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Or Else The Light

by Louise Connell

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1.
Venus 03:10
Venus got a new face Or one I’ve not seen before Looking down at me I feel so small Venus you are killing me I’m just one girl I’m just one person But in the blue night In the blue light I feel more And Venus if I didn't try to go I’d never see it I never would have known And though my feet are tired And stopping’d feel so good I can't wait I can't wait for you The light from you Is always past When I’m looking up, I’m really looking back And the light from you Is always past When I’m looking up, I’m really looking back And Venus if I didn't try to go I’d never see it I never would have known And though my feet are tired And stopping'd feel so good I can't wait I can't wait for you
2.
Plankton 04:37
Good afternoon, sir I’m sorry to be sharing this news, it's her Your lady, she's waiting Yes I know You must have inferred by now That the fungus that crawled through your hearts has soured I wish I could tell you time would, I wish I could tell you time would But it can't So good afternoon, ma'am We’ve done nothing And still it's everything we can You are so much life And platonic woman You are so much life And platonic woman It will hurt like hell It grew from your belly through your skull It will hurt like hell It grew from your belly through your skull But you are so much life And platonic woman You are so much life And platonic woman
3.
Outside 03:45
Good afternoon, sir I’m sorry to be sharing this news, it's her Your lady, she's waiting Yes I know You must have inferred by now That the fungus that crawled through your hearts has soured I wish I could tell you time would, I wish I could tell you time would But it can't So good afternoon, ma'am We’ve done nothing And still it's everything we can You are so much life And platonic woman You are so much life And platonic woman It will hurt like hell It grew from your belly through your skull It will hurt like hell It grew from your belly through your skull But you are so much life And platonic woman You are so much life And platonic woman
4.
Golem 03:37
You turned a coffin into a ship That sailed through battles fought and lost and children's lives spent You said, I’m rowing to freedom but oh god it hurts I’m surrounded by water but this thirst, this thirst Hope is an anchor that weighs on your chest I’m having troubles here with buoyancy and the dreams make it worse I’m falling deeper and deeper into the sea But the further I go the more I fall into me I’m nothing I’m nowhere I’m photons gliding through the air Colliding with the gaze of those Who form and break me, form and break me The flash of a light and the blink of a life The flash of a light and the blink of a life A theory of time travel I believe: When someone looks at your face and sees all that you are And all that you have been and all that you could The infinite paths that are stretching out from you Like you're nothing and nowhere Just photons gliding through the air Colliding with the gaze of those Who form and break you, form and break you The flash of a light and the blink of a life The flash of a light and the blink of a life You're nothing and nowhere Just photons gliding through the air Colliding with the gaze of those Who form and break you, form and break you Who form and break you, form and break you The flash of a light and the blink of a life The flash of a light and the blink of a life
5.
There was a stirring in her belly when you were a seed You would kick and punch and wriggle with shapeless hands and feet In the dark warmth of the night And though, and though Though you'd sleep all through the day Sometimes she'd try to wake you Her nocturnal babe You grew and slept like a baby Though she knew you reversed the truth in that saying And when in the night she still felt you move, Though you'd left her long ago, She’d consider trying to wake you But you were still too young and she was too old Nothing reminds you of time like a clock in the night As you hear it reaching day She’s going to break, I mean She’s going to wake you And, so it goes, she needn't have told you at all Her minutes crept up and the alarm bell tolled You wedge your eyelids open with matchsticks, With “no-hope” written on the stems 'Cause when you sleep she seems so real And if memory hurts you deep Then at least forgetting's one less thing you have to feel In one life you danced within her Cling to the hope that life could be fairer Because nothing reminds you of time like a clock in the night Nothing reminds you of time like a clock in the night Nothing reminds you of time like a clock in the night As you hear it reaching day She’s going to break, I mean, She’s going to wake you She’s going to break, I mean, She’s going to break you Because nothing reminds you of time like a clock in the night As you hear it reaching day
6.
Datun 02:58
Even numbers never suited Datun, only the odd felt safe And safety wasn't easy Safety wasn't easy To come by With no family, Datun tries friends He’s never known love, all that he's ever Learned is how to fight back But the boys and girls don't like that And he falls hard Shouting, I didn't mean it His words are like radio static I tried to show you who I am But you saw who I was Slowly time passed Datun the flower Grew to outlast every weed Who sapped and gorged and fed on The foetus of dreams, the still-borns They’re long gone Now boys and girls ask Datun what happened This marble statue above dust and ruin He points to small inscription That says, I’m those of you who listened I shouted I didn't mean it When my words fell like radio static I tried to show you who I am But you saw who I was Shouting I didn't mean it My words fell like radio static I tried to show you who I am But you saw who I was I tried to show you who I am But you saw who I was
7.
His 02:47
His story is woven into mine His blood is the ink with which I write He is the depths of shame And the heights of joy I’ll never know if I saw the truth A hospital bed with a clouded view Like looking through worn eyes - Hazy and wet and refusing to cry Feel the cracks form On the skin of a strong arm That holds on for as long as it can But not a second more While the love drips Like some intravenous kiss That hides the bruises so well But cannot stop the fists I was always so sure that I'd wanted to know But the older I get the further I’d go To avoid what's real To talk about anything, anything I was always so sure that I'd wanted to know But the older I get the further I’d go To avoid what's real To talk about anything anything but How the cracks formed On the skin of a strong arm That holds on for as long as it can But not a second more While the love drips Like some intravenous kiss That hides the bruises so well But cannot stop the fists

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released July 24, 2015

Louise Connell - Vocals, Guitar, Ukulele
Ruth Campbell - Cello
Stuart MacLeod - Additional Instruments

Produced and mixed at Beetroot. Mastered by Darius Van Helfteren at Amsterdam Mastering.

All songs written by Louise Connell. All songs published by Wardlaw Ltd. / Wardlaw Music, copyright © 2015 Reverieme Music Ltd. / 9th Story Records ℗ 2015.

Album art by Louise Connell.

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“A diverse, deep-vein double album which vaults her into contention as one of the most insightful and pertinent songsmiths, anywhere, to have emerged in recent years.”
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