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External World

by Helen Paradise

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1.
At Your Feet 04:18
Motivated by joy Settle in for the day You’ve got so much to say And so many at your feet Make another mark before you go With so much promise better pick a team to follow (Pick a team to follow, pick a team to follow) You red your lips and you’re in the know That’s a whole lot of pride for such a young thing to swallow (For someone so young, someone so young) It’s your work and it’s your play And I’m everywhere between Turning sour, turning grey I never thought I would have pity for you Make another mark before you go With so much promise better pick a team to follow (Pick a team to follow, pick a team to follow) You red your lips and you’re in the know That’s a whole lot of pride for such a young thing to swallow (For someone so young, someone so young) She’s always next to me (always next to me) Doubling every action A single measure on repeat (on repeat) I won’t give her the satisfaction Make another mark before you go Make another mark before you go You red your lips and you’re in the know You red your lips and you’re in the know
2.
Bodyworlds 04:01
Suspended in mid-air Flexing muscles on display How lucky I was to be there Peering up at the inverted man Forever, you could live forever Or at least I could behold you forever And ever, you could live forever And I would be beholden forever A space for knowledge Turned wicked in fantasy Bodies enveloped in plastic Preserved to keep forever And ever, you could live forever Or at least I could behold you forever And ever, you could live forever And I would be beholden forever Forever, you could live forever Or at least I could behold you forever Forever, you could live forever And I would be beholden forever
3.
In Her Image 03:23
She pinches my cheeks Makes a woman out of me Fascinations with the looks hidden in pictures Tethered to a vision Molded in her image Pressed in the signets and the books that she reads You wrote me a note so sweet it hurt my teeth I couldn’t speak But the same tone that you bring to me Could turn any page so there’s no story And I’m not sure who to believe Bound to a turn of phrase Staying in your lane But you say more with your eyes and your time How could a woman with so much conviction Tread on only one side of the line? Underneath a tidal pull Soon as it vanishes from sight Drawn to the shore before Calling out for a second life in hers and mine You wrote me a note so sweet it hurt my teeth I couldn’t speak With your eyes half open we Forget every line so there’s no history At least not in your memory
4.
When you soften the blow And make it easier for me When I’m feeling so low You have an indulgent energy What a simple pleasure Acting out growing up next to you Playing house We built a home made just for us two So nourish me Where you go is where I will be When I’ve been running on empty So nourish me Where you go is where I will be In the esteem that you lend me Little affections Calling to check in Reminds me of the state I’m in A mirroring I have a love I can repay Because you won’t look the other way I have a love I can repay Because you won’t look the other way I have a love I can repay ‘cause you won’t look the other way Whenever I am doubting, With it or without it I have a love I can repay ‘cause you won’t look the other way Whenever I am doubting, With it or without it
5.
I didn’t hear myself say anything As you watched me contorting Revoking my posture for the fears you were extorting Do you need a glass of anything? My water turned to wine The dance was barely underway But already it’s wasted time Tell me with your body how you really feel And I won’t say another word Feeling you in gesture makes it so surreal But I’ve never felt so heard Tell me with your body how you really feel And I won’t say another word Feeling you in gesture makes it so surreal But I’ve never felt so heard I can only stretch a word so far And I think I’m at the end You’ve got the needle, I the thread We can make amends Did I check to see if you were out, Or go on straight to bed? The care I do it makes no sense When it’s only in my head Tell me with your body how you really feel And I won’t say another word Feeling you in gesture makes it so surreal But I’ve never felt so heard Tell me with your body how you really feel And I won’t say another word Feeling you in gesture makes it so surreal But I’ve never felt so heard Wasting my breath Only to say Something different How I show myself Wasting my breath
6.
You speak to me incisively It’s piercing And when you draw back the other way You come out clean I don’t feel how much has changed Until later But you spoke a chasm into being Leaving me confined Tell me are you holding on to trouble? Tucked away but still it waits for us I wished for it all Visceral But you didn’t demand all too much No external world I turn to you relentlessly A witness Surveying each choice I make And every wreck I wish I could act privately Keep secrets And stay on the straight and narrow For the few watching Tell me are you holding on to trouble? Tucked away but still it waits for us I wished for it all Remorseful And I know I can demand too much No external world Come to me All alone ‘cause I’m lonely Come to me All alone when I’m lonely Come to me All alone ‘cause I’m lonely Come to me All alone ‘cause I’m lonely

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released October 15, 2021

Christopher Steward - Guitar, Bass, Synths
Sophie Ogilvie - Voice, Synths
Markus Stahl - Guitar, Synths
Ryan White - Drums

Mixed by Nigel Ward
Mastered by Evan Tighe

Recorded at Studio Toute Garnie and Autoland Audio

Art by Cameron Cummings

This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and
Canada’s private radio broadcasters.

Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.

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Helen Paradise Montreal, Québec

Helen Paradise is a band from Montreal, QC. Helen Paradise is Sophie Ogilvie, Markus Stahl, and Chris Steward.

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