Broken Jawbone and Low-Flying Plane

from All Princes, I by Esmé Patterson

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lyrics

I indicate that you might have a jaw made of glass
and I’ve begun to notice a thin, hairline crack
the hum of a low-flying plane fills the room,
silence blots out silence as I start to lace up yer shoes

And i ask the dark of the empty doorway, has it come to this?

Soft like birds with wings of linen, your memory circles round
time is heavy, weighed out, measured, thick though void of sound
the tick of the second-hand fills the room,
And silence blots out silence as I sigh and lace up my shoes

I ask the dark of the empty doorway, has it come to this?

And a sigh fills the space between the tips of our toes,
silence blots out silence with time still as if it had froze

And I ask you standing there dark in the doorway, has it come to this?

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from All Princes, I, released November 19, 2012
guitars- esmé patterson, drums- Ben Desoto, electric bass- Eric Thorin, synthesizers- Eric Moon, trumpet- Joseph Tabano

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esmé patterson Nashville, Tennessee

Esmé is a musical chameleon, constantly changing, but her oeuvre keeps a heart-centered core due to profound lyrics and inventive sounds. A world-class songwriter, producer and singer, with two Gold Records, reviews in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, New York Times, to name a few. She's performed her original compositions all over the world in venues such as The Ryman, The Fillmore, and Red Rocks. ... more

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Bluebird Theater

Denver, CO

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