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and on the day, with its long wet tongue the prophetic brute and tied his palfrey to a willow lapping the fine new suit a mere change of form but for a piece of cloth, hempen cabbage ten days cut by the human hand and bearing those wicked uncles’ names the prophetic brute and tied his palfrey to a willow with stringed mobcap, crinoline a mere change of form but for a piece of cloth, hempen cabbage ten days cut by the human hand
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the victim of a rose the victim of a kiss when will i vanquish my victimhood that’s what she tells me through the images in my dreams that’s why she stands at the edges of my mind staring at me unshakably determined to see me sweat it’s in her nature she laughs when i fall she cries when i heal she swings her sword knowing i have the balls to parry it she knows because she paces the outer rim of my limits setting mile markers every time i free myself from a former constraint every flag she hammers feels like a tease a double dog dare ready to tear me to shreds or bring me new life kiss a lily pick a kiss i’m sick i’m tired i’m depleted by the hand of my own pity waiting to be rescued by some gentle hand but the gentle hand of my mother is no more at least not when i’ve lost my way if i stay here i’ll just be the victim of another rose tired and dying because i let myself solidify i let myself harden when i faced its thorn but blood is a sign of fertile soil it’s time to soften against the thorn so i can move from dueling roses to kissing lilies kiss a lily pick a kiss i vanquish my victimhood
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eyes wander all across the sea when did the sun learn what to be pull in between a crowd full of leaves dont you wish that you could be like these im so tired im so tired im so tired im so tired of this im so tired im so tired im so tired im so tired of this eyes wander all across the sea when did the sun learn what to be pull in between a crowd full of leaves dont you wish that you could be like these everybody thinks about what has been and i know that you do too we used to play around with cities but now english takes the square jungles and walls seperation
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what do you do what do you do what are feelings and how do you know i dont believe right next to me thats where it all blurs out trying to bleed as i turn off myself beating up and falling down as i try to put on my cleats i notice somethings wrong and thats why i run away when people say that nothings nothings changed but its in my head and thats enough to make me sad as i turn off my cell phone see that love is in the air and i want to to not be there i dont believe right next to me thats where it all blurs out trying to bleed as i turn off myself beating up and falling down as i try to put on my cleats i notice somethings wrong and thats why i run away when people say that nothings nothings changed but its in my head and thats enough to make me sad im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise im not one to easily bruise i dont believe right next to me thats where it all blurs out trying to bleed as i turn off myself beating up and falling down as i try to put on my cleats i notice somethings wrong and thats why i what do you do what do you do what are feelings and how do you know what do you do what do you do what do you do what do you do
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with stick in your hand you walk, don't stand with stick in your hand don't walk, just stand scuff, scuff no sand nothing dies we'll show back turned you know something I don't know
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Finally 04:04
next year all of this means nothing to me next year all of this means nothing to me next year all of this means nothing to me next year all of this means nothing to me ordinary ordinary did i go wrong did i go wrong ordinary ordinary did i go wrong did i go wrong were finally in bed were finally talking its out of my head id be so despairing you made me realize nothings as bad as it seems

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What Will Keep This​, like a soft ask to all of us who listen. And honest in a time where we, often, let the first thing to hold our hand, hold us entirely forever. Here we’re so far from that. The elements know themselves, and are willing to let go if you do. Full reversion to itself is possible, and that’s already a lot, when a piece can do that for itself. Attempt to keep it, and you must keep it all. Each track is in conversation, always bound to the delight of exchange before the ease of being compartmentalized. After “Prophetic Brute”, the face of who will keep “What Will Keep This” melts until “Finally” the profile of an owner dissipates all together. Think of what can go back, think of peeling, think of shedding, listen and then you’re here.
–Léo Remke-Rochard

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released October 2, 2020

Music by Ivan Cunningham and Nicholas Christenson
Tarek Abdelqader: drums (1, 6, 8, 9)
Patrick Adkins: keyboard (1)
Michelle Kinney: cello (1)
Freaque: poetry/vocals (2)
Mixed and mastered by Ivan Cunningham, Nicholas Christenson, Chris Cunningham and Samuel Stroup
Cover art by Cooper Felien Gatzmer
Photographs by Nina Salvatore, Olivia Wolfe Nelson and Alyssa Anderson
Design by Eli Shimanski
Wonderful Counselor video by Samuel Stroup

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Ivan Cunningham & Nicholas Christenson Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ivan Cunningham and Nicholas Christenson are Twin Cities-based composers and improvisers. The two have collaborated for many years in numerous settings which have profoundly influenced each one's life and art—sounding the optimism of the will.

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