Today I am a dust cloud settling
On an opiate breeze
You found me turning blue
And shaking like a thief in a noose
A shadow on our skin
Lay hidden from view
How was I to know
Her hair would hang disheveled, strewn around
Hallways and empty rooms
In flesh, the road it twists and turns
In flesh, we gather truth
Today you bring the ashes back
Through backstreets we knew
So put me on the mantel
And I’ll keep watching you
Here on the mantelpiece
Way up high
I hear no sound and my nights
Have all merged with my days
Through the living room
Thoughts on loop
Half our lives we watched the flickering lights
Though all things pass
And turn to dust
I for one never pictured a fleeting gasp
Here amongst the photographs yellowing
A fading reverie
Never did the things I said I’d do
For I only adjusted to running
Never did the things I wanted to
For I was just afraid of sinking
Today I am a dust cloud settling
On an opiate breeze
Lost amongst a dream
In withering sleep
Come back to me my love
In simmering touch
I’m lost amongst a dream
In withering sleep
Delicately constructed, understatedly intricate, and profoundly moving folk music from Scottish singer-songwriter Stephen McAll. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2021
Anna Arobas makes intricate, otherworldly folk-pop with delicate, glacial arrangements but a howl of heartbreak at the center. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 11, 2022
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I just love sunset and sunrise and throughout the album with this music it reminds me of what I feel every day when I see the sunset and sunrise. I hope I can hear you and see you in more live shows on internet. mbi286