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Just A Tomb

from Campanas by John Isaac Watters

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    comes in a white paper origami case with silver ink lithograph print.
    lyrics handwritten on the inside of the case, lithograph print in silver ink.

    Image on front is the text "Campanas" written by hanging small bells from a chain-link fence along Ballona creek in Los Angeles.

    Image on the back is a detail shot of a wall from the Tlálpan Convent by Luis Barragán

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i picked a white hair, from your head
a letter from your older self,
as the sun was coming in
like a cripple on a mat
all day long we fought death back
the two of us so brave
we could have been blindfolded
and wandered round and wandered round and wandered round and wandered round
a graveyard full of empty graves and not been afraid of fallin’ down
how can i not be afraid of fallin’ in? well isn’t that just what a city is?
streets intertwine, barbed­wire prisons, buildings downtown, nobody in them
wohoho isn’t it all just a tomb?
wohoho isn’t it all just a tomb?
so i’ll see ya there, in light inexpressible
tell those ya see around ya, soon all is ending
the naked mannequins behind barred bar windows
those clicking turnstiles, they are not pretending
no, no they are not pretending, no no, they are not pretend
how can i not be afraid of fallin’ in? well isn’t that just what a city is?
streets intertwined, barbed wire prisons, buildings downtown, nobody in them
isn’t it all just a tomb?
isn’t it all just a tomb?ill be to the poor, a beggar in need, to the rich ill be angry and cruel
i will sneak in their doors, and tear down tapestries,
for the bums i have died for need fuel.

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from Campanas, released November 16, 2013

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