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lace
03:20
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be careful what you put in you
you never know what will grow
the jaw can break
careful what you put into yr mouth
the teeth can break
don't bite off more than you can chew
she tells me i have the ability
to make my body abort on its own
can i really tell the body
to do anything, anything?
my dog learns this dying world
by putting it into her mouth
she eats the mud & drinks the poison
of the mississippi & she'll be fine
i could not drink the mississippi
you never know what will grow
the jaw can break
the barrier breaks
the heart breaks the train can break
the seed can break
the strings can break
the blood can flow or collect & grow
tomorrow night you will leave on an eastbound
& ill miss the way you held me
as if i were a hide & you were freezing
i'll eat the seeds of queen annes lace
every day for a week
sometimes we destroy in the most gentle of ways
the petals lace
i've never been so happy to see the blood
finally exit my body
ive never been so heartbroken to let
the blood leave
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2. |
crooked teeth
03:49
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when i miss you i can't stop staring at everybodys teeth
no ones teeth are just like yours
i miss yr crooked teeth
i miss yr crooked teeth the most
i miss yr ugly parts the most
they are the parts i never will forget
& that means theyre magical
ugly is the realest thing i know
& someday i'll regret this
these are the most annoying words
to have sewn inside my bones
on the side of the highway
all the roadkill jawbones have teeth like new gravestones
theres a perfect order to the wild things
why can't i stop
thinking about that one time
when you sat across from me & as i
told you a story, you reached out & grabbed onto
my crooked tooth as if you wanted
to pull it right out of my head & keep it forever
someday i'll forget this
these are the most annoying words to have sewn
inside my bones
i miss yr crooked teeth, the poetry that they would spit
& every time you put yr mouth on mine our teeth would hit
we haven't kissed in years but like a dream i can't forget it
i miss yr crooked teeth
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3. |
lavender
02:41
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ursula won't you come
move yr throat, make a sound
ursula won't you come
move yr body in a way that makes you happy
id give you my heart
if you wanted a snack
you could eat up the whole thing
& let the blood run down yr chin
ursula wont you come
lay yr head next to mine
ursula wont you come
put yr fingers in my fingers
id give you my lungs
if you wanted a toy
you could put the windpipe to yr lips
& blow them up like a balloon
in the sky was a bloody sunset
on the ground were rows of monocrops
to our right was the raging ocean
& to our left was a golf course that went on for miles
id give you my tear ducts
you could put them inside yr eyes
having just one pair is not adequate
when we live in a world like this
i asked you, what color does
being at the ocean make you feel?
you thought about it for a while
& then you said,
lavender.
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4. |
nervous mouth
02:23
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he kisses me
as if i'm his girlfriend
long & soft
his hand on my neck
rot in my teeth
he asks, how did you get so gentle?
then he fucks me until i am dry
body, my body's a nervous mouth
he asks if it's okay
a question that means nothing
& when i get home half alive a man will say,
"i wish i could spread my legs & get
everything i want"
the difference between this
& rape is the difference
between a sunrise & a sunset
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5. |
sleep
01:58
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a stranger picks me the lovers card
from his tarot deck
says, "the only card stronger than this one
is death"
all of the humans have forgotten how
to fall in love
unless something is mysterious
yr mother sleeps in a bed by herself
every night
her bed is the size of all the cedar trees
in the world combined
yr father sleeps downstairs on the couch with
the dogs
he's the happiest man ive ever met
he's the saddest man ive ever met
i will always sleep in a bed with you
even if our bed is the dirt
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throat
02:09
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i'm gunna make a wish on you
don't blow away like dandelion seeds
don't blow away like early morning dreams
riding a south bound train at night
i dream of tattooing my mothers thigh
adrenaline in my body
as if i am running for my life
if my dreams dont have hands
how am i supposed to hold them?
the first time you scream you are 32
we're on top of a mountain in the rain
inside of a cloud like the world disappeared
the first time you scream you are 32
what a heavy burden for the throat to hold
i'm gunna make a wish on you
the first time you scream you are 32
what a heavy burden for the throat to hold
if my dreams dont have hands,
how am i supposed to hold them?
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7. |
yr million sweetnesses
02:21
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8. |
vines
03:31
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the vines on the trees are as thick as necks
down by the tracks & the junkyard
they hang from the trees like the ropes of swings
they'll keep on growing despite everything
lost in a small town in tennesse
someone has been here before me
under the train bridge graffitti
makes me feel less alone when i'm lonely
i could wait for a train
it might not stop for days
alone in the woods
with my dog & the vines
the sun starts to set at 4 oclock
i haven't seen colors like this since you brought us
to yr hometown in southern california
in the morning i'll mistake the snow for yr touch
falling asleep in the cold womb of night
i have wrapped my body round yrs hundreds of times
i wish you were here on the ground next to me
yr body a tree, my limbs a vine
i could wait for a train
it might not stop for days
alone in the woods
with my dog & the vines
or the trees are the necks & each vine is a rope
down by the tracks & the junkyard
each rope an escape you hide inside yr throat
you'll keep on living, despite everything
i could wait for a train
it might not stop for days
alone in the woods
with my dog & the vines
i will wait for you
might not see you for days
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