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Tether EP

by Erica Freas

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1.
Harriet 02:56
HARRIET DIED TOMORROW / CAME TO ME LAST WEEK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT / SHE TOLD ME "LOOK FOR THOSE WE'VE LOST IN THE MAGIC, IN THE WIND & IN THE LIGHT." / I FELT THE PAIN OF THE DYING / KNOWING EVERY LOSS WAS A DEATH DEEP INSIDE OF ME / AND I FELT POWERLESS TO STOP IT / BUT THERE'S POWER IN THE MOURNING & THE GRIEF / MARGERY WOULD YOU DANCE WITH ME? / I FEEL YOU STANDING AT THE BACK OF ME / YOUR EYES BRING OUT THE VERY BEST IN ME / TUCKIN IN MY SHIRT AND SINGIN "THANK YOU, PLEASE, A PLEASURE TO BE SEEN." / NOW THIS IS THE BEGINNING / AND THE BEGINNING'S ALWAYS HELD BACK BY A CERTAIN KIND OF HARD / ITS LIKE NO ONE'S EVER FELT LIKE THE BEFORE / EXCEPT FOR THE SCARS ACROSS OUR HEARTS / A SPIDER CAME TO DANCE WITH ME / HER STORY STRETCHING FROM THE BACK OF ME / I WAS ALONE BUT SHE WAS TRACKING ME / IN THE SHADOWS HEARING EVERYTHING THAT I SAID SILENTLY / I SANG INTO THAT GHOSTLY BREEZE / "MARGERY WOULD YOU DANCE WITH ME?..." / HARRIET PASSED LAST WINTER / TAUGHT ME TO NOTICE THEN TO LOOK AGAIN / SHE SAID YOU'LL FIND ME IN THE BEAUTY OF THE BRANCHES AS THEY BEND INTO THE WIND / YOU'LL FIND ME IN THE WAY THE WIND CARESSES ALL THE GRASSES AND YOUR SKIN
2.
Like Weather 03:13
PIECES OF THE FUTURE LIE LIKE WEATHER ON YOUR FACE / SOMETIMES I THINK OF HOW IT WAS BEFORE / SOMETIMES I'VE OVERTAKEN BY THE WAVE THAT BRINGS THE CHANGE / THAT FLAVOR OF THE MOUTH AGAINST THE SHOTE / AND IT STRETCHES MY SKIN WHEN I TRY TO PREDICT EVERYTHING / I TRY TO SEE THE NIGHTTIME FROM THE DAY / WE'VE ALL TAKEN MEASURES TO PROTECT WHAT WE PREFER / AND HOARDED THOSE WE'VE LOVED ALONG THE WAY / I WENT TO SLEEP IN HOPES I'D WAKE UP AND BE STRONG / BEHIND MY LIDS WOULD CHANGE WHAT NEEDED CHANGE / AND IT STRETCHES MY SKIN WHEN I TRY TO MAKE YOU EVERYTHING / I TRY TO SQUEEZE THE NIGHTTIME FROM THE DAY / I HOPE YOU TASTE WHAT I AM NOT / HOPE YOU EAT ALL THAT YOU WANT / HOPE THAT WE DON'T CLOSE OUR EYES OR LOOK AWAY / THERE'S YEARS BENEATH OUR FEET / AND I STILL FLINCH WHEN YOU FLASH YOUR TEETH / BABY, WE HAVE CHOICE BUT CAN'T CHOOSE NOT TO CHANGE / BECAUSE YOU'RE BIGGER THAN ME / AND I WON'T BE THE WIND AND THE SKY AND THE SEA / BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE SAY IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE / AND IT'S NOT ABOUT DODGING RAIN / CUZ WE'RE GONNA GET WET EITHER WAY / SO LET GO LIKE WEATHER, WHAT'S BETTER THAN MORE OF THE SAME? / LET GO LIKE WEATHER, A TETHER WON'T HOLD BACK A NAME
3.
Sun 02:38
THE FIRST STEPS WERE A WALK IN THE LIGHT / THE NEXT FEW TORE THE DAY FROM THE NIGHT / AND THERE NEEDED TO BE WAVES BUT THEY GREW SO BIG IN SIZE / THEY SCATTERED MY BODY ACROSS THE SKY / AND I WON'T BE UNDONE: / I TURNED MY BACK ON THE SUN / NOTHING'S EVER SIMPLE BUT THE SIMPLE TRUTH WAS / THAT I TURNED MY BACK ON THE SUN / I BECAME A CLOUD OF CRYSTALS CATCHING STARLIGHT / BEFORE I WAS AWARE I COULD CONTROL MYSELF / MOVE THRU MY MIND IN THE DARK NIGHT / BECAUSE I COULD BARELY SPEAK / I ATE ALL MY GUMS AND MY TONGUE AND MY TEETH / LAYING UNDERWATER FEELING PISSED BECAUSE I JUST COULDN'T BREATHE / AFTER A LONG TIME I OPENED MY EYES / THAT WAS FUCKING HARD CUZ THEY WERE SHUT SO FUCKING TIGHT / AND I WANTED TO BE BRAVE AND I WANTED TO BE RIGHT / I NEEDED TO MAKE UP MY FUCKING MIND / I AM THE ONE / WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE / WHO KNOWS MY EVERY ANGLE AND THE DEPTH OF DAMAGE DONE / I TURNED MY BACK ON THE SUN
4.
BOMBARDED BY MEDIA / WE'RE BOMBARDED BY LIFE / BY TEARS AND BEERS AND ALL THE FEARS / YOU'VE LOCKED UP INSIDE ALL YOUR YEARS / AND IT'S HARD TO FIND YOURSELF INSIDE / I SEE YOU STRUGGLE WITH YOUR IDENTITY / WE'VE TRIED ON SO MANY HATS / JUST TRYING TO FIND ONE THAT FITS / NO MATTER HOW DEEP WE DIG INSIDE / THERE'S ALWAYS A PART OF US THAT PAYS THE RENT / I SEEM TO STRUGGLE WITH MY IDENTITY.

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released December 16, 2013

All songs written & played by Erica Freas
Except "Identity" by The Hidden Spots -https://myspace.com/hiddenspots

Recorded at the Ship by Mike Stanioch in Portland, OR, USA
Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios
Mic sounds to mastering in 72 hours, Dec 2013

Released on vinyl January 2014 by One Brick Today in Sydney, Australia
(onebricktoday.wordpress.com)

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