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Heavy Things Do Move

by Sister Species

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1.
Flatline 03:29
how will you know when your world is on fire how will you cope when your world is on fire unkempt, undressed are you tender, are you wild steadfast unrest are you tender, are you wild are you flatline you’re flatline, you’ve been flatline this whole time is it so bad is it a pulse behind the eyes you won’t see red but you might forget what it feels like when you’re flatline you’re flatline, you’ve been flatline this whole time asleep but awake there’s no give there’s no (take) telling are you restless are you mild tell me when you’re breathless and unbound are you tender, are you wild are you tender are you flatline you’re flatline flatline you’ve been flatline this whole time it’s all in your head you’re a sleepless kind of quiet
2.
fractured & splintering I left silver wings to go swim deep to get lost in the finding, or found in the losing sit down beside me do you remember that morning yes, in pieces- the buildings the fog above our steps city blocks, the brittleness of not knowing are we lost in the finding, or found in the losing do your wings float on air or water are you landing? are you well, are you with me? can I swim out beside thee? do you know you can trust me - we’ll go back to the shallows and all these figments & specters, the fractures & splinters, and the fragments of vision, the shore in remission return to you whole
3.
In Orbit 03:19
your mouth is two crescent moons they wane & wax against my skin on the move, gone to soon to stay still, or sleep till noon laying flat / across your bed / pulled from space into / an orbit round you floating in your shallow tides a satellite, held aloft show me where your skin is soft, oh show me how your legs uncross lying flat / on your back / your shell intact / a crab at best to pull me under / you must dive deep so hold your breath / until the bottom's reached your eyes brood as new dark moons do passing thru the night cover them, & your head strangers to the light swim deep / sink into / your dreams awakening / when your mind is quiet I’ve seen you / in the soft reflected light / your nakedness against the blue / your shell cast aside
4.
Take it Easy 02:21
my head is full of fever dreams that aren’t about you but just the same i’ll struggle to explain what it means to be someone in this way they tell me to take it easy i am weighted i am cursed i’m not stable, just well rehearsed and i won’t stumble and i won’t sway on what it means to be someone who’s this way don’t tell me to take it easy
5.
Mississippi 04:10
I was swallowed by the mouth of the river I let my worries wash ashore floating out in those wide winding currents said I won’t hunt that dream anymore no I won’t hunt that dream anymore you crept into my heart like an ivy an oak with spanish moss & no it’s not only the city that’s sinking but you don’t fear the loss- you just keep rolling along how you’ve carried me down with the drifting & wandering to where the air is thick & still time could spread its arms to surround me I’m caught as you freely flow engulfed in yr open coasts so let me lay by you one more night here in limbo between the swamp & the sea reveling where the sun lives in winter how the glitter, the gold & shine crowd the streets oh, mississippi- how I’ve combed your edges like fingers through a lover’s hair now I am tangled in awe of your ending so I’ll pour my excesses in till I forget where we begin
6.
i dug deep to find you are you where i want to be? i don’t know love or try to tell you i am what you need my heart thaws just to refreeze when you’ll say everything swallow me whole i could take or leave you now it’s getting hard to breathe affection lost with time to seethe shake the rain from my hair vision fogged with heavy sighs now wipe the sorrow from your eyes i took time to think and i spoke my mind when i felt everything i left a (w)hole lot of mess sugar coating makes you sour do you feel rotten to the core i’ll take your hands however worn who can tame this raging fire a fight like blisters on my skin to find me burnt out from within i know everything you could imply i need time to think to(o) empty inside when you’ll say everything nothing’s implied so brusque and candidly swallow me whole
7.
Gaslight 03:33
harmless was it harmless when i showed up harmless were you harmless when i showed up reckless am i reckless when we’re close up reckless you call me reckless, say you’re torn up so say you honest was i honest in the gaslight honest can i be honest in your gaslight you’re blameless i could play dead and say it’s alright you’re blameless so i play dead and say it’s alright so say you so say you cared for me you’d say i was the selfish one
8.
Olive Branch 04:50
says the raven to the dove, what can you tell me of love? should I stay, or go? says the dove to the raven, can you be my safe haven? there is no land here & I have no place to stand- I’ll circle back again says the raven to the dove, what can you tell me of love? is it yes, or no? says the dove to the raven, I would be your darling baby but there is no land here will I see land again? I have no olive branch the fountains of the great deep burst forth the sky broke apart so are you blameless in your age, a flood to bring an end to these days do you regret that you were made, a breath of life to change you in your ways until you find land again so says the raven to the dove, have you seen the sky above? is it falling down? says the dove to the raven, anything you love’s worth saving but I can’t lift up the sky for you when the fountains of the great deep burst forth a rain to wash away the broken parts so says the raven to the dove, what can you tell me of love? will you stay, or go? says the dove to the raven, I can’t be your safe haven I will not return anymore there is no promised land & I have no olive branch there is no promised land, no I have no olive branch I have no place to stand I’ll circle back again -- There is no promised land I have no olive branch
9.
i don’t dream anymore i won’t lay my head i can’t let me down easy i keep my feet off the floor when i’m riding my high and i can’t let me down easy, i won’t let me down easy, but i’ll take my time to savor am i slipping? can i fall through the cracks can i let me down easy is it tide, is it fire it’s the way i move on and i can’t let me down easy, i won’t let me down easy, but i’ll take my time to savor the space between
10.
light / out your east window as the earth dips and turns slow how heavy things do move in the light / out your in east window no I don’t know, nor do I need to what to make of the shapes or the shadows of heavy things that move like a river rushing through and I- I move, too to the light / out your east window it is soft from stars that burned out long ago to write / how we’ll spin below beneath a sky that does end somehow where the heavy things do move a calm abiding truth and silently silently, I have changed a death a desert counting days till rain while the light / from the west it glows first scattered bright, then dims and dances low across the land / that is scarred, that erupts that is carved with time that dries out, that is dust from heavy things once moving a river rushed through me now dry I remain a canyon marked from what before came

credits

released November 30, 2018

“Heavy Things Do Move” was written, arranged and performed by Sister Species:

Emily Kastrul - vocals. accordion, piano (track 10), songwriting (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, & 10)
Abby Kastrul - vocals, guitar, piano (track 6), songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, & 9)
Jake Baldwin - trumpet, vocals (track 9)
Sten Johnson - trumpet
Noah Ophoven Baldwin - trumpet
Ryan Hays - double bass
Lars Johnson - drums
Adam Zahller - guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9)

Featuring:
Matt Olson - vocals (track 2)
Andrew Thoreen - trombone (track 5)
Byron Asher - bass clarinet (track 5)
Julie Thoreen - vocals (track 7)
Lisa Harrigan - vocals (track 10)
Tara Loeper - vocals (track 10)

Recorded and mixed by Jason McGlone at The Hideaway Studios
Mastered by Rob Schlette at Anthem Mastering
Photography by Taylor Donskey
Lettering by Lars Johnson
Album Layout by Fiona Avocado

released on Aura Vortex Records

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Sister Species Minneapolis, Minnesota

mpls-based chamber pop septet

Fronted by accordionist/songwriter Emily Kastrul, chamber- pop septet Sister Species is known for their thoughtful, dynamic arrangements and opulent three-part trumpet harmonies.

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