Brightness

from Brightness by Aurora Birch

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lyrics

you were a brightness that i could not bear
a cynosure plucked from the horizon
to an adirondack chair
and oh how the evening sprawled itself away
beyond us
oh how the clearness bit against its reins
and i held you
like the only time i’ve ever held a gun
one false move and i’m done

you were a brightness that i could not bear
but broken people tangle with their aching
just to make sure that it’s there
and oh how i tangled you in sharp divides
because i’m not kind, am i?
oh how the floaters in your eyes
could not refract me

and hid me in a dark spot on your heart
love’s a cruelness if i’m a moving part
but you were a brightness
you were a brightness and i’m sorry

what of the brightness that i could not bear?
well love comes beaming in through stellar vestiges
and adirondack pairs
and what of the glowing marrow of this little life?
well i bore it witness
and to have floated off with you into the sprawling night
i won’t forget this

but on the walls of my aorta
with fingers dipped in crushed aurora
i wrote

that i am a brightness
i am a brightness for none to bear

credits

from Brightness, released December 2, 2017
emily moran: vocals, electric guitar, rhodes piano
sean trischka: drums
mali obomsawin: electric bass
josh knowles: violin
avery ballotta: violin
anna stromer: viola
cristobal cruz-garcia: cello
rachel sumner: flute
deni hlavinka, holly mcgarry, chris bloniarz, sam moss, emily moran: background vocals
emily moran & dan cardinal: 4-handed moog
(and how about dan cardinal on that snare delay?)

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