Light moves first
Then I do
Not by choice
Not by truth
Shoulder
Jaw
Wrist
Breath
A sound hits small
My skin keeps time
Before my mouth
Can call it mine
I am late to myself
My nerves arrive first
I learn the room
By how it hurts
Blink
Heat
Pulse
Teeth
Nothing has happened
That is the trick
My body still counts
Every little shift
Skin Learns the Tempo
Before I say no
Skin Learns the Tempo
And I follow it home
Do not ask my mind
It came in late
Ask the skin
That learned the shape
Light moves first
Then I do
- Lyricist
Dovren Hales
- Composer
Dovren Hales
- Producer
Ronan Elster
- Vocals
Dovren Hales
Listen to Skin Learns the Tempo by Dovren Hales
Streaming / Download
- 1
Bone Quiet
Dovren Hales
- 2
Mourning in Circulation
Dovren Hales
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Skin Learns the Tempo
Dovren Hales
- 4
Sternum Hymn
Dovren Hales
- 5
Nerve Psalms
Dovren Hales
- 6
Your Silence in My Circulation
Dovren Hales
- 7
Lament Circuit
Dovren Hales
- 8
A Prayer With No Mouth
Dovren Hales
- 9
Choir for a Nervous System
Dovren Hales
- 10
I Measure Grief in Tremors
Dovren Hales
- 11
The Body Counts in Minor
Dovren Hales
- 12
Pulse Learns Silence
Dovren Hales
Dovren Hales' second album, Threnody in the Pulse, is a dark pop record about the mourning that remains inside the body after escape
The pressure of notifications, expectations, watchful eyes, and the past has quieted, but a low elegy still moves through the pulse
Built on heavy sub-bass, intimate low-mid male vocals, and sparse unsettling production, the album captures emotions that never became a scream, repeating quietly beneath the skin
