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Stuffed Animals

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lyrics

babababa, babababa
babababa, babababa
babababa, babababa

in stories we can't forget
where stuffed shapes came to life
let's name all the animals
the sounds they make we'll try

in the crack of every action
each withholding separation
how the light gets in, within us
bundles tangles interlaces
startled at our own reflection
in the window we were looking through

babababa, bababababa
who will bring us animals to name them now?
babababa, bababababa
is their language getting hard to hear somehow?
bababa, bababababa
are we fascinating when we're fertile?

in stories with tightened plots
and characters that die
arising, they must converge
to mark the afterlife

when we're circling a spiral
till we reach the point that fleshes
out the word that's growing fullness
blots the mammals, birds, and fishes
from the lists we made to tame them
to divide them till we saw right through

babababa, bababababa
what is left that's written that will make their sound?
babababa, bababababa
when the letters' angles wearing down are round
babababa, bababababa
where our fists unclenched are opening a womb

so speak like you wanted to, sleep like you wanted to, will that reverse the curse we're in?
so speak incoherent and sleep embryonic in your scared bright world too raw for sin

corneas and irises will take
from all other names the one we love the best
all these sounds made countless times before
will be made the first time pushing from her chest

all the animals
the sounds they make we'll try

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from Reproduction, released May 8, 2015

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Cantalouper started as an idea which became a story which became shoe boxes of cassette tapes that became a band that made records with tours of DIYs and clubs across half the US which built friendships and led to a festival that ran for three years.

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