1. |
Sisters/Ghosts
03:49
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It started out as a joke
We were nothing, nothing
But holding hands
I held yours
You held mine
Our hands weren't really hands
to begin with
We started out as a joke
We were the only gods laughing
We started out as jokes
Sisters imagined as ghosts
It started out as a cruel joke
Eyes gouged out
Holding hands
forever
Sometimes your last whisper
is my only spell
My only chance
at life
It started out as jokes
This thing we created
this thing
This love was cruel
to begin with
This thing we created
This thing
The only promise was
The destruction of the world
The only promise was
To fuck the world
before it fucked us
Every day they took from us
Every day they burned us
We are the only gods laughing
We are the only girls laughing
Sisters imagined as ghosts
Cruel jokes
Bodies gouged out
We are the only girls laughing
Sisters imagined as ghosts
Cruel jokes
Bodies gouged out
We are the only girls laughing
Sisters imagined as ghosts
Cruel jokes
We are the only gods laughing
We are the only girls laughing
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2. |
Open
03:52
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I said, love, it’s alright now
This could be all that it takes
The night that i cut my arms open
And i hoped to die
This could be all that it takes
This could be all that it takes
The night that i cut my arms open
The night when I felt it all open up
The night when I felt it all open up
Could you stay alive?
If it meant that everything
Everything is just leftovers
Could you get up off that floor
Could you stop dragging me down
This is not what we discussed
We had something else in mind
I said, all this time
It’s just numbers for me
I’m living them
I’m living them
I’m giving them
Everything
And all this while
I could not but give in
To self-hatred
And self-destruction:
The bible of my childhood days
I was hoping that you’d
pick me up from that floor
That i sat on
when I opened my arms
Like that
but since you did not see directly:
Come along into my arms
And i’ll reach out for you
I’ll reach into your soul
And I’ll eat it up for you
You said, girl, you’re safe now
No matter how long it took
You might have cut your arms open
and tried to die
If you wish to fuck with the timelines
You have to consider the fine lines
I’ll be waiting for you in the dim light
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3. |
Lose it All
03:20
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We could have lost it all
I recognize you from before?!
You were my mirror
No, i don’t think so
You were my love?!
No, I don’t think so
The moment I saw you
Was the moment I found you
It couldn’t be less than love
The moment I saw you
Was the moment I found you
It couldn’t be less than love
I heard you
In the front in the back
We kept it up
we kept it up
You heard me,
in the front in the back
You heard me –
You heard me right
it couldn’t be less than love
We were not even supposed
to be here
THIS IS ALL WE’VE GOT
THIS IS ALL
Stranded
No world
When has this begun
Like
This
Is the swirl
Created by the sunlight
Asking you to choose
another name
for me that will ring
Like we never
Ever begun
To lose it all
In front of us
Like we never
Ever begun
To lose it all
In front of us
Yeah, they’re gonna tell you
they’re gonna tell you
All a story full of lies
No, it can’t be helpful
No, it can’t be helpful
To be full of love
Yeah, they’re gonna try you
Till the very very end
Yeah, they’re gonna fuck with you
Yeah, they’re gonna fuck with
Till the very very end
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4. |
Kingdom
02:44
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She’ll never get another chance at life
This is the day that she’s been waiting for
She’s heard it all before
I heard i all before
She’ll never get another chance to thrive
This is the day that she’s been waiting for
She’ll never get another chance
I’ll never get another chance
She looked at life and took another look
She gave it all she could
She took another breathe and let it go
She hurt like this before
This wasn’t just a dream
Something hurt like the passing of time
And the bodies that it dragged along
The sisters they had lost
Something hurt like the passing of times
And the bodies that it dragged along
This is for the sisters that we have lost
This is for the sisters that we will lose
This is for the siblings that we have lost
This is for the siblings that we will lose
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5. |
First Day
02:13
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***
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6. |
Addicts (for Hanieh)
02:50
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You couldn’t leave it all inside yourself
You couldn’t leave it all inside
It was hard at first
When we broke it off
And I kept it all alive
And the things you*d said
And the you*d done
They were ripping up my insides
No it wasn’t love
It was just co-dependency
Running on high
And no matter what I did
And no matter What u said
And no matter when we fucked
There re I things i can’t deny
there were times when we died
And we didn’t come back to life
No that wasn’t love
It was just a need for therapy
Running on high
Yet I was in love with you
Yes I deeply love you
Still inside my soul
I know there’s a reason
why
We learn to break our bones in half
We were never shown any other way
We were hardcore
Confused
We refused
To be led
by all the shit that
Came to the fore
I should have given you a ride
You could have given me a lift
To the other side
Im sorry if this all sounds harsh
It might come off as a lot
It might come off as too much
But we shouldn’t have kept it all
In our tiny cell
It was love for a while
Or I told you to
Or you told me to
hold on
And the things we saw
And the things we felt
then showed us our worst sides
Yeah it might been love
Or a long lasting fantasy
Keeping us alive
And no matter what u did
And matter what I said
And no matter who we fucked
There are things I won’t forget
nights on end I felt dead
But I wanted to come back to life
Yes there was love
And lots pain and suffering
to buy an addict some time
To buy an addict like me some time
And I really love you and I do forgive you
But I want understand
Why we learn that love
will make us whole
And carefree in the end
I meant to break my life instead
I was never shown any other way
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7. |
Gone for a while
04:25
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We were gone for a while
We sank for a while
Couldn’t say it
You will always be mine
But the loving
Will be gone for a while
Will be gone for a while
But we’ll hold it
Harder than the light hit my eyes
That morning when we woke up
And you told me
LIfe is dying in disguise
I could have left your arms
it would have hurt me none
Even before it was over you felt that something’s wrong
And we couldn’t leave the feeling
And we heard it all before
It was over before we touched
So we played it once more
So we played it once more
You said, you fell in love with me In the dark
And right before the light came It got hard
We couldn’t leave that feeling It was all –
That we had –
Or so we thought
Couldn’t say it
You will always be mine
But the loving
Will be gone for a while
Will be gone for a while
YOU BELONG IN MY NIGHTMARES
YOU BELONG IN MY HEART
WE WERE PART OF THE DYING
WE WERE PART OF THE LOVE
AND WE COULDN’T LEAVE THAT FEELING
EVEN IF WE WANTED TO
THEY SAID
HEAVEN ON EARTH IS HERE
We are set free
For all the love we shared –
Will we slip through?
Can we hold it all?
Can we fall down?
Can we break apart?
Can you show me the way? I
dissolve in your tears
You dissolve in my arms
Can you show me the way?
You dissolve in my tears
I dissolve in your arms
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8. |
Love birthed by dissent
03:39
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I’ll give away the ending
It’s not like it will hurt
She hoped to be in skin
For just a little while longer...
Give me back the shared skins
Of all my past lives
Give me back the lost sins
Of those we held when we died
Give me back the shared skins
That we have tossed
Give me back the shared skins
That we have tossed
Hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on
To all the cracks in what she’s told
Hold on
to all the things that we got left behind as
Forever
this will
resonate
as something to be mourned
Cut yourself
With the words that I found
Cut yourself
On the selves she hands out
Give us back
The shared skins
Of all our past lives
Hand us back
the shared skins
That we have left behind
And cut yourself
On the words
That we invent
And cut yourself
On love
birthed by dissent
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9. |
The Dreams
05:51
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The dreams you helped me dream
So this body could be traced
Who are you to love me?
And who am I to trust you?
And who am I to love you?
Right then I fell into your hands
I didn’t stand any chance
The many times we died
The lifetimes we cried
The plenty
And countless times
That we got lost
And still I woke up
to find u there
Who am I to love you?
Who are you?
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN IT
BUT IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE FELT IT
BUT
THE CLOSER WE CAME
TO SOMEWHERE THAT WOULD FEEL OK
TO SOMETHING THAT FELT ALMOST SAFE
IT WRAPPED ITS ARMS AROUND US
LIKE IT WANTED TO BE WITH US
FOR A WHILE
We know
We’ll die
Inside of love
on the edge
Of time
floating
inside it
Even though this world ends
We hold our bodies tight
I hope you stay alive
I feel you close to my
Skin
We might just be
Alright This time
The dreams ended
Then they came back
The dream never ended
Still it came back
And we were always a part of it
I didn’t see u coming
Though im dreaming
Inside timelines
where we met before
And you dried my eyes
And we asked
Could I be your comfort?
And could it be real
We feel love?
Right then I fell into your hands
I didn’t stand any chance
The many times we died
The lifetimes we cried
The fucking plenty
And countless times
That we got lost
And still you wake up to find me here
Who am I to love you?
Who are you?
WE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS SEE IT
BUT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
WE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS FEEL IT
BUT
THE CLOSER WE GET
TO SOMEWHERE THAT COULD FEEL OK
TO SOMETHING THAT FEELS ALMOST SAFE
IT WRAPS ITS ARMS AROUND US
LIKE WE WANT IT TO BE WITH US
FOR A WHILE
We know
We’ll die
Inside of love
on the edge
Of time
floating
inside it
Even though this world ends
We hold our bodies tight
I hope you stay alive
I feel you close to my
Skin
We might just be
Alright This time
The dreams ended
Then they came back
The dream never ended
Still it came back
And we were always a part of it
***
I want you to fuck me like
You*ve been of my body
Like this
Late night
Like this
We want you to fuck us like
You’ve been dreaming of our bodies
To be like this
Late night
Like this
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TRACE Cologne, Germany
she/her
singer/producer/performer/instrumentalist
TRANGRESSIVE POP
visceral screaming/dream pop/soft falsettos/noisy math rock/deep guttural vocals/glitch pop/emo tranny guitars
I N T I M A C Y
life inside spaces, speculations, voices where we can exist, rage, mourn, and make love more freely
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