If you should send me a letter,
Could you lie,
And say that everything,
Will be fine?
Write it in the sweetest calligraphy,
So I would believe,
Every pretty word,
That you’d write.
If you should send me a package,
Could you wrap it,
With the loveliest,
Of bows?
‘Cause I need a lie,
To distract me from these summer days,
And I just need more time,
To feign some beauty in,
These endless days.
If you should sing me a love song,
Don’t tell me that it’s wrong,
God, please don’t,
Break the illusion!
Please just let me believe in it,
The odes and minuets,
That make lovers,
Spit saccharine oaths!
If I must hear such lies,
Well I’d rather hear them from you,
‘Cause you’ve seen so much pain,
That I would believe they were true,
And in thirty years,
I will cover you up in Earth,
And I’ll show the world,
Exactly what you are worth.
And I wish,
I could write,
A love song,
‘Cause darling,
You deserve one.
Duckspeak is an NYC-based folk-rock band. Originally a solo project for singer-songwriter Giovanni Colantonio, they have since expanded out into a full 4-piece featuring Doug Linse (guitar), David Flamm (bass), and Greg Schulz (drums).
Songs of timeless beauty and power in the mold of Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake from enigmatic Los Angeles artist Shannon Lay. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 4, 2017