when I am dead, it won't matter 
how hard you press your ear to the ground 
no one knows our name until our 
last breath has gone out 

the old dog bends his head listening 
I guess the sound of the earthworms get to him 
we look to the end of the tale 
and find black marigolds and silence 

and if you don't break your ropes while you're alive, 
do y'think the ghosts will do it after? 

I think of you walking along 
a headland of green oats in June 
so full of repose, so rich with life 
I see us meeting at the end of town 

close your eyes. I'm underneath their lids 
going to sleep, I cross my hands on my 
chest. It looks as though I'm flying 
into myself, into myself 

and if you don't break your ropes while you're alive, 
do y'think the ghosts will do it after? 

and if you don't break your ropes while you're alive, 
do y'think the ghosts will do it after?

This self-titled debut album incorporates both original phrases and fragments of works by various poets and mystics, including Billy Collins, Ron Padgett, Jim Harrison, Hafiz, Pablo Neruda, Walt Whitman, and others.

credits
released 24 December 2013 
Written and performed by Ari Gelardin and Jacob Palmer with Jason Slota on drums and Jay Pellicci recording at Tiny Telephone Recording Studio in San Francisco, California. (October 2013)

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