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Write The Soil Lighter

by Mother Juniper

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1.
Carolina 03:20
Carolina had the hottest summer she’s ever seen And I often lost my name in my sleep I often lose my name in my sleep There you go You’re gone again You’ve already left And I can’t for the life of me Make up a story that lets me feel easy Make up a story that lets me feel free This empire had the wildest longing its ever seen And I often lose myself in my needs I often lose myself in my needs There you go You’re gone again You’ve already left And I can’t for the life of me Make up a story that lets me feel easy Make up a story that lets me feel free I often lose my name in my sleep
2.
The Sculptor 03:12
In the Winter We sculpt One another’s bodies And sometimes you get mine wrong In the Winter He died softly It’ll make you stronger It’ll make you want to live longer In the Winter We sculpt One another’s bodies And sometimes I get yours wrong But it’ll make me strong It’ll make me so strong And in the Winter He died softly It’ll make you stronger It’ll make you want to live longer
3.
Bring my body to the doves I can still hear them singing Through rattling teeth Teeth teeth teeth teeth Rattling teeth Teeth teeth teeth teeth These little animals Afraid of their dark Still chattering on about The ominous sky And my body All made of salt I can still hear him humming Through the sheets Sheets sheets sheets sheets Through the sheets Sheets sheets sheets sheets And these little animals Still stuck in a deep glow and Biting their tongues And these little animals Still stuck in a deep glow and Biting their tongues Bring my body to the doves I can still hear them singing Through rattling teeth Teeth teeth teeth teeth Rattling teeth Teeth teeth teeth teeth
4.
You’re so good at spinning The string on the back of my neck We slept under the guise of the great Lake Angeles The might of my marrow The theater where all the dead Danced Danced Danced Danced As strong as a stone And as soft as the dip in my hand You’re so good at gleaning the pupil For old bits of glass It sits like a rainstorm When covered in what you thought passed The might of my marrow The theater where all the dead Danced Danced Danced Danced As strong as a stone And as soft as the dip in my hand
5.
Black Locust 03:07
The black locust tree Stands outside my home And what she said to me Will always go unknown Go unknown Go unknown Go unknown Go unknown The white web Weaves between my stone The white web Weaves between my stone While you sleep While you sleep While you sleep While you sleep
6.
The Mapmaker 03:24
Here sits the silk That you Wrapped beside you Here goes the mud That you let Rise above you Here swings the moth that Has its eyes On you Here flies that hawk that Dances out what you do When still in the map that you Still in the map that you Drew When still in the map that you Still in the map that you Drew When still in the map that you Still in the map that you Drew Here sits the silk That you Wrapped beside you Here goes the mud That you let Rise above you
7.
River Lethe 03:40
Oh my god We’ve poisoned the lake Drink up Take what you will My thoughts They go away In the river lethe I am not Made of string Though the spider spun Me back to sleep again I am not the bottled tongue Your sense of calm A well bred sheep You take what you want But you don’t stay You take what you want But you don’t stay You take what you want But you don’t stay My thoughts they go away In the river lethe
8.
Pulled a muscle in my sleep In the dream the snake was Inching cross the edge of the house Then when they said to me Walk carefully Sometimes I am a liar Sometimes I have nothing left to shout Sometimes I am a liar Sometimes I have nothing left to shout In this dream I was the snake Said can you help me out? All secret creatures are in danger Of being found out All secret creatures are in danger All secret creatures are in danger Of being found out All secret creatures are in danger
9.
I’m sorry Persephone I was awful I was awful You burst and bloom The first of Spring In the wild Lovingly I took you to the underworld Just so you could be my girl I didn’t have that much to say But I kept you with me anyway I’m sorry Persephone I’m a monster I’m a monster When I fed you pomegranate seeds Like a dark birth Like a dark birth Winter comes too early Too early for me I should've let you go Not taken you from sleep

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released April 28, 2023

Songwriting and guitar by Lindsay Skedgell.
Andrew Tivon Orenstein plays drums on The Sculptor & These Little Animals.
Matt Schlatter plays lead guitar, synth, bass, and drums on all other tracks.
Angela Ruggiero plays violin on The Mapmaker.
Jon-Delia Freeman plays violin on all other tracks and 12 string guitar on Black Locust.

Mixed by Nathan Terry
Mastered by Christopher Weingarten
Produced by Matt Schlatter

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Mother Juniper is made up of dream story weavers, many myths, and a three stringed street banjo.🌙

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