sample(d) II: the last angels

the last angels artwork: “trunk-side at 2:13 am”

The second installment of the sample(d) series is a piece titled “the last angels”. Here I sample a myriad of ideas, memories, and most importantly, lyrics. Primarily this piece samples The Last Time by Taylor swift feat. Gary Lightbody (stream taylor’s version), the greatest by Elizabeth Grant, la la lost you by Nicole Zefanya, midsummer madness by 88rising, let’s fall in love for the night by Finneas O’Connell, GOLDWING by Billie Eilish, and many many many more. It may or may not be connected to previous sample(d) pieces in on way or another (*wink). Please enjoy a snippet of a nineteen-year-old’s mind….

the last angels artwork: “somewhere in-between”

the last angels

every breath breaks 

cold air into smoke

at 2:13 am this high up 

perched trunk-side on a lookout 

overlooking LA 

and it’s so clear now 

that the scaffolding behind the Hollywood sign 

is breaking 

every golden road 

bleeds into the horizon

at 2:13 am this high up

as if the world runs into the sky while our minds run 

cold into our feet 

wild into a future 

yet to unfold 

“sometimes I feel like we’re the last ones,” I confess, 

“the last of the angels in this city.” 

or any city for that matter 

waiting woefully for the Light 

to come and will our 

wings away 

The last ones holding onto the dream of a better life 

              of better days ahead 

… And I’ll stay there 

on a cliffside looking for a city 

        for a life 

              that could — for all we know — never exist 

I swear

with every breath that breaks into cold air 

… I’ll stay right (t)here