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Ampersand

by Personnel

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1.
He was so sure and I was less When we was more, I would guess that I was wrong I didn't trust myself so I gave my strength to someone else for too long It went on too long Went on and on and on It went wrong too long Went on two times too long I've got to clear him out, though he's gone I feel him everywhere I find I need to burn herb, to smoke him out I've got to clear this air It's high time High time, my time High time to wave goodbye This time, my time This time I know what's mine Went on too long and now I know if he's still hanging around here how to make him go Smoke him out, smoke him out of me Smoke him out, smoke him out of me Smoke him out of me, smoke him out He's not the one that I'm having hanging about Smoke him out of me, smoke him out He's not the one that I'm going to worry about Bring me the bunch of sage I need the sage to cleanse Bring me the bunch of sage Or bring me frankincense I need to breathe the herb Breathe the smoke and hold it in I need a real refurb That's how I'm getting rid of him I need to breathe the smoke Roll it, hold it, smoke it right I need to take a toke Does anybody have a light? I need to smoke him out Roll it, hold it, smoke him right out of here I need to smoke him out I'm over letting him hang around here Smoke him out, smoke him out Smoke him out, smoke him out of me Smoke him out of me, smoke him out He's not the one that I'm having hanging about Smoke him out of me, smoke him out He's not the one that I'm going to worry about
2.
You Tell Me 04:18
I followed after your voice while friends were telling me I was making the wrong choice well, I feel differently I find you at the crossroads I ask you for the way You ask me if I’m ready well, what is there to say? I’ll open my fist and you can tell me what you see the creases I’ve always been carrying I'll give you my hand and you can say where each road leads and know if I mean it, honey, you tell me You better keep me guessing Don’t stop making me sweat Do I know my demons? Don’t I know them yet Am I burning in the moonlight or standing in your shade? Have I paid the full price? Come close if you who can say I’ll open my fist and you can tell me what you see The old age in my hand, I carry I’ll open my fist and you can tell me what will be and know if I mean it, well honey, you tell me I’ll open my fist and you can tell me what you see The old age I’ve always been carrying If I thought that I was too late Or I had come too soon It never tells me one time When I ask the moon She isn’t only present as light is in the day she shines with tomorrow or sun from yesterday I’ll open my fist and you can tell me what you see The old age I’ve always been carrying I’ll give, I’ll give you my fist from the old age that it carries, tell me...
3.
Drop 04:32
Let’s get together and go where we need to Let’s gather there, let’s gather just us two My weight and your weight are too hard to stand I can hardly wait to hold each other in our hands and drop and slide You’re inside, I’m out, we slip and slide You’re inside, I’m out, let's take each other's side I can’t tell the side you’re on, I’m on but as we’re both outside we’d better move along and drop and slip and slide and drip Let me feel everyone you feel inside of me I want everyone that you become in me We make no mistake, we’re always in excess, whatever else we make, we'll always make a mess Now we’re in the hall we’re nowhere else I can’t count us all we stand beside ourselves and drop and slip and slide and drip
4.
Spin 02:13
With a kiss you can give it to me Just a bit and we spin, we're spinning With a kiss you can hold me in the air Oh can't you hear me buzz? I'm high, I'm high, I'm high from your love but you know I can't fly Come on up and catch me with a thread Spin this kiss into a web Roll around to make a bed Oh I'm high, I'm high, I'm high, I'm high Pull me tight and tight and tight Tying knots in our spit Mix ourselves with our kiss Oh we kiss, we kiss, we kiss, we kiss Mm we mix, we mix, we mix, we mix
5.
Under Sheets 03:07
The tap is tapping the sink is sinking down The face of night the flash of cat's eyes bring me around I have to be up soon I stay up late Every little bad move is mine to make In the screen light, lit up in the phone light Under sheets, making every night a late night Stay up just to lay around, get up just to lie down See the new ground open as the tide's out Crack the screen and the light comes out Light runs out, the light seeps out out-loud Crack the screen and the light comes out We fill the room, I watch us move giffing hard against the walls Under sheets, let whatever from the day come in and out I can see what happened and what could have been now Get up just to lie down, stay up just to lay around Under sheets to make my childhood proud As slow as sleeping, when sleeping takes a hold As fast as dreaming, as the dream unfolds As slow as dripping, dripping from the tap As fast as falling and no going back
6.
Went 04:24
Tonight is never too late Over at your corner I see you’re not on either side Starting to find the trace of your ways in this place you left, I’m right behind Oh what’ve you got me doing?! Oh what’ve you got me into? In the sky are the plane trails On the ground are the tracks of snails On the wall the signs you’ve left are lines: a knot, a cross, a kiss Now I remember how you bent and moved and stood when you went to write like this Oh what’ve you got me doing?! Oh what’ve you got me into? What have you got me in to? Oh I miss you yes I do You would you’d stop you’d cross below not lost cross road soft stuff tied up like Peirrot in position at the spot-lit cue To match your signs do I fit your kiss? Your lines flick wrist, stop stiff Like this reach mine Like this this You went like this I miss you You went... You went like... You'd go... You'd go like...
7.
Didn't I? 02:51
Didn’t I want to stretch? Didn’t I want to hold my breath and float up higher? Didn’t I want the depth? Didn’t I want to hold my breath and gounderwater? I roll round in dry dirt Stand straight and my back hurts on the land But didn’t I just want to turn around and hold my tongue in your hands? Didn’t I? Didn’t want to? Could I? Could I have wanted to? Didn’t I want to leave? Didn’t I want the leaves, the trail that leads me? Didn’t I want the peak? Didn’t I want the birds that speak to teach me? I roll round in dry dirt Stand straight and my back hurts on the land But didn’t I just want to bend 'round and hold my tongue in your hands? Oh mm....
8.
Did you notice that the blue hour’s beginning? When day and night pass We could walk out as the night flowers are opening They open like the first stars I know you’re busy I know, I know you have your work But put that down, come around and pick me up It may always feel hard to balance There may never be time enough but I don’t believe the choice between you or us Don’t you have tonight? Not some night Not one night down the line But this one for two for me and you to make a little time into the blue All the stories say it’s your work or it’s our love that one’s sacrificed That’s the kind of shit I might believe in today But I never will tonight This light tells other stories other ones that could be true That don’t pit our time together against what we each do If we want to tell another story That isn’t gain at the other’s loss Then at each turn we just have to keep making it up Don’t you have tonight? Not some night Not one night down the line But this one for two for me and you to waste a little time into the blue
9.
Meet 04:20
We make a deal, we set the dare, and see what comes from what we share You know I learned when we met how to be frank, like Juliet If my dreams can take everything away, returning me to servitude again, they can believe that nothing’s safe as we meet again when I wake And if my dreams don’t believe you I only know I don’t need to because we met, and we meet We move close and we open, to be close is to never end We get closer as we feel the strangers we are still: who we are that we don’t know Just remember that is how, how we met, and how we’ll meet
10.
Stick Around 04:28
Every night or so I came to lie down at your side to rest and only speak in whispers to each other, just to taste your breath As we appeared within each other's eye, we steamed them up I thought the sighs that gave us sight were the size of us Then you came for touch and talk when I was sad and didn't want to meet I thought that I would see myself too closely in your company And if the wind changed when I was down, would I be stuck? You said the wind would change again and we should just meet up Hold the mirror, hold me now I will let you see whoever's there I would always go by now but instead I feel down and I'm not going anywhere Every night or so I came to lie down at your side to rest and only speak in whispers to each other, just to taste your breath As we appeared within each other's eyes, you saw me down I saw myself as clear and loud and I stuck around Hold the mirror, hold me now I will let you see whoever's there I would always go by now but instead I feel down and I'm not going anywhere If we stick around if we push our luck If you see me now then you hold me up If we mix our mouths and we push our luck If we stick around Come on let's both stick around and not get stuck

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released October 31, 2020

Songs by Personnel
Mastered by Queer Ear Mastering
Original Artwork by Matthew Arthur Williams
Released by Staying Out

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Personnel is a song writing studio started by Robbie Defacto in 2020.

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