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Kyht

by Nigel Wright

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1.
Overcast 02:58
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From the moment I met you I couldn’t get my head clear From where is the well you knew It’s your comment I am drawn to I want what’s worth your fear Only a chain I chew I said so long to my scheming Go crawl on the earth The only song I am keeping knows what it’s worth I just gotta do the work You were the only one to ask “If the sigh arrives to fast Perhaps it is not your task” I was so obsessed, my revealing Was only overcast Then you pulled my painting from the trash Back to as you were No, it ain't your assignment to measure your worth You just gotta do the work
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Been There 03:34
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Hey little tadpole Muddy water rushes It nudges and touches It warns you of the air Someone's unprepared Or simply too scared Been there Need another downpour A basket and a passage Remember my message Once your tongue has formed And your fingers are born You can handle much more I’m sure Heard you had a nightmare Go on you can keep it, I’ll save you the secret Places of the stairs They were meant to be shared Bring sunlight through the tears Fresh air Every little star scraped You're headed for an outcome without them, a problem You know you gotta face And there’s no time to waste You have a number of days Can’t say So don’t rip out one page And that’s all I will dare say That’s all that I’ll say
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Like Before 02:48
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You cannot hide No not this time Don't even try To change my mind I'll send a storm Then fruit will form Just like before My desert gourd You cannot hide So back inside So many tried They waste their time It's getting late And I can't wait You're who I'd take Bring to my lake I choose the days When poplars fade And mark the waves And ripples braid
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Villians 04:03
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Wisdom wasted on outskirts of my mind Come on, give me one more hint I’ll stay awake this time The more my movement breaks, laughter dancing makes When the waters still I spot a stranger’s face If not yet, I know I will put a gimmick in his place All that I face are villains that I made As if, now you could choose another coat Add an alligator, a floating head, justify your moat Oh, there’s plenty to grieve, another hole in your sleeve Who can walk across the craters and reeds? And yet all of these severed leaves show the stars I could not see All that I face are villains that I made Or maybe I was wrong, redid all my songs Worried half the time if I took too long Is it and always will be a gimmick all along? All that I face are villains that I made
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What It Said 04:17
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Didn’t it take to me? Probably talked too long Isn’t the truth mercy Or have I been doing it wrong? Burn my tongue while I am young Help me hate the taste of the days I waste What took the reins I should’ve claimed? Even the weakest plant Under the widest eave Treasures the glimmers chanced Compare that to me Pleasure nags, quarters halves Sweetness settles for a feeble grasp The windows speak, “What could you have had?” Now I can’t climb down from what Crawled into my head When I close my eyes It only makes it spread It wants me dead My distractions stall While the fires meet My wreath of walls I still hear them speak No scattered sky, no trembling stones Inner workings I should have left alone The walls intact Fire finds me fast How can I climb down from what Crawled into my head? When I close my eyes It only makes it spread It wants me dead It only makes it spread Yeah, how can I climb down from what Crawled into my head? When I close my eyes It only makes it spread It wants me dead That’s what it said
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Mist and Trees 05:24
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Great, oh great, look who’s outside now Were those words, is anything that loud? Save the rest as soon as I step out Looking back, at last, the faster I’ve lost track Summers still I try to stall What gives, what gives me any right at all? Clothes, yeah those, I’m buried underneath All those dreams recede till all is mist and trees Mist and trees surrounded me I’m afraid, is there a part of me I’ve let down, no longer can retrieve? More than that, I think you agree Every voice I’ve stored all began to speak Fresh heat right behind my ear I let someone, somebody else get near Those tiny dots connect and disappear In my head I’m led, I follow what I hear Mist and trees surrounded me I’m with you who wasn’t supposed to lose Journals burn, they work better as a fuse There, that’s it, now I think I'm done Is it not clear who won? Our hands hold their own thumbs Stacks of chairs, blood the table drew Choke me up, I turn away from you Corridor, don’t tell me who you’re for Skip the steps, up next, I’m not searching for a door Mist and trees surrounded me There were so many Surrounding me
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Good Luck 03:57
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Good luck with that Every surface Will want a scratch When the water turns Coldest and black Don’t drop the paddle Or fall off the raft ‘Cause you’re that someone Let me pass Bright yellow viper You piece of trash Just a coil of Rope in the grass I threw a stone, struck you Square on the back Looked around and laughed Severed slow Why the jacket? It isn’t cold Clearly, you are who I imitate Simple gestures To all other shapes That I enjoy I understand Watching shadows No other plans Just give me light And somewhere two can stand Boy, you have got some nerve To make more demands I’ll do what I can
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Nowadays 03:54
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Nowadays All I say I’m in need of rescue From concepts of time Take a chance Just one more glance No candles were made to Give off no light Whenever you're ready I'm where you left Look under the fig tree Outside I'm singing along Anyways Brand new day How may I help you How much does it weigh? So much space That goes to waste When nobody tells you One moment just wait Well I stoked a furnace Called out from darkness Do I deserve this? Each time I get it all wrong Flesh near a furnace Called out from darkness How do I put this? Daydreams and nightmares Which way? no, don’t go there I know that's not fair You always were singing along
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My First 04:23
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Frighted by the ocean while Comforted by stone Yeah, I’m not so certain If I can call this home I guess it’s a lesson in Loss of words again Oh god No more confessions Let me skip to the end I’m just not interested I rather stay in bed You wait and see instead Tell me where it hurts You will be my first Rattler of my room’s blinds What ruins them branches hide? No, enough of destruction boy Invite me inside Finally, another spoke The fragrance of their coat Reached for my soul And I hid inside a joke I think something is broke The birds now feed me bones Man I'd laugh if I Knew I would not choke On my fire’s smoke I’m just not interested I rather stay in bed You leaned in close and said If you think you can If I ever am Prove it Reach out Prove it with your hands

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released January 30, 2021

Written and produced by Nigel Wright

Andrew Wright - trumpet (track 9)
Jessie Morgan - violin (track 7)
Audrey Butler - violin (tracks 2, 6, and 8)

Cover photograph by whittierwright.art (Northern California circa 1976)

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