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Brothers

by Missing Twin

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1.
Intro Pt. 1 00:55
2.
Sometimes when you're gone for weeks at a time I scope out my room in case you left something behind a little reassurance that I could hold on to that this is just another phase and we can pull through but there are no trinkets, no letters, books or takes no post cards from you with pretty pictures of lakes once again I'm certain that I'm not on your mind and I start to feel real stupid that I keep giving you mine My brother's girlfriend is terribly pretty I hope that's what your sister's see when they look at me not my messy hair, or my bad taste, the family resemblance nothing can erase Our parents are not like your's they loved for a little and then they got divorced I wonder if that short lived thing's hereditary and all those awful thoughts collect and gang up on me maybe I could meet you sometime without the anxiety that is always mine I think you would feel like you are finally fine and if not right away maybe over time 'cus freedom is another trap that we fall into it's lovely at first when it's shiny and new but it grows and changes with time until you wish you had one person who could tell when you lie I guess I'll wait where you left me right here listen to unknown pleasures and drink my brother's beer he'll notice that they're gone, but he won't say much he knows he'd feel the same if he and heidi were out of touch
3.
Somewhere 02:45
There's a beautiful sunset somewhere but we can't see it where we stand in the heart of a lost city in the promised land and someday i'll have someone to sing these songs to maybe this time they'll have me too when it falls out and i'm alone again i'll come crawling back to you and there are people who are ugly like me but they're happy and in love i can't subscribe to that feeling i wanna think that i'm too tough Winter just makes it fucking hard to move and we still have December left to go until the cold's really here and we can burry our hearts and our heads out in the snow
4.
Intro Pt. 2 01:55
5.
I Am Afraid 03:41
'm afraid of how homesick I am Been leavin' for so long now, I don't know if I can I stay out late, I sleep in my van 'cus I don't like the person that I am I'm afraid for people that I love That they'll all be destroyed by some small grudge I wanna keep them safe, but i'm scared I'm not enough So I'm afraid for people that I love I'm afraid that you won't come back That the feelings you misplaced for me are no longer in tact It makes me feel sick just to think about that I am so afraid you never will come back. and I'm afraid I'll turn into my dad Even though my problems are ones he never had He tried to be an artist, now I'm tryin' that so I'm afraid I'll turn into my dad Because sometimes we hurt the ones we love Somehow that affection never is enough Being alone is getting way too tough I'm so close to just giving up I'm afraid I am the only one who feels completely doomed when the day is done but feeling bad for myself's no fun and I know that I am the only one I'm afraid that you still don't know all of the long lengths that I would go to make you see that you are not alone but you will not let me tell you so I'm afraid I am as good as gone I feel a lot like elliott, and he was twice as strong I have been fighting for too long I think I am as good as gone.
6.
False Starts 02:38
There's a song that i loved, but it lost all it's meaning in the white wash of change i thought that i was needing the cure is the disease, the repellant still brings the bees and i'm out of the flames, but i'm still fighting this feeling like maybe i'd get better, if i knew what needed healing but it's nothing i can fix so i'll just have to forget the peace that was fleeting, and the love i haven't found yet Now i've said too much, and i've changed the opinion of the people that i loved who thought they knew what i was thinking the sun is just too much, it's like judgement i can touch when the light hits the wall, like a stray baseball and i'm out of the flames, but i'm still fighting this feeling like maybe i'd get better if i knew what needed healing but it's nothing i can fix so i'll just have to forget the peace that was fleeting, and the love i haven't found yet so we can fuck or watch TV it's all the same to me i'm running on empty but i'm still afraid to eat
7.
Let's just call it having sex pretend we both don't know what happens next i'm not gonna lie to your face i'm not gonna lie to your face i'm not gonna lie to your face or leave my toothbrush at your place I play the same three chords each day dreamin' about lettermen anyway i'll probably give up like my pa make my wife drink her stake through a straw cus' i am an artist but i i am an artist but i i am an artist but i i am an artist but today i just feel cheap love, come back to me safety, come back to me mother, come back to me pity, set me free set me free set me free there are people who are true and they are waiting somewhere for you but i have lost my way waiting for a place to stay you don't have to love me much just give me something warm to touch and kiss me like a stranger kiss me like a stranger kiss me like a stranger because that's all i am today love- come back to me safety- come back to me mother- come back to me pity- set me free set me free set me free set me free
8.
Lie to me Tell me that I am good Pretend that I really have Done the best that I could Oh, River Why do you run away? I have built a hundred damns Trying to make you stay And lord jesus Do you know my name? are you just another victim In your father's game? I want to be a tiger Angry and free But I am just a paper bird I am stuck inside of your tree I am tired Of waiting for a sign Seeing hope in everyone But never finding mine Under the water No one has a voice We all wanna Scream and shout But we only make noise And we listen to the men Saying "don't be scared" They shoot the horses in their knees and then they chew on their hair But I want to be a tiger Angry and free I am just a paper bird I am stuck inside of your tree

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tracks 2-6 were recorded at Jasper's house in Maine. The others were recorded in the house i grew up in, in Rhode Island and my room in Cambridge.

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released March 30, 2013

Jasper Boyd mastered most of the tracks, and plays melodica on Somewhere, whistles in the background of Unknown Pleasures, and plays guitar on Mellen street. All songs written by Samantha Martasian.

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Missing Twin Boston, Massachusetts

Missing Twin is Samantha Martasian.
Low-Fi Anti-Folk
Boston/Providence

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