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Your Face

from Surprises by Disappearing Ink

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lyrics

There is a mole
On the corner of your chin, or, no,
Now it’s closer to your left ear, sorry, but
Your face is blurry.

It had two hairs.
One was wiry, one was angel-thin.
They would tangle with my stubble when I
Kissed you goodnight.
Goodnight, goodnight.

Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
Oh, it’s been so lonnnnnnnnng.

And you, you would curse me
When I passed you on my walk to work,
Lunging, growling, “Try me, motherfucker,”
While shadow boxing.

Each time I forgave you,
But I never did forgive myself
For looking askance, hoarding pity, fearing
While your eyes spilled mercury.
Mercury…

Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
Oh, it’s been so lonnnnnnnnng.

What face is this?
Mother, father, brother, sister, friend,
Shape and features shifting, spinning, diving
Like a Picasso.

A crescent descends
On the forehead, sinking past the nose,
Curtain falling, darkness like a casket,
Darkness like a womb.

Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
Oh, it’s been so lonnnnnnnnng.

In the darkness,
Wet and throbbing, I would feel around
And clutch if I thought I felt a nose or ear
From the only face I’d known

Which had faded
At the moment when my halves crashed whole.
Now I see it fading back into view
All these years later.
All these years…

Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
Oh, it’s been so lonnnnnnnnng.

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from Surprises, released July 27, 2020
Lawrence Lanahan: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, Yamaha CP-30 electric piano

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Disappearing Ink Baltimore, Maryland

New album 6/1/23 from Baltimore songwriter/producer Lawrence Lanahan's band Disappearing Ink! On The Charm of Abstraction, Lanahan abandons guitar for mesmerizing synths, intricately programmed beats, imaginative sampling, and occasional rhymes. Even with a new sound, his core songwriting voice--“melodic and lyrical invention,” “chilling chord progressions,” “rare honesty and power"- remains. ... more

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