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Tonality - Tulips by Shawn Kirchner
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Tonality

Tonality - Tulips by Shawn Kirchner

Tonality performs Tulips by Shawn Kirchner October 9, 2022 Hannah Lewis and David Morales, soloists Shawn Kirchner, piano Laura Bedol, violin 1 Hannah Yim Heath, violin 2 Sarah Tatman, viola Maura Phelps, cello Lyrics: Text by Sylvia Plath The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here. Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in. I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly As the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands. I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions. I have given my name and my day-clothes up to the nurses And my history to the anesthetist and my body to surgeons. I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty. How free it is, you have no idea how free— The peacefulness is so big it dazes you. Before they came the air was calm Then the tulips filled it up like a loud noise. Now the air snags and eddies round them They concentrate my attention the way a river Snags and eddies around a sunken, rusted engine The tulips are too red in the first place, they hurt me. Their redness talks to my wound, it corresponds. They are subtle : they seem to float, though they weigh me down, A dozen red lead sinkers round my neck. The tulips should be behind bars like dangerous animals; They are opening like the mouth of some great African cat, And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes. It’s a bowl of red blooms, out of sheer love of me. The water I taste is warm, and salt, like the sea, And comes from a country far away as health.
This Wild Life - Concrete (Live Session)
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This Wild Life

This Wild Life - Concrete (Live Session)

Last tour of the year with Tiny Moving Parts and In Her Own Words. Tickets and VIP are on sale now, come enjoy coffee and donuts with us! http://thiswildlifeband.com/ 6/9 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge 6/10 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme 6/11 Detroit, MI - The Sanctuary 6/12 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom 6/13 Syracuse, NY - Lost Horizon 6/15 Boston, MA - Crystal Ballroom 6/16 Albany, NY - Empire live 6/17 Lititz, PA - Mickey's Black Box 6/18 New York City, NY - Le Poisson Rouge 6/20 Washington, DC - Union Stage 6/21 Virginia Beach, VA - Elevation Stage 6/22 Charlotte, NC - Amos Southend 6/24 Tampa, FL - Orpheum 6/25 Orlando, FL - The Social 6/26 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West 6/28 Cincinnati, OH - Southgate House 6/29 St Louis, MO - Red Flag 6/30 Madison, WI - Majestic 7/3 Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz* 7/4 London, ON - Rum Runners* 7/5 Toronto, ON - The Hard Luck* 7/6 Indianapolis, IN - Hoosier Dome* 7/8 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Cafe 7/9 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room 7/10 Denver, CO - Oriental Theater 7/11 SLC, UT - Soundwell 7/13 Boise, ID - The Shredder 7/15 Seattle, WA - El Corazon 7/16 Portland, OR - Mission Theater 7/18 Sacramento, CA - Goldfield 7/19 Fresno, CA - Strummer's 7/21 San Diego, CA - Soma Side Stage 7/22 Ventura, CA - Ventura Music Hall 7/23 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse 7/24 Phoenix, AZ - Nile Theater 7/27 Austin, TX - Empire Garage 7/29 OKC, OK - 89th Street Collective 7/30 Lawrence, KS - Granada * TWL, and In Her Own Words only This Wild Life's live session for 'Concrete'. Visit http://store.thiswildlifeband.com for our latest merchandise! Site: http://thiswildlifeband.com Spotify: http://thiswildlifeband.com/spotify Facebook: http://facebook.com/thiswildlife Instagram: http://instagram.com/thiswildlife Twitter: http://twitter.com/thiswildlife LYRICS I’ve got feet like concrete, and a head like lead God I feel so heavy, I give up and head home I just want to be left alone Woah, I treated you with honesty honestly, you promised me, promised me Woah, You said that you were sorry you’re far away, you’d always come back for me You’re break, breaking your word, I don’t care what you’ve heard Cause you’ve fucked up, yeah you fucked up Yeah, I thought we’d live off love but it was not enough, not enough And I just need a day, to shed this dead weight, and to get my head straight I just want to let go, I just want to be left alone Woah, I treated you with honesty honestly, you promised me, promised me Woah, You said that you were sorry you’re far away, you’d always come back for me You’re break, breaking your word, I don’t care what you’ve heard Cause you’ve fucked up, yeah you fucked up Yeah, I thought we’d live off love but it was not enough, not enough It was not enough, it was never enough Yeah, thought we’d live off love but it was not enough, not enough Woah, I treated you with honesty honestly, you promised me, promised me Woah, You said that you were sorry you’re far away, you’d always come back for me You’re break, breaking your word, I don’t care what you’ve heard Cause you’ve fucked up, yeah you fucked up Yeah, I thought we’d live off love but it was not enough, not enough Woah, I treated you with honesty honestly, you promised me, promised me Woah, You said that you were sorry you’re far away, you’d always come back for me You’re break, breaking your word, I don’t care what you’ve heard Cause you’ve fucked up, yeah you fucked up Yeah, I thought we’d live off love but it was not enough, not enough #thiswildlife #epitaph #clouded
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