The last song I'll release before my debut album "The Way We Were" drops 4/16/21 on Z Tapes. You can preorder a cassette on my bandcamp: https://matthewleger.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-we-were 

lyrics:

hello it's been awhile
found an old birch stump just to trace the lines
box of polaroids freckled with the mildew of time 
singin old songs pry your name out but they don't rhyme 

spent every day on the brink of dust   
laminated sun only sleep if we must
oh i've never thought so hard about you before

threw it all away just to sleep on the couch
drinkin jet fuel from a dixie cup spout
if i could just tell you everything i'd be good

roused a half-finished heaven out of summer ash
limbo spinnin' sweet, bottleneck in my head
you waft over everything i sip like a match 

hear the sobbing from the greenery 
everyone says that i need to see but
we both know what weeps in the viscera of grass

am i heading over
or just passing through
will it ever look beautiful again
if it doesn't in the sun
if it doesn't in the sun
if it doesn't in the sun

Laminated

song from 'caribou killer', which will be out reasonably soon

i'm gnashing teeth on bent knee
there are two rooms and only one of me
the context is lost in what you speak
stage blood all over the back seat

i've got your high beams in rearview
i can't see a thing
dust clouds form near you
the road is starting to sink

i'm scared that i am missing out
i've known the words but haven't said them aloud
in some facets that i hardly know
rust in my eyes, fingers, and toes

it feels so strange, just an inkling
dry in my mouth
what the fuck were you thinking?
what are you going on about?
the ropes are tightened up
and you're pulling on the ends
it's time i lightened up
walking under the edge

i know how i harshly press my eyes
but i don't know why-
something just feels right
within some conduit through which we rationalize 
the nameless guilt on our back all of the time
"do i have to do this for the rest of my life?"
i have to do this until the day i die

conduits

Mouth (Melaina Kol)

Pulling (demo)

thankyou

Track 5 from my EP, "A Thousand Winds." 

Lyrics:

I walked down to Mirror Lake
Tracing pictures in the waves
Memories gone to faded blue
Souvenirs I have of you
All I knew

Still I wait by the waterside
Till the hour dies
And I wait by the waterside 
Till the hour dies

Fallen faces left behind
Valley carved in space and time
Will we find a way to reach
Atmospheric unity
You and me?

Still I wait by the waterside
Till the hour dies
I can wait for you all the time
But I know you’ve died

I walked down to Mirror Lake
One more life evaporates
All I wanted was to see
Your reflection next to me

Mirror Lake

You Don't Have To Respect Me

Been working on this one off and on for forever. 
if you're into it please share with a friend :) thank you

stream

Mary Nose

A Brief Return

A Long Goodbye

Not often writing music nowadays, but I hope you enjoy these old tracks. 
Thanks for stopping by!

A Long Goodbye

Anna S

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