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Patterning

by Martijn Duiven

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Diver 04:32
We sank to the bottom and noone noticed. Who thought they wouldn’t hear and who said they would call? Remember when it was still raining and noone else daring to brace the waterfall? By now we’ve found a home in the reef, a bed of cold wet aragonite! Now and again we reach for the water’s edge, hoping to find another one of our own. We happened upon him. He fled the nest and dove in head-first. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven’s should. But within his coat the flesh is dry and decomposed. His entry wasn’t clean, his side split open like the ripe past that we all drowned in Most of the time we go with the current, craddling our raven until stuffed with water and heat. We’ll make in his image what was too dirty to accept. The algae taught us how to breathe here. From the reef we learnt how to grow. My chest expanded to double its size and somehow I managed to breathe for us. I know somehow we’ll swim to the shores that our child can call home soon enough. Most of the time we go with the current, keeping the air safe within me. We sank to the bottom. But we’re slowly crawling out. And when it’s time we climb out onto a busy street and the confident line up where we meet. What will they think of the bird that left its father’s lap? “Here is your saviour the heavenly child, we brought him back.” So fill up and sing again Rise up, rise over us again Fly from the beach side.
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Curls 03:49
We start tall, as tall as we get. We play until just before space where we wait and give them a chance. They are often ours, quite literally we shape what people want to say. They use us daily erase us like our curls can be forgotten.
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Overflow 02:02
Offset, unreachable and a soul who cares to go is alone to go towards it. A line, a river, (I'll open to you I'll open up to you) a dam I'll overflow.
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If I be the river you be the riverbed, the riverbed. Your waist starts rapids in me on my way downstream. I’ll swim through your boulders and sand-coated skin. I’ll waterlog you, I’ll waterlog you! If I drag mountains and release them at your feet, at your feet, the delta will barely be sufficient to retain me, retain me. I’ll fall from your rises and hammer you in! You fill up with water and sing again! I’ll stand up, rise over your silhouette I’ll make you rise above me.
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Calling home 03:35
I just keep falling over bodies and souls calling home. But I catch myself and they just don’t seem to mind. Say that you love her or fly back alone. A mistake that I made, but always stood behind. Leave with my mistress my weary bones. To be the animal babe, and never leave the island. Why do you stop me from saying hello? I cannot dial out of shame and hear their voice on mine. Wave while you drown like a sinking stone. Try and smile to the rest while my legs are tiring out. Heavens to he who hears the siren’s songs. I am tied to the mast and they won’t get me down. A line, a river I’ll open to you I’ll open up to you A dam I’ll overflow Why do you stop me from saying hello? Be a man again and savour the sound. Wave while you drown like a sinking stone. What isn’t chained to the legs cannot hope to take me down. Heavens to he who hears the siren’s songs. I get rid of the wax and fly from this town. Return to heaven It’s open to you son, come and bathe in it And Time? Time I’ll make a line, a river to open to you and drink from. A dam I'll overflow.
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I was found in the corridor with a bottle of gold. Hits the most beautiful note, hits the most beautiful note. I'll keep it, I will. Not sell it but treasure it. Greedy bitches, it's the sun and you'll swallow it. There is no light in the corridor and the sirens are on. Make the most beautiful song, make the most beautiful song. Does that mean they're coming for me with half a song, half a harrowing? "I am alive and I'm doing well. I have come to no harm. Call off the alarm."
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Wet dog 00:55
It finds you It rescues you It forgets you
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I'll continue in a straitjacket. I'll continue. And you? What about you? I will kill you. And your family I will kill too. And you cannot do anything about it. Rally them up, all human beings so that I may eat them all.
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The chair 03:04
Whenever your mind wanders remember I'll sit right here. My arms resting comfortably on the soft wooden chair. My back straight, my neck upright to see the world. I'll sit and wander too. And there be a flame or at least a spark setting me on fire.
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Patterning 05:20
They distort time and blank my short term memory. Space flows as they do. And I'm part of that space as I flip on a flicked coin on the peaks and valleys of a standing wave vibrating.
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Lotusflowers 04:37
I made you a home and therein placed all that you designed, all that you desired. Don’t tell me you didn’t want me to give away my heart for you, expect me to and give nothing in return. But I just can’t take it, I just can’t take it out. I left you alone and in your place came all of the senses of many young minds, summers in dresses and every desire that gave birth to you. Say that we designed you. Come forth with it. Throw the doubter into the fire But I just can’t take him, I just can’t take him out. You get home and your off to the skyrise, the skyrise. When you finally get to the top you look up, you look up. There’s one way to god you’re sure of, you’re sure of.

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released November 9, 2010

All music written, arranged and performed by Martijn Duiven, with the exception of 'And then time says' and 'The chair', which are performed by Martijn Duiven and the Insomnio Ensemble.
All music produced by Martijn Duiven and Nina Bjelajacova.
Engineered by Rutger Arents.
All artwork by Martijn Duiven.

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