as i came across your name in my phone, i remembered the way that we met
did i come across as a human being?
did i come across as something less?
did you hope that i was gonna open up a passageway to a gilded world?
while you guard the gate to a social stream where the blueprints for heaven unfurl
fear is not a way out of this
can't alight on a dream dismissed
coincidence of opposites
in my heart i am just like them
with a dark center in my eyes
haven't tripped in such a long time
we go back to the fire
we gathered around to stay alive
while you think aloud, i am picturing a polyptych of your different laughs
one for every phase of the moving moon, gleaming off a marble path
and i finally accept that the changes i want are the fruit and not the tree
i will work for rain, i will coax the sun, give a name to every leaf
fear is not a way out of this
can't alight on a dream dismissed
coincidence of opposites
in my heart i am just like them
with a dark center in my eyes
haven't tripped in such a long time
we go back to the fire
we gathered around to stay alive
On their latest LP, the Austin group peel away the synth and distortion to highlight the jangly melodies at the core of their songs. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 9, 2022