My hands give me away
Before my face can lie
The cup starts moving
And I know why
No tears on the table
No scene to explain
Just breath breaking small
At the edge of my name
I do not call it sorrow
I count what shakes
One in the fingers
Two in the chest
Three where the air
Will not come back
Nothing is spoken
Nothing is shown
Still the body
Marks it alone
My jaw stays quiet
My mouth stays clean
But the smallest motion
Knows what I mean
I do not call it damage
I count what breaks
One in the fingers
Two in the chest
Three where the air
Will not come back
Nothing is spoken
Nothing is shown
Still the body
Marks it alone
Do not ask my eyes
They learned to stay dry
Ask the glass in my hand
Ask the breath I hide
One in the fingers
Two in the chest
Three in the throat
Four under the ribs
Nothing is spoken
Nothing is shown
Still the body
Marks it alone
Still the body
Marks it alone
- Lyricist
Dovren Hales
- Composer
Dovren Hales, Silas Dray
- Producer
Dovren Hales
- Vocals
Dovren Hales
Listen to I Measure Grief in Tremors by Dovren Hales
Streaming / Download
- 1
Bone Quiet
Dovren Hales
- 2
Mourning in Circulation
Dovren Hales
- 3
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
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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
