spinning but I can’t count the time
irregular like my awkward lithe
Coming to terms with how
I’ve never been satisfied
Is that a truth of the moment
or is it a curse
for all my life
I waited
so long
to move
find an answer
one more time
there’s more
to consider
a lifetime
of mistakes
written in glass
remember
the ways
That we
can thrive
consider
a new
way
to carry ourselves
without
regret
and shame
for the way
we cried
for more
I can’t try
I don’t know
how I made it this long
how far I’ve gotten
and I’m ready
to thrive
in the ways
that I can’t
express
but I
will not
fail to see
the ways
I can correct
behaviors that stem
from the foundation
they made
I won’t allow
another
day to pass by
with that repression
guiding the strings
pulling me along
instead of
myself
a doll wishes upon a star
to live and dance
with the grace
of the night sky
that comforts her night
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6. |
Ocean Heart
03:07
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eyes like a wishing well
wish you were here on my chest
so you couldn’t drift far
when I needed you most
ocean swallowed you whole
like I swallowed your love
fifty years past by and
can’t forget the day and
I
remember
how
your hands
fit
into mine
I feel them
in my sleep
stolen glances at you
like you stole my desire
thought they’d vanish with time
but they still linger
when my feet touch the sand
and the tide takes me in
I hear your voice inside
I wish I’d died that day
and I
wrote
you a letter
and threw it
from the shore
so
you could know
how I
felt
I
felt
seen
for the first
time
and I honor
that gift
with my life
for you
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Split Silk Atlanta, Georgia
lucca- guitar vox
will- drums
lucia- bass
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sad girl post-hardcore. noisy lullabies for delicate maidens of the fae realm
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