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For Those Left Behind
01:56
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there's no more you could've done
and you're not the only one
because it was always their vision
which became their ultimate decision.
so blame the church,
blame their family,
blame all society
but this is missing the point:
you were their friends,
still they wanted their lives to end.
it's not your fault,
you couldn't be there the second that they fall.
you couldn't have made that call,
though their loneliness was written into their walls.
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2. |
Hold Dear
03:17
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alone but far from bored,
i don't really go out anymore.
on friday nights i prefer to stay inside with
my dad's old guitar.
because it's really not important
to pursue those friends who don't even care.
i think it's far more pertinent
to hold onto those you hold dear.
thinking back to all those nights we spent just sharing bad poetry
and bearing all those things that really weren't that heavy.
not much has changed except the stakes have been raised.
only conversation can shake off this sick charade.
but don't let me bother you
with my fumbling attempts to
make good of a sour mood.
it's just something that i have to do.
it's something that i have to do.
it's something that i have too.
this is all we have to do.
this is all we have too.
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reaching down
into the breakers
grasping for
a chance to prove your virility.
you produce
a helpless great white
all the fight
gone from its black eyes.
so you can throw it around like a ragdoll
if that makes you feel big
just know with each ripple that you create
will be felt in the big wave.
believe you me
that wave's coming someday
and in its wake
there won't be a trace of you left to see.
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4. |
Interlude
01:21
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5. |
Never Truly Satisfied
06:48
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when i touched ground in sfo,
i felt the impact deep in my marrow.
of course it was remorse,
not the release i'd been waiting for.
clinging tightly to my armrest,
i anxiously stared through the door.
maybe it's true what's been said about my fear
that i'll never truly be satisfied.
on the drive back home,
i breathed in each familiar road
and my parents looked so concerned
because i hardly said a mumbling word
or made an expression
or moved a muscle.
i was mourning the death of my dream,
the one that waited for me.
as i was standing in the door to my room,
i felt the shudder of relief breaking through the heat of the afternoon.
the branches swaying wildly in the breeze,
i saw a squirrel jumping from tree to tree
and it was all so clear to me
that this is where i was meant to be.
all we have to do is decide
what to do with the time given to us.
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Damper San Francisco, California
bay area twinkle daddies ✨
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Chris' pick: This was a huge return for Crime in Stereo after a 13 year break. Glitchy soundscaping, catchy vocal hooks and attention to detail make this album a fully cohesive listening experience.
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Phil's pick: I've had this album on nonstop since it came out. Nick DePirro's guitar is truly incredible and Aric Improta makes excellent use of space as he weaves together layers of rhythm on drums.
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