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Madonna's Everywhere

by Silver Godling

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My scalp feels like it’s going to rip off My eyes burn and water In a desperate attempt at finding moisture The wind, it’s so strong I notice — All Madonna’s old songs end in a fade You hear me say it, somehow We laugh so hard we cry Maybe we should pull over and put up the top I can’t hear you yelling something over the noise I can’t hear your laughter, but I see it and start laughing, too. I think your face is starting to peel off I’m so frightened to turn my head and see you Bones left, dripping with blood soon to dry The wind, it’s so strong
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Everywhere 06:05
Sometimes the breath of you is like a feather on my skin Others it is Jadera bugs dropped out of another sky The back of my neck tingles and so does my elbow Everywhere. Sometimes the breath of you is an expanse in my own lungs I blow it out like a deflating balloon but it’s back again when I inhale I pump, stomach muscles clenching and I hold until dizziness is a false promise of release Yet there you are again. Everywhere. Sometimes the breath of you is more present in my kitchen Around the photo of us in frills and laces, dried blue button flower tips looking like the sea In your death your presence is inescapable. It reminds me that I am retractably tethered to you always. Are you air? Brought in, given back, essential and shared, Everywhere.

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The two songs on this EP are in a way a follow-up to the album, JENNI, released following my sister's death in fall 2022; they are about her and dedicated to her.

My sister Jenni died of metastatic breast cancer on September 7, 2022. Shortly after, I ended up with a horrific jaw sprain after extensive dental work, and it took months before I could sing without pain, no doubt all tied up in the grief.

“Madonna Songs,” originally released as the final installation in my subscription project 13 MONTHS, is a song from a memory. It is also the first song I was able to both write about my sister after her death and sing following her death and the jaw sprain. “Everywhere” is about Jenni’s essence and presence and the second song I was able to fully realize about her following her passing. Here they are, together, in memoriam of Jenni Lynn McWilliams (1974-2022).

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released August 31, 2023

Music written, performed, and recorded by Emily McWilliams.

Mixed by Emily McWilliams and James Whitten of HighTower Recording.

Mastered by Adam Tucker of Signaturetone.

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Silver Godling New Orleans, Louisiana

Silver Godling is the project of Emily McWilliams. All photos on this page by Teddie Taylor - teddietaylor.com - and Craig Mulcahy - craigmulcahy.net.

FOR FULL DISCOGRAPHY, please visit emilymcwilliams.net

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