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Choir

from Crash The Day by Motes

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Night starts to lighten as we walk and talk
Turning back around
To the cemetery path

But oh, is it overgrown
Or is it strewn with phones
And empty coffee cups?

If it’s simply clear, if it’s plain to see
Please don’t say so,
Don’t say so to me

I couldn’t ever keep count
Of the falling trees and their sounds
As they crash down, they crash down

The chainsaw breaks
The silence in the woods
And the white oak shakes, the white oak shakes

What we need is a choir
Huddled up in a clearing,
A cappella ghost

And oh, we might need a sign
That what was left behind
Is somewhere up ahead

But no, we keep on walking
And as the trees are talking,
We’re singing our way home

I couldn’t ever keep count
Of the falling trees and their sounds
As they crash down, they crash down

The chainsaw breaks
The silence in the woods
And the white oak shakes, the white oak shakes

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from Crash The Day, released June 8, 2018

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Motes Urbana, Illinois

In the traditions of post-punk and dreampop, Motes' guitars are rhythmic and noisy, and their melodies are hushed and frail. The group is decidedly Midwestern, though, in their exploration of emotion through imagery and exposition. Their poetry has a kind of existential clarity; and sometimes, through layers and modulation, Motes get messy—but never miss the mark. ... more

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