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This may have been recorded at Ironwood in Seattle. Paul Black is playing drums. It was never released to the public.
We remastered all CL songs in tribute to Mary's death in 2021.

lyrics

kiss it color it destroy
Why is it dark?

No more blessed hark the day
Then realize the teal cold rays
Gripping drama help us to find
Etched upon the great steel design
You will wait for the roar
From the comfort of the raw earth

Invite you in for breakfast
your tears are hot
you go in listening

You will wait for the roar
In the comfort of the raw earth

Allude the dark the years will dance
And I come when they dye into one

Evening hid me from the sun

All the colors hurt

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The lyric came from a dream I had about Lisa Orth who had a physical screen that she would pass through people's torsos to cure them from illness.

credits

from Common Language unreleased, released July 14, 2021
Gretchen Wenner: Guitar
M. Lake: Guitar
Char Easter: Bass/Vocals
Drums: Paul Black
Lyrics: Char Easter
Recorded at Ironwood Studios
Mixed by Michael Lord
Easter/Lake Music 1994

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Common Language Seattle, Washington

Common Language was an ethereal goth band from Seattle. Name is based on the Adrienne Rich poem "Dream of a Common Language." Formed 1989 by Char Easter (vocals, bass), Gretchen Wenner (guitar), and Mary Lake (guitar), "If Sonic Youth and Cocteau Twins borrowed Big Black's drum machine they might come out with a sloppier-sounding version of Common Language"--UW Daily. Signed w Blast First 1991. ... more

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