1. |
Gabriel
06:00
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where's the family
a kiss from the earth
letters to a foundling
open when below
cautions erratic
paying a picture show
a hall of vested interests
made another lover go
then another love grows
from all the above
back and north
a cry now unto me
summer on summer
bend and fold
a humble reckoning
be still ever-growing
fawn you are
on this day
you learned a wolf
our heart to be your pillow
called to be turned
for everyone
all to see what lives
what lives
lord of mirages
cancer's in a shell
commandeered the cartilage
queen to the eye
her nails
from all the above
back and north
a cry now unto me
summer on summer
bend and fold
a humble reckoning
be still ever-growing
fawn you are
on this day
you learned a wolf
our heart to be your pillow
called to be turned
for everyone
all to see what lives
what lives
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2. |
Small Plans
02:41
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wait
wait for me
someone else
though a pain resides
but no one made it stay
caution in the wind
care
carry my little plans
for a picket fence
a raider in his crib
would you wait for me
I'm breaking at the
Seems untold
A love
Once bold
But death waits for me
My love
You'll see
I'm seen in the change
coil
coils and barbs in my throat
heard him call my name
to share a magazine
was I good or bad
was I good
Once
Above a line that cuts
A green leaf seed
In half
Wait for me
My love
You'll see
I'm seen in the change
You're not your name
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3. |
Tusk
04:36
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i held a sign above my head
it wanted me dead
are you just a martyr who burns
nice and slow
or a little one
with a little wand
your head
hot enough to boil cold water
and cook them to life
like a mother
i have found you after all
underneath these golden ponds
of honey
is there any cost
any cost greater than I
can't count the money
a bonding distance
hey you say
young ladder
you like to keep your diamond rough
any foreign carver
is an elephant tusk
hey you say
young ladder
a halo cloaks the meddler in you
and like a cross on fire
you split them in two
i broke their sign above my head
it wanted me dead
what's there at the base
of an all wondering tree
but two layers of bark
a child within me
and he says listen
hey you say
young ladder
you like to keep your diamond rough
any foreign carver
is an elephant tusk
hey you say
young ladder
a halo cloaks the meddler in you
and like a cross on fire
you split them in two
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4. |
Folds
06:14
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it started young
through the third door
she runs
whatever makes a seed
i'll race you there
i'll lay these knots upon the bottom stair
upon your bare feet
orphan will you come down
now
proud
here we call upon
a maker within the view
starting back at one
a zero
a dreaming fool
to be everyone
underneath the blankets we've woven far
all i want to do is fold them
and there you are
carved in my skin
a howl like a birthday song
for a dead man in the ground
orphan will you come down
and make us proud
here we call upon
a maker
(forming right behind you)
within the view
(the painted dolls)
starting back at one
(starting back at one here)
a zero
a dreaming fool
(for me to be raining)
to be everyone
underneath the blankets
(underneath the blankets)
we've woven far
(we're laying on)
all i want to do
(all i want to do)
is fold them
and there you are
orphan will you come down
and make us proud
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5. |
Apostasy
03:42
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i came to the tall mangrove
there i have kneeled before
at the bottom
and when the legs are crossed
well we don't stand as tall
still coming up
a black dress in a vacuum prayer
ice word
so cold and fair
like the skin in their eyes
young gates
we'll close you yet
he's drowned our cigarettes
and made us honest
you're hanging from a window
i'm feeling in though
sorting out
(we lie here the rest of your back)
all the branches
you cannot have them
who puts me back
(we lie here the rest of your back)
a Loa broke right the air
snatched two bills off the kitchen chair
it's an honor
what an honor
but maybe
they'll see it lazy
we're hanging from a window
i'm feeling in though
sorting out
(we lie here the rest of your back)
all the branches
you cannot have them
who puts me down
(we lie here the rest of your back)
we're hanging from a window
i'm feeling in though
sorting out
(we lie here the rest of your back)
all my branches
you came to have them
who puts me down
(we lie here the rest of your back)
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6. |
The Chaser
05:38
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in the water my love grew
toward an aching christening
a light
in the water i did drown
but an aching christened realm
still bares to stand the night
so please go run
go run my baby
run my baby
where i can't chase
in my hands you were warm
and your fire could light
a coal asleep
way under
i had no time
and to live is a goodbye
goodbye
so please go run
go run my baby
run my baby
where i can't chase you later
run my baby
from me
my baby where i can't chase
go run my baby
run my baby
where i can't chase you later
i lay here waiting
for any savior that i can't chase
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Alassane
“As such a song off his recent ‘Yield’ EP ‘Gabriel’ drips with lush harmonic counterpoint and a vocal prowess that is
outside any expectations.
With his vast array of influences, it’s plain to see that Alassane’s firm understanding of music's past informs his command over its future; and you can hear it as effortlessly as he shares it. “
-Dylan Paul Eibey
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