We’ll be like floaters in your eyes
After the flash from a camera
We’ll be the thing you can’t deny
And leaves you gaping with a slack jaw
‘Cause when I look at stars
All that I see is your worn face
You’re a bird stuck in the bars who path I can’t trace
And if you watch the stars
Someone said that they will flicker
But the planets shine steady from the start
Don’t ever trick her
Goodbye to static timing that has lingered here
Goodbye to strangers made to disappear
Goodbye to strangers I have left behind
Pinpoints on a map
Mosaics of his mind
And although it’s not its presence
It’s the trace it leaves behind
And behind my eyes it lessens
‘Til it only blurred out lines
And it’s only my impressions that are feeding these transgressions
But now I know that days move on
And of everything I’m seeing only some of it is fleeting
And the rest of it will keep me strong
Why don’t we sit on top of roofs
And let the sun bronze our thin arms
Let the ink give us proof; tell exactly where we are
‘Cause although home’s what grounds us
It’s alone that surrounds us
And though here is where we’re supposed to be
It’s fear that we are comforting
And though beauty isn’t everything I still found it lingering
And though beauty isn’t everything I still found it lingering
So I will look to the east
Though my tin foil telescope
For the girl who loves the least
But laughs with all of her soul
And with my tin can and string
I’ll whisper across the Hudson
And she won’t hear a thing
But at least I told her something
And although it’s not its presence
It’s the trace it leaves behind
And behind my eyes it lessens
‘Til it only blurred out lines
And it’s only my impressions that are feeding these transgressions
But now I know that days move on
And of everything I’m seeing only some of it is fleeting
And the rest of it will keep me strong
Former Caro Emerald vocalist Caroline Van der Leeuw swaps jazz and swing for trip-hop and folktronic on her debut LP under The Jordan. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 15, 2023
Another devastatingly beautiful batch of indie rock confessionals from Ontario singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Linnea Siggelkow. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2024
