The Alphabet
Description:
This is a song by Vivek Shraya that appeared on her album A Composite of Straight Lines. Tegan Quin sings the background vocals.
Listen: YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music
Lyrics:
I am a ruin of loose ends
Knots tied, abandoned in the dusk
26 letters in the alphabet
I write letters but all the lines are dead
Don’t (Don't be less)
Be less (Don't be less)
We could be something bigger
Something bigger
I own a mountain of disappearances
Sentenced to a sentence that's senseless
How much attention does no attention warrant?
I write letters but no one writes back
Don’t (Don't be less)
Be less (Don't be less)
We could be something bigger
Something bigger
Don’t (Don't be less)
Be less (Don't be less)
We could be something bigger
Something bigger than anything I, I could spell
I always wanted the things you could never tell
I am a hard lover
Maybe I never loved anyone but apparitions
Don’t (Don't be less)
Be less (Don't be less)
We could be something bigger
Something bigger
Don’t (Don't be less)
Be less (Don't be less)
We could be something bigger
Something bigger
Something bigger
Something bigger
Something bigger
Gallery:
Live Performances:
None with Tegan