-immerse yourself in your wisdom and the very beginnings
- that left you naked and only hungry for recognition
- back in the day, the only goal was to get away
- stacking the bricks of confidence so you could build a name
- now let us take it back
- get married to nostalgia
- how we would shape the clouds in the sky for several hours
- before the storms came
- even in pouring rain
- we had learned to live and without doubt and free of pain
- and even though our lives have changed
- I can still smell the subtle way your breath would trace my name
- destined for everything that made us feel so alive
- that made us feel like a night full of sex, liquor, & lines
- that made us feel like the sinning was worth all of the time
- that we spent tryna find/an honest way to the top
- it's too bad we had to stop/cause I was just starting to get my mind blown
- now I navigate through this world alone/But know…
My body's where you left it/
and I wouldn't trade a second for the life I had before you drew your weapons/you left/to let me die on the halfway mark to a high/sitting next to a hooker with a priest between her thighs/disguise/life as a contradiction/and that habit gets addicting/it's the feeling no saint or sinner can kick in/kick it/can I?/as I fly on the red eye/from BKNY/to the land of the Jedi/it’s easy to learn your lesson/after you burn through a blessing/and teaching babies to walk/don't mean they follow direction/I press/my innocence firmly up on your chest/and watch your eyes as they capture the light/a life without stress/I share (see) your vision through the same prism/with the world up on our shoulders/we're carrying on tradition/through/sickness and health/my matrimony is wealth/and though my actions are quiet/the passion speaks for itself/(never let [it] go...)
“Nūr” is a forceful introduction to Dua Saleh—a multi-disciplinary non-binary artist sure to make waves this year, and for years to come. Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 5, 2019