Name: Ash Wednesday
Duration: P00H03M09S
Description: Based very loosely on T.S. Eliot's 'Ash Wednesday' poem. This is the most religious song on the record, reflecting on being invited to the table despite my own deficiencies.

Ash Wednesday

from Glossolalia by Jordan Klassen

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Based very loosely on T.S. Eliot's 'Ash Wednesday' poem. This is the most religious song on the record, reflecting on being invited to the table despite my own deficiencies.

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Because I could taste it
Because I have heard this all before
I’m hopeful and faceless
And still leave my letters at my door
By your door

When you offered a seat at the table
I thought I was still in the red
And dressed in ashes to see if you’re able
To raise the dead

I’m happy to eat you
I know it’s been some time since I last
Was steadfast and see-through
Delayed when the sky is overcast
But I still feel that old shame
The bastard won’t back down from a fight
So write down a new name
How long have I lived with a parasite?
A parasite…

When you offered a seat at the table
I thought I was still in the red
And dressed in ashes to see if you’re able
To raise the dead

To raise the dead
To raise the dead

When you offered a seat at the table
I thought I was still in the red
And dressed in ashes to see if you’re able
To raise the dead

When you offered a seat at the table
I thought I was still in the red
And dressed in ashes to see if you’re able
To raise the dead

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from Glossolalia, released April 8, 2022

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Jordan Klassen Vancouver, British Columbia

Fairy-folk for troubled times from Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Marginalia

Oct 2023
Glossolalia

Apr 2022
Niko

Feb 2022
Carried Away

Dec 2021
Milk and Honey

Oct 2021
Tell Me What To Do

May 2020
Big Intruder

Sep 2017
Javelin

Feb 2016
Repentance

Sep 2013
Kindness EP

Feb 2012
Santa Klassen

Dec 2012
St. Brigid EP

Aug 2010

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