From the recording Parallels
“Parallels” is “about destruction,” says Kater. “It’s about ripping out harmful beliefs that have grown and taken root inside many of us like weeds. I wanted to create a sense of sonic chaos—as if anything could happen—because mine and my friends’ experiences in the last few years have been to show up and care for each other amidst the chaos of job loss, financial instability, mental health crises, environmental disasters and more. I would like 'Parallels’ to be a welcoming for whatever folks feel—be it sadness, rage or whatever else.”
Lyrics
We live parallel lives
Our eyes on the signs
That move us from left to right but
For any binding to sever
There’s a wreck and a wrecker
Which one am I?
If the fixer is fake
And the glass doesn’t shatter
Does the banner yet wave?
There’s no justice
It’s just us baby
We’re conductors for one another
Copper in the gravy
Spit it out, cottonmouth
All the venom you’ve been saving
For me
There’s a masked man
With a stone in each hand
Weighing my favours and faults
Marking them down in a ledger
If I gave you the count
With my grievances all laid out
Would you own the sum
Or come undone
The payments hit late
The glass never shatters
The ladders, only snakes
There’s no justice
It’s just us baby
We’re conductors for one another
Copper in the gravy
All your lily livered years
Spent in quiet while bias
Nursed you into fear
There’s no justice
It’s just us baby
We’re conductors for one another
Copper in the gravy
There’s no justice
It’s just us baby
No delays, no denials
All my friends are aching
I’m sick with distrust
And I wish you would just
Care for me
Care, care for me