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uncrush

by a small bird

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lyrics

Silence is different these days
I would say that it’s been quieter
but that won't make sense to say
so let’s just say
I breathe a little deeper
a couple fewer parts per million of abyss out in the aether

I've
got an un-crush
You fill me up
with stronger stuff
Now I
feel uncrushed
oxygen in my blood
aerated by
a deep red love

I used to feel no pain
just the dull ache of undeath and an overarching genral sense of shame
I used to think I didn't bleed
just leaked an iron-rich resentment out my knuckles nose and knees

But now Im crying every week
Ive been strong and I've been weak
eaten my share of crow from each
but I'm cackling beneath
the onyx plumage see
the pinkness in my cheeks
I'm nervous and im free
I think I'm earnestly happy?

And it's been hard enough believing it
you smile at me and I can breathe again

What i got on you
I call an un-crush
I'm a tire un-slashed
a grape un-sunned
and I've
got a broken heart
But you filled the broken part up
right to the brim with a deep red love

And nothing clears my throat as much as this
You smile at me and i can breathe again

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released February 10, 2023
written, performed, and recorded by a small bird
mastered by folie

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a small bird Chicago, Illinois

a small bird is the solo project of a queer trans artist based in Chicagoland.

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