Kairo

by King Time

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about

life means all that it ever meant.
it is the same as it ever was.

- Henry Scott-Holland

lyrics

200,000 cigarettes, black clouds and minarets
the haze of the mourning
a shadow across the face, the crooked lines we traced
and countless mute warnings

enrubbled regiments, through sand and sediment
a chorus of muezzin
a land hard lost and won, restless beneath the sun
an unyielding presence

we built a house on sand, with chapped and bleeding hands
so vibrant and humming
a faint echo of taps, prelude to a collapse
we should have seen coming

estuarial koan, snaking beneath the stones
an eternal patience
dissolved into a brook, a history that shook
arterial foundations

in the murk and indigo
there formed a kairo, we built a kairo
shattered brick and faded gold
we built a kairo, we once knew kairo

in the murk and indigo
there formed a kairo, we built a kairo
crumbled rock and faded gold
we built a kairo, we once knew kairo

in the murk and indigo
there formed a kairo, we built a kairo
shattered brick and faded gold
we built a kairo, the fall of kairo

credits

released April 5, 2024
ben mattison - vocals, rhythm guitar
elias blumm - lead guitar
brett parnell - bass
evan mitchell - drums, percussion
ellen mattison - omnichord

recorded in albany/brewster/brooklyn, new york
mixed by brett parnell at bear in a barn nyc
mastered by tommy harron at armazi productions

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King Time New York, New York

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discography

Mercantilia

Apr 2024
Kairo

Apr 2024
O Girl

Mar 2024
King Time EP

Jul 2014

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