Reasons

from Caverns Open to the Sky by Ari Carter

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This track was written in the spring of 2015. I had recently picked up ukulele and was enjoying a productive relationship with the little guy. This was probably my 4th uke song, and I was listening to a lot of Neutral Milk Hotel, channeling Jeff Mangum's lyric-centric approach with interesting comping.

The chorus is one of my favorite vocal melodies on the record.

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Threadbare, wanton, who cares just so we’re feeling something now
Spinning in the darkness, silk and thread
Hanging by your patchwork promises

Unfold your wings, the wind is full
Just make escape look beautiful, my dear

Tangled in the darkness, stars to pitch
Drawing every pleasure from your lips

I don’t need your reasons to want to make your furl like a lioness
You’re charging me with treason while you’re breathing heavy down my neck
Oh no, we’re only breaking even, come on, baby, won’t you give me anything
I don’t need your reasons just to want to make you sweat and sing

Adamantine, unlike anything you’ve ever seen before

Dark eyes winking in the wan light
Waver in the daybreak, disappear at noon-tide
Twinkle in the twilight; let’s linger in the last light
Let’s run away to mood-down

I just gotta find those eyes that drank the moonlight
Winking in the wan light, waver in the daybreak
Disappear at noon-tide, twinkle in the twilight;
Let’s linger in the last light, let’s run away to moon-down
I just want to go and see:

They danced like ancient ritual
Furious and beautiful, my dear

Tangled in the darkness, web and wing
Could we find the silence where it sings

Where I don’t need your reasons to want to make your furl like a lioness
You’re charging me with treason while you’re breathing heavy down my neck
Oh no, we’re only breaking even, come on, habibi, won’t you give me anything
I don’t need your reasons just to want to make you sweat and sing

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from Caverns Open to the Sky, track released October 28, 2017

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Ari Carter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ari Carter is an indie rock power-trio, the brainchild of Ari Kirkman, Quinn Sternberg, and Nicholas Solnick.

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