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The Hook

by Adrienne Ammerman

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1.
The Hook 03:18
The Hook That night we held each other beneath the sky laid down the past promised that we'd try From the dry earth tended our fragile seeds the best we could never enough to reprieve Extricate the hook and let it bleed burn the rags stained by what we don't need Extricate the hook and let it bleed I'm not the enemy you tell me I am consumed a bitter love fed from his hand Someday we'll taste the sweetness that we had when we're stronger and it's not so sad For now I'm swollen with the hurt inside the scars we bear will prove how we tried Extricate the hook and let it bleed Release the sorrow fall to your knees Extricate the hook and let it bleed
2.
The Ones We Love It's always a part of me, waking up in the night at the back of my head, can't get off my chest You're weak and you're broken, but the damage is done what a hold it takes on me struggle to stay strong Get off your high horse, you know what you did treated us worse than the worst you were given It's out in the open, should be left friendless perverted the love you were ever extended We don't hurt the ones we love but I want you to hurt, and I want to laugh and I want to be done You won't know my children, you lost that right Wish I could guard all the girls in the night The right thing is the harder thing, no acceptable defense Could've made a different choice - I refuse to let you win Get off your high horse, you know what you did treated us worse than the worst you were given Your army emboldened, think you've had the last word We're listening, hearts broken - you'll know that we've heard We don't hurt the ones we love I want to believe, I do believe that it can be done
3.
King of Cups 03:45
King of Cups All the times I just wanted to feel loved Now there’s peace don’t feel anything at all Now when I dream you are caught between my teeth Cannot break down what is coming after me Just waiting for the other shoe to drop Hold my breath every time we talk Just waiting for the other shoe to drop There’s not enough to hold us up Shouldn’t remember the sweetness we had Half of my life lost to dreams that we had Thousands of years passed since we were young Spaces between glimpses of that time echo on Just waiting for the other shoe to drop Hold my breath every time we talk Just waiting for the other shoe to drop There’s not enough to hold us up Just waiting for our miracle to start Can’t let you go, even though it’s hard Just waiting for my gleaming king of cups To make darkness light, to fill me up
4.
Come See My Fire I’ve thrown words like sparks onto your lap Blazing lights up and down my spine Now it’s cold and dark outside, come and See my fire Come see my fire You won’t stay long, it has to burn out Come see my fire, if something’s left We’ll know we were there Shield your eyes from the heat of the sight Won’t hurt more than our words can say If you can’t quite get warm inside, come and See my fire Come see my fire You won’t stay long, it has to burn out Come see my fire, if something’s left We’ll know we were there If we’re brave and look long and clear We could see an eclipse Might be left lonelier, but it’s such a Beautiful risk Come see my fire It won’t stay long, it has to burn out Come see my fire, if something’s left We’ll know we were there
5.
Ruthless 04:00
Ruthless Gave it all away It was a mistake - that will never change Lined mouth, hard eyes I was too soft now I let them cry I want my floors to be clean I want order in my house Don’t like it? You can leave Disagree? You can go Give in, get hurt Don’t take a sip or you’ll die from thirst All night, stand guard Cleaved from my breast - bled til I’m hard I move closer - the floor gives way I could weep for want of touch All my fingers digging in Let it open - the feeling I’m trying Ruthless
6.
Punishment 03:31
Punishment I can’t let down my guard with you You give me no reason to Yet still I ask again and again for something that you cannot give Why don’t I ever learn that’s my punishment look who you’ve made angry that’s your punishment We’ll both be sorry now that’s our punishment Who is the jailor and who is jailed Our love is chained and bound to fail Repeating what we cannot quit Like Sisyphus we deserve it Do you think I like it my punishment How much can we take of our punishment it’s a bitter pill to swallow this punishment We’ll both be sorry now that’s our punishment
7.
Skin 07:11
Skin Son, I know what you’ve learned may disturb you Son, I’ll go - now you won’t have to protect me This I chose: no one’s to blame for there was life before the dying There was feast before the famine You were born in a time of abundance Close your eyes - we can still taste the kindness But he was scared; he stole what I would have given If I could - but some things cannot be given You found my skin, made it wet again The ocean’s wide, and I was often tempted Your hand in mine a soft and trusting tether Dead and dry - shells and bones and sun-bleached feathers Throw them back - every ill-begotten treasure What a sin, and what a gift to be selfish To swim away - I saved myself, and now we’ll all pay I’ll long for you all the rest of my lone days You must not come, though you’ll hear me calling your name You found my skin, made it wet again
8.
Orlando 03:01
Orlando Take another deep breath To move me through the day Burn acquiescence And swallow brave Feathered owls and nightjars I’ll dream wild dreams With a cool forehead I’ll wear no golden ring Let my hair down Drink forgetfulness dazzled With strange ecstasy Can’t lean on life or lover So I’ll lay down in peace Intricate and many-chambered Takes a torch to explore Something wild in me guards The dreamy feathered core Let my hair down

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released November 16, 2018

All songs written, performed, and produced by Adrienne Ammerman; recorded and mixed in Asheville, NC July 2017 - May 2018.

Production Consultant: Meg Mulhearn
Sound Engineer: Patrick Kukucka

Additional Instrumentation:
Nick Ammerman, Guitar The Hook, Come See My Fire
Sarah Ammerman, Bass The Hook
Charles Howes, Drums The Hook, The Ones We Love, Come See My Fire, Punishment, Skin, Orlando
Patrick Kukucka, Bandonean King of Cups, Skin
Michael Libramento, Bass The Ones We Love, Come See My Fire, Ruthless, Punishment, Orlando
Ronika McClain, Vocals The Hook, King of Cups, Ruthless, Punishment, Skin, Orlando
Meg Mulhearn, Violin The Ones We Love, Ruthless, Skin
Kim Roney, Keys Punishment
Wes Tirey, Guitar The Ones We Love, King of Cups, Orlando

Mastering: James Plotkin
Album Art: Christy Ammerman

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Adrienne Ammerman Asheville, North Carolina

"[This album is] spare but rich, each song a perfectly encapsulated story. Each story underscored by its own emotional tone, a soft touch that cuts to the quick."
- Alli Marshall, Mountain Xpress

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