I AM (the old brag of the heart)
- HEARTBEAT AUDIBLE
- COUNT RESUMED IN THE DARK
- NO WAY OUT / BORN AGAIN
“Lift my eyes and all is born again”
The phrase comes from the novel: listening to the old brag of the heart, I am, I am, I am. The jar is still there and the air is still sour, and in the dark the count starts again.
The bridge accepts that the bad days were part of her landscape. The file claims very little, only that the heart is still counting, and that lifting the eyes is enough for everything to be born again.
LYRICS / TRANSCRIPT
Intro
Listen—
Under the glass, a drum
Take a deep breath and listen
To the old brag of your heart
I am... I am... I am...
Verse 1
Sealed me up in glass and let me breathe
The same sour air wherever I would leave
A ship, a café, a city far from here
I carry the same bell down every year
Still and empty like the storm's own eye
The world goes on—a bad dream passing by
Chorus
But I am, I am, I am
(The old brag of the heart)
I am, I am, I am
In the dark it starts
Shut my eyes and the whole world drops
Lift them up and it all comes back
I am, I am, I am
Verse 2
The silence wasn't silence in the room
It was my own, it filled me like a tomb
Is there a door, a way out of the mind
I bend and blow, I leave the ground behind
It only takes one to dance, one to sway
A tree in wind that won't be blown away
Chorus
But I am, I am, I am
(The old brag of the heart)
I am, I am, I am
In the dark it starts
Bridge
How would I know
That one day the glass wouldn't come down again
With all its stifling distortions
Let forgetfulness fall like a kind of snow
Numb it, cover it—
But they were part of me
They were my landscape
(I am... I am... I am...)
Refrain
(Born again, born again)
Lift my eyes and all is born again
(No way out... born again... no way out...)
(I am... I am... I am...
The bell jar)
Outro
I am, I am, I am
(Bell jar... born again... I am...)
- ARTIST
- Haylie Ferguson
- EDITION
- the bell jar: victoria lucas
- LABEL
- Maison Oblique Entertainment