from the album "Words of the Wind" by Luciana Morelli
Habitable Records
Arranged by Luciana Morelli, based on "Rincon" by David Binney (Modern Works Publishing)
on the poem “Antelmo to his Daughter, Norma (1991-2009)” by Robin Myers
Luciana Morelli - voice
Claire Antunes Sierra - violin
Marie Morgane Sécula - violin
Yi Lu - viola
Idil Dogan - cello
Recorded and mixed by Daniel Somaroo at Jazzcampus, Basel
Assisted by Francesca Gaza
Photo by Andrea Ebener
Lyrics
I will be like you.
I will be late.
I will be permeable, patient-
a paper lantern full of moths.
I will smooth my palms across
the bedsheet of my emergency.
I will be ancient.
My beauty will be wasted.
I will be bald, and thin, and yellow-skinned.
My veins will turn to black from blue.
Like you,
I will be born to swim,
and rail against the chore of sleep,
and skim the sea-foam with my hands,
and skin my knees,
and beat my fists,
and wait.
Like you, I will be born.