Cave Light - Uptick

from Ends by Cave Light // Gather Data Pray for Death

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a three-piece mind left at the cleaners
a mile wide to quarantine the pious, trapping me inside
corral the herd, they're in there somewhere
oh clementine, i'm barely half of fifty and i'm scraping by

so you demystify it, but leave space allocated

for the mental picture
the framing's off, and there seems to be somebody in there i forgot
the face, no clue, but i'd know that jacket anywhere
a hallway to an alternate Vallejo where the engine cooled

goddamn, it's taking ages to get this primer even
i know i've been avoidant, i wonder where i got it?
i don't know why i'm writing, i don't know where to send it
but this offer to the ether should find our pickets mended

overwrought intonations, out of eyeline and season

so limit the backtalk
yeah, hop along, and lose some of that stock, you're boiling over

knees locked, but taking paces
existing other places
less irked by operating; still some, but tolerating
by now, we're just a history, one that had gotten to me
but my perspective's putzed with memory, so yeah, let's hear your piece

goddamn, it took me ages to get that primer even
my money's on avoidance, 'cause i found i thrive alone
and i knew i'd never send this, i know how grudges last
but i had my own and shook 'em, so what say we paint this fence?

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from Ends, released February 23, 2019

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reverse alt-country band from Minneapolis. yes, we like the d-plan.

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