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Birdheaded Queen
07:58
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cast a spell on me
birdheaded queen
let feathers burst
from my body
words are predators
circling wolves and crocodiles in the reeds
they smell the fear on me
devour everything
everything formless and free
cast a spell on me
birdheaded queen
let feathers burst
from my body
blind dog howls out a ring around the moon
the surface of the water is green and alive
a film of fire and a thorny skin
a caul for a child
a toast drunk by the sun and moon,
“this human ordeal will be over soon”
cast a spell on me
birdheaded queen
let feathers burst
from my body
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Sanctuary for Furies
05:42
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bottle my bitterness, ship it to antarctica
bottle my rage and hurt, ship it to the underworld
bottle my vengefulness, ship it to the loneliest lighthouse
if you never leave, I’ll never clip your wings
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listen to me, all you little boys and girls
we don’t know anything and that’s the only thing that’s for sure
microgods of all the subatomic worlds
are singing in your particles
and feasting in your guts
alleluia
apple drops from a tree
spoiled, forsaken fruit
but there’s a hale high buzzing inside
kingdoms of rot sing the soil alive
microgods of all the subatomic worlds
are singing in your particles
and feasting in your guts
alleluia
a twinkle in a larval eye
bell lost in static and noise
o miracle of life
o hungry hearted little parasite
microgods of all the subatomic worlds
are singing in your particles
and feasting in your guts
alleluia
you want to grow up, grow up and be someone
eat your way, baby, like a worm in the world
plant a garden, sow your seed
til your meat body is dust and your kingdoms fall
and new kingdoms rise
microgods of all the subatomic worlds
are singing in your particles
and feasting in your guts
alleluia
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The Ancestor
05:47
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hey mortal
do you realize a rosebush
could be your true love’s ancestor?
come, spread rosepetal jam
on a dry crater cake
devour it
we’ll drink to every
dilation and ecstasy
on this fucked up planet
we’ll dream of ripe thorny sunsets
bleeding all over
the softest mountains
hey mortal
do you realize a rosebush
could be your true love’s ancestor?
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here come the northern lights and a flight of wild bees
here come the northern lights and a flight of wild bees
burn, burn eternally
a wolf headed woman in robes of royalty
a wolf headed woman in robes of royalty
burn, burn eternally
a little wolf cub sitting on grandma’s knee
a little wolf cub sitting on grandma’s knee
burn, burn eternally
inner world, outer world, all the same to me
inner world, outer world, all the same to me
burn, burn eternally
a sun in your belly and lava at your feet
a sun in your belly and lava at your feet
burn, burn eternally
here come the northern lights and a flight of wild bees
here come the northern lights and a flight of wild bees
burn, burn eternally
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Clara Engel Toronto, Ontario
they/them
I'm not writing the same song over and over so much as writing one long
continuous song that will end when I die.
receive all forthcoming music in digital form: www.patreon.com/claraengel
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Storm-brimming, evocative, & spacious meditations for solo electric guitar
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Immersive & moving art-pop songs that conjure up stark night landscapes
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Luminous harmonica interpretations of Hildegard von Bingen's music
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Newcastle, Australia's e4444e instills his airy indie pop with baroque flair and swooning psychedelic swells for a fluid, infectious affair.
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