Rough Cut
from A Common Case of Disappearing by Amber Rubarth
lyrics
ROUGH CUT
Words & Music by Amber Rubarth & Alex Wong (c) 2008 Inspiraled Music (ASCAP) / Coin Toss Music (ASCAP)
Suddenly you’re shaken with pain shooting down inside you. And now you’re crumbling away, but this isn’t like you. It doesn’t stop til it breaks down all you know. Your breathing locks and your balance goes.
It takes a minute. it doesn’t finish. You’re breaking faster. You’re nothing after. There’s nothing after.
You try to make your escape but the blows keep on coming. And as the dust clears away you start to notice something. Each time a piece crashes down into the floor you’re a little lighter than just before.
It takes a minute. It doesn’t finish. You’ll see it after when you look backwards. And you look backwards.
And now your eyes shift from negative spaces to contours that light up this rough cut design. And now you see it, you’re sculpture in motion, you’re unfinished art that keeps going, it keeps going, it keeps going and going and going and going....
Words & Music by Amber Rubarth & Alex Wong (c) 2008 Inspiraled Music (ASCAP) / Coin Toss Music (ASCAP)
Suddenly you’re shaken with pain shooting down inside you. And now you’re crumbling away, but this isn’t like you. It doesn’t stop til it breaks down all you know. Your breathing locks and your balance goes.
It takes a minute. it doesn’t finish. You’re breaking faster. You’re nothing after. There’s nothing after.
You try to make your escape but the blows keep on coming. And as the dust clears away you start to notice something. Each time a piece crashes down into the floor you’re a little lighter than just before.
It takes a minute. It doesn’t finish. You’ll see it after when you look backwards. And you look backwards.
And now your eyes shift from negative spaces to contours that light up this rough cut design. And now you see it, you’re sculpture in motion, you’re unfinished art that keeps going, it keeps going, it keeps going and going and going and going....
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from A Common Case of Disappearing,
released September 30, 2011
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Amber Rubarth Nashville, Tennessee
In her unassuming yet beguiling way, Amber Rubarth draws you into a world where wonder and insight weave a poetic tapestry
with “songs so strong they sound like classics” (Acoustic Guitar).
She has toured extensively through Europe, Africa, Asia and the US including Carnegie Hall, and has composed for numerous films. She makes her acting debut co-starring in 'American Folk,' out now on Amazon.
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