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Promised Land EP

by Lauren Tronick

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1.
Coat 04:46
I surely should be carried up a mountainside Placed upon a bough High up above No one can reach my feet I’d stay away Up in my tree you’d be so free So free from me ‘Cause mountainsides They’ll draw you down I know you’re safer on ground Lay low I can lay low I’m the coat to your summer So I’ll lay low I surely should be set out to sea I’d drift away On all my waves They swell and moan You are my float Out at sea I’d sink so quickly And you’d be so free In our sea I sink you more I know you’re safer on shore Lay low I can lay low I’m the coat to your summer So I’ll lay low Silence is golden You always told me so But my trade is never silent And I’ve been around enough to know That she’s beautiful and young And you’re so beautiful and young And I’m quicker with my tongue
2.
Emily 03:29
I do not have a sister Nor do I a brother I’m left with too much soul to give to another Emily, she wept On the velveteen steps From a film we saw in midtown about a boat So I took her hand in mine And helped her on my shoulders She screamed, "You can’t move boulders But you sure as hell move me" Leave the rest for me She said farewell I said no one says that anymore I’ll go home and that’s alright Emily, she knows To wave on country roads To drivers coming toward her Just like she learned to do Now the bones in my hand Are heavy with the knowledge Of what they’ve written of her And what’s been written to them Leave the rest for me She said farewell I said no one says that anymore I’ll go home and that’s alright I do not have a sister Nor do I a brother I’m left with too much soul to give to another And you do not have a sister Nor do you a brother Perhaps we steal the pieces from each other That were meant for them Leave the rest for me I said farewell But no one says that anymore I’m going home And that’s alright
3.
There’s gold on the walls You need gold on your teeth I could peel it away Cover the holes underneath But as my skin turns brown Aren’t you proud of me now Liquor you up And I’ll put out the sun With the blanket your mother made for me You remember the one Woven of princes and kings all mouthing the letter O Oh no Your dog watched as we sang Different parts of the same song You’re anything but A simple man And a case would knock me flat But I drink what I can What kind of shape are you in when it’s not night Cause I like the light I like you in light Do you like you in light Will you watch as we sing Different parts of the same thing Am I just wrong Tell me I’m wrong You’re still not old enough to avoid Dying young You’re still not old enough to avoid Mm I can’t watch as we bring The same comforting I’ll see you at dawn Are we too far gone
4.
Hold out Can you feel it coming It’s cold out I can feel it coming The way this will go is only what I know So step on up to the promised land Hold on I can see it coming I’m not sold on what he’s pitching But I know we both see it coming But fear not friend There is no end So step on up to the promised land I’ll follow through I promise, man I pass the years gluing splinters to floorboards For our home I cannot say what makes me stay But his bellowed laugh has its way with me I love her My dearest mother But when he looks at me I could give up I could give in and become her I am a doe Further into the woods I go Out of fear I guess But I don’t know ‘Cause I like the woods And I like this show I’ve wished upon him rain And I have wished upon him silver If playing stems the pain Then as children we think clearer Think clearer All the little things about him All the little things Spotted eyes and skinny thighs He stole me first but that belies the point Hold out Can you feel it coming It’s so damn cold out But I know you see it coming too But fear not friend This is not the end

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released March 12, 2016

Lauren Tronick: Vocals, guitar, violin, viola
Elena Saavedra-Buckley: Vocals
Hans Bilger: Upright Bass

Cover photography by Kendall Lawren Rock (kendall-rock.com).

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Sam Koolhoven, with production support and snacks from Jessie Chipps.

Unquantifiable amounts of gratitude and love to Kendall, Raph, Jenner, Abby, Liv, Martha, Ashley, Rachel, Maddie, Sarah, Onagh, Alex, Judith, Mom, Dad, Ellie, Joni.

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