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Shelter In Place
01:41
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didn't know what day it was
until almost 5 pm
even after someone told me
it made no difference then
time is becoming increasingly
abstract and irrelevant
what's the point of counting hours
if it doesn't matter how they're spent
didn't know how I would feel
until I stepped out the door
the thought of public places makes me
want to lay down on the floor
friends are becoming increasingly
abstract and irrelevant
I swear that I used to have some but I couldn't
tell you where they went
everyone has to pick their own way
where will you draw the line today
if you shelter in place you're ok
where will you draw the line today
everyone has to pick their own way
where will you draw the line today
if you shelter in place you're ok
where will you draw the line today
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2. |
2X2
01:38
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heart of oak
built the ark
hearts and palms
and skin and bark
heart of palm
your hand, your arm
a sight, a song
a saw, a psalm
two by two
and two if by sea
oaken hue
with blue beneath
two by two
and two if by sea
oaken hue
with blue beneath
begging alms
hearts of oak
empty palms
all cracked and broke
hearts and arks
keep us afloat
and piece by piece
we build our boat
two by two
and two if by sea
oaken hue
with blue beneath
two by two
and two if by sea
oaken hue
with blue beneath
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3. |
FOMO
02:07
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iIf you say the news is always bad
turn the TV on and you'll get sad
you should go outside and take a walk
nature doesn't care what pisses you off
oh indifference
oh sweet indifference
can we make a difference
ervery time you get behind the wheel
buckle up because you know the deal
how a stranger, though it is not strange
has to let you know the light just changed
why the hurry
why this big hurry
artificial worry
what's another panic for the list
is there something you're afraid you'll miss
it's inadequacy weaponized
surreality is realized
it's the weather
something in the weather
just keeps getting hotter
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4. |
Of The Sea
02:09
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when god lets my body be
From each brave eye shall sprout a tree
fruit dangles therefrom
the purpled world will dance upon
Between my lips which did sing
a rose shall beget the spring
that maidens whom passions wastes
will lay between their little breasts
My strong fingers beneath the snow
Into strenuous birds shall go
my love walking in the grass
their wings will touch with their face
and all the while shall my heart be
With the bulge and nuzzle of the sea
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5. |
Wildegeeses
02:42
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And now I see the wind
Blowin' from Northwest
I hear them Honkers again
On their rambling quest
Over Lord's Valley I roll like a ball
And in the wind I hear them call
Wild goose, loose goose, I count them all
Yonder stepping that ol' lighten-walkin' wolf
Hungry as always
Long legs and long ears and tail
And a long, long will
I had no goose and I tried to keep her
And she awake and I'm the sleeper
She flew away left me the weeper
But there ain't no chills cold wind
Blowin' through our love nest
I feel your heart beat again
In the Wilderness
I had no goose and I tried to claim her
It's only in the wildness, can you name her
It's only in the wildness, can you tame her
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Invertebrate
01:51
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in a dream i am miles away from all land
and i burrow delightfully into the sand
in this dream i'm a scallop or maybe a clam,
in the soft silty darkness with a foot for a hand
in the soft silty darkness with a foot for a hand
this dream comes to me through my window at night
and it crawls in my ear like a moth toward the light
i see moonlight on water, the ripples all bright,
then i sink slowly under and lose all my sight
yes i sink slowly under and lose all my sight
when summer is near and i'm far from the sea
and warm wind through the leaves of a cherry-blossom tree
sounds more like the hiss of saltwater to me,
i would shun all the city for a sandbar, or quay
i would shun all the city for a sandbar, or quay
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7. |
My Grandmother Says
01:53
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my grandmother says at least it's spring
and nature can distract us from everything
but I don't even know if that would work for me
nature is the problem, at least that's how it seems
how could we enjoy
the sound of birds
they're here too soon
how could we appreciate
the flowers' early bloom
I feel like an asshole for writing a song
that won't help anyone, making music seems wrong
when everybody's dying or locked in their home
we're all in this together but everyone's alone
would it make more sense
to make the song a minor key
it's two months too early
to be seventy degrees
everything's a lie, there's pollen in the air
it gets caught in my face mask, gets caught in my hair
going for a walk, trying not to read the news
but no amount of greenery can keep away the blues
see, see how that sounds
sounds like a joke, sounds insincere
no more making light, it's time to stop
this shit right here
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Perhaps Hand Baltimore, Maryland
Taking its name from an ee cummings poem, Perhaps Hand is the songwriting project of Austin Tally, formerly of the Baltimore band Wing Dam. Sometimes it is a 3-piece band, but usually it is just him. The majority of PH releases are self-recorded, with Austin playing and tracking all instruments. ... more
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