1. |
Cloudy City Only Lonely
04:18
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cloudy city, mississippi
river, reverse, revert
tired mind in minnesota
report, repress, rehearse
tried to fill my mouth with speaking
my words did not mean much
told myself grief could not reach me
when closeness lost its touch
now I live so long ago
memory's my only home
now I live so long ago
memory's my only love
lonely love
only one
walking by the river bank
I wander from myself
foggy sky in late september
I hope that you are well
cloudy city, mississippi
my words, they don't mean much
standing on the bank alone
cause closeness lost its touch
now I live so long ago
memory's my only home
now I live so long ago
memory's my only love
lonely love
only one
cloudy city, mississippi
river, reverse, revert
tired mind in minnesota
report, repress, rehearse
tried to fill my mouth with speaking
tried to fill my mouth with speaking
told myself grief could not reach me
told myself grief could not
now I live so long ago
memory's my only home
now I live so long ago
memory's my only love
lonely love
only one
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2. |
Stars Turn Sharp
03:40
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he'd bleach his throat clean of all wrong
and hang it out to dry
said smoking helps to ease the pain
of knowing we'll all die
thickly bristled, bottled, fabled,
worried, frantic, gone
and what a fucking year it's been
now how do we go on?
skin burned off and torn up tissue,
muscles, fingers, bone
her reckless death seems so unreal
I've kept her number in my phone
thickly bristled, bottled, fabled,
worried, frantic, gone
and what a fucking year it's been
now how do we go on?
stars turn sharp to cut the sky,
like pain I've never felt
I know you hold these heavy thoughts,
I don't know how to help
thickly bristled, bottled, fabled,
worried, frantic, gone
and what a fucking year it's been
now how do we go on?
candle light to candle death
from memory to dust
don't dwell they say get back to normal
must I?- must- I must
waning light and waxen death
like scattered shining blades
there's no time like no time left
to not know what to say
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3. |
A Girl
03:30
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There was a girl, one time, she walked alone
Her shadow even stayed behind
She strayed as far as feet can go
And kept on walkin with her mind
She kept on walkin with her mind
No recollection of before her first breath
When she slipped into cold loud air
Days turn over turn into decades,
Before she exhales, she’ll disappear
I said before she exhales she’ll disappear
She walked along a punchline sidewalk
Gazed out at the Southie sea
Swung near laughter, visible – distant
She let her hair grow to her knees
Alone, she wants no one to witness
What they’ll surely judge as wrong
Uncertainty leads to countless hours
Overthinking the same old song
Overthinking the same old song
Brown eyes search for equal passion,
While she gazes at the sea
Of faces’ stories of compassion,
To head- and heart-ache means to be
To head- and heart-ache means to be
Oh, she goes to places through the sidewalks
Still believes in Giving Trees
Strong in laughter, but distant –
Words are never enough to say what she means
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4. |
Ode to my Cool Disorder
03:36
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Needing to do everything twice takes a lot of time
Needing to do everything right takes up a lot of time
I try to perfectly articulate what can’t be said
and somehow exist symetrically and carefully take even steps
but I always fail at impossible tasks
I set myself up and expect it to feel bad, and it feels bad, feels fucking bad
I want things to seem purposeful although they almost never are
and now I can’t convince myself it’s okay even when I play guitar
I’ll start to write a song and suddenly the motivation leaves
but meaningless regrets get stuck on repeat on repeat (on repeat)
and nothing is complete and nothing will be done
I’ll die and all will stay in my head til I’m gone, til I’m gone
oh I think about death most of the time
and when I get a break I worry why it fills my mind
Cold, chaotic snow outside, at stranger times each year
So many things to fight for, wish I could stop just sitting here
and when you think the goal’s control over the thoughts controlling you
you know you missed the point but sometimes you just can’t see through
and when you can’t feel a thing outside of your own head
know you’re not the only one, no, know you’re not alone, I’ll be your friend
and when you can’t feel a thing outside of your own head
know you’re not the only one, no, know you’re not alone, I’ll be your friend
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5. |
Like Today Like Today
04:57
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When we met, I didn’t say
if you steal my heart, I’ll steal away
if you steal my heart, I’ll steal away
And when we talk, I’d never say
You steal my heart and I’ll steal away
or though you need me here I’ll turn away
Can’t really steel my nerves, but I won’t be fazed
I have a hard time taking space
Once proud of my capacity for pain
now I just feel paralyzed and drained
But a part of me I keep tucked away
tells me even I’m not stuck in place
I’ve been saving up for the rainy days-
like today- like today- like today- like today-
So I still refuse to turn away
My sense of ease, that’s a risk I’ll take,
and I’ll choose this that I can’t escape
and I’ll turn to art
I might stay up late- I might fall apart- I might drop away- that might be okay-
But what use are risks I say I’ll take,
If in the end, I turn away?- no, no, no, no-
I’ll never steel my nerves, but I won’t be fazed-
Cause there’s no time to squander, no time to waste
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Dylan MacWilliams Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dylan MacWilliams (they/them), aka Leather Cohen, is a singer/songwriter living on occupied Dakota & Anishinaabe
land.
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Chest of Drawers (EP) received 3.3/5 stars from an indie music review site. Read the full review here: tinyurl.com/y8gh9dv9
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Listen to this lofi beauty for its clever lyrics and inventive vocal style throughout. Also, it features: Jesus Christ! Ukulele history! Plenty of lotion! Favorite tracks: leave me alone!!!, smdjc
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