Cracked Porcelain by Kris Kelly
‘Cracked Porcelain’ is a story about two gay men who find freedom in defining their relationship in an unconventional way, but who end up getting lost in the revelry and ultimately drive each other apart. I think the LGBTQ community has a unique opportunity to redefine our relationship with sex within our partnerships. Not having the traditional ways of defining a healthy partnership forced onto us grants us freedom to discover it for ourselves; but it also comes with great responsibility, and I think we often fail. In the song, the two men fulfill all of their personal desires, and get lost with the help of alcohol and drugs, but forget to care about each other, neglecting the needs of their relationship. In that seductive lifestyle, it’s easy for them to use sex, drugs, and alcohol to cover up the issues they just don’t want to deal with. It feels like ‘freedom’ but are they really in control? What are the boundaries that protect the relationship? A careful balance is required in order to nurture both carnal desires and spiritual connection with another human being (if that’s something that you value). When things are out of balance, suffering is inevitable. That’s what happens in ‘Cracked Porcelain’.
Tracklist
| 1. | Cracked Porcelain | 5:10 |
Lyrics
“I’m a ho? No, you a ho!”
And then we crack up like fragile porcelain boys.
Oh the heat of the Rio sun
Makes us so thirsty, unbuttons us undone.
“Let’s start out on Amoedo,”
I can smell sweet cachaca on your breath.
“Can we take him home?”
“I guess, but I think he likes you much more than me...”
Tonight let’s drink our love away.
Tonight let’s give our love away.
“How do you do it?”
“I guess it works for us, we’re just having fun.”
Tell you the truth, we just bury it.
“Men like us know how to separate our hearts from the free play.”
We save the heart for some other day.
Year after year the party carried on
‘Til we were forced to face what we had done.
While we were spinning wild and knocking over everything
We’d built a wall between us higher than that Cristo Redentor.
Tonight let’s drink our love away.
Tonight let’s give our love away.
“It’s just a game, they don’t mean a thing to me.”
Well, that’s what we said.
“Why should we stop? We can handle it.”
But we couldn’t see what we’d sacrificed for our game
Until our love fell apart like cracked porcelain.
Credits
Written by Kris Kelly
Produced by Kris Kelly
Mixed by Noah Georgeson
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
String, woodwind, & brass arrangement by:
John Philip Shenale
ACOUSTIC GUITAR & VOCALS:
Kris Kelly
DRUMS:
Brian Griffin
DOUBLE BASS:
Todd Sickafoose
PIANO AND KEYBOARDS:
Dave Palmer
ELECTRIC GUITAR:
David Levita
ALTO FLUTE & CLARINET:
Geoff Nudell
Gene Burkert
ENGLISH HORN:
Phil Feather
TROMBONE & BASS TROMBONE:
Alan Kaplan
TROMBONE:
Dave Ryan
VIOLIN:
Paul Cartwright
Luis Mascaro
Mike Ferril
CELLO:
Nika Ross
ENGINEERS:
William Baker
Pete Min
Michael Harris
Billy Barnett
RECORDED AT:
Vox Studios - Los Angeles, CA
Lucy’s Meat Market - Los Angeles, CA
Gung Ho Studio - Eugene, OR
Casabon Studio - Brooklyn, NY
© 2019 Kris Kelly
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Kris Kelly is a singer/songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY.
Kelly spent 5 years traveling through South America with just his guitar and a suitcase. When he returned to the USA, Kelly recorded the album between NYC and LA with an all-star team of musicians. “Runaways” is due for release in early 2019.