Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
An albatross is the central metaphor in the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It represents the beauty, and purity of God’s creation. When a sailor kills an albatross flying overhead, he is forced to wear it around his neck as punishment. Someone bearing a psychological burden that feels like a...
I think my brain is broken
Can't push my point across
If I stay unspoken
Don't lift my albatross
Lord I'm lonely
Lord the luck
Lord I'm never near enough
Growling in the garbage truck
I twist my jaw and offer up
Eat my anger
And my lies
And my terror
And my pride
Folding at the scything light
I tuck my knees and clench my eyes
I think my brain is broken
Can't push my point across
If I stay unspoken
Don't lift my albatross
Grow out your constant chaos
Throw fits in semaphore
Pitch your wordless crisis
Just keep your prism pure
When you listen, look alive
Be a mirror
Be a kite
No one needs your spirit guide
Your temper tantrum fire sign
I think my brain is broken
Can't push my point across
If I stay unspoken
Don't lift my albatross
Strip-search your inhibition
Go get your grave embossed
Weed your rotten wisdom
It won't turn the future off
Streaming through the cellar walls
Catastrophe!, she caterwauls
Fentanyl and Klonopin
Gaily at the beach again
Let's swim
Nothing ventured
Nothing gained
Nothing matters anyway
If you're frightened stay awake
Pick a god and start to pray
Good Ganesha
Shiva's arms
Jesus Christ in camouflage
If you're sinking sing along
Nothing's real so nothing's wrong
Nothing ventured
Nothing gained
Nothing matters anyway
If you're frightened stay awake
Pick a god and start to pray
Good Ganesha
Shiva's arms
Jesus Christ in camouflage
If you're sinking sing along
Nothing's real so nothing's wrong
Nothing ventured
Nothing gained
Nothing matters anyway
If you're frightened stay awake
Pick a god and start to pray
Good Ganesha
Shiva's arms
Jesus Christ in camouflage
If you're sinking sing along
Nothing's real so nothing's wrong
I think my brain is broken
Can't push my point across
If I stay unspoken
Don't lift my albatross
Albatross was written by Kevin Devine.
Kevin Devine released Albatross on Thu Mar 03 2022.
Kevin Devine shared with Stereogum:
“Albatross” is a hard reboot, a fragmented emptying-out for us strugglers whose life experience invalidates cookie-cutter solutions or miracle cures or 21st century coping mechanisms. Where do you turn for comfort when the generally-accepted value system and disc...