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The Name of Which I Now Forget

by Anna Preston

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1.
Vacuum 04:10
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What is your brain made for? Besides exposing your fragile heart What is your mind made of? But hereditary abilities to fall apart I’ve decided that I miss you But I don’t feel it in my bones Just the absence of words filling my skull The vacuum Is craving you What am I good for? Besides longing around your every bend What are you made of? Every fiber impossible to comprehend Below my breath, I say that I miss you I told everyone else I no longer cared But there’s a chasm in my body The vacuum Is craving you I went to the top of a mountain And I wrote your name in the snow When is someone gonna tell me What they already seem to know Without another name to etch How will I let go?
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Rock 02:51
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This might be a good skipping rock But I never learned how to do it I’ll spend my whole life looking for the perfect rock Will the search help me through it? Where did you come from Who roughed up your edges How’d you end up here Looking so precious There’s probably a million just like you But really that’s the catch There’s no stone exactly like you And I’ve no perfect match Where did you come from Who roughed up your edges How’d you end up here Looking so precious There’s no such thing as a perfect skipping stone So maybe I should just head back home
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Dance With Me 04:06
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We could dance with everyone I don’t mind sharing your movements But by the end of the night I’m the only one you're holding tight Do you think you could make me feel so right? And we'll laugh with all of them I don’t mind sharing your smile As long as in time It’s pressed up against mine At least every once in awhile Would you, could you Be my darling? Where and when should I prepare For falling Will you? Won’t you? Keep me company Do you, don’t you? Wanna dance with me When we go to a show, you look up in amazement I don’t mind sharing the spotlight As long as my voice Is still your first choice I could sing you to sleep every night Would you, could you Be my darling? Where and when should I prepare For falling Will you? Won’t you? Keep me company Do you, don’t you? Wanna dance with me Wanna dance? C'mon let's dance Do you wanna dance? C'mon let's dance Do you Want to? Do you don't you Wanna dance with me?
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Attic 04:26
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Do you see me in your spaces? Like I saw you before I went away Is there any real way to erase it? Just pack up the pieces of a girl gone astray And will the memory away Do I haunt your attic? Do you feel my in the walls As I slip through your thoughts Within the plaster I remain static Can you hear me through Possessions of you I’m haunted by My past obsessions with you I’m in every stitch of cotton No matter how many times you wash You may think that you’ve forgotten There’s no discarding a soul that’s so lost And I’m stuck inside your glove box I’m in every strand of grass we laid on And as new heat floods in past noon Familiar warmth apparates my shape in that room Do I haunt your attic? Do you feel my in the walls As I slip through your thoughts Within the plaster I remain static Can you hear me through Possessions of you I’m haunted by My past obsessions with you The grief of a love that’s still alive I wouldn’t have to haunt you if you were brave enough to look in my eyes
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Wipeout 04:18
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You could be dying While I’m watching wipeout on tv I’d probably be crying But I wouldn’t want your dad to see But listening to you Struggle to breathe As streetlights flew Through my backseat I just wanna be strong for someone It makes useful to give that kind of love You could say I saved your life But I don’t think it’s worth your time I could be dying As you reason through the screen Can’t think of you crying Over my plan last you heard from me I still Can’t believe I had the capacity To treat you like Someone who had to be strong I hadn’t even known you that long Somehow in wanting mine I took both of our lives It’s not that I would die for you It’s just that I was going to Somehow in wanting mine I took both of our lives It’s not that I would die for you It’s just that I was going to Somehow in leaving mine You saved both of our lives

about

This EP is a collection of songs that I wrote mostly within my first year of college. With the exception of the first song (which was recorded in my favorite practice room, back when I could still be at school), I recorded all of these songs in an empty room in first house. I also mixed and mastered the whole project on my own during quarantine, with some much appreciated advice and support from my lovely friend and roommate Kayce Guthmiller. I took it on evening walks to see if I liked how it sounded while the sun was setting. I did!
The cover photo is something I drew when I was very small and did not know how to spell my name. Thank you to my sister for photo copying it for me. The title of this EP was taken from a moment in a podcast, when one of the hosts was referencing an album but had forgotten the name of it. To me it represents a feeling I wish could have for some of the people who've come and gone from my life.
The music that I love has saved my life countless times. It has helped me feel understood and has given me something to move to when I was overcome with sadness or anger or happiness. It makes me feel like I am not alone, like there is someone out there that wants to help me out of this mess. I hope one day, my music can give you an ounce of that magic.
Thank you for listening. All the love!

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released May 3, 2020

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Anna Preston Seattle, Washington

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