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"The Artist Is Absent"

Somebody help me now
A stage without a show
A hazy silhouette
Around an empty space
A club without a club

The artist is absent
They have left the building
Body without organization
Becoming animal, —nimal
Animate animal, —nimal

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Writer(s): Jenny Hval

album: "Iris Silver Mist" (2025)

Jenny Hval - Iris Silver Mist album cover

I Want To Start At The Beginning

I Don't Know What Free Is

The Artist Is Absent

Huffing My Arm

(Instrumental)

I Want The End To Sound Like This

(Instrumental)

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