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life is magical

by miriam

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1.
Canon 1: Listen your words your mouth they’ve been dripping out Listen your words your mouth mouth Variation: Sometimes I wish that you could feel the same thing I do it could be beautiful full Sometimes I wish that I were as oblivious so I didn’t feel the pull pull Canon 2: If I could dictate my emotions Then I wouldn’t feel a thing But if I cauterize myself Then I’d be someone else Canon 3: Life is magical Life is hurt
2.
Dear Friend 03:25
Dear friend Will you please stop visiting my dreams I cannot look at you straight-faced You’re tearing at the seams I tend To believe that your intent was fair Despite the fact that you were playing Games that were not there But if That isn’t what I thought Then I guess I’m caught In a mass of contradictions If so then I apologize I thought that I was wise I guess we live in different fictions What gives That you only turn on half the time I’m not saying you’re wrong I’m not saying it was a crime But I live in a world of many shades of gray If life is a game with a name and a suit Then know I won’t play But if That isn’t what I thought Then I guess I’m caught In a mess of contradictions If so then I apologize I thought that I was wise I guess we live in different fictions
3.
Nobody knows what to do with the turtle That washed ashore last week I say we make him into soup But my friends are vegan So we’ll keep him as a pet We’ll take him to the MET We’ll introduce him to Cecelia Bartoli on the set We’ll take him to the MOMA Even though your ma Thinks he will induce museum guards into a coma Nobody knows what to do with the turtle That sings La Boheme and likes Magritte I say we make a leather purse But my friends joined PETA So we’ll keep him as a pet We won’t go to the MET Instead front row seats for Romeo and Juliet We’ll go to central park Where he can learn to bark And we can play a real life game of dungeons and aardvarks Nobody knows what to do with the turtle That likes to quote Shakespeare I say we give him to the sea But my friends are adopt a turtle activists who’ve fallen in love with that thing So I’ll keep him as a pet I’ll keep him safe and wet Once or twice a year I’ll even take him to the vet I hope he finds a job Or he might become kebab It’s far less indigestion than a pet turtle snob Nobody knows what to do with the turtle That washed ashore last week I say I’ve had it with this pet I say I’ve had it with this pet So, really you should find a new home, okay? I can also drive you back to the shore on Friday… And I guess you can come visit, too.
4.
There is a box beneath my bed And every night I rest my head Two feet above the cardboard Soft as sleep can be I cannot know what I can’t see I cannot know what I can’t see There is no darkness Without any light There is no peace without a fight We’re in the darkness Please turn on the light We cannot win without a fight I write my fears on slips of blue And put them in the box for you They disappear Little shards of me I cannot know what I can’t see I cannot know what I can’t see There is no darkness… There is no darkness without any light There is no darkness without any light There is no darkness Without any light There is no peace without a fight There is a box beneath my bed And every night I rest my head Two feet above the cardboard Soft as sleep can be I cannot know what I can’t see I cannot know what I can’t see
5.
Games 03:26
There’s an elephant in the room I see its tail dressed up as a broom It thinks that it can change our lives overnight It won’t leave, it’s too late to push I feel like this is beating the bush It cannot, should not, will not win this fight No let’s let’s let’s run away run away Far away far away Leaving all absurdity behind Instead take a day day day find a way way way to say what we mean in kind I don’t understand, yes I know But I hope those who do run the show Are smarter, better, fairer, know more than me To you who find the opposite fool Be thoughtful, don’t just lose your cool It’s not enough to shout out let them drink tea No let’s run away… Give me all your tired and poor Your huddled masses yearning for more Oh free the wretched refuse of this our land See the golden door, sunset gate Illusions and delusions await Don’t lift your lamp and close your eyes to my hand No let’s run away…
6.
Bluebird 04:00
Thursday listening to the radio as I sit in the front seat of my car Slipping off my shoes as I listen to the news afar, afar He said she said they were on the roof When the sun started bleeding half past noon And the clouds came falling and the birds were calling Too soon, too soon Bluebird, just a word The sky is absurd The world is crumbling down Can’t you feel The lines that are real In your faces when you frown Wednesday jumping jacks in the parking lot Cause the roads iced over in the heat Skidding to the store to pick up some more to eat, to eat They said we said you were taking a bath When the snow started rising from the ground And the snowmen in the sky were preparing to fly Around, around Bluebird, just a word The sky is absurd The world is crumbling down Can’t you see The things make me All the atoms in my crown Tuesday newsday breakfast-apple-pie-day Sitting on the porch beneath the stars Time is running slow and half backwards below the scars, the scars You said I said she was drinking tea To forget all that’s she’s supposed to know But my suitcase is packed and my bookcase is stacked To go, to go Bluebird, just a word The sky is absurd The world is crumbling down Can’t you love Below and above While the air makes us drown Monday funday out-of-cinnamon-day Or is it even Monday after all The clocks are broken and I’ve got but a token to call, to call They said he said it was not the end Is it, or are we just asleep When am I waking or are you just faking To keep, to keep Bluebird, just a word The sky is absurd The world is crumbling down Can’t you hold My hands when I’m cold I hope we have a chance to grow old

about

I’d like to say “life is magical” is a collection of songs. Happy songs, quiet songs, thoughtful songs, inspiring songs. Each song about me, and about you.

At its core, though, “life is magical” is a collection of stories pretending to be songs. Funny stories, crying stories, daydreaming stories, sit-down-and-make-yourself-a-cup-of-tea stories. They just happen to be musical stories, too.

So from me to you -- sit down, make yourself a cup of tea, and listen.

-miriam

credits

released September 1, 2013

all songs written and performed by miriam

Vocals and whistling: miriam
Percussion: miriam’s desk

Recorded on Garageband
Produced and mixed by miriam
Artwork by Katherine Chen

miriam would like to thank her friends, family, listeners, and the incredible Alex and Michael.

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