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guthrie

by Luscho

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1.
A1 02:31
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I pin back my sweaty hair Guthrie tells me we're nearly there I see him smile and shade his face As we book it down the rows of an 800MW solar array Guthrie slides the hangar door I've only seen him like this once before We suit up and buckle in Flip a switch and a song begins Power hums and metal grinds Guthrie whistles through his broken tooth, "let's fly"
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A2 03:54
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“sun’s getting hot” i whisper to the paddies as i wander off wind’s been gone for weeks and the water wheel’s clogged and i need to sleep I kick the turbine loose sami brought her fiddle and she plays a few light kicks off the bow while she accompanies a circuit-bent radio the afternoon’s the only time i’m tired anymore the batteries are humming and the cat’s at the door guthrie you told me this one before “this thing’s a fucking mess,” sami’s kicking at my exosuit while I get dressed “You’re really one to talk, sam” and I gesture with my elbow her intake fan the afternoon’s the only time i’m tired anymore the water wheel is spinning and the cat’s at the door guthrie you’ve told me this one before “Hey sami, open up!” guthrie yells at us from some kind of flying cargo truck we hide it in the shop and i burn my wrist on the engine block
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A3 07:58
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sami and me walked the whole way to town for twenty yards of wire and some water I braid the cable we sit on the curb sam says it's going to get hotter her old apartment's up there by the cliffs i say "hey sam do you miss this?" sami and me walk along the canal she says "coming here makes me feel older" i buy us some plums and a can of black paint sam puts the wire on her shoulders we take the train back out to the farm sam draws a plum on my forearm guthrie waves at us from way up above I smile and shout "did you miss us?" guthrie looks wild says "wheels up in five paul's still alive"
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B1 04:15
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wings got frozen open years ago i got icy too started sleeping through the sky i stopped asking questions, soldiered on inverse puppetry i am the small one, mimic me sunlight keeps me airborne but not warm night time keeps me sane that's when i open my eyes, not too clear there's a pit so heavy in my chest if i look head on what will vanish? so i side-eye can i keep on circling, squinting out? never write it down always curve away, never land
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B2 04:12
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in the corner of the hangar we trade anklepads and cigarettes and schemes we keep our noses clean six thirty at the kitchen six fifty five zipped up and checking in another endless day begins watch the sunrise from the runway it shouldn't get me down but I hate this town I hate this town but I hate this town I hate this town this machine was built to kill me my body is the dream of profiteers can you feel the gears? not kill but something like it my undoing is a matter of course they shoot the rider with the horse listen to the engine whine we all die on company time we all die on company time we all die on company time * * * watch the sunrise from the runway it shouldn't get me down but I hate this town I hate this town I hate this town I hate this town
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B3 03:19
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you said now watch me spin i said how? you said with your eyes, jackass you asked how high to go i said clouds you smiled with the corners of your mouth you spun around me, pinwheel, little ghost, windmill you said watch the thrust i said okay we dust the crops and get paid you spin around me, pinwheel, little ghost, windmill

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This is an ongoing album project of ecopunk story-songs about a pilot named Guthrie. I'm planning on adding a new song here every month-ish for a while!

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released December 8, 2021

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Luscho Brooklyn, New York

Hi, I'm Luke Williams! I make music about things that are important to me, like: trains, materials, feelings.

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