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Proof of Concept

by Nancy Babich

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Lone 02:53
I never meant to solve the riddle of the mirror. I never meant to break it, my dear. Now I belong to my secret and it belongs to me and never shall we set each other free. I understand the things you tried to say to me. I understood them/then, but I didn't let you see. Now I belong to my secret and it belongs to me, and never shall we see each other free. Never could have seen it coming. Never could have been prevented. Never is too late. I should have known better, should have spoke more often. Talked to you more often than I did.
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Hibernate 02:56
Living in the moment, you start to forget Any other moments and what they felt like I'm stuck with these habits that keep me alive I regulate my body and they keep me in line So I won't look at you and you won't look at me And we'll just keep on thinking that we're staring at each other I try to remember, I try to forget When time starts to bleed in memories fade away There's nothing left to do and there's nothing left to write There's just too much to think about, I'll never get it right Frayed nerves keep on screaming like the teeth inside my head And everything's too painful now to touch or to remove These memories taste bitter now they're not inside my head I'm leaving them for you now I've done too much as it is There's nowhere I can run to hide to hide from myself So when I close my eyes at night I'm right in front of me Everything looks broken, can't find a way to heal I'm gonna try to hibernate, I hope to see you again There's nothing left to do and there's nothing left to write There's just too much to think about, I'll never get it right
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Carriers 03:11
Something hidden guiding me along Things, machines, electric grids let me know what I am on Demons laughing in the radiowaves Phantom cigarette burns covering your perfect hands Why do we pretend to know? Why all this patience? We're so unhealthy... We are all transmitters, we are all carriers. Open to anything, anything at all. I put all my weaknesses on god Just to learn that I can't trust that much These gestures help us build a common life But I'm afraid I'm only losing touch
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Territory 02:09
Walking down the street at midnight, panicking at every corner, picnicking at every graveyard, I forgot who my idols were. Don't treat me like a war! I know what I'm for! I thought I found a way, I thought I found a calling, now I'm back to tell you love isn't territory. Don't treat me like a war! I know what love's for! So watch me love...
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The names of your hometowns are slowly losing their meanings Aren't you fucking scared? Can't you see it? I am so good at keeping calm, but I too have a limit Rotting symbols, even as you set them down Trickle down violence, no place to stand Nothing else to go on It has no name, it has no symbol So inevitable, self-willful I am so good at staying at free; don't let me do to you what I did to me
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мой друг... я жду тебя уже который день. а от тебя осталась только тень. и твои папиросы на столе -- так замыкается круг. nothing to do but watch TV. nothing to do but sit alone and slowly lose my wits. мой друг... куда куда куда же ты ушла? а я не знала, милая моя. не знала какова же боль твоя
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Transhuman 03:14
You can hear what I can feel I'm tasting visions touching sound It's all trapped inside my head And I struggle to get it out I know my insides make me human But these parts fit awkwardly I want to nullify my body And run away, run away from who I am I'll make the knot that holds us tighter and twist it till it's right Hope it never comes undone But I know the rope will break When my body is exhausted Inside I'm wide awake I put my soul inside of wires Let the currents carry me I know my insides make me human But these parts fit awkwardly I want to nullify my body And run away, run away from who I am
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Hesitation 03:35
Static in my head... yes or no... tell me A or B... I really really need a friend! Air and flesh and blood and bone! The fault-lines through our lives run 1 of 2 ways. Feels like I got hurt badly. Feel like I'm bleeding out. This town got no place for me. I just pretend that I'm still around. Til action, there is only hesitation. Til words, there's only the vaguest doubt. Better just sleep.

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First demo.

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released October 27, 2015

Track 7 uses excerpt from "Remont" by Zvuki Mu

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Nancy Babich Ithaca, New York

(Nancy Babich is a band. It's currently four people.)

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