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McAllister Hotel

by Elijah Cross

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Recipe:

1 whole kindred spirit, undistilled
1 photo
1 dead French dude's poem
1 old voice memo

Blend and serve from a bottomless well.

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Le pot de fleurs
Theophile Gautier

Parfois un enfant trouve une petite graine
Et tout d'abord, charmé de ses vives couleurs,
Pour la planter il prend un pot de porcelaine
Orné de dragons bleus et de bizarres fleurs.

Il s'en va. La racine en couleuvres s'allonge,
Sort de terre, fleurit et devient arbrisseau ;
Chaque jour, plus avant, son pied chevelu plonge,
Tant qu'il fasse éclater le ventre du vaisseau.

L'enfant revient ; surpris, il voit la plante grasse
Sur les débris du pot brandir ses verts poignards ;
Il la veut arracher, mais la tige est tenace ;
Il s'obstine, et ses doigts s'ensanglantent aux dards.

Ainsi germa l'amour dans mon âme surprise ;
Je croyais ne semer qu'une fleur de printemps :
C'est un grand aloès dont la racine brise
Le pot de porcelaine aux dessins éclatants.
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lyrics

Lyrics:

Meet me just outside the old McAllister Hotel.
The street gets pretty quiet; we can sit there for a spell.
Tell me all about your day — I hope it's going well,
but I can be a shoulder if you feel like hell.
We don't have to say a word — it wouldn't be a crime
if we sat there just pretending we have all kinds of time.

How I’d love to see you in a garden you have grown,
away from all the chaos of this tangled life you've known —
living for the feeling of your fingers in the soil,
surrounded by a comfort not a soul can spoil.
Sometimes when I close my eyes, I see you standing there,
In a home with all you've wanted — and you'll have it all, I swear.

I've been saving up for something big that's coming soon.
I really wanna tell you what it is; I wish I knew.
The only thing I'm sure of is I'm bound to see it through,
and when it's time to celebrate, well, it ought to be with you.
You know it's hard for me to dream when most my dreams have died...
but I still believe in dreaming, 'cause it brought me to your side.

credits

released November 3, 2021
Written by Elijah Cross
Elijah Cross: piano, vocal
Produced by Elijah Cross
Engineered and mixed by Tim Miller
Photo by Macy K
Special thanks to Ben Folds

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Elijah Cross York, Pennsylvania

Elijah Cross was born in California, and attended the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts before moving to New York, then Florida, Georgia, and all of them again before settling in Pennsylvania. His new single, "(I Can't) Hide This Love Away", is out now.

Elijah and Macy K have recorded an EP as West & Ward, to be released in 2024.
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