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A Nervous Whistle To Keep My Courage Up

from Original Sin by aeroplane, 1929

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A Nervous Whistle To Keep My Courage Up

I walked through the nighttime air.
The moon let out a howl after holding its breath,
& in the streets, it smelled of cinder & ash,
& I could feel the fear worming its way into my chest.
But I pressed on, marching rank & file,
concealed my soldier's shakes beneath apocryphal smiles
& hummed a tune my mama sang to me as a child:
something constant to hold on to amidst the salvo & fire.

& when I find you,
you're bruised like a fallen peach,
but you're so sweet--so much good underneath.
& so I'll dust you off on my shirtfront
& roll up my sleeves.
You'd do the same for me.

Well I made my way to the center of things
with buildings crashing down & a choir of screams.
The roaring lions, shrieking sirens were deafening,
& I was doubled over with a hunger so deep--
an aching to return to a home I don't have
& for a way to make a living [that] don't get blood on my hands.
Then I pulled my collar close in counterfeit confidence
& pursed my lips in hymn & braved those tea kettle blasts.

Alarums sound underwater, the searing napalm blaze...
The infantry was mustered beneath a mustard gas haze.
& soon my palms were pressed tight over a small scarlet stain
& with madness all around I sang as the frame began to fade away.

& when you find me,
I've turned like the autumn leaves,
blooming crimson color
descending to the deep.
but you'll gather me back together again--
get this broken boy to mend.

[You're all I've got:] a nervous whistle to keep my courage up.

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Credit

Jacob Eli Goldman - bass guitar, drum loop, modular synthesizer patch, synth bass, thingamagoop
Noah Goldman - electric guitar, effects
Alex Mazzaferro - voice, electric guitar, mellotron, Rhodes, piano, drum loop, adding machine, marching bass drum, acoustic guitar, whistle
Wil Mulhern - drums

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from Original Sin, released July 10, 2008

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aeroplane, 1929 Springfield, Massachusetts

aeroplane, 1929 was a band from New England. Between 2005 & 2010, they released two albums & two EP's on Topshelf Records. The band consisted of Alex Mazzaferro (vocals/guitar/keys/lyrics), Jacob Goldman (bass/keys/recording/arrangements), Noah Goldman (guitar/pedal steel/keys), & Wil Mulhern (drums), plus friends like Julian Veronesi, Chad Jewett, Dave Van Witt, Alex Syner, & Peter Federman. ... more

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