Intangible Holds

from Requiem for a Planet by Beams

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Intangible Holds
photo developer
let me live
the only ones you show me
are negative
I feel I’m spending too much time
in the dark
I’m trying hard not to give in
this feeling that the ship is sinking
and I guess I’ve been struggling
with all the intangible holds that embrace us
I did it again
I spoke too soon
my words grow wings
fly around the room
and you shoot them down
with eyes like .22s
as I wait for time to undo
I’m trying hard not to give in
this feeling that the ship is sinking
and I guess I’ve been struggling
with all the intangible holds that embrace us
the pupil’s growing place in the iris
and how I dream of swimming in the black hole
of the eye
sink deep, fall asleep, let it die, calm the river
sink deep, fall asleep, let it die, calm the river
sink deep, fall asleep, let it die
you’re so clever
pretentious
so carefully cynical
looking backwards around every corner
pretending to have forgotten something
it’s getting old
but you still judge me so harshly every time I misspeak
you make me sit in my awkward silence
what does it even matter
what do you think is going to happen
you have such a hold on me, I’m going to break
one day I’m going to break
and do whatever it takes to escape you and your judgement
your rules
you can’t reach me in a cocoon of darkness
you can’t judge me for failing if I never try
you can’t judge my words when I no longer speak to anyone
and you can’t judge my movements
if I no longer move
and the only one who will see my face is the wall
as I fade into darkness
I’ll start to see figures
shapes of those people that I knew
my grandparents
my best friend from grade six
our fans
my dad will be dancing in his own sheepish way
my sister, with her little son, her little daughter
my mother, with so much love in her eyes
my old neighbour who loves smoking weed and making movies
none of them can see me
none know I’m there
but I can feel their love
and they are dancing for me, for all of us
fading in and out of my consciousness
in the void
fading signals to the old TV
a flickering hologram of everyone I’ve ever loved

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from Requiem for a Planet, released May 3, 2024

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Blending psych-tinged indie-pop with Appalachia-sourced folk music, Toronto sextet Beams have long been a unique voice among the Canadian indie rock scene. With their newly announced third album Requiem for a Planet, the outfit... dive[s] headfirst into the difficult experience of coming of age in a world that isn’t nearly as functional as the one we may have perceived growing up. - FLOOD Magazine ... more

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