Still Life by Phantómódel

A Halloween surprise treat!

After 3 years of silence and solitude, I present to you this icy track about the desire for a sense of belonging. This song describes a feeling of non-existence and internal paralysis as a result of pandemic isolation, and sort of watching life pass you by. Thank you to all who have and continue to support my art; I thank you for seeing me. Happy Halloween 🖤 - Maxine Juno Sinclair

lyrics

shrill flowers wilt

after a transient cold spell

provoke a hardening of hearts

and swift shedding of skin

dancing shadows cruelly dancing

dressed in silver

on their way to the wake

my prayer to mercury

can you hear me?

i dissolve into

a stagnant image

frozen in time

waiting for your call

eyes made of evergreen

believed to be everlasting

soon shall they perish

dead eyes follow the silhouettes fading

escaping

it's a process

watching thick branches, rotting

scoffing

unruly laughter makes love with danger

laying still just like a painting

encased in silence

i dissolve into

a stagnant image

frozen in time

waiting for your call

hesitant fingers interlocking

memories, dead

still waltzing

behind smoke screens of glass

smashed

with clenched fists

my prayer to mercury

can you hear me?

i dissolve into

a stagnant image

frozen in time

waiting for your call

waiting for your call

it's a process, waiting for your call

watching thick branches, rotting

scoffing

unruly laughter makes love with danger

laying still just like a painting

encased in silence (waiting for your call)

watching thick branches, rotting

scoffing

unruly laughter makes love with danger (it's a process)

laying still just like a painting

encased in silence (waiting for your call)

credits

released October 31, 2022

written, recorded and produced by Maxine Juno Sinclair

mastered by Nancy Grim Kells

cover art by Maxine Juno Sinclair