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My Florentine Abattoire

by caramel snow

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What is so rare as a rose in November A bloom of blood, a bruise bright and tender Outlasting us, leaves, sun, decaying The flower’s fist, defiant and shaking My Florentine abattoir No one escapes without a scar Take all the notes from what I remember Separate the thoughts, divide and dismember Otherwise I bought what you sold me Those were your words and I believed what you told me My Florentine abattoir No one escapes without a scar When subterfuge is torn apart The will is lost to carry on
2.
I can watch your dreams while you’re sleeping I cannot believe what you’re seeing When you’re falling I’ll be there to catch you Nobody so lit could ever match you You left me with the vague idea A puzzle always incomplete A different way to say goodbye An alibi most bittersweet Sunlit summer seance in a sauna Tiny trailers trapped in Tijuana Body bags and bed bugs swing a seesaw Diner dogs a downer power tea cup The future is a lost folio Instructions to the lowest leg Marketing a lonely locket A silent peacock spreading string
3.
More dead than alive On the upper east side The shadows get too dark For a walk in the park They’re all black and white No color in sight She goes out of print And so they sailed away I am the broken hearted toy The one you can no longer enjoy Dust off the cobwebs when you’re bored Turn out the light where I am stored The artist and the art The spirit and the heart Edith and the bear The lonely doll is Dare The world is far too much Too much with us Sea shells on her eyes The dolls come to life I am the broken hearted toy The one you can no longer enjoy Dust off the cobwebs when you’re bored Turn out the light where I am stored
4.
Anything 03:04
Anything Anything for you Out of the blue And too good to be true There’s no promise If it’s dishonest A flow of lies Were just stories to glamorize After happiness There’s emptiness Hollow inside A chamber where a heart once lived and died Born to run Off the track Ten to one You were never coming back I couldn’t care Any less Regarding sins You refuse to confess After happiness There’s emptiness Hollow inside A chamber where a heart once lived and died
5.
It wouldn’t too hard to fake it Pretending to make it A slick and easy line to get it And never regret it Afraid of what we want You are who you haunt Trade your breathless tale This one’s not for sale The willingness to shade a shadow Erased and falsetto The plot of love was poorly acted But your exit was perfected Opinions on a night with Jasmine My starlit companion Diamond dust you wear like fashion She speaks, yet she says nothing. Afraid of what we want You are who you haunt Trade your breathless tale This one’s not for sale
6.
Left like a perfume In waiting rooms Dolls in a pawn shop Stare out the window I had a moment You had a spell We have a secret No one can tell Crates for the diamonds Handbags for the pearls Flutes full of champagne Confessions full of girls Exclusive invitations I threw away last year Golden opportunities Avoided out of fear Hide in the castle Rise with the moon Try on this makeup Make mirrors swoon Daisies from Heaven Praline from Hell Give me the gooseflesh Steal what you sell Crates for the diamonds Roses witness wisdom Cakes can mask mistakes A craving you so long for But can’t reciprocate
7.
You barely remember I rarely forget Some live in the moment Some live with regret Afraid of the future And whatever comes next Thoughts come out in the torment You would never expect She was a ghost in the daylight A vision in the shade The crack in the hourglass Where the memory starts to fade The spark from the candle Set this city ablaze An angel with a Devil’s wings Who appears at the end of days Heavy with sickness Condemned to distress A heartless endeavor We failed to address Springtime was frigid Summer was cold Flowers froze rigid August it snowed She was a ghost in the daylight A vision in the shade The crack in the hourglass Where the memory starts to fade The spark from the candle Set this city ablaze An angel with a Devil’s wings Who appears at the end of days
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So I cried and wailed and prayed You would turn to fly and fail Now I wonder why you’re here Keep me on the cross Love has let itself be seen I will suffer out of love Grace is making graves from stolen stones Who cares no lock on this gate All the spirits wait for the Heart shaped tears of Saint Veronica There’s a reason we whisper here Heard the sirens Christmas Eve Take the scarf now when you leave Grace is making graves from stolen stones Who cares no lock on this gate All the spirits wait for the Heart shaped tears of Saint Veronica

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My fifth full-length album this year.

It's a great album for Spooky Season! There are songs about hallucinogenic seances, seeing ghosts in the broad daylight, and saints that weep tears shaped like hearts. And one of my best songs ever, "The Broken Hearted Toy," which is about Dare Wright, author of the (unsettling and slightly creepy) children's book, "The Lonely Doll."

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released October 7, 2023

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caramel snow Delmar, New York

Caramel Snow is on Jigsaw, Shiny Happy Records, Magic Rub Cassettes, as well iTunes, etc. Influences range from early Bowie, Beatles (*MMTour), Pet Sounds, Roxy, él Records, My Bloody Valentine, and Sarah Records. He has performed at the Nebraska Pop Fest ... more

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