Name: Decay
Duration: P00H03M22S
Description: "Decay" is the first single from the debut album by matka. The hookline was first created for a video installation. The raven featured in the lyrics is derived from Greek mytology and witnesses our relationship to the world and it's inevitable cycle of rise, decay and new beginnings. Nothing evades transformation, but life is essentially new beginnings.

Decay

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"Decay" is the first single from the debut album by matka. The hookline was first created for a video installation. The raven featured in the lyrics is derived from Greek mytology and witnesses our relationship to the world and it's inevitable cycle of rise, decay and new beginnings. Nothing evades transformation, but life is essentially new beginnings.

lyrics

The raven sits by the pond
got his black colour from an angry god

he was white
now he is black

this is how we punish our messengers
this is how we punish our messengers

he was white
now he is black

with guilty eyes he spread his wings
from a tree he looks down on me
with guilty yes he spread his wings
from a tree he looks down on me

he was white
now he is black

this is how we punish our messengers
this is how we punish our messengers

watch me, wie ich mich in meinem Garten auflöse,
watch me, wie ich mich in meinem Garten auflöse

next day I found a frog
it used to live in the pond
stiff body, head just a hole
I buried him in the black soil
his legs so long
the hole, oh, so deep

this is how we punish our messengers
this is how we punish our messengers

watch me, wie ich mich in meinem Garten auflöse
watch me, wie ich mich in meinem Garten auflöse

thousands of jelly eggs sticks to her body
potential frogs will forever keep her company

thousands of jelly eggs sticks to her body
potential frogs will forever keep her company

watch her, wie sie sich in ihrem Garten auflöse
watch her, wie sie sich in ihrem Garten auflöse

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released November 5, 2021
Mixing and mastering: Dan Grigoriu / Studio Moe

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matka Berlin, Germany

Matka is the collaboration of singer Ulrika Segerberg and producer Martin Kleinmichel exploring a mix of ambient, experimental and a dose of eclectic club sounds of the past decade.

discography

das Versteck

Dec 2023
Baumhütte

Sep 2022
Decay

Nov 2021
42thefloor

Jan 2021

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