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The Absentee

from The Absentee EP by Flora Hibberd

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lyrics

The Absentee

I took a piece of your body
Your wine like mercury
Darkness fell and the streets ran red
Untethered myself from thee

And slipped out of a window
Like a traitor or a dove
For the night was cool and the room too warm
And I knew what you were dreaming of

Little lover take cover or keep your eyes wide
The feast is a promise the promise a lie
And to swallow it all when a moon or a child
Is rising and waits at the door
And I would that I couldn’t be strong anymore

And if I am an absentee
At your table or your bed
Well darling let me be
Don’t claw at the walls I am easily led

And I left a man sleeping and my feet were free
And flew to the harbor and crossed the sea
And came to the cool of a monastery
Where they let me be they let me be


They let me be they let me be

¬[Inst.]

But they didn’t preach grace like I thought they would
They taught me to kneel and from under their hoods
They condemned me and bade me be meek
Remember the woman who spoke to the snake
And the man who watched her eat

I took a piece of your body
Your wine like mercury
And the darkness fell and the streets ran red
O I untethered myself from thee

And like the woods you are quiet
From pride or guilt or peace
But sometimes you listen for trumpets
It’s the fanfare that follows the feast

And if I am an absentee
In the hollow of your bed
Well darling let me be
Remember the grace I surrendered to thee


When I stepped out in the midnight air
And left a man holy and sleeping there
And me as a traitor and you as a spy
Paint over the cracks in the others disguise
But I keep my silence and cover my eyes

credits

from The Absentee EP, released November 1, 2019
All songs: Flora Hibberd

Produced and Engineered by: J. C. Wright
Additional Engineering: Aaron Cupples, Tom Loffman


Performers

Flora Hibberd: Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
J. C. Wright: Acoustic, Electric and High Strung Guitars, Bass Guitar, Harmonium, Squeeze Box, Treated Melodica, Harmonica, Drums, Percussion
Chris Burrows: Electric Guitar
Matt Arthur: Electric Guitar
Brigitte Hart: Violin

Mixing

Mix Engineer: Aaron Cupples
Mixed by: Aaron Cupples and J. C. Wright


Mastered by: Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios

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Flora Hibberd is a musician from the UK. She lives in Paris.

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