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Ghost​-​note Arcade

from Ekphrasis by Urban Vitamin

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To less than the breadth of a broken coin my throat narrows.
I snap back my head and slip silver down the empty slot.
No more than a breath can come from this cage of cartilage now,
Only the grinds and twists of an ancient, ungreased machine.

Here in the still room
Where the ghost notes fall
And your body creaks as you lift a hand.

This is the gift I kept for you,
Take it all.
I’ve kept it safe, I’ve kept it out of sight.

This is the yoke you put on me,
Take it all.
It burns a hole into my hands.

This paw thins
From things undone.

How easy it will be to stay inside
The painted neon walls of this arcade.
We float with spacemen out of this time,
Beyond this place that claims its price.
But there’s a switch and then there’s light.
It’s all much the same
It’s all the same
It’s all much the same
It’s all the same
except for the prospect of change.

The shadows of pockets and coats
Without the promise to do more.
The coin, the palm, the machine and his sleep.
I keep your gift
because you are my master.

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from Ekphrasis, released February 3, 2017

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Urban Vitamin Pretoria, South Africa

Urban Vitamin is an alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 2008 by members, Cobus Nigrini, Rick De Villiers, Neville Botha, and Cicero Carstens. In 2014, Ricky Dunningham took over on drum duties after Rick De Villiers left to complete his PhD in Durham, UK. ... more

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