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A little ditty about the pitfalls we find ourselves in and how hard/hopeless it can feel to explain those pitfalls to other people.
lyrics
LYRICS:
I got caught up, once again, kind of irrationally.
So then I hung up on some friends
who couldn’t take the leap off the cliffside swing;
who said I can’t let go of all I claim to be.
And if I can’t let go at all, I claim defeat.
Sprint jump the snakes, tied up.
Explain oneself cohesively.
Narrow ledge, shimmy across
those quicksand pools you built between
points A and B; from Z to Zed.
The ones that matter least stick in your head.
You get the feeling you can’t take it anymore.
You hope the driver in the station
boots your ass on out the door.
So apathetic. Maybe they forgot.
Do you know what I mean?
Do you know what I mean or not?
Sprang up, fresher, squinting down my week.
And placing bets on the likeliest day to succeed,
but still concede that the highest highs,
don’t know why, but they always seem to stem
from those lowest-of-the-low expectations.
And what’s more, to that end:
In hindsight, what defines those highs?
The kinds of lows around.
Insight that lifts you up can only work
if something knocked you down.
Could that be circumstance?
Could that be heaven sent?
Now everytime I get to telling I can’t matter anymore.
And everytime I wanna whisk
my fuckin’ laptop to the floor.
Say it’s ‘copacetic’ and ‘no one’s fault’,
Will you know what I mean?
Do you know what I mean?
No, I don’t even care
if you can’t be my beacon through.
No, I don’t even mind
if this all sounds the same to you.
I will try and try to strain the grime
from what on that night rings true,
and then those lines I stretch to signify,
they’ll tighten up and I won’t have to waste your time.
No more and you won’t have to screen my calls.
No, I won’t bother you at all.
No, no, no.
And next time that blurry feeling
comes a-rapping on the door;
next time I get the notion I don’t have it anymore.
I will recall what I forgot.
Do you know what I mean?
Do you know what I mean?
Do you know what I mean or not?
credits
from Swim Out Past The Breakers,
released August 20, 2021
Robb MacLean of the truly perfect alt-country/indie rock band Limbeck sings the bridge on this song!
