Name: Accidental Altars
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: my messy, witchy room was giving me some of those retro "I-Spy" computer game vibes.

Accidental Altars

from m e s s y - a quarantine EP by Salem Corwin

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my messy, witchy room was giving me some of those retro "I-Spy" computer game vibes.

lyrics

look on the windowsill, what do you see?
I spy an old glass cup, full of dead-dry Rosemary
next to a pile of green post-it notes, hastily stacked
near a seashell full of little glass pebbles, and old acorn caps

[CHORUS:]
if you're looking for something that matters you might find it here,
amid the figurines and dried flowers whose purpose is unclear
the body surrounding it all may be chaotic like the sea,
but wherever there is water, there's a beach
a little land of peace
my treasures, staring back at me
(4X) my accidental altars

flickering faintly in front of closet doors
lives a battery-powered plastic jack-o-lantern,
bathing so softly in a gauzy gray plume
of incense smoke, whose dances fill up the room

that sits in a broken beige mug full of soil
where a failed crop of chamomile sleeps
all resting upon cheap wooden card table,
with minoxidil and a Mary Lambert CD

[CHORUS]

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from m e s s y - a quarantine EP, released October 1, 2020
written and performed by Salem Corwin.

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Salem Corwin New York

🎃 He/Him 🎃
I'm a soft 'lil Jewish actor/songwriter from the Hudson Valley of NY.
Learn more about my music, acting, and general queer shenanigans at corwinsb01.wixsite.com/salemcorwin !

profile & cover photo were taken by Hannah Corwin. ... more

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