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Conversationalist

from Here Now by Isobel Knight

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You walked in like an angel saying “Do not be afraid”
I told you I’m not scared I just don’t know what to say
You said “That’s rare”
I said “I know”
Neither of us heard the last bus go
So you walked home down King Street on your own

Am I speaking another language?
Am I miming things you can’t see?
This feels like nodding over the telephone
Almost funny, only because of how much we can’t see

I’m not a perfect conversationalist
I don’t know how to be a thing you’ll miss
I don’t know how to want you like you want me
I learnt my lines from better poets than me

Did you build your own crooked highway?
Did you follow the boys from the E Street to the promised land?
Did you cross the ocean with those bugs and make it to Ohio?
Can you tell that I want to hold your hand?

And do you think of us as lace and leather?
Would I call myself emotionally yours?
Is this a love to last through all four seasons?
Are you as tired as I am of metaphors?

Because above it all
I wanna know;

Where do you go and how can I find you?
Where do you go and how can I find you?
Where do you go and how can I find you?
Where do you go? Where do you go?

Where do you go and how can I reach you?
Where do you go and how can I reach you?
Where do you go and how can I reach you?

I’ve got a new game
You pretend I’m something special
And I’ll read you the poetry I’ve written on my phone
Some things just don’t change
I know that I cry so easily
But I don’t need to earn that part of me
I reckon it runs in my family

I’m not a perfect conversationalist
And we both wish it hadn’t come to this
We both wish our heads had started out more clearly

I’m not a perfect conversationalist
I don’t know how to be a thing you’ll miss
I don’t know how to want you like you want me

But where do you go and how can I reach you?
Where do you go and how can I reach you?
Where do you go and how can I reach you?
Where do you go? Where do you go?

Where do you go and how can I find you?
Where do you go and how can I find you?
Where do you go and how can I find you?
Where do you go? Where do you go?
Where do you...?

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from Here Now, released August 6, 2021

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Isobel Knight Sydney, Australia

Heart-on-sleeve alt-folk. Isobel wields razor-sharp lyrics and voice that ranges from gentle storytelling to soulful smoothness. Her sophomore album "Here Now" came out in 2021, debuting at number 5 on the independent album charts.

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