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Divorce EP

by ELMS

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Jared Both There is no filler. It's just a 1970's drama in an electro pop form. Alex Unger has refined and built upon the craft shown in previous releases under Burnt Norton and Dead Elms Society. and made it more compelling and direct. Favorite track: Brilliant (After Burroughs).
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  • Divorce EP Cassette
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    Chromium dioxide cassette tape, side A features the original EP, side B features electronic interpretations as performed live during 2013. Artwork by Steppenwill.

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1.
I have a name for you that you will never hear a clever string of words entirely undeserved oh dear you know I didn't want to but I gave up on you and you have a new dress I hear that I will never see a trifling detail I'm sure but it turns me blue, it makes me weak oh dear you know I didn't want to but I gave up on you
2.
Ring Finger 02:38
I can remember the days when there wasn't a ring on this finger my hand appeared rough and unloved alone and unlettered wild and unfettered ahead of my time when I met you all those years ago I set my heart's course against the breakers that guarded your heart's ports as if the sea was any more safe than the lakes you had left for that place these foolish hands how could they know these foolish hands they let themselves get trapped in your hands a life set towards the search for a meaning between four walls and a ceiling to find the answers inside that uncomfortable comfort our silence at night or the walk to the store or an afternoon gardening wishing for more oh why won't she touch me I just want her to hold me like she did before oh I could run myself through for hoping that you'd- no the knives are all sharpened but what good could it do to teach these hands raised upon score and screen these foolish hands they begged to become trapped in your hands mistrust worn like a black bandana so you'll never have to see these eyes shine again withdraw to a safe distance so these ears will never hear you call me friend cauterize this missing finger what's a ring anyway but a gaping hole catherine, queen of swords your fortune calls and you have dutifully fulfilled your role
3.
Savages 02:52
makeup for your freckles surgery for scars you can hide every mistake you made I still know who you are Diana, a fire for you a bandage round my ribs a splint against my thigh I can make every mistake you made till I can't look you in the eye this body was born dry tinder while you were raised to be a flame Diana, on fire for you Diana, a fire for you
4.
clever no, wait more like brilliant a mind like cut crystal that glitters and blinds every surface reflecting an impatience and skilllessness a true lack of ambition disorder and carelessness if I tried to run how far would I get somehow I know you're not through with me yet you were always a headache and always a bore and heat blood on the bed sheets a mouth like a gavel that bitters and binds us to smiles and kindness those hallmarks of lust the extended hand that I've learned to trust and if I tried to run how far would I get something inside of me is not done with you yet you were always a headache and always a bore thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams I've got your number and you've got my number joined forever never to be torn asunder it would take a saint not to be angry you'd have to be heartless not to feel betrayed
5.
calm the horses and hold the reins I warned you this might come one day oh I know it's hard to go but now it's your life or this home with its gardens you grew oh it breaks me in two to know just what I've done to you it's hard to believe that we'll never see our little farm again but the storm clouds in the sky reflected in your eyes they know that you know that I was a marked man from the get-go but still you wanted my wedding ring and I would give you anything and by the fire's light that same spark fills your eyes it shows that you know that I was a marked man from the first note but still you wanted a life with me a country home with orange trees with morning mists and mid-day tea and evenings spent between fresh sheets and all the pleasures a life could bring and I would give you everything
6.
2013 Live Electronic Version I have a name for you that you will never hear a clever string of words entirely undeserved oh dear you know I didn't want to but I gave up on you and you have a new dress I hear that I will never see a trifling detail I'm sure but it turns me blue, it makes me weak oh dear you know I didn't want to but I gave up on you
7.
2013 Live Electronic Version I can remember the days when there wasn't a ring on this finger my hand appeared rough and unloved alone and unlettered wild and unfettered ahead of my time when I met you all those years ago I set my heart's course against the breakers that guarded your heart's ports as if the sea was any more safe than the lakes you had left for that place these foolish hands how could they know these foolish hands they let themselves get trapped in your hands a life set towards the search for a meaning between four walls and a ceiling to find the answers inside that uncomfortable comfort our silence at night or the walk to the store or an afternoon gardening wishing for more oh why won't she touch me I just want her to hold me like she did before oh I could run myself through for hoping that you'd- no the knives are all sharpened but what good could it do to teach these hands raised upon score and screen these foolish hands they begged to become trapped in your hands mistrust worn like a black bandana so you'll never have to see these eyes shine again withdraw to a safe distance so these ears will never hear you call me friend cauterize this missing finger what's a ring anyway but a gaping hole catherine, queen of swords your fortune calls and you have dutifully fulfilled your role
8.
2013 Live Electronic Version makeup for your freckles surgery for scars you can hide every mistake you made I still know who you are Diana, a fire for you a bandage round my ribs a splint against my thigh I can make every mistake you made till I can't look you in the eye this body was born dry tinder while you were raised to be a flame Diana, on fire for you Diana, a fire for you
9.
2013 Live Electronic Version clever no, wait more like brilliant a mind like cut crystal that glitters and blinds every surface reflecting an impatience and skilllessness a true lack of ambition disorder and carelessness if I tried to run how far would I get somehow I know you're not through with me yet you were always a headache and always a bore and heat blood on the bed sheets a mouth like a gavel that bitters and binds us to smiles and kindness those hallmarks of lust the extended hand that I've learned to trust and if I tried to run how far would I get something inside of me is not done with you yet you were always a headache and always a bore thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams I've got your number and you've got my number joined forever never to be torn asunder it would take a saint not to be angry you'd have to be heartless not to feel betrayed
10.
2013 Live Electronic Version calm the horses and hold the reins I warned you this might come one day oh I know it's hard to go but now it's your life or this home with its gardens you grew oh it breaks me in two to know just what I've done to you it's hard to believe that we'll never see our little farm again but the storm clouds in the sky reflected in your eyes they know that you know that I was a marked man from the get-go but still you wanted my wedding ring and I would give you anything and by the fire's light that same spark fills your eyes it shows that you know that I was a marked man from the first note but still you wanted a life with me a country home with orange trees with morning mists and mid-day tea and evenings spent between fresh sheets and all the pleasures a life could bring and I would give you everything

credits

released January 14, 2013

All songs written and performed by Alex Unger, with
percussion on "Ring Finger" and "Brilliant" by Emmott Clancy.
"Brilliant" contains elements from "Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986" by W.S. Burroughs.

Engineered and mixed by Alex Unger at House of Wands, 2011 - 2012.
Mastering and additional mixing by Andy Pryde, October 2012.

Bonus material engineered and mixed by Alex Unger at House of Wands, May 2013. Mastering and additional mixing by Andy Pryde, May 2013.

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