Name: My Abyss (Single)
Duration: P00H02M00S
Description: "My Abyss" was written late at night in early January. I recorded this demo on 1/11, an auspicious date. "My Abyss" is also the name of an essay by my friend Patty Yumi Cottrell. The child looking wistful at Chuck E. Cheese is me.

My Abyss (Single)

by Claire Donato

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"My Abyss" was written late at night in early January. I recorded this demo on 1/11, an auspicious date. "My Abyss" is also the name of an essay by my friend Patty Yumi Cottrell. The child looking wistful at Chuck E. Cheese is me.

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These flowers will not wake you up
But you are already awake
I hope they help you sleep
I hope they help you sleep
Please don't fall asleep

Love changed its name and you found out
Love is old and wiser now
Roses in a bank
Nasturtiums up the creek
Egg in a nest
Cracking up the tree

You went mad but made it out
Slow-motion replay of the merciless catastrophe
And still your hair is dark
And flows into a river
That's my abyss
But I love my abyss
When you lighten it

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released January 11, 2020
Lyrics/Vocals/Guitar: Claire Donato

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Claire Donato Brooklyn, New York

I write songs on my bed, practice Zen meditation, illustrate myself naked in fish tanks, take 35mm photos, and am the author of some books, essays, poems.

Here's an EP I made when I was 20: friendshippa.bandcamp.com ... more

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