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GABBY SWORD

by Gabby's World

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1.
Sank 03:40
I fold the last of your clothes and go A new fool dropping the last of her roses And my heart skipped like a stone And it sank to the deep, a signal Something’s happening, something has changed But has it changed me? Sitting in the taxi listening to Lexie Took your plants home Feels weird because you’re not done living And my heart sank like a stone And it sank to the deep, a signal Something’s happening, something has changed But has it changed When my French friend made the point Weird and wrong and strange and disjointed Are my own vocabulary heavy rotation The American mind will always find it Every time the mold's not being fit And my heart sank like a stone And it sank to the deep, a signal Something’s happening, something has changed But has it changed me
2.
Closing Door 03:24
I’m just that dumb kid I want all that I see Excellent, another oedipal victory Hold on Hold on Can I be shy and be imposing in one swing Be honest with me Am I gonna find out that the closing door has Always been me I suck your lip Wondering what this will become That look of longing Forming a pearl upon my tongue Just caught again Slipping mercurially Between the gaze of men And my map of Brooklyn body Hold on I'm not what What I thought Hold on Can I be shy and be imposing in one swing Be honest with me Am I gonna find out that the closing door Has always been me Can I be shy and imposing in one swing Am I gonna find that I’m the closing door Can I be shy and be imposing in one swing Am I gonna find out that the closing door Has always been me Can I be shy and be imposing in one swing Be honest with me Am I gonna find out that the closing door Has always been me
3.
Corrina 04:45
You appeared solid through the mist Arms outstretching You pulled me in And I can’t believe I have never Stepped into the rolling current Washed over and let my body go Tumbling Doesn’t matter what we find Doesn’t matter what we find If finding’s what keeps our eyes Open wide Stumbling, I was fumbling around Bumping into everything Discovering And discovering and discovering just how we Are turn taking Being baby and acting responsibly Perpetually unprepared To step into the rolling current Just letting go and letting our bodies feel Amazing Doesn’t matter what we find Doesn’t matter what we find If finding’s what keeps our eyes Open wide Doesn’t matter what we find Doesn’t matter what we find Doesn’t matter what we find Doesn’t matter what we find Doesn’t matter what we find If finding’s what keeps our eyes Open wide Open wide
4.
33 04:30
Buggy summer afternoon I’m tugging at her pant leg Got it down round halfway With a half smile I look to you For the blue ribbons I’m craving You pin them on lovingly And kiss my mind I’ll swear I’m fine And smile I wanna spin you by the fridge Kitchen twirling Infinity in the guitar line Only grounded by our being Different beings Separate Not the same Come on, try me 33 Still getting lost on subways Turning blue on airplanes I’m so surprised I just learned it’s simple Nothing is a symbol In real life I swear I’m fine And smile I wanna spin you by the fridge Kitchen twirling Infinity in the guitar line And we are grounded by our being Different beings Separate Not the same I wanna spin you by the fridge Kitchen twirling Infinity in the guitar line And we are grounded by our being Different beings Separate Not the same
5.
Fabby 03:39
From another rut I was striking out Searching for you And I was tired I'd been striking out many times before you How tree-like I'm standing here You wanna water me No, I can do it for me All root-bound are my tears You wanna water me No, I can do it for me In the tour van All I did was dream of being Right up close to your body Can you believe Believe we made it, honey Now I see There's nowhere else to be How tree-like I'm standing here You wanna water me No, I can do it for me All root-bound are my tears You wanna water me No, I can do it for me Keep growing Toward each Other's reach How tree-like I'm standing here You wanna water me No, I can do it for me All root-bound are my tears You wanna water me No, I can do it for me How tree-like I'm standing here You wanna water me No, I can do it for me All root-bound are my tears You wanna water me No, I can do it for me
6.
Restore 02:14
Spurred on by anger I Ruffle and strut like A turkey, I am dancing Into my own death I am laughing And clutching my Independence Thursday, Friday Through the weekend I am sewing new seams into every Thing I find that needed mending The patterns once concealed Are beginning to be revealed As I restore you disappear As I restore you disappear
7.
Mussel 03:16
Head on my chest I drifted through her talking Wilt mid-caress I swear, I felt four hours passing She whispers under breath Some inaudible thing Fold the left lock over lock in the center You were too polite to tell me to be gentler Pulling on it tight I was lost in the pleasure A mussel in the tides of your weather Afternoon In the dunes with my honey We fought the whole time Our egos getting bloody Snarling Wild Hair Rounds My fingers Pull Slow Part From our anger Fold the left lock over lock in the center You were too polite to tell me to be gentler Pulling on it tight I was lost in the pleasure A mussel in the tides of your weather
8.
Weird, empty bed awaits Big, as big as outer space I make a painting of a painting I'm sorry about what I said Two wounds bruise In the shape of you I rage and recoil I make a painting of a painting And search our story's soil I dig through black and blue Red and green and gold And I find love But no foot hold Is it weird to have friend after friend Try to get your ear As song after song is written Just for you to hear
9.
Powerful 02:44
10.
The end of the week approaching I crave the kind of din from outside The black versus white The taking of sides So I sit just outside the threshold and I I wait for You to Open the door To open the door I wait for You to Open the door To open the door Your acid tone I bite my tongue This is the most sunken way you’ve acted And the onus is on me to see beyond The golden textures you’ve drawn Across my vision I wait for You to Open the door To open the door I wait for You to Open the door To open the door A braid forms Encircles Protects the world Elemental In our hurt we unlearn A severed love A wounded form But what does outlast us The tether through the Brick wall we built up I wait for You to Open the door To open the door I wait for You to Open the door To open the door I wait for You to Open the door To open the door
11.
Face 02:45
I felt my face Make the wrong— Make a long face But hey, you were walking away You are a recurring dream Am I calling to stranger Hey, what was your name You say But I'm always reaching forward To bring you in too close And I'm always reaching toward Some wool that I can pull I'm not okay I laugh into your arms We sway And together fall apart Hey, what was your name You say
12.
Magnify 03:12
That I feel small and dejected Is as real as the snow reflected In the coffee table Feeling unstable And I'm slipping like a landslide I writhe against my hands tied To making money All skinned and bloody And with my hands tied I can't help you, honey The crux of what we believe in Is the stuff that started leaking When I let my heart get Roughed up and upset Now I'm cowering and recovering As my power seeps into something I don't understand it But I have to chase it Will you stick with me Until I can face it Until I can face it The world watches us Copies our love A thousand times Does it magnify We watch the world Its back turns Can we copy it too Fuck them I love you
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released December 1, 2023

Written by Gabby Smith
Mixed by Gabby Smith and Barrie Lindsay
Produced by Gabby Smith and Barrie Lindsay

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