The Holy Ghost

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The Holy Ghost

Far below in the endless deep,
a monster lumbers half-asleep
& waking, rears its ugly head
& dragging tongue ’cross ancient teeth,
makes its way to the surface of me.
A sinking ship with rusted hull
battered by capricious tides--
I was burdened by my ticking thoughts
& howlin’ throat, eyes shootin’ sparks,
& flashing fits of trepidation.
Well, I’m not ungrateful for what I have:
my voice (a vice), my mind & medicine;
but this sadness descends
& there’s no describing it.
It’s as vague as the Holy Ghost now...

I’m suspended, still, like an even scale
between my sorrow & my joy.
With whispered precision [I admit,]
"I cannot tell the difference,"
[& the] colossus overtakes our vessel.
& I’m still stuck trying to make sense
of a mood that swings like a pendulum,
of two equal halves: my fear & my hope
that we’ll be sucked into the maelstrom--
the freedom of that great grey nothing.

It’s as vague as the Holy Ghost now,
& there's just no pinning it down.
It’s as vague as the Holy Ghost now...

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Credit

Jacob Eli Goldman - bass guitar, shaker
Noah Goldman - piano, electric guitar
Alex Mazzaferro - voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ
Wil Mulhern - drums, glockenspiel, tambourine

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from The Holy Ghost, released June 21, 2007

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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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