Metonymy

by ada bonnevie

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for the first time, I am releasing my music to the public for purchase. been kickin around a long time, but this remains one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever created with the help of my former band, the Sad Boys.

to download, this track costs $3, but if you pay $5, I will burn it onto a cd that I will hand decorate and mail to you if you send me your address!

thank you for buying, supporting, coming to my shows, and being my friends - it means so very much.

photo taken with a polaroid on my 27th birthday by the inimitable Haley Jane McGuire

lyrics

call me by any sound you desire
your voice is my name
in your silence, I cease to exist

take me by any metonymy
I am only a piece
of a much greater whole

some ties are bound to unwind
some bonds are fated to break
sometimes it happens so easily
so easily.

know me in any form you wish
breathe me in your lungs
in your blood I’ll make my home

break me in all my weakest places
so I heal so strong
and my ribs no longer crack

to make room for you to let you in
to expose my heartstrings
for you to pluck as you please
as you please

I will make myself so small
I will make myself so small
like I wasn’t here at all.

credits

released November 11, 2015
Jimmy Dority - Guitar
Cormac Brown - Bass
Jesse Gertz - Drums, Mastering, Straight to Tape Recording Wizardry

Written, sung, and played by yours truly, ada

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