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Rioting Heart (Single)

by Payphones

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Recording made possible by the Edmonton Arts Council

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Back then I fell for a girl and in the back of the bus she said
"I love you a lot but I can't love very much"
She told me love is a process and in time it would be
But I was all the more lonely when she stood next to me
It remains that over and over, every night and every day
That even though your eyes are glazed over, I fall into them anyway

And our fingers were made
With the spaces between, and
Our bodies are longing for warmth
It's my dream that
The rest of my rioting heart will wither away

Simple summer embrace me
Feel the flush on my face
Reacquaint me with movements that I had replaced
I'll trace new scenes with my fingers
New faces with my lips
Try to see through their shrugs and decode their quips
I wrote my love upon the wall there, sprawling words onto the floor
Behind a bookshelf stacked with worlds that we don't visit anymore

And I reach for a hand
I can hold for a while
They pull it away
Brush it off, force a smile
And the rest of my rioting heart will wither away

So during snowy grey days, I'm at the end of the line
Sitting next to you there, but in the back of my mind
I know you don't long for me when you're sitting alone
I'll stay cold through the night
I'm in this on my own
It remains that over and over
This is the way that it will play
That even though your eyes are glazed over, love
I fall into them, over
Over and over

So I'll hold her real tightly and sink deep into them
Envelop her nightly, here's hoping that through them
The rest of my rioting heart will wither away

So I'll hold her real tightly
And sink deep into her
And the rest of my rioting heart will decide
That it's better for it not to stay
And I hope that the last of my heart
Will wither away

credits

released November 3, 2022
Music and lyrics: Naomi Lauren Jichita

Singing & vocals: Naomi Jichita
Guitar & backup vocals: Robyn Slack
Piano & backup vocals: Laena Anderson
Drums & backup vocals: Aaron Addorisio
Bass: Andrew Creswick
Cello: Jack Lumayor
Engineer: Conor Wharton

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Payphones Edmonton, Alberta

Payphones is an acoustic, alternative folk rock band from Edmonton, Alberta. Their music showcases intricately layered vocal harmonies, dynamic instrumental accompaniment, and emotional lyrics about queerness, relationships, isolation, disability, and personal growth. ... more

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