there's a sparkle in the quietness
a whisper in the corner of -
I'm in thick air
it's the "I'm where you are"
the blindness of mirrors
the deafness to reflections
the nervousness of obvious loneliness
I can't seem to let you fade
I stay up all night so the dark can't invade my sleep
just the flickering days
I sit to let you seep away
but this light inside of me of you burns my heart
and I can't make it fade
from inside this I am looking out
to emptiness with only on eye
one's in reverie
it keeps looking back two thousand miles
blinking through pictures
fading too slowly
the defeating wait for the clear void of emptiness
credits
from a collection of sorts - 1998-2014,
released May 31, 2020
mark bradford - guitars, basses, voices, tiny bell
bryce macdiarmid - guitars with cool sounds
recorded to 8-track reel-to-reel and produced and mixed to cassette by bryce and mark.
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