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Glowing Grieving Garbage

from Music for the Moon by Mars

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Words and Music by Mars
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Vocals, Harp - Mars
Accordion - Katy Collet
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Produced and Mixed by N0rth
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Recorded in St Didace QC
May 2019

lyrics

The Holy Pillars of White Poplar
are leaning out into the evening
I widen my stance
and count on my chance,
and find myself truly believing

I could pretend
to lovers and friends
that I’m not Glowing
while I am Grieving
I could pretend
to lovers and friends
but who would be worth deceiving?

I am Glowing and I am Grieving

Big big power and big big pain
big big fortune and big big blame
big big pleasure
and big big shame
big big disdain

We are looking for the sunshine
we are looking to the sky
we are looking to the birds and bees to show us how to fly

We are wanting a vacation
we are looking to relax
we are looking for some safety but that won’t make us feel trapped

I don’t care so much for freedom
except for how it lets me run
out and forward;
mostly back and in
to hide from everyone

Big big mind at big big cost
big big gift at big big loss
big big ocean big big cross
big big Albatross

We are looking for a promise
we are looking for a lie
we are looking for some happiness to last us our whole lives

We are humming through the chorus
we are searching for the tune
we are looking for the music
in the joy that’s gone so soon

I don’t care so much for music
except for how it drowns my words
shouting them across your
doorway to you
oh, they sound absurd

These sentiments are garbage all these words are precious trash
made of junk and made of crap and never made to last

Big big fire in big big frame
big big picture inside the flame
big big heat is no small game
time to build again

We are looking for the answer
we are looking with our thighs
we are knowing that the morning comes, and trying not to cry

I don’t care much for this body
except for how it gets me lost
throw it back and forth across the lines, get high at any cost

This host is made of garbage
this soul is precious trash
made of junk and made of crap and never made to last
just the state of everything once enough time has passed

Big big power and big big pain
big big fortune
and big big blame
big big pleasure
and big big shame
big big refrain

The Holy Pillars of White Poplar
are leaning out into the evening
I widen my stance
and count on my chance
and find myself truly believing

I could pretend
to lovers and friends
I’m not Glowing
while I am Grieving
I could pretend
to lovers and friends
but who
would be worth deceiving?

I am glowing and I am grieving

credits

from Music for the Moon, released August 25, 2019

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Mars Gabriola, British Columbia

Mars is an experimental folk singer, songwriter, and harpist currently living and working on the traditional ancestral lands of the Snuneymuxw people. Using voice, harp, loops, and her imagination, Mars strives to create a dreamlike state in which to tell soothing stories and bring nightmarish shadows into the light. Mars has created one full-length album project, entitled Music for the Moon. ... more

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