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Funeral Singer
03:38
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When did I become a funeral singer?
I get hungover before I’ve begun
To drink down many concoctions
I used to savor them one by one
Black on gray, a uniform
I’ve worn for such occasions as this
When did I become a funeral singer?
I ask myself in distress
I’m stuck here on the other side
The dark side of it all
Fucked it up on the other side
No line between right and wrong
We’re always in mourning
For who we could have become
Oh righteousness! Oh holiness!
Have you frozen in the sun?
Have a seat at my table
I can’t promise you more than thoughts
When did I become a funeral singer?
I ask to no response
We’re stuck here on the other side
The dark side of it all
Fucked it up on the other side
No line between right and wrong
Would you rather drown or remain alive?
We will ask in broad daylight
Would you rather speak or hold your tongue
In blind faith that the good have won?
When did I become a funeral singer?
I get hungover before I’ve begun
Oh righteousness! Oh holiness!
Are you granting asylum?
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Sunday
03:04
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If I don’t see the sun in winter
I’ll listen for Sunday’s bells
I don’t go in that house no more
It makes me feel unwell
But those sounds are religion to me
Those sounds are religion to me
If I don’t see the moon in Cancer
I’ll reach for my father’s coat
It brought him luck in ‘84
The year before I was born
The year before I was born
Well maybe I am lucky
Or maybe I am wise to put my trust in you
To keep you by my side
My heart is beating fast as time
That circles around you
That circles around you
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Island Ave
02:50
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There was a time
When we held each other’s hands
There was a man
Who held me in his glance
Who was the king of Island Avenue
That night in my bed
Head upon my chest
Laid me down to rest
No one in sight
To watch his kingdom’s plight
To see it all come falling off the ledge
Mad from the wine
We shook our fists up high
Said we had the right to live our lives
Down came the rain
To wash it all anew
To end our reign on Island Avenue
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Mackenzie Shivers New York, New York
When Mackenzie Shivers creates music, it’s as if it demands to be heard. The Hudson Valley based singer-songwriter began writing music and playing piano when she was four years old, telling her mother she had “music locked inside of her that needed to come out.” Her writing provides a conduit for complex emotions, untangling as they poke through the surface, yearning to be explored and set free. ... more
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