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Rest Stop Rooibos

by Tasha Zappala

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Rose 03:23
Gather round, just for the night Cure what ails, with our cyanide Drifters and outcasts, all dressed up and clean Cure what ails with our sadness-soaked teeth Such a shame, we couldn’t hang about We’re drifters and outcasts and we’ll knock down your town Great Aunt Rose sure taught us to be swift Looked at the map, but it was cusses and wine No towns be seen, but we were sure pushed for time Lonely is easy when you don’t trust a soul And your bones be tired, from staying on patrol Great Aunt Rose, sure didn’t want another ugly Tried real hard, but the sadness clung tight Drowned it out, with the whiskey and nights Stamped out the pain with our boots and our bells Packed up and left, before we caught up to Great Aunt Rose, sure taught us to be swift
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Dew 03:21
Night, oblivion blue Sings, her loneliest truth Pines, the oldest we knew Draped, soft, drift, eternal dew I can see you’re still you’re searching for your place Light and death, a sweeter breath still to be faced Smoke in eyes The smog that we made Golden mess Pursuit to be great Paddle out now Past what is safe Surrender your power now Fate’s tides await Paddle out now Past what is safe Surrender your power now Fate’s tides await
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Mist/Smoke 03:55
Sea of taillights on a Monday night Glen of trees, drenched in blue Like mist and smoke, One breathes life, and another chokes Shelterless, bumbling, street hopping ‘pressions best Way to spread out for the new I wouldn’t be here, without you Wait for you, to be the stronger Who brings down these walls I made, You’ve always played the patient part Hands clasping in the dark Shelterless, bumbling, street hopping ‘pressions best Way to spread out for the new I wouldn’t be here, without you Come back again, I swear I let you in Because I know I’m travelling on but in you I found my home I wait for you, I wait for you, I wait for you, I wait for you You’re the only thing that’s worth all these hard roads Shelterless, bumbling, street hopping ‘pressions best Way to spread out for the new I wouldn’t be here, without you Way to spread out for the new I wouldn’t be here, without you
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Sweet Love 03:29
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The moon drew her face on my skin You were blindsided, dancing The gathering I left through swamp and hail I sidled up quiet and slow, You pretended not to take note I left with my pride not quite intact Soft, luminating frost Woe-struck swoon, paths crossed Questions and answers unheard Longings and sought outs deferred Waxing and waning of all that I’m worth Throughout still it’s you that I see A hopelessness desperately And I’m trying real hard to be honest with you Shadow smudges fault lines A lack of sun delights Still it gets harder to obscure intent Darling, I been hoping You’d see, past my ruse The fog crept in heavy and calm The mask of her spirited balm Danger and darkness and all that’s foretold The moon kept her plains on my skin The ending precedes beginning It’s a steady and certain descent Darling, I been hoping You’d see, past my ruse The fog crept in heavy and calm The mask of her spirited balm Danger and darkness and all that’s foretold
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Eyes and teeth, and tender skin Muddy roads and swamp-side blues tell where we been State-line cross, great vagrant purge Like the good folks asked, as moons veils converge Light is but a metaphor, for the darkness I see Mountain pass and fallen plain As rain wash over me Paths bereft of orange glow And the days we dreamed before I realised just how foolish it was For me to ask for more Palm-shaped faces, grown as we’re torn Asleep, awake, the truckside greats And all the blanks Endear me to you I looked up at the stars And dreamed, your dreams come true When the future looks like the past There’s not much we can do But simmer down, and hope you see it too Light is but a metaphor, for the darkness I see Mountain pass and fallen plain As rain wash over me Paths bereft of orange glow And the days we dreamed before I realised just how foolish it was For me to ask for more Palm-shaped faces, grown as we’re torn Asleep, awake, the truckside greats And all the blanks Endear me to you
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Last Lakes 04:38
Sailed, sinking raft across the marshy shores In amongst the swells of crumbling moors Finer sight, I’d never known Parade, slow All sleepy-eyed and crusted oh Broken down, whims and hopes disperse Promised I’d return, when I learnt that all you were, was all I needed But it took me too long and now these roots of this bog have me snared I’d drink up the lake for you, build us a boat that won’t sink But I can’t return the hands of time to bring you back, right beside me Wade, in slow Let the lake swallow me whole Comfort of dark is all I know Promised I’d return, when I learnt that all you were, was all I needed But it took me too long and now these roots of this bog, have me snared I’d drink up the lake for you, build us a boat that won’t sink But I can’t return the hands of time to bring you back, right beside me I’d drink up the lake for you, build us a boat that won’t sink But I can’t return the hands of time to bring you back, right beside me

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Thank you to the super-talented artists who made this batch of ramblings a little more magic.

Harp by Tiff Norchick

Tiff's Bandcamp: tiffnorchick.bandcamp.com

tiff is a gentle person who loves trees.
she writes beautiful songs and outrageous fantasy novels.
she lives in nipaluna where she plays harp in the royal hospital.
she is currently working on her first opera.

Percussion by Micah Edmonds

Micah's Bandcamp: twotale.bandcamp.com

Two Tale is a conceptually-driven singer/ songwriter project from Micah Edmonds, playing original, off-kilter introspective music.

Banjo by Hugh Foley

Hugh's Bandcamp: thefoleyartists.bandcamp.com/releases

Spoken word by Rowan Hudson

Recorded in Hobart, Tasmania.

Rooibos Download: archive.org/details/tasha-zappala-rest-stop-rooibos

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released July 10, 2020

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Tasha Zappala is a singer-songwriter based in lutruwita/Tasmania. When not touring Zappala spends her time in the southern woods making billypots of beans, drinking tea and capturing field recordings.

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