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These Paper Wings

by Brooklyn Doran

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    12" Vinyl pressing of "These Paper Wings" - Limited Pressing
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    Artwork by Brad Pyne

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    "These Paper Wings" Compact Disc

    Artwork by Brad Pyne.

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    Get all 8 Brooklyn Doran releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of FIXER UPPER, Fuck That Guy, This Town Won't Miss You, Tomorrow Never Comes, I Can't Be Alone With You, These Paper Wings, Sink This Ship: a Brooklyn Doran Remix Compilation, and There's A Light On. , and , .

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1.
Not the Time 02:46
and this is not the time for us no this is not the time hold on darling don't you cry a liquored up sunset spills across our night sky for you are a ghost and i'm just a little bit broke and you've got a curfew to keep tonight and this is not the time for us no this is not the time my tissue paper heart stains your hands here's looking at you and hoping you glance back 'cuz if you were with me darling i'd write you a song already this night is growing too long and this is not the time for us no this is not the time though you and i could be so right oh this is not the time no this is not the time
2.
sing me your song and call it home sing me your song if that's all you know if i were the sea and you were above me on the wire i'd say darling i'm next but i'm not taking bets i've been shipwrecked for some time i've been catching honeybees in a tunnel of trees while you soak your body in wine you delight in misery but i take no joy in watching it eat you alive so sing me your song and call it home sing me your pain and watch it grow sing me your fear and let it show sing me your song if that's all you know 'cuz that's all you know if i were the water i'd pool your reflection in my eye i would take all your sorrow and sink it to the bottom of the ocean so deep and wide it's been three long years since we last spoke and i cast the first stone didn't lose no sleep tonight so sing me your song and call it home sing me your pain and watch it grow sing me your fear and let it show sing me your song if that's all you know 'cuz that's all you know 'cuz that's all you know 'cuz that's all you know 'cuz that's all you know
3.
it was your smile and your eyes all aglow that first caught my eye a long long time ago if i found you in another life i'd ask you again and again to be my wife 'cuz i found a home with you i found a home with you and i will grow old with you i found a home hop in the dodge with the eight track tape deck playing our favourite song gather our children blessed are we and we will drive for summers at a time winter's breath at our neck we are free i found a home with you i found a home with you and i will grow old with you i found a home i found a home, a home, a home i found a home with you and i will grow old with you i found a home, a home, a home i found a home with you i found a home with you and i will grow old with you i found a home
4.
Paper Wings 02:29
oh my broken bird mend your wings fly back home up north and call out to spring oh my broken song is singing from my stubborn lungs are these paper wings or are they painted gold i will burn you up dear if you fly too close are these paper wings or are they painted gold i will burn you up dear if you fly too close to me oh my wretched night your shadow grows thin let your stars take flight and carve away your sins oh my angry mouth spits truth upon the ground let your sun rise now are these paper wings or are they painted gold i will burn you up dear if you fly too closeare these paper wings or are they painted gold i will burn you up dear if you fly too close to me
5.
Haunt Me 02:38
the best love you ever had was a love you never had at all the worst part is looking back leave well enough alone i'm fine i swear to god that i don't need you but my heart it keeps on sinking like a stone you're acting like a stranger when i see you and you haunt me, haunt me, haunt me, when you're gone when you're gone i'm sober, but not enough drew a map to lead you home call you but never talk leave well enough alone i'm fine i swear to god that i don't need you but my heart it keeps on sinking like a stone you're acting like a stranger when i see you and you haunt me, haunt me, haunt me, haunt me, haunt me, haunt me, and you haunt me, haunt me, haunt me, when you're gone when you're gone when you're gone when you're gone i'm fine i swear to god that i don't need you but my heart it keeps on sinking like a stone you're acting like a stranger when i see you and you haunt me, haunt me, haunt me, and you haunt me, haunt me, haunt me, and you haunt me, haunt me, haunt me.
6.
The Villain 02:52
i am shipwrecked though i lit a match in the middle of the storm last night i thought i could keep us both warm but i had been warned in isolation it felt nice but we were two cold bodies passing in the night and i would call your name a thousand times just to have your eyes on me and we are divided and i'll conquer you all i have decided that you were the villain afterall the villain afterall i don't want to but i do i'm outside myself staring down at you i am scared but i am trying darling i am lying i am lying next to you when your power goes out when your power goes out and we are divided and i'll conquer you all i have decided that you were the villain afterall and we are divided and i'll conquer you all i have decided that you were the villain afterall the villain afterall
7.
my hands are filled with subway transfers they lead me backwards to your arms and my head is filled with paper dolls but i'd crush them all to be your only words so just say the words, say the words i'm getting older and i know it hurts so just say the words, say the words i'm insecure so just say it first the crowd is filled with awkward glances and second chances we'll never have the record is playing the creaking floor we dance to songs we never heard before so just say the words, say the words i'm getting older and i know it hurts so just say the words, say the words i'm insecure so just say it first say the words, say the words say the words, say the words so just say the words, say the words i'm getting older and i know it hurts so just say the words, say the words i'm insecure so just say it first
8.
Paper Wings 02:29
oh my broken bird mend your wings fly back home up north and call out to spring oh my broken song is singing from my stubborn lungs are these paper wings or are they painted gold i will burn you up dear if you fly too close are these paper wings or are they painted gold i will burn you up dear if you fly too close to me oh my wretched night your shadow grows thin let your stars take flight and carve away your sins oh my angry mouth spits truth upon the ground let your sun rise now are these paper wings or are they painted gold i will burn you up dear if you fly too close to me are these paper wings or are they painted gold i will burn you up dear if you fly too close to me

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released September 9, 2016

Written by: Brooklyn Doran (SOCAN)
Produced & Mixed by Dan Hosh
Recorded at Catherine North Studios (Hamilton, ON)
Engineered by Dan Hosh & Scott Peacock
Assistant Engineers - Mike Monson, Jordan Fergin
Mastered by Stephen Pitkin at Modest Heights Recording
Artwork & Design by Brad Pyne.

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Brooklyn Doran Toronto, Ontario

Brooklyn Doran (she/her) is a queer singer-songwriter who has been a staple of the Ontario folk music scene for over a decade.

The elevator pitch: Sad lesbian folk music to listen to at your local coffee shop.

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