We've updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Makeshift Future

from Makeshift Future by decoration day

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1.25 CAD  or more

     

lyrics

this twinkle speculates
whether the organ is worthy
or if the hourglass is more
lest it musters a makeshift future

the hourglass stands tall
sustained by sand like a mountain
or withered slowly like a shore
shepherd the ocean a little closer

tectonic future calls
bringing our feet to Victoria
with nothing but a protocol
to feed the dying population

hypothetically we’d build a home in this city
theoretically it’d vanish in a year
hypothetically we’d have the sea all to ourselves
theoretically you’d be the perfect company

our bodies congregate
rummaging through every layer
through every unseen earthly fate
we’re only in a makeshift future

i’d like a cradle song
would you be so kind to offer
this twinkle will not last so long
sound don’t travel below water

hypothetically we’d build a home in this city
theoretically it’d vanish in a year
hypothetically we’d have the sea all to ourselves
theoretically you’d be the perfect company

credits

from Makeshift Future, released September 18, 2020
written by Tiffany Wu

Andrew Chung: violin
Ben Heard: upright bass
Justin Orok: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocal, melodica, glockenspiel, synthesizer
Mara Nesrallah: vocal, piano
Naomi McCarroll-Butler: bass clarinet, flute
Tiffany Wu: harmonium, glockenspiel, synthesizer

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

decoration day Toronto, Ontario

"This is the music that my skin sings. I feel motion and stillness at once."
Stephen Jackman-
Torkoff

contact / help

Contact decoration day

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like decoration day, you may also like: