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Feminine Tense

by avila

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SlashedSucubus This is quite refreshing. This is quite far from what I usually listen to and I'm not hatting it. Of course there's your talent too that makes this whole experience something else and I must say, props to you. Favorite track: Give Up Your Thoughts.
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1.
Every Time 04:07
Every time you want to put my species on the brink Just gonna make more Nahnahnahnahnahnahnah Every time you try to drop that mickey in my drink Just gonna stay woke On and on and on and on We'll be fine, we'll be fine if we change our mind, change our mind Bodies know, bodies know when the time is right Don't worry ‘bout us We'll be fine, we'll be fine if we change our mind, change our mind Bodies know, bodies know when the time is right Don't worry bout it Every time you want to clock me speeding through your streets Ain’t gonna stay slow Nahnahnahnahnahnahnah Every time you try and put the concrete on my feet Just gonna stay floatin' On and on and on and on We'll be fine, we'll be fine if we change our mind, change our mind Bodies know, bodies know when the time is right Don't worry bout us We'll be fine, we'll be fine if we change our mind, change our mind Bodies know, bodies know when the time is right Don't worry ‘bout it Honey, it took a long time to know that this is who I am Cause you know, and I know I'm still becoming what a world tends to be So, always on the move Cause you know And I know That every time you want to try and pin me to the cross Ain’t gonna say no I live on and on and on and on and on Every time you tell me all this change comes at a cost Just gonna go broke Nahnahnahnahnahnahnah
2.
I Tried 04:31
I tried But you wouldn’t let me go Let me go Go where I wanted to go You and I were drinking from a cup we thought was bottomless and so we never filled it up But even in the shallow waves I'm crashing up against you like a broken bottle babe I know you always Thought this thing would hold the way you wanted it to  And who would've guessed That I would be the one to stretch it till it breaks
3.
How come you couldn’t stay? You cut me up into waves and played in the surf that it made Till I just got in the way Give up your thoughts I ain’t your honey pie I ain’t your sugar, man I aint your baby I won’t give up I won’t give in to this I won’t have any part of this game you’re playing 
No way, I won’t have none No way, I won’t be her No way, I won't have none No way, won't be that girl 
Not your brown paper packages tied up in strings Not just a few of your favorite things I’m not the particle, I’m not the wave I’m not the story of light that you made
4.
Nothing mystifies me more than you
Nothing gets me like sitting here dreaming of it I live in a world, live in a world that’s in-between You live in a world Live in a world that’s higher, baby Hi, young lover what took you so long? Do you wanna get out of this place? Now I don’t know… we’re too far We only wanted to be out of this safe house Skinny dipping in the firmament Bodies buzzing when we hit like cymbals crashing We love in a world, love in another, brighter plane We love in a way, love in a way that’s higher, baby Hi, young lover we’re so far Do you want to help me out of this dress? Now I don’t know… It’s too far I only wanted to be out of my head Hi, young lover we’re so gone Now we know how much it hurts to bloom so Bye, young lover We’re too far It’s enough to know you hurt like I do
5.
Wilder 04:09
I wake up hard baby I need someone to remind me Come in and find me Show me proof If I can’t hold that totem in my hand I might be dreaming I wake hard up hard sometimes Can’t hear the sound of my heart beating or feel my blood streaming Oh, it’s true I know it shouldn’t have to be this hard to keep from dreaming I need some inception Some broken encryption Oh, I do Oh, I do Open me up till I remember  the way that it felt Trigger my animal emotions You’re breaking the spell Pull at my thread till my protections unravel right off I’m a little wilder for you I wear the veil baby I never show my intentions, or little dimensions all over me You said the area underneath my curve is too well guarded I make it hard baby I never say how to find me, how to remind me I’m lock and key But you broke in here anyway and left the place bombarded I need some inception Come break my encryption Oh, I do Oh, I do Open me up till I remember  the way that it felt Trigger my animal emotions You’re breaking the spell Pull at my thread till my protections unravel right off I’m a little wilder for you
6.
You like me painted and thin missing a dimension posing iconographic fingers like steeples 
You like me hanging around staring at the people glowing like I’m some angel half a smile on my face 
But I need to come down get off of this wall kiss you all over get into your skin Want to love what I love and see what I see We need to let this thing be 
I’ll let you know how it feels to be a human being I’m letting go of the fault Of needing to be saved at all I’ll let you know how it feels to be a human being I’m letting go of it all This is how it feels
 You like me barefoot and mute crying in a chapel But this church has no ceiling and my reverence has flown Don’t want your devotion Don’t want your belief Don’t carve me in marble or pray at my feet You’re not my sinner and I’m not your saint We need to let this thing breathe I’ll let you know how it feels to be a human being I’m letting go of the fault Of needing to be saved at all I’ll let you know how it feels to be a human being I’m letting go of it all This is how it feels
7.
The New Fine 03:36
You wouldn’t stay another moment You wouldn’t say we were good enough What would it take to ever hold you Don’t say Don’t want to hold you back You were the one I would have always hunted I was the one who would have always wanted You saw the blood blood in our water Who saw it first? It doesn’t matter And now with no one to stop us No covering No place to hide (It got broken up, a little schizo, baby) All this playing at self immolation And for all that burning it was always inside (A little heartbreak, baby, and we’re gonna be fine) Scratching your face to start a fire Making us spark so I could watch it burn Putting you down to stay above it Walking on stilts to keep from touching earth A little dove  You want to hold on to It’s never enough and then it’s holding you One of these days I’ll stop I’ll stop I’ll stop now Now we’re alone with no way to fake it No clothing No place to hide (It got broken up, a little schizo, baby) Finally touching myself so deeply After all that trouble It was always inside (A little heartbreak, baby, and we’re gonna be fine)
8.
Like A Ghost 03:41
I ain’t your ghost I’m not gonna be seen clean through  Not the voice that you hear in the dark I ain’t your ghost Not the weight that’s been dragging down on you from the chains at the back of your truck I’m waiting (Oh I’ve waited) I’m waiting (Oh I’ve waited) I'm like a ghost A distortion, a bad, bad feeling setting fire to your energy field A pack of wolves We’re not gonna stay hungry for long, baby Broken free, now we’re howlin’ for you I’m waiting (Oh I’ve waited) I’m waiting (Oh I’ve waited) 
What have you done, oh, what have you done? There’s nowhere to run Not your ghost I’m not gonna be with you that dark day When the stars fall to feed on your earth Not your ghost I’m the gravity tearing you to pieces I’m the dark, when you run out of light I’m waiting (Oh, I’ve waited) I’m waiting (Oh, I’ve waited)
9.
Waterfall 04:45
I’m not gonna lie  I'm gonna give it to you straight This will be the hardest thing I'll ever have to say Take my hand I won’t let go Hold your tongue   and listen close   Take another breath            then take another one slow I’m in everything you are and already know Don’t look back You’ll never prove it Don’t look down We’re falling through it Take another step              then take another one slow (the stars explode again and again) Climb out on the branch to see how far we can go (our bodies leaning into the wind) Hold my hand of scattered ashes In the dust our love is flashing I will be right here, babe Don’t you doubt it Out here for light years, babe All around you 
10.
It’s heavy The way you’re pulling at my thread baby I don’t mind I was tied up in knots anyway Oh I I’m gonna need some understanding To keep this open and I I’m gonna need some understanding to keep this going I know you said we’ve got this I know you said it We’re so far from holding it Yet Immaculate connection Touching without touching Constant brushing of roots seeking roots seeking water Don’t let us go dry And I I’m gonna need some understanding To reach you so far and I I’m gonna need some understanding to keep from closing I hope your heart can keep this open  Don’t you feel like you still want it? I know you felt it Keep on feeling it with me baby Don’t desert this, keep it growing Don’t give up, just keep this open
11.
Stretch It 02:20
Don’t give up I know you’re searching Don’t give in  I know it’s pushing I know it’s working It’s stretching you out Don’t give up I know you’re trying Don’t give in to all the striving I know it’s pushing It’s stretching you out Stretch, stretch it! Stretch, stretch it! Stretch it, baby Stretch it, baby Don’t get stuck, you’ll never stop it And when you can’t You know it’s working You know it’s doing It’s stretching you out Stretch, stretch it! Stretch, stretch it! Stretch it, baby Stretch it, baby

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released February 21, 2020

Feminine Tense

Brie Stoner - Vocals
Daniel Johnson - Instruments, vocals on “I Tried” and “Hi Young Lover”
Words and music by Brie Stoner and Daniel Johnson
Recorded and produced by Daniel Johnson

Vocals recorded at Aashrum Studio

Mixed by Chad Howat
Except “How It Feels To Be A Human Being” mixed by Scott Gatteno
Mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound

Rodrigo Palma - Bass on “How It Feels To Be A Human Being”, recorded by Matt Jordan

Photographs by Brian Kelly Photography
Artwork by Marfa Madee

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