javelin
music & lyrics ~ Mali Sastri ©

this life is gonna change, this life, this life
and watch the years go by
watch it stay the same, stay the same

and there are songs to be written, there are songs to be sung
people to see, and things to get down
there are books to read, and mouth to feed
wounds to bleed, a life to lead

i must remember to walk home through Highgate
speed up the passing when possible
i must remember that my warm little diamond’s my own little diamond’s my precious candle

row, row, row your boat gently down the stream
merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream

untitled
music & lyrics ~ Mali Sastri ©

don’t move • don’t talk
might break the spell • might wake up
pinch me • please
the curtain was lifted • that i might see

silver • gold
sapphire • emerald
jasper • topaz
land of silk • isle of glass

rich island universe
i feel fireworks
where every pebble
is a precious stone

this is the way one ought to see
these are the things one ought to look at
this is the way i think things should be

jewels • glitter
rococo • crystal
curved surfaces • flowers
seashells • feathers

take me home
to the land where every pebble is a precious stone

this is the way one ought to see
these are the things one ought to look at
this is the way i think things should be

don’t move • don’t talk
might break the spell • might wake up
show me • how to rub
your magic lantern

rich island universe
i feel fireworks
where every pebble
is a precious stone
where every pebble
is a precious stone
is a precious stone

7 stone
music & lyrics ~ Mali Sastri ©

i wish i had the bones to show

i’m on a mission ~ gonna get myself down to nothing
gonna disappear ~ slip down the drain ~ evaporate

how much more to go til i’m 7 stone

i’m on a mission ~ gonna get malnutritioned
kick myself into high gear ~ go go go go ~ keep keep control

how much more to go til i’m 7 stone

i’m on a mission ~ gonna get them to listen
the only way ~ i can communicate

how much more to go til i’m 7 stone

amenorrhea       lanugo

i wish i had the bones to show
i would show what they didn’t know
and he said no ~ and he said no
and there’s a hole ~ i have a hole
in me there’s a hole ~ inside there’s a hole
and i can never fill up this hole

how much more to go til i’m 7 stone

one-in-9
music & lyrics ~ Mali Sastri ©

i wanted to be strong for you

i have not been a good friend to myself
well, maybe sometimes
now i’m prey to demons & monsters
they’re gonna get me

well who have you been talking to?
only to myself
& only sometimes
& only sometimes

i can withstand this ordeal
that’s what they told me
that’s what they said
they don’t see my inner field of vision
don’t know how it feels

well who have you been listening to?
only to myself
& only sometimes
& only sometimes

i wish it was life that i was living
there are gates & guards protecting me from grieving

well who have you been praying to?
only to myself
& only sometimes
& i wanted to be strong for you
but the monsters in my head . . . are gonna get me

they’re gonna get me . . .

threnody
music & lyrics ~ Raky Sastri, additional lyrics ~ Mali Sastri ©

boy with open eyes
pupils all water signs
tongues in songs unsung
open sky
moon flowers
oh you butterfly mind
reverie
free fall

the stream is deep
to sleep   to dream
and weep    in lethe
now sleep   in peace
asleep   in peace