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Dawnzerlylight EP

by Dawnzerlylight

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1.
David Byrne 01:57
David Byrne, David Byrne What is it we're supposed to learn You're not in love, you're not in love Have we spoiled that sense with a choking glove? Or grown a deerhoof Keeping us feral and aloof Quarantined what never was diseased Or kept from flying what should have tenderly leapt David Byrne, David Byrne What is it we're supposed to learn About the buildings, about the food The lives we're living, or losing, or sleeping through
2.
On the wooden jungle With the tire swing Pop of the motorcycle Scaring us into trees On the wooden jungle With the tire swing Poor tough kids quarrel Over the finer things We sat there, with every one of our spoils Accounted for Rolled up in our instincts Holding us up by the collar By the dumpster - punch - All the smell of trash & blood in our nose And who knows, all the lost appliances That yesterday gave to you and took away
3.
Inscription on old lace The tattered flag waves Ablaze with the glow of a blood orange sky He sits down in the shade Nine cans to his name The last day of sunshine that we may ever share So I finish up a sixer Bag him all my empties And I bag up alll the sense I have to give "Hey, have a good one!" I yell As the TriMet bus goes a-rattlin' by Buy a copy of Street Roots Oh, won't you please It's only a dollar And he's the newspaper boy She's the newspaper boy too They're the newspaper boys
4.
Key 02:30
I want to be with you daily I want to start us a family We'll get ourselves some land Finally have what they wanted You call me your peach But I feel I must teach you That when I'm with us, all alone I feel my heart is that stone We run to escape from the feelings we make Fear of the tree, the orchard and snake But our gate's been unlocked And we've only to see That there was a Key I want to start on a journey I want to ride through the country We'll find a small town Where we'll never be found Lay our bodies down on a garden bed Wouldn't say if it was a beginning or end But in the doorway aflame We've only to feel that our love is real And our fears are tamed
5.
Wrestling 04:30
I've been with demons that you left behind Wrestling them to understand what was yours And what is now mine I've danced with women to reach for a sublime moment Of no command and no more, No more outlines But I spoke When I didn't need to speak Didn't have to teach you any courtesies So I've been on the hunt, celebrating Papers thrown out of a window The cabin's all burnt down, I'm hearing Those whispers inside of an echo Brand of fire, break of glass I shall forget you soon and let this pass When schizophrenia grunts I go naming my self "Doubt" And in this tiny town your shadowy smoke Always sticks out So I spoke, spoke When I didn't need to speak Didn't have to teach any courtesies But I spoke...
6.
Skywatchin' 03:25
A crescent moon caught in the horns of the Hyades That's when you'll see, that's when we'll see The bull A bellyful gibbous beneath the heart of a lioness But here in your body, is that Regulus A beatin'? Skywatchin' with you Thermos stayed warm through the passing storm Now it's clear The smell in the air and the fire in your eyes As we look to the sky - a watchin' It's a five hour drive 'til we're outside of Burns There's lava beds empty, craters collecting The stardust and birds off to Malheur But we'll stay right here I do think we'll nest ourselves here Jupiter dances across the midnight ballroom of the equinox Meets a wallflower, leaves the moon wanting But like you it's Venus he loves Skywatchin' with you 'Til the clouds come back 'round Or the dawn calls down static blue I'll be skywatchin' I'll be skywatchin' with you Skywatchin' with you
7.
Let's raise some hell Ore and all Melt it down For terrible bells Ring them out As we conduct The gathering up Of all we can carry Curious, collecting what We kept locked up in our cabinets Made 'em look so abandoned Fooled ourselves that we hadn't A curio We'll hear a voice From Staten Island swamps A trumpet trills Like boiled laughter On the ear drums It's breaking apart The ferry can't hold What we took up Curious, collecting what We kept locked up in our cabinets Made 'em look so abandoned Fooled ourselves that we hadn't A curio

about

This EP collects all the tracks from the digital recordings of Dawnzerlylight (Gary Dale) since 2010. It also includes an unreleased demo of the dystopian folk dong "A Curio," one of the final Dawnzerlylight songs written by Gary Dale, but maybe not the last...

This release follows the Boy Gorilla split EP with Elec Morin, two CD and two cassette-only releases that are now unavailable (unless those to whom they were passed around manage to resurface and mail copies back to me!) and is the only fully digital release exclusively on Bandcamp.

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released February 23, 2024

All songs written, performed, and recorded by Gary Dale

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The guest conductor forgets the sixth, the indigo
And the dust bowl drought eats our campfire's glow

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