- I’m underwater in the cottage where my mother and father
brought me in the summer and autumn coming up from the bottom
( take a deep breath)
A voice is muffled but audible
- I wonder what’s walking between the garden of my former college.
- it’s not even possible
- - about to take a test but caught off my guard to prove it I’m a
(hard-working student) -
- throw a look across the room she doesn’t know what she ought to do (I’ve got you)
- - Lovelier than what I have to offer
I’m summoned into the arboreal to stop her
- Snow falls while the crow calls she goes on - prolonged, the road’s blocked the cold grows strong a faint vision - I drove a car bang – collision, I witness it so far away but this is - vivid - I’m saying “wait a minute” as she faces my position to explain her existence
Flesh yearning for
A dream-like world
Where the silence left unsaid isn’t as cold
Visions unfurl
In an illusion of their clarity
Just wake me up before I fall
The stale breath of asphyxia threatens as your own (The stale breath of silent death threatens as your own)
Constricted, taunted, don’t let them prod you to the bone
But in the depths I feel the futility of our relevance
No room for control or for intelligence (I can hear you say)
Yet in your arms I can feel my muscles tense with fight
I can recall my heartbeat pumping crimson, beeping life (Don’t change lanes)
Your bare skin, cheap gin, tall grass and your scrunched up jeans
Why do I feel like I’ve been plugged into some great machine?
(Why do I feel like I’ve been plugged into some great machine?)
How did we go from making heartfelt love to overstaying our welcome? they chased us hellacious
They’re still here
Stay near
For you I’d give my life
Fiction or fiend
Stand back, hand me the knife
I see your makeup streaks across your face cloth my teeth – they fall straight off can’t stay calm
Your frame deformed
Your eyes wash off like rain
This constant strain on my brain
is driving my insane
Flesh yearning for
A dream-like world
Where the silence left unsaid isn’t as cold
Visions unfurl
In an illusion of their clarity
Just wake me up before I fall
A glorious collection of UK hip-hop, techno, bass and more to honor those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 31, 2017