A Mechanism Of Release

from Domestic Sacraments by Ex-Isles

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lyrics

I shall like to stay here, and await the mechanisms of release
from the deepest corridors of his voice

and

even if I am idle and lacking the passions
that hold the lines of his songs aloft
even if I have strayed so far from purpose
that I am spare, that I am hopeless
that I am dumb and stricken here

and yes, the chances are high
that I am the contraband
that I am the weight of shame
that I’m the bloat and the ballast which smoothes the passage from his ear to yours
for this private ark of sophisticated lightness

I can hear and I am struck by mineral sensualities
I am here and I’m stricken by his mineral sensualities.

and I know that the record may show
I am not the ear who should be privy
I am not the one to be invited
or be empowered
but still

I shall like to stay here
(I would like to stay)
and await the mechanisms of release
from the deepest corridors of his voice
I shall like to stay
(I shall like to stay)

and await his permission to
slip the preservation of
our tether together.

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from Domestic Sacraments, released September 29, 2023
Peter Devlin: Vocals
Jamie Thompson: Piano

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