Don't Tell

from The Lumberjack by Eleanor Elektra

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lyrics

I feel a pale cold
the seizing horizon
contracts and folds

Don’t tell my nephew
oh
don’t tell my nephew
I
didn’t write no letters
that I left them all to wonder

I recoil from your death
on your back
absolute
it’s something to see a family tree die
it’s something to see your stream so bare
it’s something to wonder why
many years pass as I stare
such is the act of saying goodbye

Don’t let the kids see
we cut down a forest of family trees

Hell is the face that burns with shame
don’t tell

I don’t want to find you
beached and broken
mute
awake
or see you stare with
hollow moons for eyes
to heave to handle what’s at stake
to hold it in your hand
the ocean surf will be your sigh
so you yourself don’t have to cry

Don’t let me niece know
oh
don’t let my niece know
I
don’t know about fate
and I can’t explain our state

don’t let my man see
oh don’t let my man see
I threw The Times away
because I
don’t want to know
what happened today

credits

from The Lumberjack, released May 25, 2018
All songs written by Eleanor Elektra
guitar/voice: Eleanor Elektra
guitar: Jacob Matheus
engineered and mixed by Brandon Johnson
produced by Eleanor Elektra
mastered by Bobbi Giel
artwork and design by Eleanor Elektra
photo by Zosha Warpeha
Special thanks to: Lilly Dickinson, Rebecca Gray, Chris Covney, Taylor Holland, and all the birds
eleanorelektra.wixsite.com/mysite | eleanorelektra.bandcamp.com
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Eleanor Elektra Boston, Massachusetts

Eleanor Elektra is an interdisciplinary artist originally from the Pacific Northwest who fuses music and visual arts.
Her practice spans songwriting, printmaking and installation work. Her music combines elements of folk, jazz and classical music within the songwriter idiom to create unique cinematic songs. ... more

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