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My Sweet Sweet Darling

by Christopher Ma

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Sudden Death 02:09
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Red Canvas, Flowing 07:36
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This was the last time for me Pine and silver light kept me down. Half moon, red by night. Don't give me any of that shit 'cause I know It's much too late And you're still letting me down. Oh my head My baby needs to sleep. My sweet sweet darling. Killed the last of them today (stood in the rain, watching you, waiting for you to come home) My flowers, like you said For you, and yes (go to the shower, need to wash it off my skin) I regret them all, little pieces of me In the rain. (leaving them all took something out of me, but it's all worth it) But I needed your love Fix me Reach into my chest, pull out my veins Fill me I need your love...
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Ice 04:05
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Talk to me my little brazen child I expected warmer souls by Christmas time With snow in my shoes, I peeked down the well and there was nothing there at all Talk to me my child. Speak to us through ice and snow Reach for us by the candlelight We grow where light cannot reach We are your only friend. Talk to me my little brazen child Your smiles retain that look in your brown eyes She dusted the house, tended the fire, and then lept into the storm Talk to me...
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soft (Dark) 02:36
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soft: In the dark A fragrance Certain flower blooms Gracing those who walk away. To love this Is to leave the self on the hanger Stretching in the closet Scented candle dies away. Those certain petals Glowing in the night Blew out the candlelight Inhaled the fumes. Blue, blue... Smoke My sweet sweet darling Here I am Ready to die. Fuck me Give me more But leave the bird's nest hanging Where I can reach it And meet me In the dark.
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The Bell 03:47
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Losses 04:42
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I've got no idea who you've been talking to night after night Every time I try to talk, your mind's been wandering from the light. These eyes don't burn like they used to now These arms grow weaker with every hour. The lights that once were baby's eyes Now I can't even recognize When you said my name like that, diane, diane Heard you sing from out the door, the sound like wind like smoke and ash Lost myself, forgot the key, the water flows to keep me clean. The images of warm times Keep flashing pictures in my mind Although I can't hear your voice, diane, diane i've got no idea who i've become you left your marks on me Sold my place and left the town and moved but still you haunt my sleep. The mountains moved in the night This world has shifted so slightly Where's my plan to end this all, diane, diane
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The Fires 05:36
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The fires up on the hillside Will come for me and my house one day They'll turn us to ash and the black smoke fills my eyes. The fires on the hillside Slip across the landscape It's watching me and I couldn't run if I tried. The fires by the roadside Cracking, melting the asphalt down The air is black and I can't breathe - AHH!! The fires burn my ass to death They won't find my body, they took it away When the fires have died and spread our ashes, look up - WOO!! From the dream A hollow feeling...
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My Darling 05:26
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i saw it deep in the green on a single candle my love i felt it for the first time and in the morning you were gone and i had forgotten the sound of your voice time lost to the fire i see red... I was walking on my own I turned around and he was gone. I went searching all around I went digging in the ground. Then a cry from in the trees I ran to look and he grinned at me. Frozen still towards he creeps Oh my God his hands-
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Flower Call 04:52
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credits 01:48
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Fan blowing Shadows trace the room Trying not to sweat You trace my arm with your finger. Dark flower The burning of smoke The moon covered Houses become islands in the haze. Losses loom above as dark masses Always near the point of crushing these bodies Always about to tear you away Always about to destroy. The fires are coming for us Over the hills to the edge of town The fires are coming for us They see perfection The fires are coming for us Our warmth is unnatural But it wanes. Flurries blanket the night A curtain of snowflakes in the dark Ice forms from dripping pipes I trace your arm with my finger. Red red moon Laughing and talking to the early hours Forgetting pain Forgetting living...

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Recorded October 2017 - March 2018 in my basement (and a bit at school).
With this record, we move across a frozen, barren landscape. In the distance, barely visible, it is always shifting, slowly, creeping.
The songs are more open to silence and emptiness, and less reliant on normal pop structures. Dealing with depression, anxiety, love, powerful feelings. COOL!!

The cover art: the inside of my house. Someone is knocking.
Inspired by George Crumb, Sun Kil Moon, Eraserhead, The Fellowship of the Ring’s Moria scenes, and the music of horror films.

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released March 13, 2018

Written, recorded, produced, mixed by Christopher Ma

Christopher Ma - vocals, classical guitar, synthesizer, sound effects, vibraphone, drums, melodica, upright piano, grand piano, cymbals, concert toms, percussion

Album artwork: Christopher Ma - charcoal and pen on paper

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