Island Instrument

from Mismenagerie by Sean Michael Robinson

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Island Instrument

gave you an island instrument for what you'd make with it
just wanted to hear your whispering song
with every gift I'd always get the best of it
especially if I could sing along

gave you my heart to see just what you'd make of it
a relay to pass that love baton
and every race suffused with the sweat that flavored it
turning that sprint into a marathon

while my soul was freezing in empty space
the cratered dust, the barren waste
until that signal sent with haste
receive it now,
I'm staring into your face

we shared a bed to see just what we'd make of it
some soft scientific phenomenon
the overwhelming beauty, and I tried to savor it
some peering into the great beyond

where my soul was freezing in empty space
the cratered dust, the barren waste
until that signal sent with haste
receive it now,
I'm staring into your face

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from Mismenagerie, released September 19, 2021
Sean -- vocals, drums, shohar, percussion
Rachel -- piano, violin, vocals
Birch Pereira -- upright bass
Mara Sedlins -- viola, percussion, vocals

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Singer/songwriter Sean Michael Robinson of The Summer Januaries.

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