Name: Carol
Duration: P00H07M48S
Description: Recorded in 1993, this melancholy opera touches on themes of loss, sexuality, poverty, patriarchal imperialism, and gender expectations. Named after Carol Coleman, Ben's mother, who died of ovarian cancer when he was 14.

Carol

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Recorded in 1993, this melancholy opera touches on themes of loss, sexuality, poverty, patriarchal imperialism, and gender expectations. Named after Carol Coleman, Ben's mother, who died of ovarian cancer when he was 14.

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A year without sunlight
chafed my smile
Winter lights rained signs of hope
Frayed cities raised eyebrows
to the newborn sky
and I finally flew
and flew and flew
You collapsed.
My body shook in flailing paroxysm
as I felt my ribs being pulled from me
Jesus send her back
I'm losing blood
I loved you over and over until you collapsed
I cracked
Carol
held the flood on her back
collapsed.
And the man with two heads
gave me the tongue to say "I love you"
but I couldn't trade my life for one tongue
Jesus give him back
I've lost my limbs
Mister, I loved you over and over until you cracked
I collapsed.
Her head in the clouds her eyes on fire
hands on her head and she said
and the vultures nested in my head
and she said
You all look so damn dirty
Have I ever known you?
Have I ever known any of you?
She's dead. And she said...

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from Carol, released January 27, 2022
Joel Hamilton: Guitar
Richard V. Toomer: Drums
Eric Vierra: Bass
Ben Coleman: Voice

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Chilmark Massachusetts

Chilmark grew out of the strange soil of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the early 1990s where the seasons turned from extraverted summer to desolation winter with a disorienting extremity. Although the band lasted only a handful of years, the mark it left on both the music scene and the people who experienced their live performances was profound. ... more

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