I have been busy watching the door. Defending my right, my right to be forgotten — to dissolve in air like Judee and the cross wholly lost in amber eyes that stare at the answers scrawled on some temple wall at the use it or it’s useless of us all.
I have been busy choosing the dates by which to measure when I am entirely too late to escape the threshing floor — too late to take more, make more, make what I am made for — to forgive the sheaves that have grown too tall for the use it or it’s useless of us all.
Hold on. No one chooses the gifts that are bound by their bones, wrapped in bruises. Use it or it’s useless. Use it all.
Oh I have been busy. I’m busy often. Defending my right to be forgotten.
from
Grace for the Going,
released February 2, 2024
Words and Music by Talia Schlanger
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by David Travers-Smith at found.sound.toronto
Arranged by David Travers-Smith and Talia Schlanger
Talia Schlanger - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Kevin Breit - Electric Guitars, Mandolins
Davide Di Renzo - Drumkit
Brian Kobayakawa - Electric Bass
Alec Spiegelman - Bass Clarinets, Yamaha Synth and Sampling Pedals