Half sleep

half sleep

Lyrics

Half-sleep filled my mouth with a taste
of phosphorescence as from magnesium
streaking through the sky. But there was no light.
Black fabric, the halves of my lungs
slipped past each other and I spoke in half-song
when I rose through the quivering
wax-paper ceiling to wake as my ghost.
I found such exceptional people
With tongues of smoldering coal, also lips
From which a white light glowed
Like the corona of an eclipse. Each moment
Was held by the tiny crests
Of passing thoughts. And I remembered
(having never experienced) --remembered
That this was death, transformed as music,
Craving; rough; and sweet and bright and dark,
Akin to deepest sadness.

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Song Writer Notes

this is another thing that i worked on in 2007. the "telephone effect" on the vocals was not intentional. i think i recorded them with the tiny mic on my computer. the words are based on "an experience" by hugo von hofmannsthal, translated by mary kinzie.

i imagined that this would come out much better than it actually did. at the time i was very disappointed. i still like the string samples, but the sound of me talking over them is pretty lame.