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Fragments of My Life

from After the End by Joustene Lorenz

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I receive a postcard from my former lover. I think about the places where we travelled together and what that love might have meant. These meandering thoughts draw me back to my origins and to the love of my own parents. What does it mean to love, and what is a life? How do two lives converge and diverge in a journey that can only be known in a postcard—and so in fragments?

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1.
Daylight,
Changing weather,
The card that you sent to me,
Makes no sense at all.

Crystals,
Broken coffee cups,
Your drugs on the window sill,
The cracks in the wall.

Chorus
These are the fragments of my life,
Pray You’ll never lose this time.

2.
Mother,
Perfect innocence,
The body you broke for me,
The pain I returned.

Father,
With your cloak of steel,
The freedom they took from you,
You never revealed.

Chorus
These are the fragments of my life,
Pray you’ll never lose this time.

3.
Jerusalem,
Where you took my hand,
The pathway to Paradise,
A room of our own.

Travelling,
And our roads diverge,
The card that you sent to me,
I’ll never return.

Chorus
These are the fragments of my life,
Pray you’ll never lose this time.

credits

from After the End, released June 11, 2022
Joustene: classical and electric guitars, electronic percussion
Bella: vocals
Jeff: vocals

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'Sexy, smart, poetic—Joustene is a unique artist. One of the best singer-songwriters of the current era.' Felipe Rollins (The Musicians' Journal, June, 2023).

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