A Final Drift
from Take Another Look by Echo Tongues
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lyrics
Mayhem in my world
I can’t pretend
That I’ve solved the toil
Of living with no end
I got nothing and it never pretends
To hide beneath the fence
It tears the walls down that it blends with
Only to offer me true friendship
Or to remember that we’re distant relatives
Separated by time and space but interacting with the human race
It’s a space case that goes on for days
My body will die, but my soul will replace
I love the gift of gab to say
Tuck it all back so you don’t look cray
It’s such a gift to be alive with you all
I can’t believe it’s a dream after what I saw
That life is death and death is just a suit
One that’s valuable and so hard to lose
I broke my lie when I opened my chest
Got a taste for the blessed
I’ll take two, they can have the rest
There’s plenty for the repossessed
If you know how to bless yourself and all of the rest
I don’t know where I came from
And I don’t care where I’m going
For I am knowing that I am higher than motherfuckin Boeing
Flying into thee eyes that bless the skies
And draw the clouds on high
From David Bowie to Cavemen stoning
We’re all the past and the future open
To recombine in the now
You cannot find this truth unless you open your mouth
It’s such a gift to be alive with you all
I can’t believe it’s a dream after what I saw
That life is death and death is just a suit
One that’s valuable and so hard to lose
I can’t pretend
That I’ve solved the toil
Of living with no end
I got nothing and it never pretends
To hide beneath the fence
It tears the walls down that it blends with
Only to offer me true friendship
Or to remember that we’re distant relatives
Separated by time and space but interacting with the human race
It’s a space case that goes on for days
My body will die, but my soul will replace
I love the gift of gab to say
Tuck it all back so you don’t look cray
It’s such a gift to be alive with you all
I can’t believe it’s a dream after what I saw
That life is death and death is just a suit
One that’s valuable and so hard to lose
I broke my lie when I opened my chest
Got a taste for the blessed
I’ll take two, they can have the rest
There’s plenty for the repossessed
If you know how to bless yourself and all of the rest
I don’t know where I came from
And I don’t care where I’m going
For I am knowing that I am higher than motherfuckin Boeing
Flying into thee eyes that bless the skies
And draw the clouds on high
From David Bowie to Cavemen stoning
We’re all the past and the future open
To recombine in the now
You cannot find this truth unless you open your mouth
It’s such a gift to be alive with you all
I can’t believe it’s a dream after what I saw
That life is death and death is just a suit
One that’s valuable and so hard to lose
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from Take Another Look,
released December 1, 2023
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