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Ghost Writer (Live demo at Chap​ê​lm​ê​le)

from Near Heaven by Courtney Askey

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Demo recorded, performed and written by Courtney Askey at Chapêlmêle, Normandy, France in 2023.

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I am good
I am guarded
look at my body made from glass
all eggshell
under the night sky
master bridge burner
pure theatre
I'll wear my gloves
and admit I've never been able to write

The fantasy lover
you met at the bar
or the spy undercover
who lied and broke your heart
I want to move to Silverlake
but I'll put a pin in it
I need to go and get more pins
my collection's depleting

All I wanted to do was exist within you
and in doing so exist within me too
so I'll burn my bridges
scratch the itches
of my suburban-addled brain
and try to do it again

It's the prize on the shelf
it's the way you view yourself
Holy Ghost and worst daughter
so familiar
it's the sleep talking
it's the predator balking
you're whispering to the moon
and she's talking back to you

I'll step into your skin
control your limbs
and I'll like everything I write
in your hand
in your hand

And when I did exist when I was within you
well, then there was the stage that I once knew
bookmarking all the things that I won't go in for
force-feeding all the ones that I had for
I'll step into your skin
control your limbs
and I'll like everything I write
in your hand
in your hand
in your hand

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from Near Heaven, released May 15, 2023
Demo recorded, performed and written by Courtney Askey at Chapêlmêle, Normandy, France in 2023.

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Courtney Askey is a musician and artist based in Leicester. Performing both solo and as a band, her music is sometimes riotously noisy, and sometimes contained and reflective. Courtney writes songs imbued with storytelling and melodrama, tinged with influence from folk to shoegaze to garage rock. ... more

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