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Alternating Current

from Estival by Kittiwake

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Written by Laila O'Sullivan, Recorded and Mixed by Rebecca File, Mastered by Scott Westrick

lyrics

I was considering the sentiment
my lips upon the earth
kissing the dirt
digging, digging into it

You catch me stirring
with wide eyes and whimpering
slow down and muddle
my movements, my thoughts

I've become stunted
a glimmer, a glance
hold me above the water

And I was considering the sentiment
of a bird through window flown
broken glass shattered
and little particles were sent forth
out into the world
their feathers to drift
into thickets and flowers
and pressed between the pages

I'm the wiggling worm
caught in beak
snatched up and swallowed whole

You care
you caress
you dream me into
the beautiful-est
You make me feel
alternating
like I'm veering between
two extremes

And I was considering the sentiment
of a house gone down in flames
licking their lips
and reaching for ceiling beams
suffocated and gasping for breath
lying still and motionless
tumbling down, and down, and down

I'm lost
no lucidity
bring me back, please

I was considering the sentiment
my lips upon the earth
kissing the dirt
digging, digging into it

Alternating uplift me
Dash me
Repeat

credits

from Estival, released October 16, 2015
Laila O'Sullivan - Piano and Vocals, Travis Burrows - Drums, Matthew Ryan Harris - Bass, Gavin Hage - Guitar

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Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. The black-legged kittiwake is often known simply as kittiwake. The name is derived from the birds call, a song 'kittee-wa-ake, kittee-wa-ake'. Colonies can be found throughout the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea. ... more

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