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A Mantle for Charon (live at Black Knoll)

by Benoît Pioulard

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A live version of the song from "The Benoit Pioulard Listening Matter" (kranky, 2016) including an extended, instrumental improvisation with guitar, voice, and field recording

Performed at Black Knoll Studio (NY) on November 14, 2023 during a residency event for ursalive.com

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri
Polaroid SX70 cover image taken on Bainbridge Island (WA), 2018
Original version: pioulard.bandcamp.com/track/a-mantle-for-charon-2

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lyrics

Before I learned just what I was, I took the train to town
Watching all the other wandering eyes
Attached to vacant frowns

They seemed to lack a sense of place
Or maybe they lacked the means
Just like me, but I was keen to leave a trace

Before I rode on Charon's boat, I sat beside the lake
Keeping count of every effort
That my paltry heart still made

& as I looked out from the bow, I felt my age in my knees
Losing lease on every promise
Held in days I'd never see

& as we vanished into mist, I spied the spider spinning
Several webs to fool his friends
Into a comforting embrace

He steeled himself & stole their wind
Cos none of them had the wiles
Just like me, so we have gleaned our coup de grace

I sewed up a mantle in which I could dwell
So it didn't matter a stitch if I was in hell
& though I hadn't treated myself very kindly
I tried to hide the lantern with which he might find me

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released November 17, 2023

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