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Not Mine

by Carlos Truly

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1.
New Growth 02:51
Wait for the word now three months Days go fast and days go slow Gone to the seed now, thrown out Similarly, here we go Now I heard you claimed dibs on the sauce But you never put hands in the sauce It’ll come across in the recount Now they’re singing theirs songs in the halls But you’ve got your ears closed It’ll come across in the recount In the recount, when my truth is plain, and my reason sound In the recount, from the tower top we will bring it down I walked both the bridges tonight I walked both the bridges tonight But I couldn’t find my center Couldn’t find my center tonight Tired of these old beats Tired of these old beats But if I think about trust and I keep my hands full, I know And if I watch a body fall and I run to meet them, I know And if I put it into words like a ladder laid out, I know It’ll come across in the recount Waiting on that new growth
2.
Why Suffer?? 03:20
Missed her just, skimmed her by an inch Can’t forget that highway since Still I hope, whisper to the wind I knew I’d seen a husband then Round by the car near the shoulder’s where I saw him, That naked king Alone in his pity, like sweat in a cup I was the stranger, he was the mad son And I couldn't help her, his hand stops for no one (I’ve seen the impossible) So leave him there looking for his keys Sister, why suffer? Cruelty down on bended knee Sister, why suffer? I’m sick of hearing the same story over and over again Hearing the same story over and over again Hearing the same story over and over again Is power in the silence that follows the outburst? Or is power in the lightness, our gift to this new Earth? (This is your reality) So leave him there looking for his keys Sister, why suffer? Cruelty down on bended knee Sister, why suffer? I’m sick of hearing that same story over and over, Sick of hearing his small story over and over Sick of hearing that same story over and over again
3.
Dumb Desire 02:48
This dumb desire You caught me walking in the fire This dumb desire I got a way of making it known You know I get restless, with good reason I’m only trying to get the word out You tell me you’re a hot mess Well how hot? I’m freezing! Only trying to get the words out In the shape of my desire You caught me walking in the fire This dumb desire Yea I see you walking in the fire! So comfortable in your desire Well I’m making it known that I want you This dumb desire I’m making it known I’m making it known I’m making it known I’m making it known I’m making it known Now how could it be, a pure thought with no words to pass through And I sleep cause I know you’ll be there when I come to Be there when I come to, come through, come true, Sometimes not a single word will do Start something, that’s the only thing on my mind I know you see it, you set me right with a simple touch I know you know it, you set me right with a simple touch How could it be?? You are so good to me You are too good to me
4.
Vessel 01:41
This vessel is a border, a bridge I can’t cross Til you carry me over, now I’m bathed in sun You filled me with water, you fed me with earth And now I’m bursting with color, and you're asleep below So slow You showed me beauty, you became beauty But that’s not all I need Stone from no quarry, book with no story But that’s not all I see I can be better, I will do better You were too good to me You were too good to me
5.
108th 02:43
No we can’t claim that old spot up by 108th Even though that’s where we sat That third shift when you kissed me once I kissed you once, and that was that No I can’t claim your body for myself I can’t stop the sun from shining Though it’s funny, now I’m weatherproof beneath your roof But now the families walk on your street And the lovers sit on your street Well you won’t hear the sound of my feet on your street! I stopped by our old spot down by 81st Even though I walked alone, I still held my breath in quietness Let them sleep, just let them sleep
6.
(my turn) 00:14
7.
Breakdown 02:24
Breakdown, breakdown For now you’re still presiding over your words They’re your words You held it, you trained it, but it’s not so impressive to me I just see madness, a panic of the flesh Breakdown, you broke down The shoulder is empty, and I’m nothing til you look at me
8.
Stuck at the top of my hill, yea Everyone passing through, yea Nobody looks up Cause I’m just a moment in time, yea How am I gonna stay where I am, yea I’m moving too fast Nobody sees what I see Do you ever think about me? Do you want to say you’re sorry? Do you want to meet up? I know I’ve been shifting redder, maybe I’m getting older I waited too long til I got down, cold hands cold hands I still think of you kindly, cold hands cold hands Nobody sees what I see, cold hands cold hands Nobody sees what I see
9.
10.
Your Sound 02:55
Wait, can’t I see it, can’t I feel it, can’t I hold it somehow? The thrill of your sound, the house is filled with the tender fruit of your sound Now the days have been stacking all the way up And my legs have been working all the way up And my stomach can sense it all the way down And my own blood don’t come around no more I wait by the door for your sound Your sound, your sound Nothing they can say can take me away from your sound Now the wind has been shifting And the streets have been warming And the seas have been dancing And I can’t even think of your face no more But still I remember your sound
11.
Quietness 01:04
It grows so fast I can’t keep up This time patience just won’t do This is the day you’ve talked about What comforts can’t you do without? And where will you be when that sweet relief comes? Where will you be when that quietness comes? Cause I will be bathing in the ocean, I’ll be swimming free Where will you be? You could join me Fuck the police

credits

released July 1, 2022

All songs produced by Tony Seltzer and Carlos Truly, except:

Vessel, produced by Nick Hakim and Carlos Truly, co-written by Nick Hakim

Breakdown, my turn, a strange bird produced by Stefanie Santana and Carlos

Mix, master, and additional production by Alex Epton

Additional production on quietness by Stefanie Santana


Bass on new growth by Eva Lawitts
Sax on dumb desire by Ben Chapoteau-Katz
Guitar on vessel by Danny Hakim
Violin on 108th by Marc Anderson
Violin on 108th by Laura Thompson
Viola on 108th by Hannah Selin
Cello on 108th by Susan Mandel

Cover photo by Raz Robinson
Layout, design and print by Gonzalo Guerrero
Drawings by Tiffany Ortiz
Piano drawing by Natsumi Yamase

Thank you: My parents, Stefanie, Raz, Eva, Antonio, Sarah, Joy, Elisa, April, Gerard, Natsumi, Katie & Dustin, Nayra, Liza.

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