what is real was once just in my head / i tell you all about a love that i once had / i once had a love and now i got a whole where he had been / so there i put another lover in my bed
but when the dust had settled and the wind stood down / i wondered at the bed-hole and my friend / once my friend / who’s now a letter, reddened, staring at an end / where an end had started speeding up loss he did not intend / please don’t tell my father
cuz home is an answer to fear of unrest / of being misunderstood / oh hide in the nest
what is it about you that you miss, that you miss / when you look back on all the girls you didn’t kiss / couldn’t kiss because of something deep inside you you insist / on resisting for the good of someone else’s good intent
i wonder if he’ll ever come again to meet me / after the red writer i have been / i have been every version of myself i could pretend / when pretensions on my honor became what i would defend / i defend my honor
feel the unnatural way fear has a hold on you / hide in your garden, unmoved, feeding on eden’s breast
from
The Life,
released January 20, 2015
misty boyce – voice, acoustic guitar, synths, organ, piano
steve goold – drums
dave izumi – synths, programming
mark prentice - bass
paul wilkinson – electric guitar
produced by dave izumi at electric zoo studios, eastbourne, uk
mixed by aaron espinoza at the ship, los angeles, ca
mastered by mark chalecki at little red book, los angeles, ca
additional engineering by phil brady