Homebody, by St. Catherine's Child

Homebody

by St. Catherine's Child

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djitch All of these songs resonate with me on a very fundamental level and I struggle to be able to call any one of them my favourite.

Ian Fitzpatrick A stunning array of songs beautifully delivered, the album is nearly as good as hearing Ilana perform live ;-)

The dishes is my favourite track, its an anthem to depression and every word strikes a chord. perhaps apart from the pink nails, but only bc I've never been bold enough to paint mine... Favorite track: The Dishes.

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1.	Breathe In 03:38	lyrics	buy track
is it too late now to tell you that my shoes don't fit? i've tried my best to wear them but I know I should just quit. my bags are all packed and my hair's been brushed, you've laid me out a sandwich but you know it won't get touched. do you remember when you taught me how to swim? you picked me up and just threw me right in. and still you knew I'd bounce back up again, so when you breathe out, breathe in again. i like that you pretend you know exactly what to do, as if this whole arrangement isn't just as new to you. all those afternoons we'd drive around and sing, those carseat concerts man, they'd fix up anything. and i feel your words just like they're etched upon my skin, when you breathe out, breathe in again. the sunrise will remind us that the earth still spins, despite the dissolution of all our worldly things. do you remember when you left me there that day? with my life in pieces i knew just what you would say. that each beginning always comes out of an end, so when you breathe out, breathe in again.
2.	Holy 03:24	lyrics	buy track
I didn't mean a word I said, I'll quit drinking if it makes you more my friend. I didn't mean to leave a mark, I'll give you kisses like they're stitches on your heart. I know it's perfect, it's divine, the way you know just how to hold me every time, and when I stumble, oh we'll just say, that every piece of this is holy just the same. I wanna wake up here with you, as the whole universe revolves around this room. the fragile movement of the air, the morning light just barely tells me that you're there. and I won't wake you, it's much too soon, to tempt the ocean that's surrounding me and you. we'll just stay here and hide from the day, because every piece of this is holy just the same. I wanna stay right here with you, in sweet denial of all the things we have to do, half drunk and singing with my hair pulled back and you're smiling at me from your pillow in my lap. I know it's perfect, it's sublime, this little universe that's only yours and mine. and when we stumble, oh we'll just say, that every piece of this is holy just the same.
3.	Skin 03:47	lyrics	buy track
there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder how we made it here. last I checked we played pretend, boys and girls, they can’t be friends. there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder when we all grew up. our voices dropped and our bones got big, the real world, it pulled us in. but I still build forts and I still skip stones, and I still haven’t read every book that I own, and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in. and I still braid hair and I still get scared of the dark even though I know nothing’s there. and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in. there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder where her freckles went. I used to count them when she spoke. they disappeared right off her nose. there ain’t a day when I don’t wonder when the mirror changed. my hair grew out and my teeth got straight. the top shelf ain’t so far away. but I still build forts and I still skip stones, and I still haven’t read every book that I own, and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in. and I still braid hair and I still get scared of the dark even though I know nothing’s there. and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in. all the notches in the doorframe grow and change. still I know that they’ll stop growing too one day. but I still build forts and I still skip stones, and I still haven’t read every book that I own, and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in. and I still braid hair and I still get scared of the dark even though I know nothing’s there. and my whole life is about to begin and I’m still getting to know the skin I’m in.
4.	The Dishes 03:00	lyrics	buy track
don’t look at me like that. I know I said I’d do the dishes before you got back. I’m not sure what you thought you’d find, but I did think about them a couple hundred times. and I can’t seem to leave this bed. the journey to the sink just fills me up with dread. you can drag me there with all your human might but, can’t we just leave them there tonight? don’t give me that sad smile. I changed my shirt today, that’s something worth my while. I’ve painted all my nails bright pink. I couldn’t risk them getting ruined in the sink. and I can’t seem to leave this room, to face the dishes and my soapy lemon doom. you can drag me there with all your human might but, can’t we just leave them there tonight? don’t look at me like that. I know I said I’d do this dishes before you got back. I’m not sure what you thought you’d find, but you have found me here a couple hundred times. I can’t seem to leave this bed, despite the reassuring lies I know I’ve said. you can drag me there with all your human might but, can’t you just leave me here tonight?

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songs about home

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released August 10, 2017

mixed, mastered and recorded by Harry Volker
skin recorded by Crosstown Studios, Liverpool
the dishes recorded by Nelson Autefault
cover art by Krissy Velardi

all the thanks in the world to every person who wouldn't let me quit making music even though i've threatened to once a week for the last four years. you all are my many, beautiful homes.

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St. Catherine's Child Liverpool, UK

ilana + company.
sings songs, laughs a lot

discography

Every Generation EP

Jun 2023
Every Generation

Mar 2023
Holy

Jan 2023
I Know Nothing

Nov 2022
Connecticut River

Apr 2021
Burden

Jan 2020
Homebody

Aug 2017

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