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Perspective

by Paths

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instrumental
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Waves 02:25
find yr heartbeat in the waves water pressure beats on my brain if we're all made of celestial debris, i can fade into you, so will you be me? i want to crawl out of my body. call it weird, natural insult me i dont know what to believe but while i shred apart; lean on me drown themselves and they're still embraced i struggle simply to tread in place i want to crawl out of my body, be done with this serious thing what harm will destruction bring? can i float along or will i sink? i want to crawl out of this body detach from nerves, liberate from breathing transcend your calls on my worth, forget your esteem it's hard to breathe around most anymore don't abolish authenticity; there's no reward constructed falsehoods that have formed the world can still be deconstructed from their core i want to crawl out of this body detach from nerves, liberate from breathing transcend your calls on my worth, forget yr esteem - This song is about feeling like a totally removed and clumsy weirdo. It’s about wanting to get away from yr situation and transcend what may be expected of or said about you. When I mention destruction, i want to make it clear that i'm talking about destroying and deconstructing systems that hurt you.
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Displaced 02:32
the pattern is forming faster now; i'm out of it we run parallel, i'm slightly lulled, and now i'm calling it. close my eyes and count to ten i'm seeped in violet slipping, slipping under now finally i've found that consciousness is mist; i've missed the clarity i've found and i think i know how i feel i know everything i think i'm so wrong about everything it was out of reach all along; everything absent minded care when who i've cared for disappears i'm overloaded by the love of others- it distorts into fear. i handled you with caution to gain some time. i handle them with caution so i won't break what I don't want to be mine. how big of a narcissist am i? i thought i knew how i felt, but still fell short of everything was i wrong about or was i scared of everything i won't find out, i'll never solve anything - This is about a dream i had which stemmed from the general feeling that things i care about have been significantly absent from my life. There is some language i used here that i don’t agree with (“be mine”) and it was included to criticize the language- not to promote it- language like this perpetuates the patriarchal notion that relationships are about owning and/or subordinating others.
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Apathy 01:52
i admire your tendency to just shut off because once i start, i can't stop. my only hope is to completely exhaust, overload, crash and fall apart. i want to keep myself above apathy, but this is what caring does to me my hopeless resolve reveals only masochistic tendencies can't give it up, can't give it up focus on fixing what exists only in my mind - I’m a very nervous person, and when i care about something (which is often) i put a lot of energy into caring about it. This can run me into problems- which this song explores. Despite what i say here, i think caring is so so much better (and cooler!) than apathy, even if i do worry myself sometimes.
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Colder 01:58
habits based off of how i've been treated i try to change but i don't feel like i mean it as i've gotten colder all i've wanted was to offer more but that's not accepted so i've come to accept it in a world that profits from breaking us down self-care is the most subversive thing you can do habits based off of the world you witness don't know that change is something you can live with (i'll learn to say this without clichés) - We’re a product of our environments. Hate and mistreatment are learned behaviors. When we’re in a situation that’s not emotionally healthy for us for a long time, it can affect us significantly, and negatively. We might start hating ourselves, treating others badly, or becoming generally cynical towards the world around us. Don’t let yrself fall into these patterns. When i say “self care is the most subversive thing you can do” (subconsciously inspired by something Kathleen Hanna said in her April Fools Day zine, and some things Audre Lorde has said about self-care & self-preservation being an act of political warfare) i mean just that- love yourselves despite what the world has taught you, treat others right, and smash the institutions that tell you that you can’t.

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Paths is:
Jonah(guitar), Jaclyn (bass & vocals), and Matt (drums)

music by Jonah, Matt, and Jaclyn
lyrics by Jaclyn

if yr interested in lyric explanations, visit: pathsma.tumblr.com/post/69347827062/about-the-perspective-ep-lyrics

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released August 3, 2013

recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zach Weeks.
artwork by Grace.

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Paths Boston, Massachusetts

we are a band from just outside of boston, ma.
jonah- guitar
jaclyn- bass/vocals
matt- drums

get in touch with us: pathsma@gmail.com

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