1. |
Spill It
05:02
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Inner circle, keep me whole
Still I'm broken, split to seven different notes
This connection, sparked and dulled
Still rejected by every body and every pulse
Keep hold, chemicals
Remind me that I feel at all
Fuck this comparison torture
Fuck this irregular drone
Fuck this, I hate my attraction
To a hear that I will never know
Keep hold, chemicals
Remind me that I feel at all
Even when bad days go on, I feel better
Love has a cadence its own, are you better
Breathe in the size of it all, I feel better, are you better
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2. |
Flat Feelings
06:10
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The cold wears on
But I could never get through the summer with a broken heart
The flat line's on
Put the feelings in the back of the drawer
And cut the handle off so we can lock it up
Don't you ever feel afraid
Old stock memories will fade
No, I never thought that you'd go
Don't you ever miss the pull
Vague impressions of a body that you know
No, I never thought that you'd go
And flat lay feel
But I could never cut through the silence on a broken reel
And I'll stay lost
Keep repeating the shape of the feelings like an orbital
A repetitious hear never grows
Did you ever believe that the connection was gone
Yeah I'm always drifting apart
Could you ever believe if I told you that the split to seams was an afterthought
Did you even pretend that you were walking alone
Yeah I'm always out on my own
Could you ever believe me if I told that I was always with you like an echoing of your heart
These flat feelings hold
Don't you ever feel afraid
No, you'll never get through the summer with a broken heart
Don't you ever miss the pull
No, you'll never get through the summer with a broken heart
These flat feelings hold
No, you'll never get through the summer with a broken heart
Don't you ever drift away
No, you'll never get through the summer with a broken heart
Cuz a broken heart doesn't grow
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3. |
Symmetrical
03:22
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Hey, it's not that you're invisible
Hey, forgotten things are never known
Fade between the tape and digital and start it over alone
And out of the dark
Give shape to the voice of it all
I see you in a lonely body
Is it easier to go back on
Is it easier to go it alone
Hey, the past is not symmetrical
Hey, remember walking out the door
Break, sometimes I think destroy it all and start it over alone
And out of the dark
Give shape to the voice of it all
I know you in a lonely body
Make it easier to cut the heart to it all
Gimme all the impossible parts
Gimme all the impatient hearts you’re runnin’
Gimme all the impossible parts
Gimme all the abandoned blocks you’re runnin’
Gimme all the impossible parts
Gimme all the impatient crush you’re runnin’
Gimme all the impossible parts
Gimme all the impatient hearts you’re runnin’
Gimme all the abandoned crush you’re runnin’
Gimme all to go home
Out of the dark
Give shape to the voice of it all
I know I could be anybody
Make it easier to go back on
Make it easier to go it alone
Make it easier to go back home
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4. |
Stay Low
04:15
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Play possum
Stay still until they’re gone
Play person
Stay golden and stay young
And where do we belong
In bodies with a low telluric call
And when will we return
The disconnected time ticks on and on
My dream when you return is still recurring
Keep the curtains pulled so I can stay there
Come closer
Come closer and stay low
When ataraxia is gone
A wreck and turbulent result
Is all we are
Take cover
Stay still until they’re gone
Come closer
Come closer and stay low
When ataraxia is gone
A wreck and turbulent result
Is all we are
Don’t you ever tell them keep me alight
Where the cover’s a drug
Do you ever walk the street late at night
Do you echo a tone
To stay low
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5. |
No Surprise
04:19
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It comes as no surprise
Days leak into the night
And every now and then I feel unmoored
Rudderless and drifting from the shore
It comes as no surprise
Drink numbs this worried mind
And sometimes I don’t know just why I’m here
Waiting for ellipsis to reveal
You’re near
Stay frozen
Stay lost
All these timid hearts
Are not the only ones to fall apart
It comes as no surprise
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6. |
Again
04:03
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The thought that keeps me up all night
Will you call me again
And with every buzz an aftershock
They fuck me again
Again
Leave me fallow
Leave me vacant again
Leave me shallow
Leave me faded out again
The scent of you it lingers here
It’s soaked in every stitch
And if I could only disappear
And find a place where I belong
Where I could keep the words inert again
Leave me fallow
Leave me vacant again
Leave me shallow
Leave me faded out again
Gimme somethin’ that I wanna believe again
Tell me somethin’ like you think you can love again
Gimme somethin’ that I wanna believe again
Tell me somethin’ like you’re ready to love again
We’ll still belong
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7. |
New Moon
03:15
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Empty sky
Pass me by
Just when recrudescence fades
Get hit with a new wave
Los Angeles, you’ve got me down
Are you out there, too
Will I see you soon
Under a new moon
Talk all night
Voices bright
The gravity in your eyes
Packed tight and fossilized
Los Angeles, you lovely tomb
Are you out there, too
Will I see you soon
Under a new moon
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8. |
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This is a curse
The distance expands every night
And when we disperse
A flicker of light can take thousands of years to arrive
Float on your own
Cold and alone
I could be wrong
Maybe the fabric will hold us together
Hold us together
This is a curse
One day the light will expire
And when we reverse
Our bodies collapse in a chaotic aberrance
All those holes in eternity
Sealed up, causing the birth of another
Don’t you remember?
This is a curse
This is a curse
Take all of the far away tones
Hold close to the fabric of all of us
Take care of the far away homes
Hold on, hold all the time that you’re gone
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9. |
Stars
04:10
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Yeah I know that there’s a first time for everything
But I always seem to fuck up beginnings
And yeah I know that you’re a stand in for anyone
But why would anyone leave you alone
Phases they wax and wane forever
The cold hush always reserves the truth
And people bury their heads and wonder
Why we always find ourselves at the ending
And don’t you want to
Realize the stars that you’re under
Realize they don’t see you alone
Realize those stars have ended
The light they held will never leave you alone
Yeah I know that there’s a first time for everything
But I always find myself at the ending
And don’t you wonder
Realize the stars that you’re under
Realize they don’t see you alone
Realize those stars have ended
The light they held will never leave you alone
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10. |
Here. But Quiet
06:54
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Breathe in, breathe out again
It doesn’t make you more familiar
Let’s cut the dialogue
And put the phrases back together
Sometimes a word is gone
Sometimes a word rings on forever
Sometimes they split apart
Sometimes they want to come together
And I thought you couldn’t choose
And I thought you wouldn’t shoot
Let’s build a monument
To avoid a deep connection
I’m here but quiet now
Just a ghost without direction
Sometimes you disappear
Sometimes you want to be discovered
Some thoughts evaporate
Sometimes these thoughts can live forever in you
And I thought you couldn’t choose
And I thought you wouldn’t shoot
And I thought you couldn’t choose
And I thought you wouldn’t shoot
I’m here but quiet now
Another reason to feel but you can’t, you won’t
And I thought you couldn’t choose
And I thought you wouldn’t shoot
And I thought you couldn’t choose
And I thought you wouldn’t shoot
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11. |
How It Started
06:14
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It started with a dose
Circling this old dirt road
In orbit all night long
It’s easy not to talk
It’s easier when things get bad
To want them to get worse
It started with a voice
The gentle call of Miriam
Wrap me up and warm
And should you be afraid
Afraid to take a perfect heart
A perfect heart and let it go
But don’t you start with covered eyes
But don’t you make me walk all night
With lonely stars burning on
Let it go, Let it go
Let it go, Let it go
Don’t tell me the last of the living is gone
Let it go, Let it go
Don’t tell me the last of the loving is gone
Let it go, Let it go
But don’t you start with covered eyes
But don’t you make me walk all night
With lonely stars burning on
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12. |
People
11:07
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People come
People go
The worst part is they never let you know
They disappear
And leave a ghost
That lingers in the back of every verse
Let’s be still
Let’s be numb
Let’s try not to be heard
Be careful with our words
And you were there with me
Up against the wall
Together on the Highline
Together in the park
And were you there with me
Up against the wall
Your name is just a word
A word is just a way to fall in love
Time
I know it’s just like a pulse
A steady rhythm inside
A beat I’ll never reverse
You know
You know
No, you’ll never know
But I
I wanna feel the pull
I wanna feel you inside
A body never forgets
You know
You know
No, you’ll never know
You make it right
I wanna go home
Don’t you pull away
But I don’t wanna be the loved one
I wanna feel your pull
Don’t you wanna go home
No I wanna be the loved one
But I can never decide
You make it right
Don’t you wanna go home
You make me want to feel
But I don’t wanna be the loved one
You make it right
I just wanna go home
And I just wanna be the loved one
Don’t you wanna go home
No I wanna be the loved one
Don’t you wanna go home
I just wanna be the loved one
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16:9 Los Angeles, California
16:9 is the solo recording project of Los Angeles-based artist and musician, Alan Foreman.
Alan was previously a member of Brooklyn-based bands Ten Minute Turns, Mission Drift, and The Party Faithful.
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