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Taste
05:10
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When I taste the sun, I hope to get a burn
A permanent impression of Heaven
Hallelujah! All the flavour bursts around me
The honeyed world drips with sugar like a candy
Suckled, savoured and cradled
Too sweet to swallow
Every sensation grows
until I start to choke
One by one each pleasure leaves me
With no reason
Old sun, I see you die
From burning so bright
Old sun, I see you’ll blind
If I stare all of the time
When I taste the sun, I hope to get a burn
A permanent expression of Heaven
Old sun, I see you die
From burning so bright.
Old sun, I see you’ll blind
If I stare all of the time
Every sensation is a treasure
Every muscle remembers
Every sensation is a dagger
Every muscle remembers
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2. |
Muscle Memory
06:03
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We learn a lot
While we are still soft
Twist the omen into knots
This muscle is my home, it is my haven
& it is not enough
All we do is talk about boys
Imagine they will take off our clothes
But we are not ourselves fully formed
So no one should know
All we do is talk about girls
The playing field is littered with words
And every single one is a spy
Inside of my mind
& It’s weighing me down
A few years later
We fight a lot
Now that we have grown hard
And it’s always my fault
This muscle is my home, it is my haven
& I’ll never come out
When all we do is talk about love
I can’t even open my mouth
You’re turning all of my words around into yours
When all we do is talk about boys
Every single word is a noise
The playing field is littered with shells
With no yoke
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3. |
Heat
05:20
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You hold the sun down low
Your hands sink in my throat
We melt into the road
Cracked skin and blackened bones
The heat moves up
It rises
Cloud bursts, humidity falls
Fattening every little cell, it heals them all
Welcoming the wash with wide, open jaws
Drinking in the flood & sliding on the mud
The steam moves up
& dries us
If ever I’m a waterfall
Your hands could never hold it all
If ever I am a cup too small
The mighty thunderstorm cannot be held
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4. |
Saturation
05:31
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Back when you were too young,
You hum and you are where you run.
One day you are too old
You were scorned, so where you run
You will not go
Oh, my heart breaks & I am out of breath
Oh, my lungs ache & I am close to death
This time I’m not OK.
Come down, calm down
High speed, everything is here!
All at once, all you want
But I’m not.
People are falling down on me
All their thoughts, oh my god!
Knock me out
Oh, my heart races & I am out of breath
Oh, my lungs blaze & I am close to death
This time I’m not OK
Raise the ground up to my height until I come down
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5. |
Sensory Deprivation
05:19
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Wait for the stone to grow
Before you cross the sand
Wait for the wave to stand alone
If I turn off myself
Can I still the seasons
That kill the tiger lily beneath us?
Throw the stone far away from your home
And throw the wave far away if you can hold it
Float down this river & let go
It’s just liquid
If I turn on myself
Can I still the seasons
That yield the tiger lily
& just appreciate it?
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Touch
05:52
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All the days & changing winds,
I feel its force and gentleness.
It cuddles me & blows kisses and
Darkens the sky
I resist
Overhead, a giant hand
Spinning webs of silver thread
One finger graces my flesh
Blood rises and burns
Oh, why do I want you?
Why do I want to--
I long to touch you
But it hurts
A growling thunderstorm
Gathers over my head, spreading fingers
Ignites a current
Heart beats violently
Lungs function again
A giant hand drilling holes
Inside my head
Your touch is really soft
So still it’s almost gone
Just a pattern remains on my skin
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Vibrations
07:11
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Say nothing,
Reach out and touch.
Every limb & beat is fast asleep.
I feel your spark rise up in the dark,
And every little nerve flies up.
Your vibration grows inside of me
& I’m Creator, sensitivity.
Your vibration grows inside of me
& I’m Destroyer, electricity.
Lightning ignites ghosts in my bed,
They move even though they are dead.
Lightning soars & I feel a pulse.
A little bit of heat and change creates a storm.
Your vibration grows inside of me,
& I’m Creator, sensitivity.
Your vibration grows inside of me,
& I’m Destroyer, electricity.
And you are here to stay.
No surprise,
No malice or stars in your eyes.
Electrify until I’m on fire!
I’m a house on fire,
I’m a surge of power.
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8. |
Fear
06:58
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Why am I so afraid of the flame?
So afraid of the pain?
I’ll hold out my hand & feel the fire.
Oh you’ve got to burn
Or you’ll never learn,
And there’s something that I want to tell you
But it will hurt.
So you want to run away,
Unhear what you heard.
Don’t feel discouraged!
And feel my message.
I fear I’ve lost a lifeline,
I fear I’ve lost a lifetime.
Oh you stubborn girl,
Won’t you ever learn?
Keep on pushing and pushing through fire
And you will earn it.
So you want to run away
So you want to run away
So you want to run away…
I fear I’ve lost a lifeline
I fear I’ve lost a lifetime
I am a friend
I am an enemy who’s friendly
But I don’t hear a sound.
I swear you were there looking down on me.
I swear you said that the reward is sweet,
It’s so sweet.
I fear I’ve lost a lifeline
I fear I’ve lost a lifetime
I am a friend,
I am an enemy who’s friendly
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9. |
Forgiveness
05:02
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I wander forever to get to the centre
It’s unending & I’m tired
This escarpment is a spiral
Something above me pushes me over and upwards
Away from my loved ones
I’m crying ‘cos I don’t see them,
I don’t see them
No, I don’t see them
And I wonder if she is a mother
if she just conceives it
And life never leaves her?
A white light around us is humming,
I can feel it
It is my birthright,
No--it’s a searchlight!
I’ve already bled out
Oh, I can feel it
The mothers are becoming
& I feel them
Is there a reason for this?
There is.
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10. |
Waves
03:02
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O Sedna
Conceived by your father
In a bedroom surrounded by fire
O Sedna
Destroyed by your father
Cast out of a vessel encircled by water
Your fingers & your bones
Dropped down to the ocean floor
Life grows where there was
No life before
I am ruined, I am born
Out of the wreckage of her bones
She is with me now, I am her
She is coming to the surface
She is beautiful, resurrects
& gives her body to the ocean
What her father pushes overboard
Mother receives her
& transforms
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Kira May Toronto, Ontario
Toronto artist Kira May uses her voice to build otherworldly art-pop songs that are lush, visceral and emotional. Influences ranging from Björk to Steve Reich to Kanye West come together to create a broad and explorative palette of sound. May’s current work explores themes of pleasure, over-stimulation, panic and depression. ... more
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