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Between the Lines
04:16
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You’re up against another incline,
But you’ve already resigned
To prove yourself, that you’re divine
But no one here is too surprised,
By your blighted courage or the fear in your eyes,
And they’ll encourage you to not even try.
So you attempt to cover your crimes,
And desperately to memorize
Your stories and your alibis,
But you know that they’re a lie,
That you tell yourself so you can sleep at night,
And keep from feeling petrified.
And what we’ve found, is where we draw the line, it changes all the time.
And we are bound, to these intersecting lives, it’s yours and theirs and mine.
So now it’s up to you to decide,
Whether to run and hide,
Or face those things that you despise
In yourself and realize,
That they won’t just stand by, while you try to make up your mind.
What we’ve found, is where you draw the line, it changes all the time.
And we’re still bound, to these intersecting lives, it’s yours and theirs and mine.
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St. Anne
03:48
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The rain will remain, until you’re old, older than this.
You say to yourself, “Something seems askew and amiss.”
These calendar pages go on for ages and years
I know it’s not what you would hear
Oh Anne I know you’re growing up.
And it never feels near enough.
You’ve made exceptions & concessions out of hand.
It’s not too hard to understand.
Silent armies marching in the streets,
Roll over everyone they meet.
But we’ve gotta take that chance,
So that we can dance to the beat.
We’ve lost the forest for the trees.
That someday will rule everything.
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Red, red red sweater, someone pulled the thread
Unread letter, something left unsaid
Your so clever, I was so misled
I knew better, but you got in my head
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We’re finally letting go, we’re leaving it behind
Out here on our own. Unknown and undefined
We’re waiting on a sign. We’re laughing with our friends
We’re buried by the sound. We hope it never ends
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Let’s stay here till this make sense
Build a brand-new monument
To the strange and the mundane
The panoply of existence.
Let’s slow down and take our time
Settle up in our minds
And try to feel something real
For the rest of our lives.
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Permafrost
05:17
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You speak and spell numbers and letters well
You go away forever and a day
I know, I’m sure you’ve heard this all before
It always sounds the same.
You’re like the ocean tide
You leave everything behind
And I can’t decide
If it’s all by design
Winters return, you’d think someday I’d learn to
To go to sleep, to make the most of things and
I know, I’m lost. This life is permafrost and
It barely melts at all.
You’re like the open sea
You break too easily
And it’s all tragedy
When you’re next to me.
You’re never just okay
You’re never just alright
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The yearbook portrait photographer, just can’t understand.
Her fine art degree in photography hasn’t turned out like she planned.
She goes around from school to school taking pictures of math-letes, the jocks and the cool kids and the band geeks and faculty too.
It’s unfulfilling but what can she do? She has to make a living.
The yearbook portrait photographer, spends most of her days,
Wondering how all the plans that she made seem to go so astray.
She sits alone in her studio and remembers the dreams of gallery shows,
Pulitzer prizes and exhibitions, but now she has this sinking suspicion she isn’t truly the living.
But what she can’t see, is what her pictures mean.
In purses and wallets and Christmas cards send to distant relations afar,
And passed between high school lovers that write on the backs, “Have a great summer!”
It’s all lost on her.
The yearbook portrait photographer
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The Glacial Speed Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ashley Altadonna
Chris Van Gompel
Mike Carey
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