how many things have I looked up
in a lifetime
of looking things up
a silent prayer just the moon on the road
I will never wake up
and play the piano
the days are stacked against what we think we are
it's nearly impossible
to surprise ourselves.
I've decided to make up my mind about nothing
I've decided to finish my life
disguised as a creek
I swam in the river and then I forgot
it was water. I'm just trying
to unlearn the Universe
how easy it glows, how easy it dims
the firefly, the night in your eyes
a billion years old
the unbearable flowering, falling of stars
her eye a kaleidoscope
of hail and farewell
we stopped at a traffic light, emptiness everywhere
every canyon aches
for its sky
sinks into my soul
just like honey
sinks into my soul
just like honey
sinks into my soul
just like honey
sinks into my soul
just like honey
This self-titled debut album incorporates both original phrases and fragments of works by various poets and mystics, including Billy Collins, Ron Padgett, Jim Harrison, Hafiz, Pablo Neruda, Walt Whitman, and others.
credits
released 24 December 2013
Written and performed by Ari Gelardin and Jacob Palmer with Jason Slota on drums and Jay Pellicci recording at Tiny Telephone Recording Studio in San Francisco, California. (October 2013)
