Lyrics
The chipped ceramic bird from your mother's old flat.
The faded Cyrillic on the back of the map.
The name of the cousin who drowned in the Drina.
A recipe scribbled on a torn paper napkin.
[Chorus]
If I let it all rust, turn the photos to dust
Is that a second killing?
Tell me, is it a second killing?
[Verse 2]
The hum of the transformer on the corner of Main.
The way you say 'hello' to cover the pain.
The scent of wet asphalt in the Jersey City rain.
A phantom ache clicking like a distant train.
[Chorus]
If I let it all rust, turn the photos to dust
Is that a second killing?
Tell me, is it a second killing?
[Bridge]
I asked you the street name, just last July.
You said, "That part of the engine is better to let die."
But a memory's not metal, it doesn't just bend.
You can't put it back together again.
[Outro]
A second killing...
On the back of the map.
About Rory Zima
Rory Zima’s parents fled Sarajevo in the 90s and settled in Paterson, NJ, never speaking of the war they escaped. He found his own language in their unspoken history, saving up from a dishwashing job to buy a vintage Juno-106 synthesizer. Now 29 and living in a converted Jersey City garage, his anthemic, synth-soaked rock songs are dispatches from the NJ Turnpike, trying to outrun a past that…
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