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Her Words, My Mouth (2020)

by Being Both

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1.
Sometimes I touch your face and I just wonder how long I must wait to tell you that I love you All i've ever done my whole life was carefully close the door behind me I ought to run in tight circles around us for as long as I can to maintain the warmth and glow of that first day we spent together out in the world
2.
i wrote you things to make them untrue. unsaid was my truth. with everything i could not bare, i littered the subway, i littered your heart. i was always in print, edition infinity. so ask me why i know press my wordless mouth to yours. i want to answer you honestly: TO BREAK THE SPELL.
3.
Braids 01:27
Can I tell you about a photo I never took? Your braids in the morning light. That's all I need to say really. Your back to me, your head on my pillow, your braids in the hot, orange light.
4.
Could I be there? Could I go anywhere to you? I picture myself, picturing myself there. How long is your lovespan? You know, like wingspan. How many years long is it? We are picturing a picture of us then. How tall is your want? How many miles? I am picturing you picturing me there.
5.
Tongue-tied 01:41
Beautiful, baby girl You are ruled by his tongue In more ways than one You are his, but he aint yours
6.
Questions 02:06
Sick with love or dread? Are these people poison? Do I corrupt myself? Do I corrupt others? Can I show up at your doorstep? What if someone is dying, or what if they are dead? How will they feel your love then? When faced with the beauty of you, how can I live? I have to hide, I have to hide. In the arms of others, the arms of others. If I was alone, as I am, would I be more or less afraid? If i restore from a previous iCloud backup, can I have those pictures back? What matters to you? What matters? Did I spill all of my goodness out for you and leave nothing for myself? Not even a drop?
7.
I take you everywhere with me. My darling, I have not forgotten you. All I can remember is the sunshine, all I can remember is you and I intertwined. Tied up in a warm cave, letting the light in. Being born, again and again. But you could not stop me from groping blindly along the wall, you could not wake me from my dark dream. You could not make me good. Now, sometimes I lose myself in my new city, and tonight I miss being lost with you anywhere. Tonight I look at the moon, and it's not full, it's overflowing. My only comfort is that I know you see it too.
8.
A Step 01:40
I watched your WiFi signal disappear my phone as I walked away My soap still in your shower, my hair still in your drain Today will be nothing, a step towards tomorrow
9.
Elasticity 01:03
I don't feel alone I feel the elasticity of all the bands that tie me to you The bands within my self too I'm just feeling the stretch, the lengths to which they reach, in and out of me Fonder, yonder It feels like the moment before a release or a break of some kind Drawn out, a silent scream, silenced by a loving embrace It feels like convulsing into sobs, into tears, into laughter, into love in your arms Being opened up and eaten by the apple of my eye, swallowing him whole, coming back to him
10.
I am going to find out what you like and give it to you over and over and over again Over and over and over again I make my own day of rest I make my own damn mess Over and over and over again There was an ocean inside me for you There is an ocean inside me for you There was an ocean inside me for you For you You were so big and hard for me I almost disappeared for you There was an ocean inside me for you There is an ocean inside me for you I was going to find out what you love And give it to you every day for the rest of your life Over and over and over again I could’ve been the one you love Over and over again For the rest of your life

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Our album is pay what you want/can
BUT ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE MATCHED
and go to benefit BOTH the ACLU and their COVID-19 Pandemic Response efforts to ensure the burdens of the outbreak don't unfairly fall on our most vulnerable communities, and to monitor the government's responses to ensure they are rooted in science and public health needs, not stigma or bias, and are no more intrusive on civil liberties than necessary. More info at ACLU.org
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Thank you! - Chris & Shannon
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Being Both is a collaborative (experimental by process) project between Brooklyn, NY writer/ photographer Shannon LaRue and Troy, NY multi-instrumentalist Christopher Brown.
‘Her Words, My Mouth’ arranges previously written works of LaRue’s poetry and writings to Brown’s (separately & unrelated) previously improvised and recorded loops and noodles, and then crafted by Brown into songs with some overdubbed guitars, keys, and/ or percussion. Sang by Brown, but LaRue does spoken word on a few tracks.

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released November 27, 2020

Words - Poems & Writings - by Shannon LaRue
(on Instagram as @being_both)
See/ purchase her writing/ photography book
'Image of the Burning Image Set In Stone' & more via
New Humanisms Press at www.ShannonLarue.com

Sounds - Keys, Guitars, Percussion, Vocals* - by Christopher Brown
(on SoundCloud as SuperDarkChris)
Music & Video with www.SuperDarkCollective.com

*except tracks 1, 6, & 9
Spoken word vocals by Shannon LaRue

Recorded and Mixed by Christopher Brown at Send More Devo Studio
Mastered by Paul Coleman at House of Sinkcharmer

Album art by Shannon LaRue
(photo of Christopher circa 2004)

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The K.O.N.N. Christopher Brown.

Lo-Fi recording experiments sometimes involving live looping, acoustic guitar with post effects, collaborations, or other methods. Written, Half-written, Winged. Why not.

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