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The Averted Eye
03:50
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In the middle of the night
I hear the dreaded knock at my door
Pretend I can’t hear then I hear it once more
Frozen in fear I study the floor
It was a plea for help
I had never felt so ashamed
I just ignored it and it went away
It was 3 in the AM, New Year’s Day
I roused myself
Late in the morning and walked down the stairs
Saw him at breakfast with vom in his hair
I’m a good liar with time to prepare
Anaesthetise me in the needs of the day
The busy mind, the averted eye
I vacate the scene
Pack up my bags and get a ride home
Sure you can drive while you look at your phone
Can’t take my eyes off the littoral zone
Back home on the hill
I feel sick when I’m coming on strong
Don’t feel right though I know I’m not wrong
Takes all my might just to push it along
Anaesthetise me...
Out there in the sea
Horizon can’t hide the truth from me
Everywhere I look is a wound
Someone’s gonna bleed out soon
Right there at my feet
Anaesthetise me...
Kicking goals
Kicking goals
Kicking goals, I found forgetfulness
Kicking goals
Kicking goals
Kicking goals, thanks to my
Averted eye
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2. |
Time to Fall
03:29
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High enough and now it’s time to fall
Got high enough and now it’s time to fall
I’m high enough and now it’s time to
Drop the ball
Into the gutter down the drain with the rain
And slow my roll
Bob down the creek till I’m caught in the trees again
Out of the thin air back to my regular place
Got my thumb on the pulse and the pulse can wait
What a stumbler
Born fumbler
The idlest of them all
Got high enough and now it’s time to fall
High enough and now it’s time to fall
I’m high enough and now it’s time to fall
High enough and now it’s time to
Treat myself
To the thickening atmosphere
To release myself
Bring the bar right down here
It’s a return
To the earth
A dive
A birth
What a plodder
Carpet fodder
Just lay me down the hall
High enough…
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3. |
Stranger
05:55
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I left myself behind at the station
I saw me slide away and look forlorn
I pressed my forehead to the humming window
The train rose above the tracks, we glid toward oblivion
Later on the mattress in the attic
I could taste the city on my tongue
I never had a conscience so erratic
That I couldn’t turn my face towards the sun
Dead trees on the hill
Dead skin on my windowsill
Dead ahead
Stranger in my bed looks just like me
I left myself behind at the station
I saw me put my bag up on the rack
I saw me call my mum and ask for mercy
I saw the shadow on my back, plain as day to everyone
I was lucky but I put the work in
I was ready to catch it when it fell
Always training standing ‘neath the window
It would never cross my mind to ask for help
Dead trees…
I left myself behind at the station
I hid me in a corner of my mind
I just feel so grateful for my patience
When I know I could be waiting all my life
Dead trees...
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4. |
Whence My Love
02:19
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Neighbour’s kid
Toddling in
To our lives in the midst
Of a cataclysm
You learn so fast
And you smile so soon
As you open the gate and
Say all our names again
Whence my love?
Your joy
You’ve got us
We're yours
You’ve shot us through with love
Whence my love?
You are not my child
Just a break in the mist
Of our solipsism
Whence this love
That could glow so warm
That could dapple the shade and
Make all our days again
Whence my love?
Your joy...
Maybe I’ll never have a baby
Maybe it’ll make me cry sometime
Part of the deal of being alive
Is to miss out on
Nearly everything
Part of the deal of being human
Is to know it
Your joy...
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5. |
Awake, I'm Dreaming
05:19
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Awake, I’m dreaming
Awake, I’m dreaming
Awake, I’m dreaming I could be like you
I’ve had too much time sweating my thoughts out
Yes, I’m lying
Yes I’m lying just as still as you
What’s the use?
I wanna die
But just for a little while
I wanna feel
Real and alive in the morning
Stretching and yawning like a street dog in the sun
Racing, chasing
Awake, I’m circling around the drain
The sleep world snores, slack-jawed
And peaceful, so peaceful
Feckless, defenceless, snuffling dopes
Life could be simple
If I could die…
If I could feel…
Leaking pen
Be my friend
Help me sort my
Thoughts again I
Don’t know what I’d do
Without you
I wanna die, but just for a little while
I wanna feel
Real and alive in the morning, stretching scratching yawning like a street dog
I wanna die, but just for a little while
Just for a little while
Please, let me go
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Cabbage Moth Melbourne, Australia
Cabbage Moth is a new project from Hamish Macrae, previously of Mac Springs.
Working in Naarm/Melbourne, Cabbage Moth's second EP was released in late 2022, and the third will be out mid-2023.
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