Off the Boat

from You Were Here by The Redactors

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Ariana off the boat
sallow dreams and dirty jokes

I've been here too long, I'm thirsting open water
the mirror at the bar is my window on the door
Painted concrete, scarred coral and gunmetal blue
I'm pulling payment from the bottom of my shoe

beginner's luck, at last we meet again
and my shaking land legs spin me around
help me ignore this den of smirking strangers
help me believe I could stay within her favor
for some small eternity

Ariana take my hand
champagne cigarrettes and sand

all that I thought I ever wanted
all that they told me I deserved
o river, drain this dead emotion
take it out into the ocean
where it can stay with her..
forget about the sky,
it's only silence
white mosquito contrails
and prima donna violence
she showed me

drunk on illusion vermouth and conclusion
I'm tracing tattoos on this transitory venus with
my fingertips, lick my lips like fired clay
she sighs and turns to face me
I watch her painted eyelids flutter in her dreams
like tattered flags flying on the wind from past the bay

all that I thought I ever wanted
all that they told me I deserved
river, take all my devotion
drain it out into the ocean
let it die with her

forget about the sky,
it's only silence
the universe is empty
and stars are born in violence

Ariana back on deck
ship to shore please disconnect

credits

from You Were Here, track released January 22, 2012
Backing vocals- Meryl Williams
Organ- Harlan Muir
Percussion- David Hoffman

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Redactors is the recording project of Portland based musician/producer Zach Stamler (Ed and the Red Reds, King Twang, My Sister in 1994). More music coming? Maaaaybe...

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