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an invocation
02:41
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if there were a way out of this mess
into the future
if there were a way to make a redress
into the future
we gather. we gather here
we gather. we gather here
we cast a circle for our better selves
we accept all of our pieces
we create. we create
we create our own paradigm
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2. |
i am here
03:17
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i am here, i am here
i am here, i am here
i am here
here like the sun is
here like the sun and earth are here
i am here
here like the ground
here like the ground and moon are here
wish it were that simple
wish it were that simple to just be here
could it be that simple
wish it were that simple to just be here
i am here, i am here
i am here, i am here
does my existence, does my existence
does my existence threaten yours?
does their existence, does their existence
does their existence threaten yours?
cause i’m just trying to be here
they’re just trying to be here
i am here, i am here
i am here, i am here
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3. |
up on my hill
05:10
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puddle of tears
how can collect you?
puddle of tears
how can i address you?
i’m a witch today
i’m gonna hide away
i’m a witch today and everyday
up on my hill
i’m on my own thrill
up on my hill
i’m my own pill
i’m a witch today
i’m gonna hide away
i’m a witch today
and everyday and everyday
up on my stage
i write my own page
up on my stage
i deconstruct your cage
i’m a witch today
i’m gonna hide away
i’m a witch today
and everyday and everyday
bend and shape the universe we will
bend and shape the universe we fucking will
everyday and everyday
murky swampy murky swampy murky swampy
what is in the air? what is in the water?
can you smell it? can you taste it?
up on my hill
i’m my own thrill
up on my hill
i’m my own pill
i’m a witch today
i’m gonna hide away
i’m a witch today
and everyday and everyday
murky swampy murky swampy murky swampy
what is in the air? what is in the water?
can you smell it? can you taste it?
up on my hill
i’m my own thrill
up on my hill
i’m my own pill
i’m a witch today
and everyday and everyday
i’m a witch today
i’m gonna hide away
bend and shape the universe we will
bend and shape the universe we fucking will
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4. |
hands in the sky
05:03
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my grief is larger than i can handle
Coatlicue, hands in the sky
my efforts toward self-recovery leave me breathless
they hang me dry
--put your hands in the sky--
you press the feathers against your body
they’ll make you pregnant
the child’s head hangs in the sky
i woke to oil on my pillow
in dreams my jaw cracked
i’ve got her maw on my mind
--put your Hands In The Sky--
they divide and display her,
call her monstrous,
give her one sentence
how can they write so dry?
she’ll move me through this
her bones are my bones
we were the victim,
now watch us rise
--put your hands in the sky--
some people don’t obsess about the past
so i’ve heard
my grief is larger than i can handle
Coatlicue, hands in the sky
my efforts toward self-recovery leave me breathless
they hang me dry
put your hands in the sky
put your hands in the sky tonight
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5. |
beast body
05:07
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my body my
my beast body
my body my, my beast body
rock outside, i’m lava inside*
won’t show you my mind, will show you my fire eyes
pitiful, i lie on the bed, lion-hearted, rabbit-boned, and desperate
my body can fall, my body can catch, my body my flesh, my body my mess
it’s my mess
my body my
my beast body
my body my, my beast body
rock outside, i’m empty inside
can’t show you fire, will show you my nothing eyes,
my sullen eyes, my good for nothing eyes, my empty eyes
i need the pressure, i need the weight
lay on my body!
my yes and no are equally provocative
my body projects, my body protects,
my body rejects, my body my depths,
my deaths, my crests, i’m less
my body can use, my body can fuse,
my body is limp, my body needs a break,
needs a fucking break
my body can pout, my body my doubt,
my body my out, my body my metaphor
on the floor, giving you more,
and nothing more
my body my body my body my body my body
my body my body my body my body my body
my body my body my body my body my body
my body my body my body my body my body
my body my
my beast body
my body, my beast body
rock inside, i’m lava outside
won’t show you my mind,
will show you my lion eyes,
manipulating eyes, my tiger eyes,
my tired eyes
*technically it’s called magma under the earth’s surface, and lava once it erupts.
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good morning sunshine
good morning moonlight
i’m writing a letter about your weather
they don’t want you to feel this much
they don’t want you to feel at all
but they want you to be their prophet
they want you to feel for them
and they say you feel too much
but baby we’ve been this way our whole lives
too emotional they say
we are the way, we are the waves
and i’ve been dreaming of this moment my whole life
you are my fiery, aries, debaucherous energy
i’m your 90° libra completion
you are the stillness too
the nerve that runs down my spine
and baby we’ve been this way our whole lives
now the world is falling apart
and they want you to feel for them
as the tears are pouring down from your eyes
they don’t want you to feel this much
they don’t want you to feel at all
but they want you to be their profit
too emotional they say
we are the way, we are the waves
and we’ve been dreaming of this moment our whole lives
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7. |
let me be unknown
04:40
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bodies can’t hold this many lifetimes
bodies can’t hold this many memories
bodies can’t hold this much longing
bodies can’t hold this much change
let me be forgotten
let me unknown
let your old news
let me resown
you’ve already forgotten me
starlight and spotlight
fade to seen
let me be forgotten
let me be unknown
let me be your old news
let me be resown
let me be your yesterday
let me be your fall
let me be your regret
i can’t be your all
you’ve already forgotten me
starlight and spotlight
fade to seen
bodies can’t hold this many lifetimes
bodies can’t hold this many memories
bodies will hold this much longing
bodies will hold this much change
let me be forgotten
let me be unknown
let me be your old news
let me be resown
let me be forgotten
let me be unknown
let me be your old news
let me be resown
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8. |
we are steady underneath
05:50
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i wasn’t sure i’d find you
i was trying to undefine the space you would fill
i couldn’t let myself dream of a girl could stand in the water of my changes
but you are tidal
you are grief
you are buoyant with sunken feet
i’m so hopeless
i’m full of hope
we are steady underneath. we are steady underneath
we are steady underneath. we are steady underneath
how does it feel to watch me work with your words? she asks me
it’s falling it’s letting the pieces be pieces
it’s falling it’s letting the pieces be pieces
she glues them back together
oh words
sticky words, disparate words, insufficient words
she carries around a suitcase of poetry
down on the ground, unfastens the latch for me
to see what she’s found
she pulls out a line for me
from my own mouth
she hands me the lock and key
she’s making a zine
she’s making a zine of me
she’s pressing repeat
she’s pressing repeat on me
she’s making a zine
she’s making a zine of me
she’s pressing repeat
she’s pressing repeat on me
so hopeless
full of hope
so hopeless
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woolen lover Winona, Minnesota
queer mxm witch sound & movement artist,
woolen lover blends organic found sounds with electronic
sensibilities. keeping it simple while also reaching for complexity, interest, the heart of the world. through the limits and possibilities of the loop pedal, woolen lover layers words, sound, movement and meaning.
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