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Cruel Alchemy

by Ernest Brockenberry

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1.
Mumble 04:05
I’m here at the back of the class Trying to read over your shoulder I think that I’ve got the gist of it You’re telling me I mean something to ya But I can’t hear you when you mumble I can’t hear you when you mumble I can’t hear you when you mumble I can’t hear you when you mumble Lost in the radio silence All of our needs covered in fuzz You can’t hear me begging for affection And I can’t hear you professing your love I can’t hear you when you mumble I can’t hear you when you mumble Something in the air spells trouble But I can’t hear it when you mumble Can you feel it when I rumble I can’t hear you when you mumble Something in the air spells trouble But I can’t hear you when you mumble I think I heard you say it I think I heard you say you love me But I I I can’t hear you when you mumble (x2) Something in the air spells trouble But I can’t hear it when you mumble Can you feel it when I rumble I can’t hear you when you mumble Something in the air spells trouble But I can’t hear you when you When you mumble
2.
Spiderweb Holding me Buried by the weight of your gravity Gripping me so tight, I can hardly breathe Every time you say you love me It’s picturesque Make-believe You could make a prison feel like bed sheets I pretend I’m sleeping so that you don’t see Every time you say you love me I fade Lover to lover, I feel like I’m drowning My heart breaks Lover to lover, I feel like I’m drowning Me to you Moth to flame Beautiful, but burn me up just the same My heart would beat for you forever if I had my way But every time you say you love me I fade Lover to lover, I feel like I’m drowning My heart breaks Lover to lover, I feel like I’m drowning In you You (x2) In you You (x2) In you I found a home But you smothered me in kisses and then buried my bones In you I found a home I know I’m gonna miss you if I leave you alone But I fade Lover to lover, I feel like I’m drowning My heart breaks Lover to lover, I feel like I’m drowning In you You (x2) In you You (x2)
3.
Clean 03:24
Two months clean and the best part of me still looks like you Two months clean and I still can’t get out of bed Wash us off the sheets, but everything still smells like you Two months clean and you’re still running through my head And I can’t sleep ‘Cause in the dead of night you call to me And I would let you break me in two Break me in two Whenever you need Two months clean and the best part of me is half of you Two months clean and I still stop to check my phone I laugh, and I scream, and I try everything to get rid of you But you’re in the faces I wear, my clothes, and my hair, and I can’t leave you alone And I can’t breathe You’re in the air, you’re choking me Threatening to split me in two Cut me in two And you’re haunting me Your love is taunting me And I would let you break me in two Break me in two Whenever you need And I don’t want to break for anybody new I just want to break myself Break for you Two months clean and the best part of me still looks like you Two months clean and I still can’t get out of...
4.
What cruel alchemy is this? I miss you, but I’m with him I’m watching me touch his skin I’m drawing the curtains I’m hoping he didn’t hear Me say your name in his ear I’m watching me dim the lights He’s gripping the covers tight I’m holding you in my mind I’m holding you in my mind I feel you in every breath My ear pressed against his chest He can’t see what I desire When I look into his eyes I’m holding you in my mind I’m holding you in my mind And I’ll keep on searching for your love in a stranger’s eyes And I’ll keep on searching for your love in a stranger’s smile

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released December 9, 2019

Written by Ernest Brockenberry
Produced by Joe Villafane (BlackJeans)
Engineered by Zach TK Zanghi
Recorded at The Music Attic

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Ernest Brockenberry New York, New York

Using his passion and knowledge for both classical and contemporary music, Ernest Brockenberry seeks to marry the two styles. By juxtaposing soulful vocal melodies and lush synths with orchestral and almost cinematic instrumentals, he tells stories of heartbreak, nostalgia, and coming-of-age in New York City’s vast and extremely diverse landscape. ... more

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