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The Boat'll Float

from In Small Conversation by Use Big Words

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I threw my hands in the air said fuck it
The winds will pick up and I'll be fine
I didn't see that a storm was coming
Shattered glass under a wooden canopy
I fell in, love, okay? Wait a minute
I didn't know this thing could go down
I put my vest on its tight but I’m in it
I close my eyes and hope to god that I don't drown

Spent a few years wasting time together
The waves are pickin up now
The storms got its eye fixed and I yell
“You won't catch me cause I’m turning this around”

I catch my breath and I hold it tight
I look up and you turn around
I’ll cherry pick the sins that I’ll confess tonight
Hope that someday it’ll clear up and you’ll see I’m right

(Cast it away, A life astray)
I count my blessings and I take the ride
(Washing you over)
I see the sky through the black and white
(Baptized under salty sullen skies)
Never seen a shade of blue in my entire life

This weekend I came to realize
We can die and I won’t have loved it
I think I've only sunken our relationship

The corner’s cut but the paper’s weighted
Treading water and i just don't
Know if this is the life worth living
The boat’ll float till I could touch the solid ground

Spent a few years wasting time together
The waves are crashin’ over now

The storms got its eye fixed and I yell
“You won't catch me cause I’m turning this around”
I let my breath away into the night
I look up and you’re not around
I think I’m sorry for the awful things I’ve said
But the thoughts are nearly drowning me inside my head

(Cast it away, A life astray)
I count my blessings and I take the ride
(Washing you over)
I see the sky through the black and white
(Baptized under salty sullen skies)
Never seen a shade of blue in my entire life

When you got called and his speech stalled you took the fall
Got his numbers mixed
Couldn’t put, couldn’t put the blame on him
You asked if there was something there to feel better

When the silence spoke and you spat the lump out of your throat
Put your two weeks in, pack it up, only to come back again
You told him there was something here to remember

I breath in deep as if I've seen the light
As I stand on solid ground
I cover up my eyes as if the sun’s too bright
Never seen a shade of blue in my entire life

(Cast it away, A life astray)
I count my blessings and I take the ride
(Washing you over)
I see the sky through the black and white
(Baptized under salty sullen skies)
Never seen a shade of blue in my entire life

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from In Small Conversation, released July 21, 2023

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Indie math rock for listeners from all corners of existence. Non-GMO, organic, vegan, greek, soy, cage-free music.

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