1. |
frost
01:31
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circling around the apartment block
with the intent of a letter gone postal
drank my coffee in the shower to pass the hour
while the frost crept up the wall
piloting the drone
that buzzes
long and slow
you watch yourself
curl up
into another set of bones
and feel at home
piloting the drone
that buzzes
long and slow
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2. |
windowpane
03:59
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seven years of my life
spent hung up on magazine racks
in shopping malls on the edge of town
discarding headlines as if they were facts
each time
it's the same
pressed up
to windowpane
seven months by flickering light
flipping through cheap paperbacks
smoking out the window at night
ash piled up in neat little stacks
each time
it's the same
pressed up
to windowpane
seven hours go by as twelve
scouring this room for signs of life
they get swept 'neath the carpet
each time i lock the door and turn out the light
each time
it's the same
pressed up
to windowpane
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3. |
knots
02:51
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spent all last spring
pumping on your chest
to make you spit
out solar wind
cracked your ribs
and helped you tie
your world to a string
and nothing could compare
to these knots
in your hair
i choked on words
and was not heard
on second thought
i tied a knot
what was the first sign
was it made clear
i tried to read your mind
tried to swallow your fears
pulled at your loops
but only by yourself
could you have stepped
out of your noose
and nothing could compare
to these knots
in your hair
i choked on words
and was not heard
on second thought
i tied a knot
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4. |
halves
03:34
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i awoke
with an anchor on my chest
and all i could think of
was how you'd be impressed
did i go too far this time
did it seem as if i'd lost my mind
you left
in the middle of the night
and on your way out
you even turned off all the lights
did i go too far this time
did it seem as if i'd lost my mind
together we'd fight
all the time
i hate all your friends
and you don't think i've been trying
did i go too far this time
did it seem as if i'd lost my mind
when we met
you were full of light
we'd talk and dance
and laugh through the night
did i go too far this time
did it seem as if i'd lost my mind
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5. |
sleep debt
02:21
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i'm paying sleep debt
with a blank cheque
and this months statement
a sad state of affairs
i'm paying sleep debt
with the last of my cents
it's like building a wall
to keep things
in
to keep things out
to give some shape
to this doubt
to keep things in
got a mouth like a picture
head like a frame
eyes are the curtains
keep drawn across my face
i slept while my brother
lost what's left of his mind
and i am certain
that for me there is
time
to kill
time to lose
there is no time at all
there is time
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6. |
china doll
03:09
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he held her in his grasp
like a windup toy
she undid a clasp
out poured all her joy
she began to crack
just like
a china doll
only to be glued back
apart
as a whole
he chased her while she slept
each time she awoke
his fingers round her neck
turned into smoke
she began to crack
just like
a china doll
only to be glued back
apart
as a whole
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7. |
empty frame
02:27
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saw you the other night
at the market
with the leaking neon sign
solemn and weird
i waved
from across the aisle
then walked home in the rain
spend your days
circling the drain
bleached your hair
and changed your name
do you still fold
the pages of books you'll never read
and are you still
lining the walls
of your house
with empty picture frames
spend your days
circling the drain
bleached your hair
and changed your name
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