faded streamers still hang
with aged, popped balloons
fresh breeze engulfing them
this is how august ends
my sixth one away
from where my life was given
my second one falling
around you as a ribbon
september makes seven
rotations of heaven
since i began constructing
my own secret planet
river still running through
still sand frames the banks
only thing left around here
getting carried away
my sixth one away
from where my life was given
my second one falling
around you as a ribbon
september makes seven
rotations of heaven
since i began constructing
my own secret planet
fire can't burn blue forever
this is why summer ends
sharks taking back all their playgrounds
this is why summer ends
we could all use a little more purpose
this is why summer ends
earth needing death for revival
this is why summer ends
summer ends
i spit the seeds of a god into the sea
and fall back into his arms
in my youth i enjoyed this
i drove the divine chariot
but they were just flirtations
and i knew it even then
i was sex
the warm breath on my neck
and the familiar rhythmic pressure
it was nothing new to me now
it was business just business
but i know what i am
i am not ashamed
i'm not ashamed
and well now i am murder
king oenomaus is dead by my hand
it had little to do with him
he was a means
he was a means
and i cheated him
and i killed him
i changed his name to mine
but i know what i am
i am not shamed
i'm not ashamed
nosedive
you've got me hypnotized
crumbling walls and soldering wires
bending angles with your pliers
on the path i've built
you have planted seed
and a new one you've made
by pulling weeds
and from the weeds
you build your new home
behind my eyes
where nobody sees
between my ears
behind my eyes
nobody sees
between my ears
behind my eyes
nobody sees
between my ears
behind my eyes
no one sees at all
if you were to say to me
i know where to go from here
i would laugh and walk away
tell me how that feels tomorrow
and if you were to persist with me
i would get irate
and tell all my friends about you
and if they cried i'd catch their tears
and drink them with my breakfast in the morning
about
The Aa EP, released in March of 2011, is the first official Aartichoke album.
credits
released March 5, 2011
All music and lyrics were written, performed and produced by Ian McQuary with the exception of lyrics to 'I Am Love', written by Kevin Gray.
A split cassette archives the recordings of two youthful Massachusetts bands, whose sounds range from math rock to dream pop to punk. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 2, 2018
Australian multi-instrumentalist Nick Griffith tempers luxuriant yacht-pop arrangements with lo-fi touches across the sunny "7am." Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 1, 2020