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SHAPESHIFT

by Hana Malhas

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Olive Tree 02:46
The sweat slides off your skin and follows your hand as it sinks into the dirt. I watch you from a window and I hear your silent communion with the earth. One day I’ll ask you to grow me an olive tree. Rain comes at night, reluctant at first, then loud and strong. Then loud and strong, gushing out of air, thick with thirst. I can finally breathe, at least until the next sleepless night. Tonight I’ll dream that you planted me an olive tree. One day I’ll ask you to grow me an olive tree.
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Distance 03:20
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Say goodnight, I’m alone. My lungs command my voice, Turning breath into moan, leaving me no choice. These outbursts of sound can’t be tamed, They’re wearing me down and offer no refrain. It’s my unraveling, it’s perfectly timed. My skin is glistening with sweat tears and wine. I’ll be a god today, I’ll silence this cry, I’ll build a dam, to diffuse the waves and hold this wall up high. I’ll erase what’s been done, I’ll deny my grief, No wailing winds to rile up the seas. No wailing winds No wailing winds No wailing winds, to rile up seas and shake up their beds. Oh please, leave me be. I’ll be a god today, I’ll silence this cry, I’ll build a dam, to diffuse the waves and hold this wall up high. It’s my unraveling, it’s perfectly timed. My skin is glistening with sweat tears and wine.
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Rush 02:54
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Radiate 03:23
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Long After 03:59
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Your Story 03:17
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Took a Life 03:45
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If we stand still, like stones on the ground every breath held in, every muscle bound in place, then I will see your face like an after-storm sky, all the grey blued out and the dark cast aside, and the light will clear my mind and steady the beating of my confused and distracted heart. This silent sunlit space will tell us we’re better apart All of my tears, relentless currents eroding stones. I know we’re afraid to slow our lives down, to find that we were wrong, that we should have let this go, let it fall behind as we move along. And the light will clear my mind and steady the beating of my confused and distracted heart. But I’m not ready for change, so give me somewhere to be give me everything to do, cause I won’t sit still

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This was originally produced as a full length: 13 tracks featuring 17 American and Jordanian artists recorded over two time zones...my first solo experiment in producing an album! Eventually ended up with these 4 tracks as an EP, shelved the rest (for now)

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released March 12, 2010

produced by Hana Malhas & Jim Roll

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Hana Malhas Amman, Jordan

Hana Malhas embodies the intriguing paradox of belonging to nothing and everything at the same time. A performing singer, songwriter, multi- instrumentalist, producer/curator. Drawing from her Arab lineage, blending Jordanian, Palestinian, Lebanese, and Circassian heritage, HM’s music delves into themes of identity, belonging, time, and the human condition. ... more

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