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You Know Who

by A Pregnant Light

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1.
My Right Side 05:17
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Advance my hands Into the freshness A blade of sound Into the vastness Cleft from the sadness Wild horse harnessed With a magical flash Like a mermaid tail Cleft from the sadness You and I and Atlas Holding up the world Hating every second of it still But I’ve got a little thing And you’ve got a little ring Spent the night Smelling chain link (chain link!) Cleft from the sadness Night light I might Never sleep the same Never be the same Never be in pain Counting on a lucky star Driving down the street Dashboard feet Gonna tell me everything And I listen to you speak Though I’m slowly going deaf And the engine’s getting louder And we’re leaking gas again I know what it’s like to be inches from death And not care one bit And keep driving all night I found a prayer in my pocket And your name was at the bottom I know the spirit’s moving now I can feel her in my mouth As you decipher what this is Shifting colors in the sun Maneuver through the brush Following into viridian I made a wish Lit a candle Put a fiver in the tin Smelled the incense And insects were crawling on my skin I found a lizard on a ledge He let me look him in the eye I asked him why he chose this temple Told me “cuz it’s up so high” I felt the mist coming in From the ocean and the wind Blew the sweet scent of jasmine And Asiatic spice It took a long time to get here And I couldn’t even drive But I found you in the flora Because you’re always in my life My fingers wander My eyes do not My arms are stronger Than you thought Murmur murmur Countertop countess We are nothing if not luxurious
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Water In The Door 05:38
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(instrumental)
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Pennycolor 02:15
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There are signs There are signals Adding up to 108 There is no card higher In the deck than the ACE Crashing hearts Crushing art Books piled up behind the door I could go on forever I’ve done it before Losing all my pocket change Under the lip of the rug Penny color Take me under Bring you up Then pin you down Fill me up I’ll do the same Wear me all day Penny color It’s an honor I’ll keep you warm I’ll keep you safe
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Water In The Door (Reprise) 03:01
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Counting on a lucky star Driving down the street Dashboard feet Gonna tell me everything And I listen to you speak Though I’m slowly going deaf And the engine’s getting louder We’re leaking gas again I know what it’s like to be inches from death And not care one bit And keep driving all night I found a prayer in my pocket And your name was at the bottom I know the spirit’s moving now I can feel her in my mouth
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Still In Two 04:59
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(instrumental)
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Mandarine 04:58
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A barely perceptible yet delicate move Slide my hand under the booth To break the boredom of a simple conversation I don’t care what anyone else has to say Beaming in the black Illuminate All the more Give me yours Get me out of this place with it’s hideous floors I can feel you blush and so I look away I see you fold your hands Though you’d never pray And if you did Would it be my name Like a thread of saffron in small glass jar I should capture the light from this radiant star Frame it up and hang it on my wall You’ve got me feeling flush But I won’t look away At least we have each other Because we hate this place An arrow through the vapor Glowing quiet in the street Got you wearing all green Kinda dying in the heat Catch my breath for moment Before I return again Going deeper pulling harder Falling faster I need water I need it all I need it now Don’t hold back Just let it out It’s a drug it’s a fix Let me guide you by the wrist Every darkness has a vision Every sickness has a light I could live in this forever A garden of all fruits ripe I can feel you blush and so I look away I see you fold your hands Though you’d never pray And if you did Would it be my name Like a thread of saffron in small glass jar I should capture the light from this radiant star Frame it up and hang it on my wall You’ve got me feeling flush But I won’t look away At least we have each other Because we hate this place
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Tangèrin 04:40
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There was a flash that struck me where I stood I could barely believe the words as they slipped out of my mouth Planted my boots into the linoleum And braced my heels for the blow Like a young colt afraid at the gate All he needed was a little push To be told it was alright To be told this is your new home For as long as you’d like For me, it’s kind of a forever thing I don’t let things go as well as I used to That’s part of getting older And though I have managed for the most part to avoid the aches of the body I have seemingly done all within my power to give myself every ache of the mind I’m back in the throes again Snapping like chalk pressed in fear against the blackboard I had to pause for a second It was only to glance down at that counter To make sure she’s steady And sure enough, she’s not Alright It’s just trembling I found a subdued kind of way to make myself large in that shrinking space But a man like me can’t be made any smaller than the width of my shoulders It’s a curse I guess I cannot be concealed I cannot vanish in the crowd I cannot suffer this alone I have to have you with me If I could resist It is likely that still, I would not What a dense thicket in this kitchen How did I get myself into this Be careful who you wish for The shade crept in closer Under the whites of your eyes There was an immediacy to the words that followed next Shocks of electricity Licking the tips of my fingers and the tip of my tongue Whatever this Whatever is Whatever we say it is For any one who watches Let them see Let them be Let me breathe my name And your name too The face of God mayn’t let me through If you hear a shriek from room above do not panic it shall vanish just let me through A beaming fire in the palm of my hand I shall be released And remember who I am If I rest upon your chest Just let me sink into the place of rest Again, let it flash Bright white then let it die See the the pain in my brain Let it roll out slow Tilt your head and your lips Bring them close and your clothes Start to smell like rose And cigarette smoke Be somebody so i said Be mine said the ink of red In the body of the letter Doubt that I could say it any better But I’m pulling out my pen Just to try it once again If you wanna live forever you’ve gotta do is sing
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Inverted Pyramid 04:05
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I wear a ribbon around my neck I keep it on every time you’re gone I wear a ribbon around my arm I tie it off a little tighter each time I’m all yours…. I want more I want more I want to bathe in the blood and the light tonight I want more I want yours Kinda tricky just to get it all right now Hold steady Hold still Midnight forever Midnight tonight said I’m at the door You’re on the floor I wanna bathe in the blood and the light tonight I wear a ribbon around my throat No one can see me when i’ve got it on Ride down the highway Looking for someone In the house of silence A blank photograph Run deep into the valley Hide me behind the trees My Eden in the arms of a distant dying memory I want more I want more I want to bathe in the blood and the light tonight I want more I want yours Kinda tricky just to get it all right now Hold steady Hold still Midnight forever Midnight tonight said I’m at the door You’re on the floor I wanna bathe in the blood and the light tonight (DAMIAN… HI.) I want more I want more I want to bathe in the blood and the light tonight I want more I want yours Kinda tricky just to get it all right now Hold steady Hold still Midnight forever Midnight tonight said I’m at the door You’re on the floor I wanna bathe in the blood and the light tonight
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In Thebes 05:58
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(Miserable, miserable that I am. Where am I? Where am I going? Where am I cast away? Who hears my words? Cast away indeed. Dreadful to the sight of the eye. Dreadful to the ear.) A crimson sexual urge Whipped into a fury of formless words Criminal by any other measure Permitted within this gilded vision The cooling winds of night wipe clean the stairs of leaves Leaving only dimpled, worn, chipped stone A place for us to take a seat As spine becomes bridge from step to step Hands above your head The tempers of lords drive like dogs through the snow Sled and sleigh I said and slayed (The god of whom we shall speak and whom we shall pray is called Apollo. He represents one aspect of omnipotence. He is the sun god, giver of light and giver of spiritual light. Our tragedy is largely concerned with the contrast of darkness and light. The darkness of blindness and the light of the eyes, the darkness of ignorance, and the lightness of knowledge. The darkness of matter, the lightness of spirit. Imagination. In fact, this place is a stage. Around us are cameras, great lamps, the machinery of making films, but now: imagine…) What reclines below me now Purrs and whines And a narrow eye spies a pair of white boots Crossing under the street light Moving in a hurried gait Whisper suspicions Bewitched in the splendor Flaming June In a prison of glass (A man becomes a tyrant out of insolence. He climbs and climbs until all people call him great. He sings upon the summit, and god flings him thence.) (Is there a more miserable man in the world then the man before you now? Is there a man more hated of heaven? No stranger, no citizen may receive him into his house. Not a soul may speak to him. And no mouth but my own mouth has laid this curse upon me. Am I not wretched? May I be swept from this world before I have endured this doom. These things, o king, fill us with terror…) A ballet for lovers A v of swans in the sky A pair of black boots Once measured, twice tied

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These tracks have all been previously released as:

The Eighth (September 2023)
Mandarine / Tangèrin (May 2023)
Inverted Pyramid b/w In Thebes (October 2023)

The original releases were never accompanied by any sort of physical release. All these songs are for You Know Who, and as such have been compiled onto something physical for you to put your hands on. Was it real, or was it a dream? There is no card higher in the deck... like a colt afraid at the gate... I keep it on every time you're gone.

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released March 28, 2024

Written, recorded, produced, and performed by Damian Master.

Thrice tattooed. Two visible, one invisible.

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