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Arts and Crafts in Mourning

from Arts & Crafts EP by Jahn Sood

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Arts and Crafts in Mourning
by Jahn Sood

I’ve built an island in my attic
For a hundred years.
And late at night it breaks the static
When the radio’s in tears.
The smell of plaster, dusty lights and
Paint pour through the air.
There’s a newspaper on my nightstand,
A wet towel on my chair,
I know something nobody else knows
I go places nobody else goes.

I built mountains out of rocks and paper,
Filled all the oceans in with glue.
And so the island let me shape her,
Until all I dreamed was true.
Then the settlers’ came with axe and hoe,
Felled all my plastic trees.
But I held a flashlight in the sky so
I could see what no one sees.
I know something nobody else knows
I go places nobody else goes.

She said, “At the end of my life
When I go,
I want you near me.”
I said, “Squeeze my hand
One more time
So I know if you can hear me.”

When I’ve grown tired and my eyes
Have swollen, sunken deep,
I turn out the flashlight; with great sighs,
The island people sleep.
I go back to my bedroom, and I
Roll the covers down
And dream about my island queen
Pretend she’s only gone to town.

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from Arts & Crafts EP, track released April 26, 2012
Written, performed and recorded by Jahn Sood with Rebekah Melocik (add'l vocals), Or Matias (piano), Felice Kuan (cello), Ben Bonnema (cello arrangement)

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Jahn Sood is a songwriter, impresario and colored-pencil wielder who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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