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Other Auxiliaries (L'Hymne de Faiblesse)

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Other Auxiliaries (l'Hymne de Faiblesse)

I notice that your voice gets progressively week
from weak to weak ("...weak from week to week").
& it's been a while since you came home, smiling,
with paint strewn on your sleeves.
You say, "All my opportunities
like open windows close,
fog up, dirty, break,
& lie vulnerable."

Oh, conflict breaks down to freezing hands
& the noisy hiss of words & wires.
Misinterpret every silence.
Second guess every alliance.

(Everything's fine) but you're barely hanging on,
leery of independence,
ever mindful of the West coast,
& always begging, "What went wrong?"

when nothing's wrong.

Well, I remember not-so-long-ago,
the party guests were in stitches.
You were playing hostess in the parlor
& tea was on the stove.

(Now, all of that's rusted & tarnished!)
I know you've been vomiting up those bad dreams.
Throw out your crutches.

After a while you'll forget if you
are running from dying or dying from running.
Oh, you're only as good as your last word
& if yours is excuse or apology, well, I swear that I'll just scream.

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Peter Federman - organ, tambourine
Alex Mazzaferro - voice, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, laptop, effects
Wil Mulhern - drums, tambourine, chimes

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from To Persevere, released May 2, 2006

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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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