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May we please take a seat inside?
This pill wont down so easy

It's best you grab a drink or two
I've got some news to tell you

Regarding yesterday.

Your daughter drove right off the bridge
The swimmers found her body

Your Daughter failed to break the glass
The demon choked her body

In your Chevrolet.

What could I have done?
What can I do now?
Continue on a husk
or some saddened hollow sound?

Do I really need to breathe?
Have I fought the devil right?
Have I stumbled round in forests
at the perfect time of night?

What could I have said?
What could I have been?
A presence with a light
that would have shined on abaddon.

He glistens and he brags
He touts his every move
He screams into my ear
the cruelty that he put her through

No form of therapy could fix
A hole so dark and blinding

I see her drowning in my dreams
I can't seem to move on 
I can't seem to move on 

What could I have done?
What can I do now?
Continue on a husk
or some saddened hollow sound?

Do I really need to breathe?
Have I fought the devil right?
Have I stumbled round in forests
at the perfect time of night?

What could I have said?
What could I have been?
A presence with a light
that would have shined on abaddon.

He glistens and he brags
He touts his every move
He screams into my ear
the cruelty that he put her through

I can't move on
I can't move on

husk

They'll
string up the
yellow tape
neatly in twos
when the search has come to cease

The
men in the
suits they will
walk to the scene
to uncover what it means

They'll glace upon the river
They'll chat amongst chattering teeth

They'll see the oil rising
They'll bet that they know what they see

They'll
see to it
that you are
placed in a bag
They will send you to be cleaned

They
might cut you
open or search
for your wounds
But the truth there goes unseen

They'll contemplate your reasons
They'll question your mom and dad

They'll send their boys in swimming
For a reason they've never had

And they will find the demon in the river
They'll cringe and
they'll close their eyes
When they see how he grabbed you
And gripped your neck 'till you died

They'll say they felt his presence sizzlin'
They'll say they saw his darkness glistenin'
and the swans swam from your position
and the swimmers, they gasped for air

They found your suicide
sunken in the river

in the river

Skipping rocks on the narrow river
your laughter broke through the sky
when you watched them fly on by

Looking through the Missouri screen door
tornados tore through the grass
in the field with the treespot

now it has been a good few years.
Somehow these moments disappear

So you travelled you earned
you crashed and you burned
you did these things
only to feel half as good

It's no wonder you screamed!
no wonder you yelled!
you could not see
the world like you did
ten years ago.

When the year felt like a bakers dozen
youd race the kids to the ball
and youd lose every time

now youre broken and past that memo
youre jaded past their disguise 
why do you let them in?

why didn't you go?
now you're stuck in the tone

So you travelled you earned
you crashed and you burned
you did these things
only to feel half as good

It's no wonder you screamed!
no wonder you yelled!
you could not see
the world like you did
ten years ago.

things have changed & things have stayed the 
same
but im no longer the person
that i was back then

half as good

To the Sea (Demo)

[Verse 1]
Slow disappearing shore
Captain says he knows 
Which way to go

Old photo of my own
Memories of home
Oh, how you've grown

[Verse 2]
Cold, can't take any more
Nothing to explore
Chills me to the core

Sweet siren lullaby
(Echoes from the sky)
Io volo
(Guiding me away)
Io volo, yeah

[Chorus]
Ave Maria
Kyrie Elieson
Hallelujah

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Icicles melting after a long Winter, Spring is here, synthwave delight! 

- featuring the talented Christopher John Donato on drums and percussion
- Mixed and mastered by Jason Weinheimer at Fellowship Hall Sound
- Cover art by Gregory Moore at Gregory Moore Art

Icicles Melting

'Closure' released 26th March 2020 on Fortress Sounds via AWAL.
STREAM / DOWNLOAD: https://smarturl.it/McClosure

Written by Natalie McCool & Kenzo Zurzolo
Performed by Natalie McCool
Recorded & produced by Kenzo Zurzolo at Paname, Paris, France.
Additional mix & production by Future Humans at Studio 13, London, UK
Mastered by Chris Daniels at Organised Rhyme, Brighton, UK 

"Bouncy, off kilter synths paired with driving drums & guitars to create a record that's playful yet very powerful."

Speaking on the new track, Natalie shared: 

“Have you ever wanted to get over someone so much that you figuratively bury them? 'Closure' is the journey you take to finally slamming the door on that person. It's a high energy middle finger to your once beloved.  What I imagine people doing when they listen to this song is bouncing around singing the chorus at the top of their lungs - I wanted to create something that is anthemic but also full of humour.  Because sometimes, crying and laughing are not so different from one another. 

When you are suffering from loss & grief from a bond that's been broken, the emotions you feel are very complex and numerous, the facets of a break up are many - like a rainbow.  This idea interests me because rainbows are always seen as positive, and I believe going through that range of feeling is also positive because it's a necessary process FOR closure.  

So I brought this rainbow idea, which is also a big image in the song's chorus, to all of the creative ideas for the single campaign too – the idea of reflection, refraction and spectrum – what is necessary to achieve closure.”

Making her first steps into music when she won a national song writing competition judged by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, Natalie McCool has excelled. 

Releasing her album ‘The Great Unknown’ in 2016, it has made tastemakers across the board fans of her exceptional art, with notable supports with Aurora & Jamie Lawson, & acclaim from The Sunday Times, Q, Pigeons & Planes & Wonderland as well as BBC Radio 1 DJs Huw Stephens & Alice Levine.

Fully wrapped up, her forthcoming album is a fine collection of songs which channel her raw, inimitable writing style. Partly co-written with The Wombats' Daniel Haggis, they capture and crystallize her memories from both childhood and adulthood, weaving deeply intimate stories that channel life's most vital thoughts and feelings like love, jealousy and loss into a skewed mixture of lilting yet gloriously catchy pop songs.

Lyrics
I'm giving up your ghost, gonna let you go
Gonna break the chain, give myself a break
Time to say goodbye, bury you alive	
I've got 6 feet going spare...

...me the illusion
Let's call a spade a spade oh I'm only human

I try my best to make you go away I bury you every day
All that I want is closure, closure
I put flowers on your grave, I wear a rainbow every day
All that I want is closure, closure

I, I got some way to go, I know it's a joke
Tryna break these chains, I've give myself away
Lucky you're not here to lay it all on me dear			
Cos I've been 6 months going spare...

...me the illusion
Let's call a spade a spade let's call it delusion

I try my best to make you go away I bury you every day
All that I want is closure, closure
I put flowers on your grave, I wear a rainbow every day
All that I want is closure, closure

All that I want is closure, closure, closure
All that I want is closure, closure, closure

I try my best to make you go away I bury you every day
All that I want is closure
And all the shit that's meant to go away seems like it's here to stay
All that I want is closure, closure

Closure

music and words by Aarón Mc Callion and Vadim Zeberg

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Musician and certified producer born in Rijeka, Croatia. Making all kinds of music and playing guitar for over 10 years, also performing audio production services such as mixing and mastering. Participated in many side projects and bands, but most active in solo work..

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