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I was born with it
I was born with it
hair that climbs
up my spine
up my neck
into my mind
I was born with it
manipulative
ears and eyes
in my bed
what do I find
I was born with it
someone else’s shadow
sewn into my ankles
I was born
shame to be alive
I was born
too alarmed to cry
S-L-I-G-H-H-H-T
I was born with it
I was born with it
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2. |
Computer
02:29
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looking down
I’ve said enough
seen the apple fall
like it always does
looking down
heavy enough
to have outgrown
this stuff
in a family house
it’s the afterlife
and all we have’s
the pictures on
the phone
like we always have
on a private road
where my daughter’s home
I could tell you
about the people
I used to love
and the computer goes
on and on
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3. |
Euphoric Motion
03:15
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I know what I
wanted to say
in my hands
and in my head
the talk belongs
to me again
I know what I
wanted to say
outside of the
the house of violence
far beyond where
you’ll never find me
words set into
euphoric motion
it’s always
around around
I wanna tell you
if it’s always
around around
I wanna tell you
and if there if there
is always
a way around
I know what I
wanted to say
now that I can feel
what is dead
the talk belongs
to me again
disguised in your
your poetry
far beyond where
you’ll never find me
set into
euphoric motion
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4. |
Your Name
02:24
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I go so faraway
just to lose that sound
but everyplace I go
your name
is on the ground
when I
hear your name
I’m inside out
‘cause I never heard a name
that could get me
never heard a name
that could get me so
so high
I let the garden go
I plunge into the crowd
the introductions
I don’t want
but god I wish that
you’d come up
when I hear your name
I’m inside out
‘cause I never heard a name
that could get me
never heard a name
that could get me so high
I will
wait my life
to see you
again
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5. |
Nightwalk
02:38
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it’s nice to be away
I’m telling myself that
it’s fine to hide
sometimes into the tree
barricade leaves
it’s nice to ride
glad into the nightwind
on the new pavement
city time is right
in strangers’ sheets
but only once a week
I walk so far in the night
the walk is all that I have
the walk is all that I am
I’m telling myself that
I walk so far in the night
the walk is all that I am
the work is right where I am
I’m telling myself that
telling myself that
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6. |
First Arabesque
03:07
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when I am your star
I fear I’m growing thin
among the other ones
the eye contact
a testament
I find you on
the other end
whatever each
we emanate
it sounds
it starves the same
when I am
your enemy
you look
just like a saint
like you said
you would
when I held
your reflection
I thought you were
just looking
the eye contact
a testament
I find you on
the other end
when I held
your reflection
the eye contact
a testament
when I held
your reflection
like you said
you would
when I held
your reflection
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7. |
Midnight Prayer
02:10
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can you feel
feel the rift
could you be
my witness
holy, holy, holy,
holy, holy
holy, holy, holy,
holy, holy
if there is a question
and my light is low
in the aftermath
that’s where I’m
before the word
I know I told you
to leave me alone
in the middle
of the night
that’s when I
cook your meals
holy, holy, holy,
holy, holy
it’s such a gorgeous sight
to see you eat
holy, holy, holy,
holy, holy
such a gorgeous sight
to see you eat
holy, holy, holy,
holy, holy
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Mirror
03:14
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when you change color
your eyes run backward
watching you exiting
and walk along
the walls of me
desperate
desperate to know you
desperate to know you
desperate to know you
how do you alter
and show up like seasons
you bring them to me
I trim back the leaves
you’re reading and re-reading
desperate to know me
do you know me?
desperate to know me
do you know me?
if feelings fall out
and then come
violent as before
would you still like to
be my body
in my mirror
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Cheeky Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cheeky is the solo electronic project of classically trained pianist Kaylee Sabatino. Growing up on a diet of Italian opera,
early Disney scores, and piano lessons from the age of 5, she learned to approach composing with a sense of drama and grandiose. Embracing digital production in her unique way, each song is constructed into its own small world, with distinctly colored atmospheres.
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