Only Sweet Heaven Knows

from Weddings, Birthdays and Funerals by Scott McRae

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Written in May of 2020

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Scraping wax off a fireplace with Kitchenware, bending forks, dulling knives on brick that breaks in open air, as a steel drum is wheeled towards the doorstep, in its place an indent in the hallway carpet.

Seagulls sling shipwrecks from swing-sets half-demolished, by barons who torment moon-men with inventions for destruction, draftsmen craft contracts, deceitful and raucous, Miss Wednesday cleans canons says “I miss the machinations of the city lights” with a face like Jo Shishido carved with a buck-knife.

The beer’s flat from sitting on the counter, bruise is tender and stinks like day-old clam chowder, palpitations ridiculed by temperance, degradation that’s sensible and overwhelming.

Penance delivered softly, by scissors so sweet and costly, ashes of a cobalt summer, sinister and undiscovered, Norma sips at her milkshake, only when the wind blows, says “I was dead when I did that, when the levee breaks, only sweet heaven knows”, forsaken like a trajectory or a tomorrow.

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from Weddings, Birthdays and Funerals, released November 6, 2020
All instruments, lyrics and vocals by Scott McRae

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Scott McRae Portland, Oregon

A dude who makes tunes and writes things sometimes, follow me on the grum for song posts and letterboxd for movie thoughts. Also comprises one half of Ishroyale.

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