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Mandarins

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1.
Mostly Ocean 04:06
Since we are mostly ocean I was hoping that you'd be open to me Since we are mostly ocean salt and water, thin skin holding on I don't feel like holding on Since we are mostly ocean salt and water, thin skin holding on I know that we'll survive the storm What are we but grains of sand in this endless sea, slipping out of your hands and you fold them like a fist you blow them like a kiss but it's still the time that takes its toll into the sea me as, Can you see me as? Can you see me as? mostly ocean salt and water, thin skin holding on Since we are mostly ocean I was hoping that you'd be open to me Since we are mostly ocean You know that, I know that and we know that You know that, and I know that and we know that Only the polyester will last but this love isn't made of that lover, don't be mad when you see me as I am Only the plastic packages last but lover that's not what you have lover, don't be mad when you see me as I am I am, I am, I am.
2.
Cities 02:41
Cities on the backs of camels, when will our thirst be quenched? Towers on the backs of morning light And they're higher and higher, higher and hired Houses on the backs of houses kissing hills, I eat them all but I don't really get my fill, I still have this chill As we get interstellar, that's one hell of a gravity, weighing in on me Cities on the backs of beautiful birds, Can they take me back to the earth? Towers on the backs of rumours that you heard And they're worth and they're worth and they're worth much more As we get interstellar, that's one hell of a gravity, weighing in on me A still mind wants for nothing, I'm not still and your still not satisfied We make our beds in these lines, Craving sun in fluorescent lights I know, and I feel and I fear and I think that there might be Cities on the backs of beautiful birds, There is nothing that you heard and nothing that you can Towers on the backs of rumours that you heard And they're worth and they're worth and they're worth much more As we get interstellar, that's one hell of a gravity, weighing in on me
3.
Mandarins 03:17
With lips like Christmas mandarins I guess that love is a gift you give that changes When I taste that golden juice its proof but I'm not giving into God yet, not like you do Skin like thick things you think Peach and porcelain I guess that love is a gift you give that fazes and unfazes Though are minds are trained and wise Oh our hearts are fickle and sly I would never tell another lover what to steal I could never tell another thief what to preach With those lips like Christmas mandarins I'm still busy sucking on them I guess that love is a gift that you give With lips like Christmas mandarins I'm still busy sucking on them I guess that love is a gift you give that changes
4.
Tell me again the story That bites your lips And leaves your tongue raw and salted so insulted still wanting more Tell me again the story that holds your throat and let's you choke on words you heard 10,000 times as they turn to lies and gather May the bitterness make your story rich, may you taste coffee and chocolate when you're talking shit may you taste coffee and chocolate when you're talking shit May the bitterness make your story rich, may you taste coffee and chocolate when you're talking shit may you taste coffee and chocolate when you're talking shit may you taste coffee and chocolate when you dream of them the sun comes up to laugh at us, because we are bad alchemists making love from sins, making love from sins May the bitterness make your story rich, may you taste coffee and chocolate when you're talking shit I taste coffee and chocolate when I let it sting Only coffee and chocolate when it finally ends
5.
I know you taste another, when you kiss my lips I know you taste another, when you grind my hips Into flour to make communion bread, take the body drink the blood Just like the father said. I know you taste another, when you kiss my lips I know you taste another, when you grind my hips Into powdered sugar to make a cake to celebrate our love Even though it's not enough You know we're worth it you know that's true and she'll wear off you like a cheap perfume Because I taste another, when you kiss my lips I taste another, when you grind my hips Into powdered sugar to make a cake to celebrate our love Even though it's not enough You know we're worth it you know that's true and she'll wear off me like a cheap perfume
6.
I walk with two feet, two hands, two eyes I have two heads, two hearts, two minds But I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright There are two parts, two scenes two lines I speak three words, I should decline But I feel alright, I feel alright, I feel alright Kimmortal: Right, right I want two lines, Limbs that reach the stars, Shines By the way I admire your mind Tires on dry, oh sure Alright we sigh Indulgence and layers of time Two folds crease lines, Don’t have forever I feel just fine to heal Don’t want to cry Colour wheel of all my feels I feel alright To cry colour wheels of all my feels I feel all. But I feel alright, I feel alright, I don’t need to fight I feel alright

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Mandarins is a celebration of the fluidity and ephemerality of love and self. Let's all change and grow - Love, Roxanne

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released June 21, 2019

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graftician Vancouver, British Columbia

Graftician is an experimental art-pop project fronted by Roxanne Nesbitt. Graftician's sound is
a dream like blend drum machine samples, and field recorded textures, woven into pop
melodies. The songs draw from a wide range of influences, including jazz, electronic, and
experimental music, all unified by Nesbitt’s soulful voice and provocative lyrics.
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