Imprint

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who was at the shoreline
shaking their fists or crying?
how long did you take to turn your back?
what expression were you hiding?

you didn't write it down,
you hoped that it would die,
but it never does,
it only grows with time.

a name change
on the edge of a new state,
that's what you gave them,
that's what you left.
and the bad dreams
still float in our bloodstreams,
and when i'm sad i'm sure it's an instinct.
when i'm sad i live in your imprint.

set up shop in cleveland,
selling junk that no one needed.
when you found him bludgeoned in
did you sigh or did you scream?
was it the first blow
or one of many?

you didn't write it down,
the news came and went.
you thought that words were wounds
so you kept tight lipped.

a name change
on the edge of a new state,
that's what you gave them,
that's what you left.
and the bad dreams
still float in our bloodstreams,
and when i'm sad i'm sure it's an instinct.

everyone thinks it ends in them,
but i am convinced each silence is where it begins.
i carry on your disposition-
a flag without without a coat of arms.

and the bad dreams
still float in our bloodstreams,
and when i'm sad i'm sure it's an instinct.
and when i'm sad i live in your imprint.

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from Mountainess EP, released May 24, 2017
written by emily goldstein
arranged for string by meyer brown

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

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