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p i a n o .

by goodnight lamplight

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1.
Villagers all, this frosty tide, Let your doors swing open wide, Though wind may follow, and snow beside, Yet draw us in by your fire to bide; Joy shall be yours in the morning! Here we stand in the cold and the sleet, Blowing fingers and stamping feet, Come from far away you to greet— You by the fire and we in the street— Bidding you joy in the morning! For ere one half of the night was gone, Sudden a star has led us on, Raining bliss and benison— Bliss to-morrow and more anon, Joy for every morning! Goodman Joseph toiled through the snow— Saw the star o'er a stable low; Mary she might not further go— Welcome thatch, and litter below! Joy was hers in the morning! And then they heard the angels tell 'Who were the first to cry Noel Animals all, as it befell, In the stable where they did dwell! Joy shall be theirs in the morning!'
2.
Take me out & tie me down I will wait here until you get back Leave my food in a bowl on the floor In the kitchen next to my bed 'cause I don't want to be by myself But I don't want anyone else It's some conundrum Logically speaking I'm fucked Can't you see that when I'm with you I don't seem to feel so bad I won't go as far as to say I'm happy But I don't feel so bad & now you are three thousand miles away & I'm still sitting here Writing songs for fuck knows & cares & mostly I just exist.
3.
& I was waiting outside & you were wearing yr bright shirt I only wanted to hold yr hand & we went to the film & when i wouldn't talk you said I was being strange & you made me feel bad & the movie told me something it said 'you shouldn't be sad' 'I know' I said to the movie 'I know'.
4.
You write poems for no one you hardly ever speak & you don't see no faces Walking in yr sleep You're so tired x2 All the time Got a letter from yr brother He said dad is getting worse He said you should come visit soon If you can get the time off work You can even stay x2 In yr old room You know you're at yr house but you're sure you're not at home You know you've never felt so wonderfully alone But it's still good x2 To feel something.
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Life at the party x3 Is getting old Don't want nobody x3 Want to be alone Take me out to yr house by the lake & pour me a drink Take me out to yr house by the lake & lie me down I don't want to be a part of this place no more It's always the same Why do some people have to leave & why do I stay?
7.
So you played a good show but nobody cared & nobody clapped for you they all just sat there & stared & you didn't get paid Never make love sometimes get laid starting to think that it's about time you made some changes & you can't sleep at night So you drink & you fight & the last bout you had really left you with some damage & all the faces that you worked with said that you were looking thin on the day that you jumped off the bridge & resisted the urge to swim

about

A few piano songs I wrote while trying to figure out how to record the next electronic album. It's kind of shitty on purpose & also not at all.
I think there is something beautiful to be found underneath all the hiss & fuzz & field recordings/samples, if you look for it. There is a strong possibility that this may secretly contain some of the best songs I've ever written. Secretly.

credits

released April 27, 2013

All songs/work by RM(Goodnight Lamplight)
Jump off the bridge is a reworking of a track from my old band Twinkle Echo.

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