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Mother Tongue
04:19
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In my city / shifting sands lie under stone / holy waters / orange waves on private shores / look out or be swallowed whole / living’s not for everyone / hold on to your mother tongue
And resurrection is the only way to cope / rubber bullets broken bones / over and over keep the score / and if you find yourself all strung / choking on your half a lung / hold on to your mother tongue
In my city / when it rains it floods / when it’s hot it boils / we were born in hidden corridors / keep the kids away from doors and windows / lucky blue eye hanging on the walls
Living’s not for everyone / hold on to your mother tongue
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Home is so Sad
03:20
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You were lying where / you had cut my hair / right beneath the table / where we eat the bread you make / home is so sad
Glass in our coffee / towels on trees / blood from your nostrils / blood from your ears / soil splattered on our walls like drops of blood / home is so sad
There’s a hole / where your knee should be / but I am not afraid / I am not afraid / home is so sad / it stays as it was left
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Sea Change
03:51
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I saw the signs / I felt it in my bones / a new desire / an audacity to hope
In parking lots / we broke our daily bread / we drew the plans / in gardens for the dead
Hear the gunshots / hold on to a stranger’s thighs / hear the gunshots / fireworks and friendly fire
A slow descent / an ever-changing game / I read the lines / it all remains the same
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Summer
04:18
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Pine trees stand as tall as a skyscraper / guardians of the wild / we spend summer days / packed in our tiny house / years turn to hours / soldiers stare as we suntan on the roof / on a summer’s day
By candlelight we sit outside / waiting for the full moon to rise / we see bridges blow up / from our bedroom balcony / like in the movies / years turn to hours / on a summer’s day
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Bruises
02:51
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I always thought that this would end / with scaffolds crushing me to death / cautionary tales for city boys and girls
Images engraved inside my head / a dying Mozart on the stairs / in an unmarked grave / a bedtime story’s end
“Hush” you whisper “don’t you cry” / you worry that the neighbors might hear me / what can they have to say anyway?
I am on the other side when everything’s in motion / I’m in all the photographs and nowhere in the caption
Poetry and rigidity / the curses you passed on to me / I find myself awake at night / waiting for the day
Please don’t ask me / the customary questions / I don’t know / what can I have to say anyway?
I am on the other side when everything’s in motion / I’m in all the photographs and nowhere in the caption
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Flowers in your Hair
04:34
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I saw you there / with your black boyish hair / you were told it would save on water in the war / but it was to avoid the stares of curious boys / you didn’t have a choice / it was better than having your tongue turn to ashes
Five little girls / born and raised on holy words / surrounded by those who could not see / they played hide and seek / while it rained metal on concrete / where could they hide?
Five little girls / seldom seen and rarely heard / walk out into the world / where could they hide?
I saw you there / with flowers in your hair / and your tongue had turned to ashes
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Red
05:00
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I am by your side
Cherry-colored sky / when the earthquake hits / the chemicals / the dust
Hold on to my arm / you’re my only one / I run on flattened doors / I’ve seen this all before / it flows in my blood
I am by your side / there’s still some glass / on pages of books I can’t read
Let’s get married pack up and leave / there’s a fire in the sky / I try to close my eyes / I’m tired
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January
03:04
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Boats at our window / parked on our street / we live in water / caught in a stream / cover my ears
I’ve seen the future / it’s all the same / time is the devil’s twisted game / cover my ears
Grief to grow old with / grief as an end / grief as a neighbor / grief as a friend
Scars on the curtains / needles to thread / grief in the way we make our bed
Grief as a daughter / grief over words / cover my ears / I am not here
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If I Die
03:47
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I wait for the sun
Let the sun bury me in light / mermaids sing / like in the beginning
There is nothing left under the sun / houses stand like tombs / bodies back in wombs / there is nothing left but the sun
Bury me in light
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Postcards Beirut, Lebanon
Postcards is a dream pop / shoegaze trio, and Beirut's longest-lasting alternative group since its formation in
2012.
With 4 concept albums and 3 EPs, the trio has produced a diverse catalog ranging from dream pop and shoegaze to post-punk and noise.
Their songs deal with themes of alienation, melancholy, and resistance, through textured soundscapes helmed by Julia's poignant words.
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