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Symbol & Ritual
02:59
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I cast a spell and then you appeared
it was many moons since I lived in fear
That I wouldn't feel happy again
that I couldn't fall in love again
But am I more attracted to your
Symbols than the way that you move
And are you trying to live in the night
So you don't have to face the sun light
I've got to hold my breath
Until there is nothing left
maybe then I'll wake up and I'll be
back to the place where you met me
I had a dream and then we met
And our first kiss was as good as it gets
But you're telling me you don't know what you want
So I'm training to be just as nonchalant
But am I more attracted to your
Rituals than the words that you use
But it's hard not to fall for your eyes
Cause when I look into them, I feel synchronized
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2. |
Never Again
03:16
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Every time
I see a rainbow
I honor it
With a photograph
Luckily I can
Still find beauty but
Never again
Will I hear your laugh
Every time
I find an empty page
I write about
Your stoic face
Even though
I am fully aware that
Never again
Will I feel your embrace
Never again will I find
Bouquets waiting for me from you
Never again will I sleep
In fields of rosemary with you
Never again will I feel your heartbeat
Never again will you call me baby
Never again will I write you love songs
Never again will you say you love me
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3. |
Summerland
03:26
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Two days ago, I saw you
dancing in an empty room
fancy with your taffeta
I’ll always remember you with a
cigar in your hand as you're
gardening with the other
When you walked into the room, there were
pillars of dolls and fabrics
incense burning everywhere
But your favorite thing was when
hundreds of ravens gather
to sing a song at sunset
When the moon grew to be full
she asked if you needed a hand
it was time for her to guide you
down to the fields of Summerland
Every night
In my dreams
I drown in
My memories
So each day
I'm looking
For signs that
You're at ease
And when we're
Reunited
In the jade
Green meadows
I hope by
Then you have
Forgotten
Your sorrows
Waterbearer, Rest In Peace
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4. |
Mr. Brinkmann
03:31
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It was 12 AM before
You had the chance to notice me
But that's ok with me cause
It gave me a chance to
Listen to your words
& pretend they're about me
Imagining my hands were
The ones touching your hair
It was 5 AM and I
Was gonna be the last to leave
But you had another idea
Hidden up your jumpsuit sleeve
Never thought that
This would happen
Never think that
You would want me
Never want to
Push a friendship
If I think that
It could haunt me
So you turned to me and said
Something I thought that you'd never say to me
Are you waiting for me to kiss you
It was 10 AM when I
Woke up in your all white bed
Wondering about the thoughts
Running through your perfect head
Was it really real
Or had I been dreaming
Did you really say
You could be Mr. Brinkmann
It was 12 PM and we
Were never gonna get that brunch
But I know I'll see you again
Cause I've got that witchy hunch
The next time it will be up to me
To be the one to say to you that
I'm not waiting for you to kiss me
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5. |
Agfa Adamantine
04:33
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In the back / Of the car / Ride you don't remember
I held your hand for just a little while
Nothing is / different / But I wish it were because
You told me recently you would love me
Two years ago be / fore you left / San Francisco
You were standing in my kitchen
In a haunted corner of the room
That was when you tried to
You and I are
Sliding glass make out doors
In your room / in the dark / but I don't remember
This was how we started years ago
Didn't we / establish then / the proper protocol
Was to act like nothing happened?
What changed? What is different?
You and I still shoot on Agfa
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6. |
Poems For Moss
04:47
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I used to write
On backs of receipts
Soft words of remorse
My sighs of defeat
I dreamed to weave
These odes to loss
In songs for graves
In poems for moss
It feels
too close
To the veils
Of death
For me
to speak
In the
same breath
Of angst I've wasted
On mouths I've tasted
And the souls I've witnessed
Snuffed out of existence
So now I stand tall
just like a stone
With my camera
In bars alone
Distract me please,
Wave that magic wand
Raze that moment when she
Ceased to carry on
She's not the only one
Deep down I always knew
She's not the only one
Deep down I always knew
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7. |
Ideal Lighting Lover
03:10
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Tungsten / Neon / Sunset / Till Dawn
Front row seats to your third eye
High on your words til I die
Did you know I can also see
My whole world better, baby, when you're with me
You're my / Ideal lighting lover
Tungsten / Neon / Sunset / Till Dawn
Frame by frame we're drenched in dreams
Wild like fire and pale as cream
Save for windy desert rides we're
Kept apart / by the moon and the tides
Tell me your film type
Show me your ISO
Tell me bout your aperture
Show me your shutter speed
You're my /
Ideal lighting lover
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Astra Pentaxia Berlin, Germany
US-born and Berlin-based alto singer and synthwitch Astra Pentaxia prefers the term ‘maximalist rainbowgoth’ for her music. Drawing influences from early synthpop à la Depeche Mode, Astra also incorporates theatrical props into her live shows. Sometimes it's a stoplight but if you're lucky, it's a bird clock. ... more
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