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The Recluse by Cursive

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Cursive

The Recluse

Release date: 4th March 2003

From The Ugly Organ
Track 4
3:03
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About This Track

'The Recluse' by Cursive is an alternative track from the album 'The Ugly Organ' (2003). The lyrics find a narrator waking alone in a woman’s room they barely know, surrounded by her books and notebooks. They drift into fantasy about what those items might “say”, then linger in the bed out of fear they might never again be there. It is a claustrophobic mix of impersonation and dependence, with a hangover of pretend comfort, rather than any clear resolution.

"The Recluse" is a single by Cursive, from the album The Ugly Organ, released 4th March 2003. The track is 3:03 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Cursive.

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Cursive

Cursive

Lyrics

The Recluse

I wake alone, in a woman's room I hardly know.
I wake alone and pretend that I am finally home.
The room is littered with her books and notebooks.
I imagine what they say, like,
'shoo fly, don't bother me."
And I can hardly get myself out of her bed,
For fear of never lying in this bed again.
Oh christ, I'm not that desperate am I?
Oh no - oh god I am.
How'd I end up here to begin with?
I don't know. why do I start what I can't finish?
Oh, please don't barrage me with he questions to all those ugly answers.
My ego's like my stomach
It keeps shitting what I feed it.
But maybe I don't want to finish anything anymore
Maybe I can wait in bed until she comes home and
Whispers,
"you're in my web now - I've come to wrap you up tight 'til it's time to bite down."
I wake alone in a woman's room I hardly know.
I wake alone and pretend that I am finally home.
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Track details

From The Ugly Organ

3:032003Single
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The Ugly Organ
The Ugly Organ
Cursive
4th March 2003
Track number
4
Release year
2003
  1. 1The Ugly Organist
    0:53
  2. 2Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
    1:53
  3. 3Art Is Hard
    2:46
  4. 4The Recluse
    3:03

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