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Jacob Earl (feat. Owel Five) - A Pox On Both Our Houses

from Reincarnations by Jacob Earl

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the day had finally come. i could wait no longer. i had to talk to you again, to face you and look into your eyes, to tell you who i was and how i felt about you. to see if you remembered me. i had put it off for so long, afraid of what the outcome might be. what if you no longer loved me? what if you no longer lusted for me? what if you hated me?! what if… what if you didn’t even know who i was anymore?

my fears kept me silent and inactive for so long, but in the end i had to know the truth. i had gone on pretending that it wasn’t important to me; i had gone through the motions of a normal, accomplished life. yet none of that seemed to matter when i closed my eyes at night and tried to sleep, and all i saw was your face in my mind, your loving body in my dreams…

but how was i to face you? our families were great enemies. my family would disown me if i was to tell of my love for the enemy. a plan was necessary; a plot to get you alone, unbeknownst to both our families. there seemed little other choice but to kidnap you.

on a dark, damp night in the middle of a humid summer, i crept silently into your father’s household, and into your room. you lay like a princess, beauty incarnate in your sleep. i dripped a potion onto your lips, to keep you sedated. then i carefully lifted you up and took you away.

when you awoke, we were together, in a hidden catacomb. i waited anxiously in anticipation for the recognition, as you looked into my eyes in fear and terror… but the recognition did not come. i fell to my knees in anguish and heartbreak. you screamed and stumbled away. i didn’t even try to stop you.

i knew that authorities would be looking for me. i stowed away to the forests, to become a hermit again, for the rest of my days. i thought it would be wise if i never set eyes on another human being.

years – maybe decades – later, i finally crossed paths with civilization again… i was collecting food in the woods, and a travelling bard came through a clearing. he tipped his hat to me, and offered to tell me a story in exchange for some of my nuts and berries. it had been so long since i had anyone to talk to, that i thought it might have been a hullucination. i thought why not?

and then the bard told our tale:

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Owel Five:

secret garden,
begging you i need a pardon
tell me if we’re rolling ‘cause i need to check if we have started
read a marker reading names
of owel five & jacob earl
leave em’, all the leaders said that i would go and save the world
i’d hate to say we’ve made it girl,
but we were slammed with obstacles
you made me think of summer just like, banana popsicles
and smoke outside of hospitals,
drinking an orange Orbitz
moving with the crowd, the future is loud. ignore the forest

and behind these shades of Orbison
you’ll only find a blinding stare
didn’t know the lines, i know it’s stored within my mind somewhere
if everything is mine to bear,
i really think it bothers me
i’m living life in a rom-com, romantic comedy
she can’t withstand the odyssey,
knowing the things to say
then made me follow on a shopping spree, showing no PDA
you bleed the way & seize the day
that seems to make the wrong shoes fit
once again this feels just like a John Hughes flick

pretty in pink panthers
tend to ignore the glances
haven’t heard so many zingers since dinner with George Costanza
so you swing a sword at phantoms,
keep your cool but loose the heat
and if you wanna go and dance you need some fuel to move the feet
then go to school assume the peaks,
discard the lows below the middle half
it seems a little longer but you know how long the winter lasts
it is getting fast, you’re holding on
but something’s off, wasn’t right
letting go is hard when you’re still hanging on those summer nights

Jacob Earl:

love is a disease
love is in the hands of fate
you get down on hands and knees to please your mate
we were star-cross’d lovers
from the start
i should have left and cut my losses but I hadn’t the heart
love is the poison
coursing through our veins
i should have voiced it but i concealed my pain
love is an act
of betrayal
a bloody pact doomed from the start to fail…

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from Reincarnations, released October 2, 2017
Owel Five - Lyrics, Raps

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