(2022)
“Wuthering“
A streetlight through the front door screen
Paints a blue on everything
Another day is coming to an end
You said you’d never dreamt on sleeping pills
But it’s faster if you run downhill
And either way we’ll both crash in the bend
Close the door again
Cause the outside’s coming in
I’ll see you out on the other side
After the river has washed the stones
A broken sky wuthering above it all
Just like the wind that you came in on
You came in on
With bottles stacked like dominos
And blood stains on your birthday clothes
Last New Years Eve you swore you were getting clean
So we rode down to the beach that night
Counting all the satellites
And soaking all your smokes in kerosene
Close the door again
Cause the outside’s coming in
I’ll see you out on the other side
After the river has marked the stones
A broken sky wuthering above it all
Just like the wind that you came in on
You came in on
When we were young you said you lived
Like everyday was a punishment
And carved your shame across the things you loved
Well tomorrow brings another light
All born to grow but grown to die
So let’s not think too much about the end
Close the door again
Cause the outside’s coming in
I’ll see you out on the other side
After the river has marked the stones
A broken sky wuthering above it all
Just like the wind that you came in on
You came in on
“Chant (Portland 2020)“
Includes field recording of chant in downtown Portland, July, 2020
“The Valley Below“
Take your faded golden memories from the old days
And bind them to the wind like a Winter rain
Evening falls around and shatters without sound
Till morning at the window taps the pane
There’s a road not far from here
We can leave tonight when no one knows
And drink to the spirits talking the fire from our wounds
Take them down to the valley below.
You said as we walked the wires above this
It’s a lonesome fragile star that burns most clear
To navigate the time keeping diamonds in your mind
What you love today tomorrow just disappears
There’s a road not far from here
We can leave tonight when no one knows
And drink to the sprits talking the fire from our wounds
Take them down to the valley below
I was dreaming when they called to say you’d moved on
So hot that day the sidewalks cracked and blurred
A lonesome cardinal cried beneath my window all through the night
And stayed until the Autumn began to turn
There’s a road not far from here
We can leave tonight when no one knows
And drink to the spirits talking the fire from our wounds
We’ll take them down to the valley below
Take them down to the valley below
“Fifty-Two“
He stepped out on the porch
Said “do you mind if I sit awhile
And whittle your name into this wall?
Cause I’m afraid you’re gonna leave soon
And that’ll be all”
“We’ve gotta change something
We’re strangers and it’s so cold”
And as the door let out a scream
It slammed and that was all
It was the Winter of ’52
And all was torn down and broken
He listened to the radio each night
Remembering how they danced
And he poked the fire a little more
Cause it was cold outside
Downstairs is a picture
Of the day he came home
All battled down and broken
Just a shadow of before
And she’s holding him tight
Like you hold onto something
You’re so afraid of
And as he pulled down the shades
All alone and cold
The door let out a scream
And it slammed and that was all
