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Groom the Monster

by Nausika

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    This is the digital version of the EP Groom the Monster, consisting of 4 mp3 songs: Porcelain, A is for Amy, Thin Ice and Another You.

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    Hand-signed by Nausika. Including bonus track "The Day". Comes in a glossy 6-page digipack including lyrics. Artwork by Nausika.

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1.
Porcelain 04:07
Pure gold Legend tells you find it by the rainbow Only if you know where to go Leave your ghosts at home Are you prepared for a detour Bring nothing just be careful on the way Porcelain Is harder to mend than to break Each mistake cracks down its way Through the surface down the drain The pieces square and stained How I wish we'd taken care of porcelain White dove Stay with me and tell me you'll keep up It's not hard to love who you are When your feathers shine But when you peck me in the eye How can I fill your cup again?
2.
A is for Amy 05:20
her eyes lay pretty dark in their sockets they used to shine so bright when morning comes the sun won't awake her i shut the lid so tight she asked me come play in the attic and i couldn't help when she held on with all of her might wasn't that what you asked for down, down the stairs keep it quiet i won't tell our mom down the stairs her lashes give in to my fingers i knew they'd suit me right it won't be long before they will miss her but i'll console them tight she knew i don't like to go up there and i couldn't help her even if i would have tried wasn't that what you asked for down, down the stairs keep it quiet be silent i'll hide you you won't feel alone i'll take you home with the others smothered like sisterly love does
3.
Thin Ice 04:20
when i stayed i listened to the promises you made and i prayed the surface wouldn't crack beneath the weight i can only blame myself staring in the light i was blind before the ravens took to flight you were already cut out for this the daylight soon revealed you wouldn't turn to dive when i stayed i couldn't hear the warnings on the waves i signed and gave way to the mice to dine on our parade i can only blame myself for this frayed alliance all the while the stakes were piled impossible to fight you were already cut out for this this fading bribe couldn't hide you wouldn't turn to dive i'll stay until the water rises over me i'll stay until the water washes over me i'll stay awake claim the night to be my own
4.
Another You 03:20
I saw another you Behind the woods You faded away as soon as you knew I could take a picture to prove to everyone I knew you the way no one ever would I caught the sun in your dark room Held the beams in the palm of my hand for later use The longer it took, took you to choose The more it tore me, to tear the seams I sewed I know I know it was you You just drove by Wearing brand new truths But I can't be fooled today Don't care what cards you play You can change all you want but I won't let the ghost escape

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Oceans of wailing sirens evoke images of abandoned roads, dark bottomless ponds and desolate mountain views. Impending doom never seems far way in Nausika’s land of perpetual twilight.

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released November 25, 2014

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Nausika Netherlands

Nausika, a name that literally translates into
‘burner of ships’, is Frouke van Es:
singer-songwriter from The Netherlands.
In her atmospherical, gloomy
songs she investigates the balance
between lingering and moving on.
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