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Modern Reflections, Vol. 1

by Fathom

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1.
See a seabird Silent as the air Surging off the ocean Stoic and lithe Solemn seabird Summons a second wind Longs for land abandoned Hiding her homesick songs Tell me that restless runs in the family Maybe then I'll feel the instinct sinking in Oh, I'll take up the torch and try so to not be the Single seabird Weary of wandering Sick of the sailing aimless Pining for something solid, More substantial Tell me I don't exist but for traveling Read me the rulebook that Nature penned Oh, it's only when I'm nesting I feel like I'm meant to be. Reframe me Shape me Something right I'm dreaming of the line in the sky that charts the flight away Lend me a lift I honour the shifting winds and I let them Still me Grant me Safe passage home I'm dreaming of the wink of the lighthouse teasing me close Calling me, distant Invoking an echo and in it there's something Haunting and true Inherent and new A staggered release, and in pieces I know my Name I want to mould to what it makes me It's a birth, a return, it's a word that escapes me Oh, I want the scene it plans to set me The self-portrait it's painting me Coming home It's a voice, it's a tuning that pleasures and aches me Oh, it's the arena that it's building me The memoir it dedicates to me Coming home I'm coming home Oh, secret songbird Trill your siren call Your love letter to the ocean Warmest regards, Forever and ever and ever and ever
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Chemistry 03:29
Matching, corresponding Look at our shadows in the sea You're me Baby, halfling baby Holding your finger in my hand Big friend Look at my face, but never so close as to scare yourself blind Look at my eyes, our sequences closely aligned inside Oh, Daddy-o's ego maligned As mine What then, in the mirror she finds? Sly and brimming, And we're spinning our memories upside-down Lying through our grins right before The floor drops out Oh, chemistry makes fools of us again Fallen, how you've failed us Dangerous as I'd never dreamed You're mean Complex, I mean I'd pictured your record was clean and easy I studied your eyes Surprised you were blind to a realer me Oh, Daddy-o's grim pecadillos match mine Twisted as parallel lines Clever, winning And you're spinning my memories upside-down Grinning through a lie right before The floor drops out Oh, chemistry makes fools of us again Matching, only faintly Two silhouettes upon the shore
3.
The Beach 03:15
So this was at the beach, Laughing and weaving a tale in our path Lit from this angle, we're cast as more than Imitations of ourselves I hear you so hard, I forget that I was listening There's sand in our shoes and a breeze in our bed hair And in this state, I see that we have learned to be easy again I blinked for years and I missed it happening Time made a lover of me, Made an "us" from the sweat as it dried on our brows I brew us a breakfast of scraps around the house Delicious elixir, it's conjuring the past And yet I couldn't say that it's the same as remembering Familiar genre, but the casting is better Letter for letter for letter, All my words keep spelling out this Love There is here There is now That's significant somehow On our backs in the garden we lie 'Neath the last of the winter sky Build a lyre of litter and vine And I'll whistle the wind through You broke us on the beach No, that isn't true But it's scarcely a lie Maybe I'm recovered, or maybe I'm afraid To look between the moments Where we're making it easy again, And credit is due, you are better, I'm better Let it alone 'til we're ready Hold this with me, level-headed Love, There is here There is now And it's beautiful somehow Hand in hand in the garden we lie 'Neath a twinkle of spring in the sky Build a lyre of litter and vine And I'll whistle the wind Through
4.
Dialects 04:21
Fall in step across the globe and somehow I feel the Cobblestones buck through my sneakers, And you, the sand between your toes. The tune in your head, I'm composing. Some idea you meant for me, sent to me, or did we dream it? Print your pages, sign your name, In some manner I'll do the same In splinters, notes and paper clippings. We punctuate the space between our breaths, and We're refining our dialects lately. Ever notice the way we say "Yesterday" differently? Pride arrives bittersweet Some for you, some for me Greedy distance between Draws on blood that links our brains and bodies. What is the where? There's the mystery, children. Where is the when? Then you'll know. When is the how? Pose those sweet wee secrets. How a goodbye? You know why. There's no lesson to learn, but only Pray the present is kind to us. Twins and twisters Sacred sinners, Thrashing out a rhythm of grief and bliss on Bone-tired backs and battered fingers, We're happier than ever and nursing sadness. I'll be here when you're ready, lady. Lie in wait 'til the fates allow Then and now Listen for me.
5.
I wear your hair And eyes Sometimes I hear your laugh in mine Look at your teeth Your smile All while your voice escapes my open mouth I see your love And all your longing What belongs to me and how much is yours? I've got your strength Your care I very nearly lived your life as mine I want your love, but not your longing Is it wrong that I'm needing more? I'm learning How to talk, how to touch, how to be in love So meet me in the middle, Is that not what you made me for? No, no Let me grow from What you've shown me You made the most skillful teacher I've ever known Never hide away your fault lines, Draw them out Write their names in silver ink, Lay your struggles down Gift to me your broken blueprint, I'll be fine I'll refine your design Bolder, line by line I'll keep what's strong I'll keep courageous Turn that longing into trial I'm learning How to take, how to break, how to make a life I'll show you if you'll welcome How I differ from you now Listen Watch me grow from All you've shown me, Made me the most skillful teacher I've ever known

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released April 28, 2023

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Fathom Auckland, New Zealand

Fathom is a singer-songwriter, musician and maker with a passion for inventing and building experimental instruments. Her music incorporates influences of ‘70s folk-rock, jazz, and indie, but the sound of homemade instrumentation is uniquely her own.

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