MANICBURG
HARNESS (WITH WOODEN HIPS)
(2025, Respirano Records)

New York Camera Direction by Robert Presutti
San Jose (CR) Camera Direction by Varo Barahona
Graphics & Editing by Varo Barahona and Maximilien Hein
Choreography by Michela Varrese


Music and lyrics by L. Porto
Arranged and produced by Porto/Lustig
Additional production: Maximilien Hein

Luigi Porto: vocals, guitar
Ray Lustig: keyboards
Varo Barahona: drums
Daniel Espinoza: bass
Rob Salmon: guitar

Recorded at: Respirano-on-Hudson, NY
Recording, mixing, and mastering engineer: Maximilien Hein

LYRICS
Careless
Harness with wooden hips
My back is not enough
It’s not enough
You scream
Forget to bite your lips
And soon they come apart
I rise and fail

What was I?
None stuffed with nothing
You were the breath
The breath of years
Your back
Was made of marble
Was made of bread
You knew it all along

Sirens
Silence my confidence
They’re gone, it comes undone
Could you believe?
Render me now once again
And I lost my temper

Inertia
Intoxicated the swing
Came out of nothing
To sway to nothing
The game was mine
Yours was the reason
Half of my efforts to lose you
The rest to own you
Half of my efforts to lose you
The rest to own you

The game was mine
Yours was the reason
Half of my efforts to lose you
The rest to own you
Half of my efforts to lose you
The rest to own you