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Kill the Lights

from The Ballad of Paper Ships by Odessa Chen

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lyrics

it’s bright white
won’t you kill the lights

retrace steps
moving right then left

blown the leaves
see the swingset swings
everyday pulled down like paper shades

damn the day
how it hurts to leave a trace
miles conspire to erase
but i still see your face

majesty, threadbare beauty
no where town
clotheslines blown down

oh!

backways by the trains
the sky spills the last grim light
shadows roll from my feet
like bolts of fine black silk

pale birds
there where the heart was
come close and they fly

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from The Ballad of Paper Ships, track released January 1, 2007
Odessa Chen, vocals, guitar, keys
Nels Cline, guitar
Rich Douthit, drums
Devin Hoff, bass

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odessa chen San Francisco, California

Cinematic and spectral, Odessa Chen’s music is a journey, intimate as a long held secret. Each song, like a tiny rowboat maneuvering in the dark, transports us to the deepest part of the lake where the stars shine brightest. Through despair towards transcendence each snapshot in time speaks of the romance of heightened experience, pivotal moments, and the rush of love. ... more

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