sweet water only serves to make me thirsty
my alabaster jar collects the rain
it's used to water other people's pastures
brimming vessels always empty out again
(at least it means i'm useful now and then)
empty vessels
fill me, fill me
i was made to pour out all my insides
fill me
i've been sitting in your highest cupboard
fill me
i was built to hold the weight of safety
fill me, fill me
otherwise i'm empty
my belly filled with rich anointing oils
you snap me by the neck to break the seal
you touch me to your tongue and call it holy
the loss reminds me what it is to feel
(i guess it means that's worth the time it takes to heal)
empty vessels
fill me, fill me
i was made to pour out all my insides
fill me
i've been sitting in your highest cupboard
fill me
i was built to hold the weight of safety
fill me, fill me
otherwise i'm empty
i am not a wellspring, not a fountain
i don't keep what i've been given
it's my lot to pour it out again untouched
i will give it sanctuary
i will hold it deep inside me
for a time until you're thirsty, you're so thirsty
i'm so thirsty, i'm so--
fill me, fill me
i was made to pour out all my insides
fill me
i've been sitting in your highest cupboard
fill me
i was built to hold the weight of safety
fill me, fill me
otherwise i'm--
fill me, fill me
i was made to pour out all my insides
fill me
i've been sitting in your highest cupboard
fill me
i was built to hold the weight of safety
fill me, fill me
otherwise i'm--
credits
from empty vessels,
released January 28, 2023
lilli furfaro - songwriter
hunter rogerson - producer, audio engineer
Hello! I know it's pretty typical to say how much this album means to me but you have no idea the immaculate timing. I just graduated college and am now a teacher. I hated that I couldn't garden while away from home and felt like I was missing something. As I return home now, I realized that it wasn't gardening that I was missing. I don't know what it may be. I guess I'll keep looking, with good tunes to aid me along the way. spgavan
I do not normally cry because of music, or fiction in general. Chords made me cry. Every time I listen to it, it still feels like a warm, tight goodbye hug.
But it isn't what convinced me to buy this album, because damn, I knew I would right from the start of Secret Worlds, and knew it ever more at every song. The way the songs here can combine to tell a whole new story, and even reference others from The Horror and the Wild, is just magnificent. Mayana
The Australian folk-pop singer tackles deconstruction, her Christian childhood, and sexuality on her infectious sophomore album. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2023
I discovered this band mere weeks ago through pure chance; someone recommended Fair in a discussion about wholesome songs. And it was; love at first listen. YouTube recommended me Battle Cries next, so I gave that a listen too, and the the energy and the overlapping lyrics made me fall in love anew.
I bought this album and Ruin less than a day later. Everything TAD have made is true art, different from everything else I've heard. Mayana