AUDIO | VIDEO

I Am Ruin

 
 

I am ruin
torn down
tumble down
old rubble

rebar and barren lots
smashed up window
framed by a failing wall

weeds in the wailing wind
growing through cracks
broadening them

I am ruin
ripped up
and rotten wood
wild and underfoot

I am ruin
unsound
thirsty grasses
dry and matted

weeds in the wailing wind
growing through cracks
reclaiming land

I am ruin
torn down
tumble down 

Words, voice, and acoustic guitar performance by Brooke Opie
Electric guitar and saxophone performance by Cory Wells
Drum, flute, and cello performance by Jenny Ragusa

 

Push and Pull

 
 
 

I asked you what you meant by that
You said I wasn't saying anything
When I opened up my teeth to let it forth
It clamored out like an unseemly beast

Say push and push and pull and pull
Push and push and pull and pull
The never never ending rope
The unrelenting wall

I never meant that never meant a thing
The beast is howling, beast is howling
It wants to lick the palm of every man
And baying low to bite off every hand

 

Performance by John Wilson | Words and musical performance by Brooke Opie

 

Halocline

 
 

Halocline by Endless Caverns

Recorded by Scott Lorenz and Justin Lloyd
Mixed by Daniel Ragusa

Scott Lorenz - Acoustic Guitar
Justin Lloyd - Guitar

 

Ghost with your face

 

I read a story that was about someone survived by somebody else
Can't put the book down but can't turn the page
Stuck on the same damn sentence for ages

Thinking about home but sometimes of you
Who are you seeing and why did I do all of those things that I did to you
All of those things that I put you through

But I can't let you know what is happening here
Admit I'm defeated and not going anywhere

This town is freezing but I'm burning down
A pile of ashes just blowing around
Looking through windows of places I know but can't go to

I think you survived me by staying in place
but I've seen a thousand ghosts with your face
They look quite like you but never compare

None of them know me

 

Words and musical performance by Brooke Opie
Audio recorded during a thunderstorm in 2005
Video recorded before a thunderstorm in 2012