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1.	feathers 02:02	lyrics
feathers from a black bird pick them up and put them in my shirt drawing our names in the dirt tracing stars making plans to get off earth some days i feel so young some days i'm overdone i used to get so high i used to ride my bike flipping through old magazines waiting for the day when i can leave snake skin between two rocks stuff it in a jar i keep it for good luck
2.	animals 03:04	lyrics
spending all your time alone drinking every night or so watching tv on your phone slowly dying traded time for cash and gold cancer grows inside your bones doctor tells you just go home get that money humans wear me out i'm tired of aching animals make me laugh cause they're not faking remember when we fed the ducks you said i don't give a fuck sick of always feeling stuck wish i could fly remember when you got the news chemo made you hate the food uncle said why not the moon rather be buried
3.	toyo 01:07		buy track
4.	caterpillar 00:58	info
5.	kumori 01:34
6.	butterflies 02:28	lyrics
someday you'll leave don't know if i'll be ready letting go of your love is never easy cloudy days bring rain and it's so refreshing some things always stay the same i try to live it everyday paper boats will never sink i'd like to take you on a drive watch the trains ride into the night i'd like to show you butterflies lay down and nap under the sky
7.	mikan 00:43
8.	magic 02:41	lyrics
i've got nothing left to lose what would you do in my shoes i saved us a party for two but i've got a sinking feeling i'll put it all on the line cause i'm gonna win tonight and when you got sick and when you felt tired all of the time i'd draw you little notes and make you little reminders that you're doing fine i used to hate the world i used to hate my feelings you used to be okay you used to sleep right next to me and i guess some things can change and i guess some people like it that way
9.	ie 02:49	lyrics
i collect stones keep them at home a secret place that no one knows i wrote a poem signed it unknown threw it away words could not say sometimes i dream we're out at sea you're next to me boat rocks gently i know we got long ways to go look at the fish waves point back home soak in the sun time feels real slow
10.	kickflip 01:14
11.	tree 03:03	lyrics
i'm the tallest tree you can't fuck with me when it's cold i lose leaves i make the air that you breathe
12.	elijah 02:53	lyrics
i still think about you all of the time dancing home the day they stole your life i didn't know you then now just a photograph something in that smile i wish we could have met i'm so tired of this hate but it's still growing everyday the ones who gave you ketamine i want to make them suffer i'm so tired of this hate but it's still growing everyday the ones who murder and get away i want to make them suffer somehow you still had love even in your last moments playing music for the cats would have like to go with you

about

i wasn't able to touch any instrument besides very occasionally my acoustic guitar for all of 2021. it was a busy year, and lots of things changed. this january i finally had some time and all of sudden the urge to record came back.

a lot of these songs started from chords i was playing to our baby when he first got back from the hospital. in the midst of all the new feelings it was hard not to feel sentimental and i guess a lot of that ended up in the songs.

this group feels a bit more cohesive than the last one i released, and i think of this album as a sequel to 27 times; something perhaps listened to as a whole set. i'm not getting any better at recording or mixing or playing or singing, but i am getting older (and it's still fun).

you can always download for free. donations are much appreciated but if you have the means perhaps consider throwing a few dollars towards:

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www.gofundme.com/f/elijah-mcclain

otherwise, i made a few tapes again and they should be available from our shop soon at: barbarianstore.net

thanks to momoe (and her mom) for making time for me to sneak away and record. and thank you for listening :)

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released March 23, 2022

momoe did the illustration: @momoenarazaki

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