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Singles

by Part Bird

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1.
Churchfire 05:00
She is a football star She makes everybody laugh so hard She can't see me, but I'm right here All her friends are on the football squad They walk slow around the school like gods They can't see me, but I'm right here I can't get clean because I'm a fucking church fire I cut my teeth on little pieces of barbed wire She can't see me, but I'm alright I can't breathe, but I'm alright She is a true prom king She wins absolutely everything She can't see me, but I'm right here It's no good because I'm a crashing airplane I find a way to fuck up every good thing She can't see me, but I'm okay She's all I need, but I'm okay I can't breathe, but I'm okay She's all I need, but I'm okay She dates the cutest girls But they're not half as cute as her She can't see me, but I'm right here I don't care because I'm a fucking church fire I spend my days trying not to tear out my insides She can't see me, but I'm alright She's all I need, but I'm alright I can't fucking breathe, but I'm alright She can't love me, but I'm alright (I'm pumpkin rot, you're a blood clot church fire We come together and it's god, god, god, goddamn Just enough to pull their silly heads apart Just enough to get through those first five days)
2.
Prone To 03:59
She's the sky swallowing a bird A fatal childbirth I'm Lazarus returned She's a stone marking what once was A nameless marble bust I rest at her cold touch Taught to count my accomplishments, I've become skeptical of sin Only her belief makes sense Tired of being separate things, We put on our magic rings I watch her become a queen The hallway light's on I walk out and see a city made of terrible things And know that I'm not anything at all I still have nights where I'm in that room praying that it all doesn't fall But she stops the dark and shaking And she holds my hand when I get too close She's the sky swallowing the Earth A murder in reverse I'm nothing if I'm not hers She's a ghost living in my house The music brings her out I kiss her phantom mouth Prone to wonder Prone to wander, God She's the truth swallowing my hurt I'm an orphan child returned to its parents in the dirt
3.
I wrote my name backward and read it out loud It still felt the same, still made that awful sound I hate that sound Feels like my head is October, each leaf a passing note They pile up like an organ, pushing music through my throat I make friendly conversation so I don't feel alone But I don't talk about what I might know And I try not to think about what I don't I break apart when you see me waking up like colored glass You smile soft like an open window, morning blooming from your laugh Water's pouring from the stone now, your voice is a holy staff Dark red sound interrupting the black Your quiet whisper telling me to come back I was terrified and angry when you found me in our room You tried holding me together but I unfolded like a wound You cut your palm like we were brothers and we both howled at the moon I never really, truly prayed before you But now everything we say comes true

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released August 9, 2018

Tracked and edited by Part Bird.
Guitar on "Churchfire" tracked by Casey Powell.
"Churchfire" mixed by Part Bird.
"Churchfire" mastered by Michael Sanders at Jetlag Audio.

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