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Bird Burning

by Sasha Siem

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    Sasha Siem's second cult album 'Most of the Boys' co-produced the album with producer Valgeir Sigurðsson at the Greenhouse Studios in Iceland in January 2015

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1.
Crow 03:12
All the rage inside me subsides I rearrange the world with clear eyes The way is wide we’re wiser when we rise I realize I’ve seen through your disguise Tonight we are strangers Tonight we are losing face, erasing all trace Tonight we are stranger than we’ve ever been before We are ignoring the distortions of our minds All the rage inside me subsides The way is wide we’re wiser we rise We reclaim the skies we rise and rise We soar above the sores we left behind Tonight we are strangers Tonight we are losing face, erasing all trace Tonight we are stranger than we’ve ever been before We are enormous, ignoring our disguise We’ve been putting on a brave face Now we’re ready to face Each other as though meeting For the first time erasing all trace There’s no need to talk or teach Now we’re finally free From what we’ve been holding Each other to be erasing all trace of divide Tonight we are strangers Tonight we are losing face, the physical fades Tonight we are stranger than we’ve ever been before We are enormous, illuminated grace
2.
You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you You run inside my mind where no-one hears you Your laughter hides behind my eyes Your sighing skips between my thighs You dance, You dance We repair the air The air repairs us too
3.
Swan 01:38
In my mind you follow me home When I’m alone after the night shift I put your hand where we’ve wanted it Since the first time we met Shaking hands shaking Taking turns looking, hooking Each other in, seeing Seeing each other seeing In my mind you’re closing the door And even before you turn on the lights You put your hand where we’ve wanted it Since the first time we met Shaking hands shaking Taking turns looking, hooking Each other in, seeing Seeing each other seeing Without searching
4.
I dreamt that when I woke I was stretched out sideways On your bed the sun still shaping the wall The way it was before I fell asleep You left in the night Even though you weren't there before leaving You left in the night I should know that you weren't meant for keeping You dreamt that when you woke you had two girlfriends Both of whom were me One hoped you'd take her gently While the other wanted all the gentleness taken from her They left in the night Even though they weren't there before leaving They left in the night 'Cos they knew that they weren't meant for keeping Each morning more of you is missing and I miss you less I mislay parts of you during the night and when I wake More of you is missing and I miss you less Which is probably for the best You left in the night Even thought you weren't there before You left in the night Even thought you weren't there before
5.
Peacock 02:12
I see you see me see Through the crowd to the quiet Corner where you wait Illuminating the room Your smile slices me open Splits my belly in two Like a secret your stare fills me From across the room It leaves me full and foolish It leaves me full and foolish I watch you watch your watch While we wait for the world To wake and want us back But your looking leaves me hazy Gazing backwards through the blaze Of our gaze your stare fills me From across the room It leaves me full and foolish It leaves me full and foolish I see you see me see through I see you see me see I see you see me I see you see I see you
6.
Today I take Joy and sit her down I tell her I can't cope with copying her anymore I uncross her arms and I part her legs I tangle her hair and rub her head between my thighs I feel sorry but I'm not sorry I feel sorry but I'm not sorry The Devil has crept in and is multiplying quietly Between the bed sheets piled on shelves in the laundry room I think I must have brought them back as mothers In my carry-on I feel sorry but I'm not sorry I feel sorry but I'm not sorry
7.
Pelican 03:08
Once again that moment when you lifted me Out of the water and held up my spine As though stretching it into a staircase  To the sun or something doing your best To gather me gather me gather me As things spilled out of my mind You are filling my tears You are filling my tears You are filling my tears You are tearing my years You are spilling my fears You are clouding my eyes You are quelling our flame I chose fight over flight and as I fell I felt soaring searing through me Breaking my fear as my fear broke my bones I crashed I ashed I swept the sky clean I wept the sky into our sea You are filling my tears You are filling my tears You are filling my tears You are tearing my years You are spilling my fears You are clouding my eyes You are quelling our flame
8.
To punish me you peel a scab on the side Of your hand or bite the skin along your thumb And look surprised when I ask for a second time Could you not take that nail to my navel Or take that tooth to my throat the way I know you want to every time you You say she slept in the next room You say she slept in the next room There were plenty of details
9.
Bird Burning 03:35
For you I carry fire in my pockets In the sockets of my body I am the sun for a moment Slinky pink and seen only in reflection The hand in the fire beckons Reaches for something strong And strokes the flame beneath it Stories show up full of flutter Bellies roll into fists Something’s bound to happen if you plan for it I am bird burning I am bird becoming air Becoming rain becoming your hair Or the saliva between my bare legs I’m burning burning dying embers I’m burning burning dying embers I’m dying in this solar cycle, Dying in display
10.
I am forgetting you I am you forgotten

credits

released June 6, 2016

Music and Lyrics: Sasha Siem
Production: Sasha Siem, Valgeir Sigurðsson
Voice: Sasha Siem
Flute Berglind Maria Tómasdóttir
Clarinet: Grímur Helgason
Bassoon: Rebekah Heller
Trumpet: Chris Caulfield
Trombone: Bergur Þórisson
Tuba: Ben Stapp
Guitar: Skúli Sverrisson
Percussion: Samuli Kosminen, Russell Watts
Mixing: Jolyon Thomas, Jens Thomsen
Mastering: Mike Marsh
Recorded at the Greenhouse Studios, Iceland
Album Artwork Photography: Carlotta Manaigo
Album Artwork: Sasha Siem, Billy Ardley

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