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School Letter
05:10
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Imperative mystery to solve
Toss me the baton so I can get a swim on
I’m trying to find my way through this swamp
But that whirlpool is the gate
Clouds in mind
I wish that I could just leave
Jump up
Float away
But gravity’s sucking at my feet
Toss me the baton so I can dive down
Dive down
Go now
I’ve grown my fins
Twist round
I swim
We have forgotten we belong to each other
We have forgotten we created each other
We have forgotten, now we long for one another
We have forgotten everything
Well everyone talk
Backward in thought
Forward in time and everyone is so careless with their future
And the tools that you use
Often abuse
You stand accused and you alone are just a little tiny human
Tell me what can you do
Tool of the state
Blind and irate
Drink and obey
Wake up to screens that say that it’s okay
But none of this is normal
None of this is normal
We’ve forgotten
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2. |
Cleo
03:27
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Cleo, you watched me
Muscle through all the Russians at the gate
Cleo, you stopped me
On the stairs to ask how I spell my name
Oh Cleo
You rode back with me
To make sure I got home okay
Late night tram
I almost took your hand
At every sideways glance
Laughter left your face
For our stiff goodbye embrace
Cleo, you know me
We chew our thumbs the same
We chew our thumbs the same
We chew our thumbs the same way
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3. |
Spinning Rainbow
03:22
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Chemical reaction unstable
Hard to know
How long we’ve got with that breach in the hull
Beams of light
Spill forth from massive fissures
Fight or flight
We’re going down
Note the date and the time
What kind of pre-roll are you giving me
That was one beat
I can forgive you
If you retreat from me
Mind in tow
I know some people who can let it go
Well la ti da
Aren’t we all so grown
Body leads
Like something irrational
This way comes
And it’s handed down by a genetic code
What kind of pre-roll are you giving me
That was one beat
I can forgive you
If you retreat from me
From me
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4. |
Salt Dome
03:46
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Every little send
That I’ve been throwing grows
Echoes around my body
A million toes would never stand it
My feet rogue under knees
And every little send
Circling all around
Circling all around easy
Every, every little
Every little send
Carried on the wind hand
Every sound i make
Concrete takes
In the salt dome
In the salt dome
Little light inside
My eyes receiving nothing
But ears are full
As the train outside
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5. |
Sad Delf
06:14
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This is a quiet place on Fridays
We tore it up
Made your calls and your emails
Yeah, that’s a big ol’ dog
That I should try doin it different
‘Cause I can run
I can hustle my bustle up
Got pen in my pocket
Got the check in my wallet
The following starts at a clip
Keep it all to yourself
Keep it all to yourself
And I cling to this bar spot
Cling to this bar spot only because
The pen is still moving
So rapidly
Rapidly
Rant rampant
The deeper the gaze
Be lonely in days
Pen in my pocket
Ch-check in my wallet
The deeper the gaze
I’ll be lonely in days
Pen in my pocket
Ch-check in my wallet
The deeper the gaze
Be lonely in days
Pen in my pocket
Ch-check in my wallet
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6. |
Gardener
05:17
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They said of me
Behold this anomaly
Of dentistry
Then seven teeth
Swept up in a paper cup
When i woke up
My mother drove us back home
Put me to bed
All afternoon
My head swelled up
Oooh
She gave me trees
Fed me bananas
With wheat germ
Her warm hands
Never leave me
There’s nothing more
Elemental
Than sun above
And mother love
Of teeth and bone
We will one day melt away
To forest floor
A forever gardener
Tube top down
Out in the yard
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7. |
Polaroid
04:46
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Soon as you solve the riddle
Champagne, confetti, balloons
Summon your guardian angel on the wire
Tap the code and we fly
If you forget which way is up, child
Play it in reverse
Stars can shift their shape
I heard
Guess i’m ok with gettin’ haunted
By the song
That you left in my ear
Let it hold this mark I feel
It’s already there
Blow on the polaroid
Blow on the polaroid
Blow on the polaroid
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8. |
Swing/Kick
03:22
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I remember year 2
I fell in with you
Didn’t have a clue
Didn’t get the go
We were in my room
Shut the door
Started to swoon and
We were so young
We were so young
We were so young
We did things we’d never done done done
Floated the river to set fire
Hung around with rodents in the sun
Had fun
I remember what it looked like and how it felt
I remember what you looked like and how ya felt
Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh
I remember Philadelphia
Mummers drinking rum
Bucket drums
Walking in the park back to your apartment
I was so young
What a rush, things I’d never done
You were making salsa, margaritas
You were very sweet
I was cold, words were said
Walked out the door
What for
Hmm, I don’t remember anymore
Oh, what for
I don’t remember anymore
Start fresh, forgive
All those false starts and fake hymns
Half thoughts clipped
Before they could even settle behind my eyes
The faster we move through our days
The more we lose the deep gaze
Lights out and heads down
Like when we were so young
When we were so young
Looking back at that yarn spun
Wasn’t it so much easier then
When all we had to
All we had to do was swing and kick
And swing and kick
Underdog, sailing up
Letting go, I fly off
I remember what it looked like and how it felt
I remember what you looked like and how ya felt
Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh
I remember what it looked like and how it felt
I remember what you looked like and how ya felt
Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh
I remember what it looked like and how it felt
I remember what you looked like and how ya felt
Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh
I remember what it looked like and how it felt
I remember what you looked like and how ya felt
Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh
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9. |
Beach Hawk
04:10
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Tide of pure joy
Spiraling so high
I’m gonna climb that thermal to survey the land
5’ 10” is my wingspan
I got no 5-year plan tho
So what a gift to see what’s around the bend
My hunger grows and life has shown me
There will always be some carrion
(Bup-bup-BAH!)
What’s left behind
Impatient tho
I move to close in
Prefer that fresh mammalian
Like a bird of prey watching from the winds above
I wait in silence
Hunt and track your every move
I dive down
Pluck you up from the snow
Got that male side too
Recognize the king in me
Be whole in body
Whole in spirit
Whole in mind
And there is no such thing as control
Like a bird
Amalgamate a different life
I got one story and i’m sticking to it
Just a hint of that scent and now I fantasize
You better fetishize
Your stethoscopic eyes look away
Away
You can’t look away
But why would you want to
I endeavor forever to
Never never look away
Never never look away
It’s a noxious odor
Oh yeah, it’s an ancient order
And it resembles something you assembled
But you were not part of the plan
It’s gonna follow you for life
Like a..
Like a bird of prey watching from the winds above
I wait in silence
Hunt and track your every move
I dive down
Pluck you up from the snow
Got that male side too
Better recognize the king in me
Be whole in body
Whole in spirit
Whole in mind
And there is no such thing as control
Like a bird
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Aby Wolf Minneapolis, Minnesota
Aby Wolf is a Minneapolis-based vocalist, music maker, and passionate collaborator with an elastic skillset. Whether writing vocal arrangements, fulfilling commissions, or performing in clubs, theaters, and schools everywhere from Brainerd to Bratislava to Beijing, Aby brings a palpable element of joy to whatever endeavor she pursues. ... more
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