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Exile House

by Ssleeping Desiress

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1.
Angeline 03:10
It's coming back to me where we are/In the ruins of an old dancehall/dust settled on the chairs and floor/I can still remember what you wore/A camo coat and your hair draped down/Tapping out simple steps on the ground/I can hear "Oh! You Pretty Things"/For a summer that's all we wanted to sing Oh Angeline It's coming back to me where we are/A seaside room, waiting out the war/Books occupied the chairs and floor/Where you stood is now a blur/On the mend from a nasty fall/My shoes were soaked, that's all I recall/We ran through cars, as day turns night/You were singing in the shadow of a grey streetlight Oh Angeline We sit on your carpet/Of your empty apartment/trying to forget We sit on your carpet/Of your empty/drinking to forget Oh, Angeline
2.
Black Maria 02:52
The light against the window/Shadows on the wall/From vantage point you see all the leaves are falling The light against the window/Shadows on the wall/Don't know if you have heard/All your friends came calling Mother are you with me? Father are you with me? Maria are you with me? All this time you spend on/Art and damage/Is the love you waste on/Chasing Phantoms Take me back, Black Maria Take me back in the Black Maria
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4.
Dirt 03:31
A rush of air/Breathes new life to future/I found despair/Caked on lines of blue prints/And I won't care/If I see your footprints/You made no heirs/Proud mother, Successor And I wonder how you work Head in the clouds, feet in the dirt Over months/Art fills up drawers of bureaus/My heart beats once/Mumbles rhythmic murmurs/And I confess/I don't need affirmations/I daydream less/Surprise myself on occasion Uncomfortable with how you were Resigned to be cheap furniture
5.
Snake 04:35
Follow the map/Trace all of these turns/Return to the mark/Where rivers curve/Under the tree/Where soil is unturned/Relief in your image/It's charred and cursed All that I've done trails my path Follows my steps, a snake in the grass Under the rock/What do you find?/Facsimile you/More serpentine All that I've done haunts my past Circles my home, a snake in the grass Statue of me/Still undisturbed/A relief in your image/It's charred and cursed
6.
For several moons I've tracked you here/Long to put my arms around you/Before the moment you disappear/As an insignificant outlier Driving fast straight to your last site/Statements made of your past night/Vacant rooms for out-of-towners/Recorded aliases for late night encounters A bed, nightstand, TV, a window Where does your eye go? A bed, TV, nightstand, radio How does that song go? Snapshots of your fingerprints, dotting landmarks by your last house Rifling through your portrait book, only one step out behind you
7.
Exile House 03:35
Bury me here/Amongst the ruins and I/I won't mind/The yearnings in my heart/Littered with patterns of glass/Back I slide All of my love resides in the rooms of Exile House All of my life, I've been in and been out of Exile House Return to the ground/I keep in daydreams that I/Still rely under heaven's skies/My head's still on fire/With so much reverence/And I find/I'm free of nothing at all Your best work resides under lock and key of Exile House Don't be surprised if you wake up inside of Exile House All of my love reside in the rooms of Exile House All of my life, I've been in and been out of Exile House
8.
Connection 04:08
Are you still trying to make a connection? What ugly head will appear? What familiar voice will you hear? Peering into the imperfect separation What ugly head will appear? What familiar voice will you hear?

about

On this second official album for Onderstroom, I relied less heavily on experimentation and unintentionally-grown organic sounds to drive the songwriting but instead attempted to write fully formed songs. I employed recognizable song structures most closely aligned with the "pop" song format such as choruses, bridges and verses to express the mood of each track. The result is the best nine songs from this period. Please enjoy!

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released March 27, 2020

All songs written & recorded between August 2017 to January 2019.
All songs copyright Mary Rene Publishing, LLC
Mixed & Mastered by Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden East
Design by Atelier Brenda
Paper Collage by Gabriel Ramos

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