February falls into the slot we've made, a Roman II, a Chinese New Year
And all the time is lost again, a vanishing pen writes resolutions
Look out the window, wait for the moon to rise, wait for the falling snow
The bands abandoned, the plans we stole, we're all going solo
A photo of a rainbow against the wet gray sky above the house where I used to live
The old year's dog jumping against the sleeping new year's pig
I think my mother was crying, my sister's hiding the address of her new home
So the envelopes have no words, they're just crimson red, with the edges all ringed in gold
In gold
Wait, the sleet strikes the pavement
With the sound of far-off applause
The train's at the station
While the microphone falls
The month pulls in its claws
And sits in the window to wait
So hold me, the snow is falling
Our bodies will carve the cold like lightning
Elliott sings Miss Misery like the winter descending into my ear
Like the last thing that I'll ever hear
Words in an aviary, learned by ear, learned by sensation
Mysterious as kiwi birds, as deep sea beasts, as radio waves, and
When I was a child I thought that happiness meant to fall so fast
But now time tumbles and seesaws down out from my grasp
And I want it to last
Wait, the sleet strikes the pavement
With the sound of far-off applause
The train's at the station
While the microphone falls
The month pulls in its claws
And sits in the window to wait
So hold me, the snow is falling
Our bodies will carve the cold like lightning
Elliott sings Miss Misery like the winter descending into my ear
Like the last thing that I'll ever hear
I count it in three
So hold me, the snow is falling
Our bodies will carve the cold like lightning
Elliott sings Miss Misery like the winter descending into my ear
Like the last thing that I'll ever hear
I count it in three
Dreamy, intricate guitar pop from Oakland's Absent City; splashes of accordion, sitar, lap steel, and mandolin add textural richness. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2020
These tracks are straightforward and concise, never relying on gauzy metaphors to complicate her declarations of love. Bandcamp Album of the Day Dec 20, 2017