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Canyon (the Moments)
03:03
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Blessings and curses
Pizza delivery hearses
A bitter old man living in my young heart
A freshly paved road across our young lungs
And a different set of buds for every tongue
Not sure if I want to love again
But it's just one of those things I forget
How much I cherish until it's around
Like sitcoms or Van Halen
Not sure if I'd want to spin the wheel
Or if I'd rather take my chances right here
On the path that's already being carved in the moment
And I oughta love these moments for what they are
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Lord of the Lake Loop
02:56
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I named my car Delusional Thinking
So it could finally get me somewhere
Today it got me to a Taco John's up in Eau Claire
And sure there's beauty everywhere else, too
But I would totally write home about this booth
I named compassion my god
So I could have a good excuse to believe
Today I saw god on a bicycle down by the lake
Of course there's god in everyone else, too
This land is our land just as surely as it is our tomb
I named my car Delusional Thinking
So it could finally get me somewhere
Today you know I'm trying extra hard to care
Because the end just might come any day now
Perhaps a little sooner than we would like to think
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Never Stop Learning
03:16
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When will I accept that not knowing what I'm doing is the greatest gift that I have been blessed with?
Probably by the time I've found something to do besides rethink the same thoughts and reread that same book
Not that I'm not grateful for that
When will I accept that sleep deprivation is the cheapest high that I'll find in your town?
Probably by the time I achieve caffeine LD-50 or maybe by the time I regularly sleep a full nine hours
Not that I'm not grateful for the sleep that I do get
When these wheels stop turning, I pray it's 'cause the engine's burning
And when I'm through with yearning for a larger, less controlled fire
I hope it's because I've realized that I'll never stop learning
And I want to thank you for letting me learn the hard way this time
When will I accept that even when I make the wrong choice, I can still choose how I think about it?
Probably by the time my prefrontal cortex is in the Woodman's lost and found
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A Few Good Things
01:51
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2:30 in the morning, birds are already singing
My eardrums are still ringing but that Real Boy show was great
The window's open, the wine is gone
The map's unfolded, the lines are drawn
My eardrums are still ringing, but who ever knows what they're saying?
Who ever knows if it's gonna last? Who ever knows if they're thinking too fast?
Or too slow? Or not enough, or simply too much?
Let's all think ourselves to death, let's all think ourselves to death
Let's all forget to take a breath
Let's all drink and overthink and forget why it was we were walking into the other room
There will be a cloudy day in the dog days of July
And you'll wake up in a soup of sweat but you will feel alright because you slept
Reminiscing on snowy drives, thinking about when you almost died
Thinking about how luck let you live and how you've done a few good things since then
5:30 in the morning, reminiscing on singing
Your eardrums are still ringing with the sound of your own voice and theirs
In unison
There will be a cloudy day in the dog days of July
And you'll wake up in a soup of sweat but you will feel alright because you slept
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Bloomington
01:51
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Had a sense of impending doom since sometime in high school
And it's been behind every thought and every feeling
So everything I do is to please, and everything I do is because
If all these thoughts and feelings stop at once
I will have gotten what I stuck around for
Had a feeling that I should move to Bloomington or Athens
Since a dream I had a week ago and it's got me checking the weather
In places I've never been - never even visited
I'll be in Bloomington next month with my best friend
And we'll see if it seems worth it
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BOB LOBLAW Madison, Wisconsin
Organized sounds from unorganized people.
Alex - Bass
Cam - Guitar, Vocals
Dallas - Drums
Check out friendlyspectres.bandcamp.com for Cam's solo releases!
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