Temple

by Maeve Aickin

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I swear to God the potato’s gonna kill us
Edward Tylor’s got me pegged
terrified of the little sunny ripe tomato
upon which our lives depend

you’ve got a temple past your temple
there’s no mass in the empty pew
you said your body is a temple
do you know yet who you’re praying to?

hallelujah
hallelujah

in the dug-out chapel
besieged by rambling field
holy turret, hollow headstone
where the dandelions kneel

I sat opposite a gated Mary
she touched my collarbone
I thought that I was so good at being solitary
when I lacked the grace to be alone

there’s a temple past my temple
I’ve no mass in the empty pew
if my body is a temple
then who should I be praying to?

I never know who I’m praying to
I never know what I’m praying to
I never know

hallelujah
hallelujah
hallelujah
hallelujah

hallelujah
hallelujah
hallelujah
allez

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released October 17, 2020
written by Maeve Aickin
vocals, guitars, and production by Maeve Aickin
mixed and mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Studios

Waiting Rooms out November 13th on Corkscrew Records

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Maeve Aickin Minneapolis, Minnesota

bathroom pop

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Waiting Rooms

Nov 2020
Harriet

Nov 2020
Temple

Oct 2020

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