Sweetheart

from Gold Rush Town by Kate Isenberg

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I washed the sheets today. The pillow hairs you left
Are washed away in the Laundromat.
They go on spinning there, with someone else's clothes.
They look so different, they look so strange.

Because I could not help myself, I watched the cycle spin
In the two machines, side by side.
That's all we are: two loads spinning separately,
Trying to lose the stains of losing.

Losing has no name, and still,
I want to call you sweetheart.
Take this nameless thing from the middle of my sweet heart.

Pillow hairs are thin strings to hang a song upon.
Metaphors slim things, they get it wrong.
My words are little more than shades of gloss
Without your lips, your lips I've lost.

Losing has no words and still
I want to tell you, sweetheart.
Take this wordless thing from the middle of my sweet heart.

To lose you is not not to have you.
To lose you is not not anything at all.
It just is, it just is, it just is.

If all that is left me of you is this hurt,
You better believe I'm going to spin it long.
If all I can do is to call you sweetheart,
If all I can do is sing silence this song,
Don't believe I believe it's enough.
Don't believe I believe I've said a word
In a four-minute song about four years of us.
This riff is not your kiss, this riff is not your hands,
This riff is not what I miss, this riff is not a chance,
This riff will never be your eyes, and this riff is not goodbye.

Losing has no song, and still
I want to sing you, sweetheart.
Take this silent thing from the middle of my sweet heart.

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from Gold Rush Town, released April 1, 2010

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Kate Isenberg Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles-based Kate Isenberg’s lyrics recall Joni Mitchell; her alternate-tuning guitar riffs, the dexterity and accessibility of John Mayer. On stage, Isenberg captivates audiences with an emotionally direct presence akin to Sufjan Stevens or Laura Veirs.
Her albums have received critical recognition and nationwide radio play. She has toured top songwriter venues around the U.S. ... more

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