Secondhand Book
from Sometimes It Is by Porcelain Pill
lyrics
I'm writing in the back of this book.
If only I could spell your name.
It's not like it's a first edition anyway.
If you gave me something clean to write on
It really wouldn't feel the same.
I'd call you but I lost your number days ago.
I don't even know who wrote this book but all the illustrations
Show me all the things I need to know about life's complications.
I write all my best ideas in tiny words within the margins
and one day I will mail this book to you.
Maybe I destroy the meanings when i rearrange the words
You really can't have one without the other one.
So give me more than ones and zeros
Tear me from a flickering screeen
And we can glue our books together into one.
I don't even know who wrote this book but all the illustrations
Show me all the things I need to know about life's complications.
I write all my best ideas in tiny words within the margins
and one day I will mail this book to you.
If only I could spell your name.
It's not like it's a first edition anyway.
If you gave me something clean to write on
It really wouldn't feel the same.
I'd call you but I lost your number days ago.
I don't even know who wrote this book but all the illustrations
Show me all the things I need to know about life's complications.
I write all my best ideas in tiny words within the margins
and one day I will mail this book to you.
Maybe I destroy the meanings when i rearrange the words
You really can't have one without the other one.
So give me more than ones and zeros
Tear me from a flickering screeen
And we can glue our books together into one.
I don't even know who wrote this book but all the illustrations
Show me all the things I need to know about life's complications.
I write all my best ideas in tiny words within the margins
and one day I will mail this book to you.
credits
from Sometimes It Is,
released October 29, 2014
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Porcelain Pill Melbourne, Australia
Porcelain Pill is the folktronica project of Adam Scott-McGuinness, a musician/producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Tasmania, Australia. Starting as a duo with Madeleine Becker in late 2012 the group released two EP’s and played a plethora of live shows across Australia showcasing a unique combination of synthesisers, drum machines, looping technology, cello, guitars and ukulele. ... more
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