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The Old Brag Of My Heart

by Maddie Storvold

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1.
I'm stretching out longer I'm finding my place In a world that has taught me not to take up too much space So let the rain fall down And soak us like dirt We'll garden your hatred Grow flowers from the hurt So I'll draw you a map On my body to show All the parts of my touched when the answer was "no" And all of the glances All the ways that we burn Now things have been taken that cannot be returned My grandma's a canvas My mother's a boat My sisters are words getting caught up in my throat And we're all an army Our weapons are words Our battlecries stories and songs long unheard
2.
You were king before the people all discovered You took the high road with your child bride Now every step is weighty as you wonder How you're alone, even when she's by your side But you love her early in the morning The way she looks before she opens up her eyes And in those moments you aren't thinkin' of your daughters Or all the things you left behind across the water wide. He was born early morning on a Sunday So fair of heart so full of grace So when the cancer took his little body It left a different baby in it's wake Now 20 years along he's bagging groceries And his Dad has learned to look on him with pride No, this day-to-day is never what he wanted But his boy is still his baby, and the water's wide The water's wide The river's deep The hills are tall The mountains steep Which way you turn You're sure to find That the water's wide My love, he makes negotiations With his portrait hangin' on the wall And with the mirror and every little puddle He's not got any kind of confidence at all But I follow his muttering and his cursing Oh I'd follow him down into the tide I'd follow him wherever he would lead me Into the rivers deep and the waters wide The water's wide The river's deep The hills are tall The mountains steep So have a drink And so will I Cause the water's wide I've got two feet they're planted on the platform I've got two fingers pulsing at my neck And there are two paths lying down before me I haven't figured out which one to take just yet There was a home it smelled like something burning There was a boy with an apple in his eye But there's a voice and it's been calling me for years now It's singin', "Come on claim your country on the water wide" The water's wide The river's deep The hills are tall The mountains steep So have a drink Or maybe five Cause the water's wide
3.
Funny Mary Didn't fuss She watched her daddy climbing drunk onto the bus Pulled her hat down And she pulled it tight Pretended not to know the man who gave her life Oh the week that She gave birth She wore pink and put a hat on, went to church To distract from All the hurt Her little rag doll, tiny coffin in the earth And all the blame and all the heartache it was hers And my mama With her diamond ring Had a mockingbird, but couldn't make him sing Tucked her babies Beneath her wing And didn't say a word, she didn't say a thing So we pass our troubles down the line They carry on and on each time But when I reach, your hand finds mine Finds mine Finds mine So, I'll be pretty And I'll be fun I'll shake the dust that's always gathering on my lungs And these melancholy Cumbersome Feet that lead me towards the ever-setting sun
4.
When we found that baby crow You built him up a home From a shoebox we had kept Calmed his tiny quivering beak As his heartbeat became weak And I held him and I wept So when he slipped away He slipped away softly In my hands Board the plane at half past five And I'm focused on my snacks Take my window seat and peer out through the glass Now I'm on my way to you Towards the eastern moon And the sun is sinking fast So when it slips away It slips away softly And it's dark at last Slip away softly Slip away swiftly It's clear to me how gently things can die If you hold them just right If you hold them just right You mistakes and earnestly-told lies They keep me up at night So I text you all the time I'm sure your limbs are all intact I'm sure you're doing fine But I'm scared I'm terrified Of how you might slip away With no one to hold you Right
5.
You'd always leave The dining hall "Just need the bathroom," you'd say, sneak into the stall Where you would kneel Look so devout Just trying to wrangle something real from your mouth What's left of love Is on the floor Where we had tumbled on the carpet days before I can't meet your eyes Just let me out Can't seem to wrangle something hurtful from me mouth I take a breath Feel something cave I swallow sawdust blinking blindly from the stage Do you like me yet? Somehow I doubt That I can wrangle something charming from my mouth This shoelace tongue Oh the knots won't come undone No those knots won't come undone The day he left The sky was pink Above the girl who wore her smile but didn't blink He gave a bow Said, "I'm heading South" And I try to wrangle something cheerful from my mouth This shoelace tongue Oh the knots won't come undone No the knots won't come undone
6.
My friend remembers with a sigh The darkest days in 10 years rolling by In a room outside Vancouver Through walls as thin as paper With her lover by her side And that engagement ring she should have thought to hide But he can only love you in the dark In the basement on a pullout bed Pressed together Part of all this mess Oh you held me like a rag You held me like a cigarette Drawn in And burning from one end But you can only love me in the dark Now it's quarter past the hour I'm trembling like the flowers in their beds beneath the eaves I was frozen through the night I think I'll buy more flowers They don't know how to leave Cause I can't even love me in the dark And Lord, I feel so ugly In the dark
7.
So there's this guy in New York City I met him in Mexico And thought I try I can't write him love songs Cause I love him, but I'm scared and I'm getting old I met a man in the mountains He took my heart, he took me home And when he left I sent him letters Told him lies about coming to see him in the cold We pack our bags in The morning The morning To carry in the afternoon And when the church bells ring there's No warning No warning They say you've stayed too long you fool Oh you fool And now there's you with words like music And gentle hands that seem to know Where I've been and where I'm going And that I love you But I'll always have to go And I can't be yours - I'm trying to be my own
8.
You there with your sunken treasure eyes You there with your carefully worn disguise You there firmly anchored in your lies You there messy hair, come over here, I wanna see you try See, I could take you to the sea If you would have a girl like me And I know you've been treading water for so long Moving through an ocean and calling it a pond And darling, something tells me that cannonballs don't float But sinking's not an option when you've made the choice go at it alone See, I could carry you to the sea If you would have a mess like me We'll be anchored We'll be weightless We'll be anchored We'll be weightless
9.
Garden/Grave 04:11
Oh, I'm lonesome and bored I stomp 'round the floor To wake you up Look right through me again You're ugliest when you're draining that cup We were perennial too Am I looking at you? Or someone who's dead? Wash the soil from our hands I'll scrub all I can But yours will stay red You are the moon And I am the sun I'm in the light And you're on the run You're on the run Can't catch the night Before morning comes What happened to twilight, dear? What happened to dawn? I've waited a million years For something that's gone It's gone It's gone What did you think I would say? Did you think I would stay Around? Now there's nothing to save Our garden's a grave Let's plant our love in the ground
10.
Stefan's sleeping And the sun's still down And as I'm leaving He rolls around Like a tumbleweed on cotton sheets Greet the morning Like a clingy friend Put on my loneliness Like a sweater set And all the goddamn birds Are singin' They're singin' They're singin' Carve my name Into a paper tree By a busy highway Where it shouldn't be And all the Civic and citizens Shuffle on by My fingernails Slice moon-shapes in To the palms of my hands Into my useless skin I was here I was here I was here.

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released June 2, 2017

dobro- Howie Bergeron
fiddle and some backup vocals- Braden Gates
backup vocals- Caitlin Connelly
piano- Stefan Kijek
electric guitar- Brandon Johnas

all songs written and sung by Maddie Storvold
produced by Brandon Johnas
mixed and mastered by Harry Gregg at Riverdale Recorders

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Maddie Storvold Edmonton, Alberta

Raised in Dubai, Storvold spent her youth travelling and playing music all over the world. A background as a spoken word poet and a degree in Literature and Philosophy allow for striking nuance and depth in her lyrics. With poignant lyricism, emotive finger-picking, and a honeyed, impassioned voice, her music seeks to tell us a story, to move us, and to touch a fragile part of the human spirit. ... more

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