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I am a bug
A creepy crawly thing
Come pull off my wing
Watch me squirm
Tiny homes for tiny bugs
Move the dirt, sweep the rug
Nobody cares about you
I am a tree
I am in the way
Cut my flesh away
Cut me down
My roots run deep
My branches spread and creep
Nobody cares about you
Nobody cares about you
No matter what you do
Nobody cares about you
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Rain comes down, on the city of New York
Wash away, another happy day
Puddles glisten, no one listens
Drink my self and the night away
Never too late, for delivery riders
Should be too much for a baby cry
Put up your umbrella, head in to Showmans
Or stop and pick up movies 2 for 5
I’m not bitter, I’m not happy
Stuck in a moment, but I still won’t try
I’m not looking to save the world
I’m just watching it all go by
As I’m winding down, I see others starting
The vampires, cabbies and deli guys
On 125, the lights are amazing
As the cars go on constantly zooming by - zooming by
I’m not bitter, I’m not happy
Stuck in a moment, but I still won’t try
I’m not looking to save the world
I’m just watching it all go by
Feel the weight of the world
Staring at my new MBP
One tab open to NY Times
Others working on MM3am
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Well I'm just a rock
Look what I've done
Nowhere to turn to
Nowhere to run
Cause I ain't got legs
To take me around
I'll just have to take my place
Here on the ground
Well I wish someone would pick me up and throw me
To the other side
Where the grass is greener
And I know, at least I tried
I ain't got a lot
Nothing that shines
I appear to be hardened
On the outside
In water I sink
In the air I will fall
Do you even see me
Or am I here at all
Well I wish someone would pick me up and throw me
To the other side
Where the grass is greener
And I know, at least I tried
Now a glimmer of hope
You're coming my way
This is what I've been waiting for
But you step on me
Oh how cliche
Well I wish someone would pick me up and throw me
To the other side
Where the grass is greener
And I know, at least I tried
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I heard your voice on
The radio
You're saying everything but
What I need to know
I see the motion
The shadows dance
These ghosts in green are
Gonna put me in a trance
These signs and symbols
This red and blue
They speak some language that I
Wish I never knew
They're flashing, fading
Some kind of code
A circuit closing up and
Down this open road
And all this talk is so cheap
I see those taillights fade
Outside my window pane
I wonder where you've gotta go tonight
I watch the world outside
I catch my breath and hide
Nothing but heartbreak at the speed of light
Up in my room here
Can't hear you shout
These walls of brick keep all the
World's noise out
Ain't misbehaving
I play it clean
I'm watching, waiting
For a sympathetic scene
This broken language
Don't make no sense
The dots and dashes through the
Slats of picket fence
I need you by me
To say my name
This sweet confusion leaves me
Swimming in my shame
And all this talk is so cheap
I see those taillights fade
Outside my window pane
I wonder where you've gotta go tonight
I watch the world outside
I catch my breath and hide
Nothing but heartbreak at the speed of light
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Rusted Fence
You can't hold nothing in no more
You're gates are hard to open
Rusted Fence
I think You would soon be falling down
If I hadn't strapped you back together
Your eyes have seen so much
Over the years of holding on so strong
But I feel that we should throw you out
You've had enough Its time to sleep
You held your ground You've earned your keep
But I feel that we should throw you out.
Rusted Fence
You have holes all over you
Where weeds are crawling through
Rusted Fence
Your chains are falling your posts are bent
I think its time to go
Your eyes have seen so much
Over the years of holding on so strong
But I feel that we should throw you out
You've had enough Its time to sleep
You held your ground You've earned your keep
But I feel that we should throw you out.
I have never done as much as you
You built barriers but now you're through
your broken down And we should throw you
Thank you
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“Catch My Breath”
80 times around the sun
Cousins sprouted one by one
My babies never made it
Lost to the shadows or the blades
Bugs and snakes all over me
Roots kissed by Asphalt and debris
Freezing cold and burning rays
Outstretched arms to take the pain
I can't, I can't catch my breath
On my way to certain death
Lightening strikes and valley winds
Enemies I accept as friends
Bring the life I need to breathe
Spare me your sympathy
But you, slow, steady strangler
encroaching every facet like a scorned lover's anger
Take and take like vampire vines
Suffocate my precious time
I can't, I can't catch my breath
On my way to certain death
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released August 14, 2017