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Gemini

by Hybird

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1.
Half Life 04:19
Used to be a little boy Same age as my daughter Brother’s records on the stereo, Never thought about birth order Family like an army You grow up a good soldier You put on your uniform You march where you’re ordered Don’t fall back Or you gotta make it up Don’t talk back Don’t ever interrupt Flashlight was a microphone Mirror was the camera eye Boombox was a studio Nothing felt like a lie, lie, lie And those were my best days And that was really me That boy is hiding somewhere That boy wants to be free Don’t look back Unless you’re mind’s made up Don’t turn back Unless you’re ready to grow up Don’t look back Unless you’re mind’s made up Don’t turn back Unless you’re ready to grow up Under stars in my back yard Family’s all asleep I can think about the next day But I can’t get too deep Half life down the drain I’m acting so strange What if nobody thought of me? What if nobody came? Don’t react Or you’ll look like the weak one Stick to facts Leave the feelings to the children Don’t react Or you’ll look like the weak one Stick to facts Leave the feelings to the children Leave the feelings to the children Leave the feelings to the children Leave the feelings to the children Leave the feelings to the children
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Distracted 03:54
The night How did it come so fast? The light Had just returned at last But I won’t drink Cuz then I’ll fall asleep I want to think I want to dive in deep And every time I try to speak A list of things grabs hold of me I get sick in the middle of the week The vision fades and I can’t see No no no, no no no If I could do one thing If I could do one thing well I wouldn’t be so nervous I wouldn’t be so unwell And if I could put my phone down And if I could look straight ahead If I wasn’t so distracted I could think about the days ahead Weeds overgrown 
In the light that was thrown By the spaces in trees Where more trees used to be This landscape it changes My desk rearranges For things I won’t use Things that I should refuse And the pulsing of lights Announcing their rights I was feeling connected Now I’m feeling rejected No no no, no no no If I could do one thing If I could do one thing well I wouldn’t be so nervous I wouldn’t be so unwell And if I could put my phone down And if I could look straight ahead If I wasn’t so distracted I could think about the days ahead I sit and try to breath Close my eyes so I can’t see Everything unfinished Everything undone Everything diminished Everything unwon I’m a fool for believing A fool for insisting A fool for still grieving A fool for resisting I need to open my eyes and see How these expectations are killing me If I could do one thing If I could do one thing well I wouldn’t be so nervous I wouldn’t be so unwell And if I could put my phone down And if I could look straight ahead If I wasn’t so distracted I could think about the days ahead If I could do one thing If I could do one thing
3.
Sun & Air 03:49
the yard, the place we went the field, the dream we dreamt the cave, cold space in summer heat the trail, smooth rock where we made our seat the shore, white noise, white foam the woods behind your parents home the hill with a view of the city grid the garden we tilled and planted These I give to you to hold in your hospital room. A little sun, and a little air, to stay with you when I’m not there. the machines, red and green lights the nurse always out of sight the sheets, bleached stiff and bright white the gown, too rough and pulled tight These I take from you As I leave your hospital room, into the sun, and into the air as I leave you in their care
4.
Portland 04:18
Ice, in hills of dirty snow, every muscle sore just keep my center low, so I won’t slip and fall. New England, prison of small states blizzards in the winter flooding in the spring and summer hurricanes, in Portland winds blow in from oceans and I can’t tell what season and all I know is it’s another day and in Portland histories forgotten families disbanded and all I know is it’s another day Friends, wither underground, Old roots with no water, Some trees will have to die. Yeah some trees will have to die. New England full of old ideas, blowing round like leaves, and I just want to leave. yeah I just want to leave. And in Portland nobody remembers a car crash in July because it’s another day And in Portland nobody remembers stealing tapes from Tower because it’s another day Bridge Heat stroke, Soda on the windshield rear wheel laying flat, and my brother looking sad Back room, manager that spied me he sent a letter home, we all read it on the porch And I write these stories down so I can throw them out And I write these stories down so I can throw them out And I write these stories down so I can throw them out won’t you help me throw them out won’t you help me throw them out Deep, Deep inside my mind the pages I should read but I’m not ready to read them no I cannot say those words Out loud air carries the sound words can’t be unheard but are you ready to hear them with your hands over your ears? And in Portland mentors cast aside villains left behind and all i know is it’s another day And in Portland nobody remembers nobody even cares if I pretend it’s a new day
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Here 04:48
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Gemini 02:32
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Eyes Open 03:47
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Two Worlds 03:37
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Walking down cobblestone, Beacon Hill all alone. Killing time anonymous feeling good away from this. A clean escape, a getaway from the life I built each day. I chose this day, I chose this night. But underneath there’s nothing right. I chose this trail, I chose this trail I chose this trail, I chose this trail. Burn down the forest Clear cut the hill, Raze the farmhouse Break my will A life of saying yes a life of wanting no send me your address tell me where to go Break my spirit slowly let the text thread die the things that made us holy are all one big lie. I’m so done believing that people ever change all my time spent grieving it’s really so strange. I chose to fail, I chose to fail. I chose to fail, I chose to fail.
11.
Little One 03:10
Five days, you were gone. The house grew quiet, the shadows grew long. I have no plans and schemes any more The only plans I make are yours And the light in your eyes little one It invites, terrifies, a second sun. And I would tell you everything but you’re too young I’m so filled with songs I haven’t sun. 
Even this one Even this one So come home soon Before the new moon, I want to hear all about the things you did without me Come in room, Don’t ever assume That there could even be a world without me Without me Without me

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The debut full length album by New Haven-based Hybird.

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released March 28, 2017

Words & Music by Ravi Krishnaswami
Recorded at COPILOT North
Mastered at West Side Music by Alan Douches
Cover Art by Julie Graves Krishnaswami
Additional Background Vocals by Willa Krishnaswami

Special Thanks to Jonny Rodgers at Off Atlas and Jason Menkes at COPILOT Music.

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Hybird New Haven, Connecticut

H Y B I R D is an indiepop/folktronica artist from
New Haven, CT

Some things that interest me lyrically: the space between technology and nature; truth in a post-truth world; mundane personal mythologies.

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