I am living my life in a spiraling pattern
Getting farther and farther away
From my center and circling the drain
But spirals are life-giving structures
You can find them all over nature
Their spindly spines dictating the lines
To all of our histories and futures
There emerges a curious design
From the heart of the chaos and keeps me alive
And I know that I will be fine
If I give it some time
‘Cause there’s no room for fear
I can’t be sure what I’m looking for
But I’m certain I will find it here
I am living my life in a torrent of madness
Some days I am blinded by sadness
And can’t see the point of continued existence
But I trust in the process of turbulence
Van Gogh could see it, he painted it
In a god that resides in a trick of the light,
In the chaos that makes us all human
There emerges a stroke of insight
From the depth of the darkness, a sliver of light
And I know that I will be fine,
If I give it some time
‘Cause there’s no room for fear
I can’t be sure what I’m looking for
But I’m certain I will find it here
There’s no room for fear
I can’t be sure what I’m living for
But I’m certain I will find it here
These days I find God in your prose
In the curve of your lips, in the slope of your nose
In the beauty of all that is lost
And then found
And then lost and then found again
‘Cause there’s no room for fear, here
credits
from Curious Design,
released April 15, 2016
Lyrics by Cassie Youngstrom; music by Constant Companion
Recorded on December 7, 2015 and March 4th, 2016 at Converse Rubber Tracks in Brooklyn, NY
Engineered by Bryan Pugh (2015) and James Keogh (2016)
Assistant Engineer: Stephen Zimmer (2016)
Mixed by James Keogh
Mastered by Jesse Cannon at Cannon Found Soundation
Our cover of Elliott Smith’s “A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity to Be Free” features on this 37-track compilation benefitting the ACLU. Constant Companion
Former pageant queen Caroline Weinroth takes aim at the competitive world of Miss America with this bouncy, grungy power-pop EP. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2022
A trio of sunny, orchestral alt-rock songs from this Philadelphia group get a reissue 16 years after they were recorded. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2022
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2021