Shoot a telescope

Recorded at the Second Ave Sleep-out and Bach 62 
By Maggie Magee with Alexander Knight 

Drums ~ Catherine Cumming 
Noise guitars ~ Sean Kelly 
All else ~ Maggie Magee 
Mixed and mastered by Sean Kelly at Bach 62 

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There is an incident on the edge of town; all the local lawnmowers drown it out. Brown paper bags barricade the drain; white feathers turn grey in the rain.

It doesn't take a full room to be crowded out!! 

I saw something on the green; something caught beneath the wheels; and a body smiling shouts - it's ONE MORE IN & ONE MORE OUT.

Looking back on all those teenage nights; two of us the small ones were forced to fight... walking home from school; black hair on the grass, she doesn't say a word, she only runs as fast as she can! 

It doesn't take a full room to be crowded out; it doesn't take a full moon to act insane.......

I saw something on the green; something caught beneath the wheels; and a body smiling shouts - it's ONE MORE IN & ONE MORE OUT....

In the passenger seat, there's a hanging head; as though it's attached to a taut and jerking thread. There's a shop en route that sells mannequins... 
I will take one home 
just to eat with it.


An Incident on the Edge of Town

Rising

The Almond Tree Song

TW: murder, abuse, child abuse 

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Recorded at New Bond Street by Maggie Magee & at Wine Cellar by Rohan Evans. Mixed & mastered by James Goldsmith.

Country Justice

As it stands………..I am turning the wheel
As it stands………..there’s nothing left here for you to steal
As it stands………..I haven’t seen you for weeks
As it stands………..you’re doubling through these sewer stained streets
As it stands………..I shoot it down, you know you don’t mean a thing
As it stands………..I step slow motion from the flaming machine
As it stands………..you know that I don’t want it to die, but
As it stands………..I know I’ll never leave this alive

It’s got nothing to do with you
Just the fear of forgetting
The bodies & nights that I’ve been used
& I used you too
……………….......……..like a cheap perfume

As it stands………..the only teacher is time, but
As it stands………..this lesson will be my whole life
As it stands………..I know that it is all in my head, 
As I stand…………..a rising escalator to a cliff edge, &
…………………….........I know I’m being obvious, a whale on the beach, but
As it stands………..we both know who is wearing the leash
As it stands………..I’m walking with my head in my hands, just
…………………......…...waiting for the moment when you stab me right back

It’s got nothing to do with you
Just the fear of forgetting
The bodies & nights that I’ve been used
& I used you too
……………………..........like a cheap perfume
……………………...........like a blow-up doll in a backstreet brawl
……………………...........like strangers sharing a bathroom stall
……………………...........gives me panic stabs from a casual glance
……………………...........gives me swollen glands from uncertain chance
……………………...........& I’m seeing stars in a boxer’s hand
……………………...........a one-night stand with a pension plan

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Recorded by Maggie Magee between Tāmaki Makaurau & Ōtepoti, Aotearoa/New Zealand, & Leipzig, Deutschland/Germany.
Mixed & mastered by James Goldsmith.
Written & produced by Maggie Magee, with exception of featured samples from the films "Like Crazy" (2011), "Titanic" (1997) & "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant" (1972).

As It Stands

from the album 'because of a flower' available 11/13

The Almond Tree Song

Helena Massey