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Sengsong Mapagahes

by Microchild

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I’m a vapor I’m a used machine no title lease on paper on paper I’m a picture of a girl in black and white following the river the river Sengsong Mapagahes Sengsong Mapagahes Sengsong Mapagahes Gi langhet-Mu (In your heavens) apmam na tiempo (long ago) mapulan yu’ mapulan yu’ (I was watched over) Lao inina-mu (but your light ) ti para guahu (is not for me) sa’ malingu yu’ malingu yu’ (because I have vanished) Sengsong Mapagahes Sengsong Mapagahes Sengsong Mapagahes
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Lemon-LO 04:21
Oh it's bittersweet every time we meet I wind up on the floor In a dizzy heat I need sparkling city joy boy Oh it's a lemon haze it's a lemon low Can't take it can't take it anymore Oh It's a lemon haze it's a lemon low Can't take it can't take it anymore What's it gonna take when I can't escape my own revolving door? Cause I love the chase the taste Sparkling city boy toy Oh it's a lemon haze it's a lemon low Can't take it can't take it anymore Oh It's a lemon haze it's a lemon low Can't take it can't take it anymore Lemon-LO please Lemon let me go
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Gi hilo i pilan (Above the moon) mames na kanta mu (your sweet song) Matto i triniste ( the sorrow comes ) Yan i hinemlo (and the healing ) Ai kiridu (oh beloved) maila yu’ magi (come to me) Ai kiridu (oh beloved) nanangga hao neni (I am waiting for you neni) Puengi di puengi (Night to night) I distansia mampos chago (the distance too great) Sa’ guahu guini (because I am here) Ya hagu guenao (and you are there) Ai kiridu (oh beloved) maila yu’ magi (come to me) Ai kiridu (oh beloved) nanangga hao neni (I am waiting for you neni) Ai kiridu (oh beloved) sangani yu’ pago ( tell me now) Ai kiridu (oh beloved) Kao un li’e yu’? ( do you see me) todu gatbo (all that is divine) para hagu guinaiya (for you love) Gi hilo i pilan (Above the moon) i langhet maninina (the sky is illuminated) i mata-mu sen klaru (your eyes so clear) yan hu tungo ha’ (and i knew) Todu gatbo (all that is divine) para hagu guinaiya (for you love)
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Remember Me 04:25
Do you think the time will come when the light that warms your face will find me in the dark again? The signs are growing quiet I have no words to give and all my thoughts adrift in the waves Remember the rain when the sun's out remember the sun when the rain falls and don’t forget me don’t forget When the white lines disappear and the haziness returns do you find it hard to feel the hurt? Remember the rain when the sun's out Remember the sun when the rain falls and don’t forget me don’t forget me Huhungok i ichan (I hear the rain) lao ti hu li’e i mapagahes (but I cannot see the cloud) Bai hu hanao yanggen (I will go if) huhahasso i minagahet (I remember the truth) Remember the rain when the sun's out Remember the sun when the rain falls and don’t forget me don’t forget me
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Without You 03:55
Tell me again brighten my morning with your heavenly hands turning the pages of your favorite book I’ve heard the words before but only with you you make it feel brand new Ooh we got a song for every situation we got time Ooh we got a dance and it’s a celebration knowing you are always by my side How many days faces and places have we left behind? Time hasn’t always been so generous but every conversation you remind me things will turn out right Ooh we got a song for every situation we got time Ooh we got a dance and it’s a celebration knowing you are always by my side Where would I be without you? Where would I be without you?
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Canopy 03:51
Step into the middle of the fray even if your back is aching this is our canopy and we can’t let if fly away You’re a pole I’m a pole You’re a pole I’m a pole and we can’t let it fly away Walk around and take it in can you see why it’s unnerving? there’s a hole in the sky and we can’t let it burn away You’re a pole I’m a pole You’re a pole I’m a pole and we can’t let it burn away I am digging my feet tryna to stand tall I just want to make room for it all You’re a pole I’m a pole You’re a pole I’m a pole and we can’t let it fly away I manglo’ hao kumoni (The wind took you) Pues I manglo un nina’na’lo (then the wind shall return you ) Manu hao nai kineni (wherever it takes you) Ayo nai un pine’lo ta’lo (that is where it will put you again ) I am digging my feet tryna to stand tall I just want to make room for it all You’re a pole I’m a pole You’re a pole I’m a pole and we can’t let it fly away Iyo ta pala pala (our canopy ) Iyo ta pala pala ( our canopy ) can’t let it fly away
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Dry season and the red dirt’s flying on the baseball field walking from our place to the mail box short cut around the school yard Ripe mango in the trees all rotting in the day’s heat Darling it’s a waste if you don’t eat them oh what a waste Did I get a letter? Are the babies getting bigger? Is your brother feeling better? Did they send him out to sea? Are the memories expired? Are we ever gonna feel right? Nowhere to be but here Nothing to see but me Dry season and my head is spinning like a water wheel longing for the weight of a grey cloud short circuit on my way down Fine weather for a drink out underneath the lemai tree I know it’s shame but I can't feel it oh what a shame Did I get a letter? Are the babies getting bigger? Is your brother feeling better? Did they send him out to sea? Are the memories expired? Are we ever gonna feel right? Nowhere to be but here Nothing to see but me Nowhere to be but here Nothing to see I’m sorry if it’s late my patterns haven’t changed I heard your dad retired I saw the flowers die We have no future plans the birds escaped again Don’t worry I’m still here I’ve bought another year It isn’t quite the same since you’ve been gone away
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Malu 03:30
Under the marquee blinded by a neon glow I was the same girl crying at the end of the show Stereo angel waiting for the world to end playing the same song over just to feel it again Malu if you only knew your star is coming into view Walk on the night is waiting for you Where do the clouds go wandering until they die? chasing the rainbows building their castles in the sky Malu If you only knew your star is coming into view Walk on the night is waiting for you Malu can you see it too? You’re shining brighter than the moon Walk on the night is waiting for you Don’t lose your heart if you crash into the very start If we fall apart we can lose the plot together Malu If you only knew your star is coming into view Walk on the night is waiting for you Malu can you see it too? You’re shining brighter than the moon Walk on the night is waiting for you
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Ai Lia 03:07
Ai Lia kada pekas gi gui’eng-mu (Ai Lia each freckle on your nose) Ai Lia yan i figura i bos-mu (Ai Lia and the shape of your voice) Ai Lia dispasio fan (Ai Lia please slow down) Mames pues ma’aksom (sweet then sour) Kao un tungo i kanta-mu (do you know your song?) Mikulot yan sen gatbo (full of color and most divine) Ai Lia chule i hanom gi kannai-hu (Ai Lia take the water from my hand) Ai Lia fanmaleffa ni i dia (Ai Lia please forget the day) Ai Lia hagong nai (Ai Lia just breathe) Para ta fanmatto (we will arrive) Fanhasso i kanta-mu (please remember your song) Animu yan bonitu (spirit and beauty) Ai Lia Ai Lia
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Unknowing 04:25
Every evening I hear your voice inside my head these premonitions won’t leave me and now I'm finding reason to speak your name into the wind we've carried on make-believing Wild and free we grow so high and cut so deep What does it feel like when it doesn’t feel right? It’s living in my bones hiding in the daylight They break our bodies and sink their teeth Into our dark and murky waters unknowing Wild and free we grow so high beneath their feet What does it feel like when it doesn’t feel right? It’s living in my bones hiding in the daylight All this time that I wasted here with a stranger's song ringing in my ear I can’t be what they want me to be What does it feel like when it doesn’t feel right? It’s living in my bones hiding in the daylight All this time that I wasted here with a stranger's song ringing in my ear I can’t be what they want me to be

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released October 13, 2023

Shannon McManus - vox/ guitar/ ukulele/ shaker
Jonathan Camacho Glaser - vox/ all instruments
Michael Diamore - sax on "Lemon-LO"

music/lyrics written by Shannon McManus and Jonathan Camacho Glaser
"Without You" written by Steven McManus and Shannon McManus
all songs recorded mixed and mastered by Jonathan Camacho Glaser

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Microchild Guam

microchild is a husband and wife duo from guam and palau. they create songs about life in the microverse in english and their native tongue, chamoru. all music recorded from their home studio in talofofo.

shannon sengebau mcmanus - vox | guitar
jonathan camacho glaser - bass | synth | drums | guitar | horns
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