Perfume Genius — It’s a Mirror
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What do you get from the stretching horizon
That you'd leave me spiraling with no one to hold?
Combing the floor with the light from a cigarette
Something was making you sick in our home
It's a mirror
Down
What do I get out of being established?
I still run and hide when a man's at the door
Polishing boots down a line in the basement
When I should be riding outside on my own
It's a mirror
Down
It's a mirror, holy terror
Taking focus off the horizon
It's a chorus reaching for us
Swarming locusts wherever you go
It's a siren, muffled crying
Breaking me down soft and slow
It's a diamond, my whole life is
Open just outside the door
It's a mirror
Down
Can I get off without reliving history
And let every echo just sing to itself?
Can I move on without knowing specifics
While memories hum like a hive shaken out?
It's a mirror, holy terror
Taking focus off the horizon
It's a chorus reaching for us
Swarming locusts wherever you go
It's a siren, muffled crying
Breaking me down soft and slow
It's a diamond, my whole life is
Open just outside the door
It's a mirror
Down
That you'd leave me spiraling with no one to hold?
Combing the floor with the light from a cigarette
Something was making you sick in our home
It's a mirror
Down
What do I get out of being established?
I still run and hide when a man's at the door
Polishing boots down a line in the basement
When I should be riding outside on my own
It's a mirror
Down
It's a mirror, holy terror
Taking focus off the horizon
It's a chorus reaching for us
Swarming locusts wherever you go
It's a siren, muffled crying
Breaking me down soft and slow
It's a diamond, my whole life is
Open just outside the door
It's a mirror
Down
Can I get off without reliving history
And let every echo just sing to itself?
Can I move on without knowing specifics
While memories hum like a hive shaken out?
It's a mirror, holy terror
Taking focus off the horizon
It's a chorus reaching for us
Swarming locusts wherever you go
It's a siren, muffled crying
Breaking me down soft and slow
It's a diamond, my whole life is
Open just outside the door
It's a mirror
Down
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Like Live from 1996….
NEOvManhattan wrote:
I hear it… plus perhaps some Folk Implosion too.
Snow Patrol-ish...?
I hear it… plus perhaps some Folk Implosion too.
syrengo wrote:
Same question here ⁉️
"I got my big feet in the window
Got my head down on the ground"
-"Going Down," written by Don Nix & performed by Freddy King
Same question here ⁉️
"I got my big feet in the window
Got my head down on the ground"
-"Going Down," written by Don Nix & performed by Freddy King
BeanCrusher wrote:
Same question here ⁉️
What is going on on the album cover?
Same question here ⁉️
What is going on on the album cover?
Snow Patrol-ish...?
New Perfume Genius is always welcome. This is a different sound for him and I likey!
What is going on on the album cover?
IMHO, the album cover is definitely evocative of particular feelings/emotions and therefore conveys a message. At the very least the cover gets your attention and make you wonder exactly what the heck is going on here. The band name, on the other hand, I'm not as crazy about. I guess it does make me wonder what is going on with that, but it doesn't seem particularly evocative or to convey a particular emotion. I might be missing something though, so please feel free to let me know if there is more going on with this phrase than I'm currently aware of.