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Matter

by Nicole Yun

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1.
By the hand of God By the skin of your teeth Hanging by a thread Sink your teeth in the meat Honey, isn’t it sweet? It’s impossible to fight gravity Physical or not Brings you to your knees Just when you were strong Won’t ask pretty please Knows no right no wrong Moving right along Anywhere you go You’ll see in their eyes The dull deadness that cloaks The fears that paralyze Delivered as a joke Cutting you down to a sizable or minimal Remnant of a lethalized hoax But it’s their hearts that broke
2.
Hey you can’t deny it It’s a waste of time, but I’ll buy it It’s all over me, a healing oil It won’t let me down Needs my toil Services serve us you see And goods are good They’re what we need Oh hey there, didn’t see you Sipping wine again in Machu Picchu Opposite of how it seems I care, I’m deep, I live my dreams And now the priceless things I own Become for me a mighty throne O Desire, my love O Desire, hither to me O Desire, my love I desire all of Haters, jealous neighbors, Our necessities require your labor You can’t deny it You can’t deny it Die ‘til you try it You can’t deny it Desire decides, desire decides You try to defy Desire decides Hey you just won’t make it Without the things you want you need Without the things you want you need
3.
Ill-advised, can it be a good thing? Sacrifice the comfort you’ve been wanting I’m just insecure, can you reassure me Fulfillment of a longing will add up to something? But you’re on track, the train departs Heading off to Who-knows-where-to-start And you can’t compare yourself to me Individuals since infancy Never reaching social symmetry And you can’t compare yourself to me Fatal flaws and mediocrity O Success: The Great Mythology The Holy Ghost The Perfect Wife You fill yourself with meaning You try Desperation I know Eases up when you are well fed Desecration of hope Nightly terrors within your bed Only seconds to go ‘Til you’re captive within your head Desperation, I know Feeds the dreams you wanted.
4.
Annyeounghaseyo again When you promised we were friends Spring had sprung, it’s here again Hoped by now I could depend On the passing days to mend You didn’t have the words, alas As if my father had just passed You hoped by now I could erase The memory of that vacant space Where we traded honest sentiments In days before the summer Had I grown accustomed to Disrespecting myself for a few moments To bask in your waning sun? No one can please everyone At least we shared polite sentiments In days before the sudden end In days before the summer Say it over and over With nothing left to recover Annyeounghi geseyo.
5.
Points AB 04:14
Woke up just in time to see your shadow’s depth receding This tenuous line stretching from points A, B, You to me Our frail design We try to survive Hunger and thirst for pure perfection’s lie ‘Til we die Cover ourselves in its protection You’re so talented Is it intercellular or discipline? When somebody asks really how’ve you been You’re in control What could they know You say “so-so” What do they know? And we try to survive Hunger and thirst for pure perfection’s lie ‘Til we die Cover ourselves in its protection Habits burned into the patterns of our minds Always taking up time Is there something I should do? Does this matter or not? Is apathy such a crime? All the goals accomplished all the prized polished Every object in its place Everything we wanted though our heads are haunted All we do is take up space Woke up just in time To see your shadow remain on me now So this is how This plays out.
6.
How many times can I tell you I’m gonna learn? Freedom, entrapment both familiar I soar the skies, tumble and burn Futile as I see any effort being, honey One must decide to live or survive No telling why I fall for the same tricks, never funny One day I will arrive Fight or to flee or be a failure I have the right to choose a side Useless as I feel on a daily basis You should know that I try I’ll try ‘til I die Can’t say just why I put in the effort Promise you I’ll tell you when I arrive
7.
Heaven help me now Seems so far away somehow Need to hear a word That deflates this hate absurd Heaven help now Must persist somehow I can admit I’m a tourist In a strange land I supposedly knew Take pictures and learn the language But privilege is just for a few This is all I know Drag me I won’t go Where are you from, dear? Does your origin match your skin? Can we box you in? Why are you still here? Please disappear you’ve become That which we most fear. Bless your little heart, child You don’t look like us And you sure aren’t the girl next door Just want things to return like it was before Now let me be clear Irrational fear has a grip on the way you hear Take a few steps near Look into my eyes Look how human to shed a tear Bless your little hearts now I don’t look like you And you don’t think like me, what’s more? Just want things to be good like never before.
8.
Indiscreet and exposed Just as you supposed In the other’s eyes Caught a glance and a whiff As my spine went stiff Heat is on the rise Well done, good and faithful son A loved one complies To deny, to forget all your words of deep regret You paint a thick disguise Indiscreet and exposed just so everybody knows What evidence implies Oh no, we really need to go I know we could have had it all How low, digging down a hole Follow what lies Well done you could have been someone All done, but didn’t we have fun? Well done, good and faithful son Love never dies
9.
You’re never all alone My demons stay and they’re doing alright Junebugs and thorns that skitter up my side Ever so soft Search and surround Without any strain Hey baby, hey, do you feel alright? Can you prepare for overwhelming night? Caught in a state Callous and sweet It’s never the same How can you brace For chaos to meet To give it a name? It’s always the same You’re never all alone Surprising isn’t it when you need a friend? (Believing to be fine on your own) Surprising isn’t it when you can’t defend (Ideas, the actions that you’ve shown) Surprising isn’t it when you must depend (On somebody else to be the one) To lead you out, to make way, to harbor You’re never all alone There’s always a sign Never assume It’s always the same You’re never all alone
10.
Jewelry 03:37
I apologize for the hell You and I aren’t living so well Fight the creeping feeling Seeps from floor to ceiling Analyzing all that you said You just feed me gently with freshly made daily dread Easy as it is to forget why I need you I’m calibrated for you, you’re mechanized for someone like me too I’m generating fuel you use to love me how you were meant to do I apologize for myself Every waking thought spent on everything else Grows the sinking feeling as the paint is peeling We always come back here again Can’t tell adversary from the most faithful friend As easy as it is to hurt the one who needs you I’m celebrated, defamation isn’t what you’re seeking to do You’re venerated by the good you do, not only intentions to I’m not afraid you’re gonna go, not after all we’ve made it’s so easy to know that I emanate the feeling you reciprocate right back to me too I emanate the feeling you reciprocate right back to me too I emanate the feeling you reciprocate right back to me too I emanate the feeling you reciprocate right back to me too

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This is the Sophomore album from Nicole Yun, the lead singer from indie rock's darlings, Eternal Summers. Recorded between NYC and Nicole's hometown of Roanoke, Virginia along with Joe Boyer (Cloud Nothings), Jacob Sloan (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart), Tom Barrett (Overlake) and Duncan Lloyd (Maximo Park).

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released April 14, 2023

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Nicole Yun is the singer, guitarist, and songwriter for dream pop trio Eternal Summers. Nicole’s sophomore album, MATTER, is out digitally on April 14th, and her vinyl campaign is up now on Bandcamp!!!

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