Hand-Me-Down

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BG vocals:
**Dylan Harley and Noah Harley
(horseyedmen.bandcamp.com)
**Ant Savino
anthonysavino.bandcamp.com

lyrics

from one son to another,
what's bad blood between brothers?
good fortune--better if it's stolen--
all for the first born.

third child is crying,
old winter has our house whining.
in time, when no one replies,
they'll bury those sounds with me.

all things are a hand-me-down,
even your mother's love.
softer the last time around,
but not a lot of warmth.

we all come home tired,
selling all our time for quarters.
and you'll always owe
that debt your father sewed
is pouring over.

share the pie with eachother.
it's not sweet, it's not dinner.
if the pie seems much thinner,
maybe you should quell your hunger.

from one son to another,
it's all blood between mothers.
and we're told our worth
in the afterbirth--
she always said I was a simple girl.

all things are a hand-me-down,
even your mother's love.
softer the last time around,
but not a lot of warmth.

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from Mountainess EP, released May 24, 2017

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Mountainess Los Angeles, California

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The earth shifted,
Bubbled,
and out she sprang:
Mountainess.

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