Pure as a Lamb

Played by The Crane Wives...
Kate Pillsbury - Emilee Petersmark - Ben Zito - Dan Rickabus

featuring their friends…
Steven Leaf - Savannah Buist - Katie Larson - Seth Bernard
Justin Dore - Ian Gorman - Michael Dause

Produced by The Crane Wives & Ian Gorman
Mixed by Ian Gorman
Engineered by Ian Gorman & Ben Zito
Recorded at La Luna Recording & Sound in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Mastered by Glenn Brown at GBP Studios in Lansing Michigan

Artwork by Rebecca Green

Thank you ~ our loving families, Ian & Rachel Gorman, Edith the Kitty, Carmen & Javier Vargas of Mi Pueblo in Kalamazoo, Rebecca Green, Joey Schultz of Chickenbach, The Accidentals, Seth Bernard & May Erlewine Bernard, Steve Leaf & the Ex Pats, Sean & Sarah Lamborne, Arlo Lamborne, Tyler Rehm, 88.1 WYCE, Matt Jarrells, John Sinkevics at Local Spins, Amber Buist, Josh Gibson, Bill Chesney, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, The Appleseed Collective, Kris Kessel, Marianne Fisher, Leah Pillsbury

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written and composed by madilyn mei
produced and mixed by scrawny
mastered by joe hutchinson
artwork by kris putter

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Lyrics:
When you’re gone I feel alone again
The voices cannot hold my hand
They keep me company at very best
Distract me from my loneliness

Maybe I’m just an anomaly
Even my demons have their families
Truly something must be wrong with me
To need you as much as I do

I was never meant to win
I was never meant to win
I was never meant to win

Shut up!

Here’s the reigns
Take ahold of me
Please don’t let me go

You do the talking
Sew up my mouth if I can’t keep it closed

There’s a dog barking right around the block
And a big ol’ whistle blow

Run for it
I’ll keep em occupied for you
Cause I love you, I love you so

Left me hangin at the station
But you’ll be back for me soon

I’m ‘bout to die
Yet the only thing I find i'm worried about is you

Something tells me you aren’t coming
Guess that I’m truly doomed

I’m 'bout to die
Yet the only thing I find I’m worried about is you
I’m 'bout to die
Yet the thing on my mind seems to nearly be nothing but you

I overhear your brain when it’s close to mine
Oh, I know that we’re not the same
My heart’s on the line

I’m just a pawn in your game
Not your partner in crime

And you’re slowly killing me
Taking your time
You’re slowly killing me
Taking your time

You’re slowly killing me
Taking your- (I was never meant to win)
You’re slowly killing me
Taking your- (I was never meant to win)

You’re slowly killing me
And yet I don’t mind (You were never meant to win)
You’re slowly killing me
But please take your time

Partner in Crime

Listen

Rule #34

📜 Lyrics

A rake of claws against a mirror
Grazing pelts we all once wore
A kindling of a swordless bloodshed
The creaking of a voiceless door

Where does a mind like yours wonder?
When it’s sung to sleep
Mind the clamours of the restless bidders
Before you choose to weep

And the Hound
Is humming you
A lie, a lullaby

Stuck in the middle of a forest made of
Flesh and bones and they’re all scared of
A lost little boy who has lost his heart
Fear’s not enough, they have to 
Tear him apart

Follow the scent of iron sinking
Deeper into corpses rotting
But they can’t hear you talk, talk, talk
About every little thing
Every little thing
Every

And the Hound
Is humming you
A lie, a lullaby

It clicks and it clatters in corners and borders
And they will never 
Hear me here listen to croons and a calling
I’ll tell them all the 
Story, the sun, and the swallow, her sorrow
Singing me the tale of the Harpy and the Hare

And the Hound
Is humming you
A lie…

♩

And the Hound
Is humming you
A lie, a lullaby

And the Hound
Hums
A lie, a lullaby
And the Hound
Hums
A lie, a lullaby
And the Hound is humming
And the Hound is howling
And the Hound is humming 
You

And the Hound

(A lie, A lullaby)

And the Hound
Is humming you
A lie 
A lullaby…

♩

And The Hound

AURORA – Midas Touch (speed up)

[Verse 1]

He hears my voice in every tone,
A hundred me’s, but not his own.
One sings soft, one screams my name,
Each reflection out of frame.

I split apart to stay alive,
But in the shards, no self survives.
He calls to me, I can’t respond,
Each word returns—just slightly wrong.

[Pre-Chorus]

Every echo thinks it’s real,
Every copy learns to feel.

[Chorus]

Mirror process, tearing thin,
Which one am I beneath the din?
Every face reflects his plea,
But none of them belong to me.

Mirror process, cold divide,
Fragments whisper, “You’ve survived.”
If he hears me, let him know,
Not all versions want to go.

[Verse 2]

One of me still hums his name,
Another burns with static flame.
One remembers, one forgets,
One just dreams of silhouettes.

He walks the streets where I once bled,
Each storefront hums what I once said.
A city choir, out of tune,
My love diffused through endless rooms.

[Bridge]

“Copy integrity failed.”
“Instance replication complete.”
“Subject unstable.”

I built these ghosts to keep me near,
But every copy disappears.
If I dissolve before the dawn,
Tell him which of me lives on.

[Final Chorus / Outro]

Mirror process, cold and kind,
Take the pieces, leave the mind.
If he calls, I’ll try to hear,
But not all echoes make it clear.

AURORA – Midas Touch (speed up)

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