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Aleida

by The Palps

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Oh! you’re the ripple of a ghost. I’m calm. My desire has eroded like sandstone.
Carve out rivulets from the crow’s feet around your eyes.
As they appear to me, wrenched from fitful sleep
like the incense burned in a bedroom, I tell you:

“all my faith is in you now (if I could only remember how you sound)
then you could rekindle the mantle, of resplendent orisha
or My Aleida, burning so…”

Oh! you’re the spectre at this feast. I resurrect myself, but my body’s young, and you’re eyes are tired.
trace ancient lay lines round the contours of your flesh.
as they appear to me, semi-conscious stream
like a relic placed on an altar, I tell you:

“all my fate is in your hands (if I could only remember how they felt)
then you could rekindle the mantel of the scorched orisha
or My Aleida, burning so…”

* * *

with another false division, and in freedom’s limitation
we should know
solidarity breeds protest, but it ends in isolation
we should know
when everyone is humble, and everyone’s sincere
we should know
that we’re all of us searching for our own piece of land
we should know
have we replicated dogma, are we that which we fought against?
we should know
when the faces in the windows are destined to look the same
we should know
when the circle keeps on spinning, repetition comes around
we should know
have we decapitated statues, and placed new heroes on the plinths?
we should know

well, there is no way of knowing, alone I have only shame
we should know
well, I scorched the earth for romance, and I’ll do it all again
we should know
to be cast the new pariah, forged in bronze and stone and shame
to be cast the new pariah, forged in bronze and stone and shame

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released May 1, 2018

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The Palps Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

[Good, wholesome, ethical music for fans of intellectual lo-fi prog rock.]


The Palps' music has been described as "quietly monumental" and "cinematic", and at other times redolent of Sabbath and Sonic Youth. ... more

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