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Cordon Sanitaire

from Ceremony of Leaving by Former Lives

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You can feel a deep anxiety about the world seeping into every genre of music right now. It can stem from something as small as leaving the house. Or as big as pondering the over-the-top inequalities of capitalism. It’s all driving us further apart. Making us afraid. Cordon Sanitaire wrestles with the desire for isolation because of all this fear and anxiety but in an upbeat, nostalgic way that leaves us singing along, finding acceptance with that despair, and wishing we could just dance the pain away. Together.

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I don’t know why I’ve always been this way
I’ll bite my nails ‘till the end of days
And when I bleed, you’ll be so unimpressed

Let’s stay inside today and pretend we’re ok
Just watch these clouds hanging over our heads
Let’s not go out tonight and pretend we’re alright
Just watch tv ‘till we go back to bed

These shadow dreams recurring every day
Where my teeth start crumbling from the decay
And when I smile, you are so unimpressed

Let’s stay inside today and pretend we’re ok
Just watch these clouds hanging over our heads
Let’s not go out tonight and pretend we’re alright
Just watch tv ‘till we go back to bed

Moving on
I’m moving on?

credits

from Ceremony of Leaving, track released February 23, 2022
Written, performed, and produced in 2019 by
Sean Joseph Klassen and Madison Fenton

Mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman
Mastered by Dave McNair

Song artwork by Dan Schechter

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a love letter to overdriven guitars, analog synthesizers, and arcane pop music

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