Dualism

from Line Weight EP by Garden Work

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Publicly saving face between balance and praise,
you're a drink from a well that ends in a faint saltwater taste.
I watched it all pass by from the bandwagoner's side,
swearing oaths with the hand that shook-
touching that holy book with your pride.

I'm living off a box of hand-me-downs,
but novelty doesn't dig at me now-
after noting the crashing cash drawer sounds.
I know what I need, and I won't be swayed to sound off anymore.
After pulling the strings from the boards, all I've wanted to do
is to cut those cords;

With a flick of the wrist, light a fire in my chest
so I burn hot, just like a tongue on fire when it tells the truth to a liar.
I've seen this all before, naivety left untamed
claims the vacant seat of a blatantly shady made up game.

It's all the same to me these days-
but novelty doesn't dig at me now,
after noting the certainty I've found
in the wind in the trees and the birds floating by
on that damp warm breeze.
After breathing in time with the source, all I've wanted to do is build more.

"We train and we teach, we walk and we weed."

But our houses still catch fire from the wick on the heart's desire
wrapped around the rotting telephone wires.

This isn't a sales pitch; it should feel more like a well thought-out guilt trip.

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from Line Weight EP, released May 14, 2018
Written by Garden Work.
Produced by Josh Keech.

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