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quiet a missile

by drew bartosik

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1.
birds eye 04:30
this head is home in a house of flesh and bone in a twisting chromosome i feel life waking up i can see her face i become her words today i become the song she plays i'm her rhythm marching on somedays i'm blessed somedays i'm a total mess somedays i need to rest somedays i need to fly if i flew up above would i see a panoramic love would i see the beauty of the sadness that is mine giving up one thing you get something in return to see it from the birds eye the birds eye, the birds eye i wanted to fly but i got a little bit too high to see it from the birds eye the birds eye, the birds eye and come down somedays i'm a map somedays i'm a missing cat i'm a deal then a stab in the back i'm a knife you call a friend somedays i'm a beach i'm a wave completely free other times a commodity pillaged, wrapped and priced up i'm the feeling that we're all gonna rise up steer the ship to a colorful horizon i'm a piece of glass i'm a piece of ass i'm a piece of work selling all my time stocking up shelves and clocking in at 9 selling all my life just to buy some time, buy some time dying just to live my life, live my life, live my life breathing just to catch my breath giving up one thing you get something in return to see it with a new eye a new eye, a new eye and know why i wanted to fly but i got a little bit too high to see if from the birds eye the birds eye, the birds eye and come down i'd go underground but i gotta little bit too down i wanted to fly but i got a little bit too high
2.
savoring 03:30
come easily let it encompass you don't think too much about what you have to do it's just enough the sound and silence between it's been too long since i let my guard down it's just a story but we need it fervently it serves a purpose so we don't have to worry it's just some music but to me it's everything it seeks a cadence but we ought to put it off to make it last a little longer and savor every moment leave when you wish on a new transient this is a way to conquer boredom expose yourself to garner humility make wholesome plans and if they go wrong then so what they go wrong it's just a story but we need it fervently it serves a purpose so we don't have to worry it's just some music but to me it's everything it seeks a cadence but we ought to put it off to make it last a little longer and savor every moment
3.
eggshells 03:55
so dependent on everyone else not independent no so connected by a red sentiment not disconnected no if it feels like walking on eggshells it's because we are to escape for more than one moment into the temple oh to return and speak of new wavelengths don't be surprised when no one understands you on mistakes i've made a few big ones i'm sure you've made yours too to interpret from a safe distance it's hard to know the maxims of your pain if it feels like walking on eggshells it's because we are way beyond emotions of selfish love selfless love brings us way beyond
4.
mind away 02:16
i found a beauty in the mundane it's in the sacred and the profane hedonistic creatures, filling empty cores enlightenment seekers, hungry to be pure all kinds of people, people to adore people to avoid, people to abhor when we find boredom in reality we find new freedoms in our fantasies quiet as a missile, loud as a pearl let the wind whistle, let the clock twirl imitate or innovate, give your life a whirl yell out all your secrets, whisper that your world is a ~~mind away~~ infatuation for you i long in short durations then i'm moving on to a new incarnation old me is gone in exaltation then i'm moving on
5.
wax cocoon 03:47
holes in my head where the world leaks in flood me with your color love me like a brother travel down the road rocky road, oh moon, crescent moon wax cocoon metamorphosis into a chrysalis change me into what i'm bound to become travel just to rest on your chest lovely breast moon, gibbous moon wax cocoon
6.
forever love 04:04
us vs. them, foes and friends we are part of the panoply beyond intricate arguments are short-lived intimate tenderness is the long gift you and i, have our time it is shallow, deep, salty, sweet existence life is short, death is long i'm humbled and happy that upon you i stumbled you changed my life changed something within me if i left, if i died would you miss me? the way that i feel i'll love you forever it's never been clearer so i'll say it louder ~~i'll love you forever~~
7.
your garden 06:40
your garden is a place i like to be overflowing with a growing green abundancy your garden bears the fruit i like to taste water the roots & harvest the loot don't let the sunshine go to waste be true to you don't bullshit yourself you don't deserve that you're beautiful in so many ways i can't keep count your garden has it's share of pests and weeds lead-laced lines and sulfur skies will offer no relief your garden is the womb of the earth watch the seeds give birth to trees that feed the bees who feed the queen who makes honey to feed the beasts and meet the needs of their bellies to drop feces onto the dirt cycles rebirth new womb of earth nurtures natures purse this is the cash crop of the universe be true to you don't bullshit yourself you don't deserve that you're beautiful in so many ways i can't keep count be true to you don't bullshit yourself you don't deserve that go and have a laugh go and tell your friends how much you love them they're beautiful in so many ways i can't keep count it's overwhelming they're all so lovely they're all inspiring me the gifts ya got they can't be bought don't let them rot use them your garden's ripe so full of life don't let it die use them life's an arc so bend the bark and leave your mark behind breathe the air take your share and leave your cares behind
8.
limits 03:09
limits are like a misunderstood painter they always draw themselves limits always draw themselves city limits natures limits loves limits ~limits always draw themselves~
9.
go leave your little street go get out go leave your little town go with the clouds go leave your little room go outside go leave your little mind go get high ~just go~ go leave your little zone go migrate go leave your little world go make mistakes go leave your little thoughts go beyond go leave your little life go fall in love ~just go~
10.
pigeonholed 03:30
slowly awakening to the fragility this life will take your bones and leave you pigeonholed i'm always wanting more not sure i know what for wish i could make it stop someone would turn it off what are you running from what are you running at what are you taking from what are you giving back i sense your holding back why would you do that? this life's a lovely dance you only get one chance no sense in sticking to something that's pricking you sing songs of love and death beauty in every breath what are you running from what are you running at what are you taking from what are you giving back
11.
do you remember when you were a kid and all the careless kid things that you did? do you remember the skies so pure & blue then growing up feeling confused? do you remember when someone touched your skin and you fell so deep in love with them? do you remember the way you played the fool and did the things you thought you'd never do? i was a child with you i was confused too i was in love with you i played the fool too
12.
last page 03:21
wanna make this quick wanna get my fix and move on it's like i've got some glue underneath my shoes i can't move got someone to see got someone to be so hurry up quit staring at the ceiling watching layers peeling away buckets catch the leaking rain i made it to the last page of a chapter in my life forgot to pay my bills forgot to take my pills forgot my name the way you play your chords cut into my core they make me smile listen in your headphones listen on your stereo turn it up when your down staring at the ceiling watching layers peeling away buckets catch the leaking rain i made it to the last page of a chapter in my life

about

~~ amidst a blue winter i hunkered down to record these songs old & new that resonated with my feelings ~~ art to me is quality of transcendence and with every person, song & dream i grow more acute to this strange and sumptuous world ~~ hope you can find joy or understanding in these songs ~~ stay warm, humble and vigilant in your pursuit of justice, love and meaning ~~

credits

released April 10, 2021

~~ quiet a missile album credits ~~

~ drew bartosik - vocals, guitars, bass, synths, aux perc, drum prog ~
~ austin keith - drums on birds eye, eggshells, pigeonholed and last page ~

~ written 2018-2021 ~ recorded in 2021 ~
~ mixed and mastered by drew bartosik ~

~~ thanks to all family, austin, daniel & julia, august & emily, irish, danny, matt, mike & ali, hill & tenaglia families, conor & jenna, claire, maeci, adele & mike, alyssa & old yeller folks, kevin & mackenzie, shelby, alissa, audrey, mary kate, nicky, rio & fam (extended dayton friends), elvin, phil, miles, joe, randy, jake & ella, JBL (soph, chris, jeremy), federal dank (noah & neesha) green garagers (matt, lindsay and margo), FTP folks (too many to name!), strawberry folks (will, tim, joe, frank, seger, kenan, mason, victor, noah), building folks (edie, ty, waun, brousseau, indigo, brad & judith, johnny), nick & erin, lesya & mo, ollie & gilad ~~

~~ i love you all ~~

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