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Uploaded by on Mar 15, 2009

full title: "the antics of love during an argument about jeans/genes"

live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5kXu70s-9g&feature=channel_page

so this is the first song i finished writing, complete with dorky facial gesticulations and looping pedal tomfoolery, performed at toronto kollaboration 2009. lyrically, it's an experiment with enjambment and narrative, speaking of which...

lyrics:

id like to think you broke my glasses
to dull the sharpness of
these vertical lines knifing through
the citys smoke. above

your voice i couldnt see, i should have
groped for the bar
but stumbled by your disagreement
into the wrong streetcar

/

through the underworld the subway
screeched and blurred as i
imagined it to ride upon
tibetan prayer wheels. my

guilt in marriage to your love
scrawled my tongue against
their rusted skin to ask forgiveness
in honestys defense

/

from out the tunnels blinding jaws,
to you i found my way
through clouds, a canopy of palms,
to apologize and say

union stations telling god
you still look beautiful.
dear, im sorry. im telling
god you still look beautiful.

/

so im outside your door
waiting to be let in
when you open up
will you let me love again

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  • Why don't you have a record contract? You remind me somewhat of Andrew Bird.

  • i'm pretty happy recording in my room (: not ready to sell my soul quite yet.

    andrew bird = the awesome.

  • my friends and i have been advertising your videos like crazy on our facebooks. i saw andrew bird live and he is flipping amazing.

  • thanks man!

    (also great live: owen pallet!)

  • This is beautiful. It's a little hard to make out the words you're singing though ): Is there an mp3 now, or is that still in the works? (:

  • heh, i slur my words on occasion, which is why i have lyrics on the side :P

    i've got two studio versions - one with a similar "bedroom" arrangement as the above, and a slower orchestral arrangement if that makes any sense.

    deciding how to go about this dance.

Top Comments

  • amazing song man

    care to get up an mp3? :)

  • naaaaice

    you were amazing at kollab lol

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  • wow you are very talented

  • sounds like your nose is congested

  • @micaredi or Owen Pallett... in fact... just like Owen Pallett... :)

  • Dude ... so bloody awesome!

  • it would be awesome if you did an andrew bird or owen pallet cover.

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