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Strange Curses

by Laura Paragano

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1.
Guess I saw you go again drifting out How far will you make it this time Around around around around around You'll wait for the tide to ease to come to shore It’ll happen the same as it has happened Before before before before, but Ohhh the rush of the ocean and Ohhh the calmness of floating and Youuu in the middle of it It’s both the bottom below me and the world above Why did I think I’d want to ever fall in Love in love in love in love, but Ohhh the depths and the darkness and Ohhh the sound and the silence Youuu in the middle of it
2.
I'm Fine 04:00
When I can't sleep I start from one Count all the oxygen in my lungs From ash to ashtrays, dust to junk It won't take much to give them up Ohhh x3 I’m fine As the planets stay in motion Always headed where they're going Years are gone and back again How the second hand can spin God will only bring his peace To the ones who want it least You don't get off that easily I don't get off that easily Ohhh x3 I’m fine Ohhh x3 I’m fine
3.
Can't Give 03:49
Pockets lighter for a change What is money anyway At the end of the day At the end of the day … It's just weight No need for words, darling I understand You can’t give me, darling What you don’t have Clocks can tick but they can slow Time will tell if it has passed If this moment will last If this moment will last … through tomorrow No need for words, darling I understand You can’t give me, darling What you don’t have Beating hearts can speak in blood Quiet whispers echoing Of our everything Of our everything … that's enough No need for words, darling I understand You can’t give me, darling What you don’t have No need for words, darling I understand You can’t give me, darling What you don’t have
4.
3/4 04:32
It's three in the morning, but something is flowing out me The rivers of thinking, empty my reservoir of sleep The blankets are burning, flickering light behind my eyes Inside of this furnace are ashes that I don’t recognize I'm wide awake now I'm wide awake now Heard it repeating as the same story every time and Something was screaming for me to let go of what's not mine I’ve finally set these myths on fire I'm wide awake now I'm wide awake now Lightness in color, catching the corners of my vault I still remember all of the things that I had thought I stretch, I sigh I've lived, I've died I'm wide awake now I'm wide awake now
5.
And You 04:32
It’s a shadow behind me That’s only where the light will go It’s the breeze in the darkness And I can feel where it will blow It’s a soft, lonely whisper That is heard in every room It’s from the stillness of rainfall that Petrichor becomes perfume And you And you And you And you Every sanguine stone stops beating when it’s Melted down for all its worth But every sun will burn and fade out And return something to earth And you And you And you And you
6.
What's the use of getting out of bed Nowhere to head to, no one to see Like the dust that’s settled on my blinds We’ll pass time, inertia and me I want to live in the sunlight Instead of the headlights out in the rain I’m not ready to leave yet But I know I need it all the same So I’m California dreaming On the horizon California dreaming On the horizon Lavender girl and Glycerine sea If nothing lasts It might as well be California ohhh On the horizon California ohh On the horizon I am I am I am where I am I am where I am I am where I am where I am where I am
7.
Sick 03:14
Love is acid, heart’s on fire Eat as much as you desire Sink in deeper to my feelings Death was never so appealing Pour me whiskey, make it burn Forget lessons that I’ve learned, that it hurts That it hurts But for now you keep me holding On to being lonely As you kill me slowly Face in every shade of blue I’m sick of being sick for you Ohh ohhh Tie the organs, body’s pulsing I hope you are feeling something Feeling something Feeling something Heart still pumping For now you keep me holding On to being lonely As you kill me slowly Face in every shade of blue For now you keep me holding On to being lonely As you kill me slowly Face in every shade of blue I’m sick of being sick for you Ohh ohhh
8.
Shotgun of a smile that shes got on should imply You are staring down the barrel Trigger at the end more a killer than a friend But you know you can't resist her You can leave any time that you want to Nothing's keeping you here Her lips look like they're locked and they're loaded But her eyes look sincere Ohh Ooohh What to do Ohhh Given up your pride to stay desperate by her side Only hope holds you together Swallow every thought that tells you it’s not enough You two must deserve each other Ohh Ooohh What to do Ohh Muzzle to head, don’t know when she’ll reload Poison to heart, you will do as you’re told I know that you’ll brave the coldest of wars Until you don't love her anymore
9.
I'm on Fire 03:08
Cover of Bruce Springsteen
10.
Nothing left of all the oxygen I need These strange curses keep haunting me I don’t know how much more I can take When I can’t tell if I hate or love my fate There’s a raking in the silence There’s a tic inside my eye And I’m restless in my nailbeds One more breath into my lungs As my doom comes Nothing left of all the oxygen I need These strange curses keep haunting me I don’t know how much more I can take When I can’t tell if I hate or love my fate Maybe it’s too late already Guilty is as guilty does But I won’t say that I’m sorry (I’m sorry) For the person that I was Retribution’s not enough As my doom comes

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"Strange Curses" is the first full-length album by Laura Paragano. Indie singer-songwriter. A mouth from Jersey and a soul from California.

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released September 17, 2018

Players: Laura Paragano, Jerry Miller, Linden Evans, Corey Adams, Sean Flynn, and Eric Sanabria
Recorded at Tiny Telephone, San Francisco, CA
Engineered by Sami Perez
Mixed by Sami Perez
Mastered by Jacob Winik
Art by Suma CM

Thank you to Jerry, Linden, Sean, Corey, Eric, Sami, Jacob, John Vanderslice, Christina, Lauren, Miguel, Henry, Mr. Trumpy, my family, and all who have supported this project in their own ways.

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Indie singer-songwriter. A mouth from Jersey and a soul from California.

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