Ohio

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Turn left up the street
Stumble off the train platform, I saw you shivering
Hanging out the window in the Lincoln Tunnel
Drag your knuckles across the tiles
I remember when you became more than just the sum of all your parts
Angel trumpets in the dark
But there are many things I wish I could remember

I remember playing your favorite song
Hoping you’d hum along
The rattle of the radio rumbles loud
Take a sip and drown it out
Crumpled pile of cans by the creek, a gravesite marks the night
Here lies older empires collapsed in a heap and prose too plain to write

I remember driving down broken roads
Your peeling skin exposed
AC broken, saw you sweating through your clothes
There’s places only we can go
But you were always watching from one side of mirrored glass
Think fast like cigarettes out of highway windows, galaxies collapse

So much closer to where I started than where I thought I’d be
You bring the smile, I’ll bring the teeth
Devour me
When did we become so halfhearted? A concrete field of reeds
You bring the smile, I’ll bring the teeth
Devour me

I remember you in an August way
Chiaroscuro haze
Saw you watching summer evaporate
Simple like the words you say
Wash the rust from your hands by the creek, a gravesite marks the night
Here lies colder embers than I’ve ever seen and prose too plain to write

So much closer to where I started than where I thought I’d be
You bring the smile, I’ll bring the teeth
Devour me

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from New Preoccupations, released March 25, 2022

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"new preoccupations" - our new album, available everywhere 3/25/22 on memory music.
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