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lyrics

The crest and troughs, the ons and offs in a constant oscillation
The ripples in the wavelengths of our breathless arbitrations
Can't we reach a flatline, paving over past frustrations
I can't help but guard your heart far more now that it's vacant

Still I doubt a time machine is something I'll be making, cuz
I'd scribble out the cloudy nights with silver lines for training
And I haven't found a thing out there that slows my signs of aging
so I'll learn to laugh my hair away and love my handle gaining

Let me know, when the time has come
Pain is only temporary, it should never last this long
Let me know, after biting off our tongues
Rain is only secondary once the storm is gone

If I'm truly such a chauvinist then saying so won't matter,
It would only make me madder, make my food and set the table.
But if the doors I held for you and the jackets that you puddled through
Had all this time been misconstrued to meaning you're unable
Then yes I'd be entitled to a little grace and some honest truth
From here on in, instead of you accepting my romantics,
As anytime I treat you well, my princess plants a passive shell
And a prison bar in mortar cell and claims that I had planned it all along.

So Let me go, Let me be alone
I'm trying to take it easy, but we keep on holding on
Let me go, we both know it's wrong
I still love your family, and I wish you heard my song

So let me go, 'till the time has come
Someday you'll believe me, it was worth it all along
And let this grow, once the pain is gone,
I can be the driftwood that you are floating on

credits

from k'Have This On Vinyl?, track released January 1, 2012
Tokyo Speirs=writing, performing, recording, mixing, mastering etc.
Thanks to:
Sonar Guys whose bleeps turned into melodies in verses and choruses.
Stevie Andrews for building a Homemade Tubulum with me, whose recording debut starts at the 2:10 mark.
Beatnik Beats for tin cans, shakers, indian drums and whale mating calls.

Special thanks to Olivia Baribeau for backup harmonies and tracking my vocals. (and Paul Mack for his suggestions.)

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Tokyo Speirs Aylmer, Québec

I'm a gingerbearded music producer and songwriter, and if you twist my arm I'll sing.

I also like long walks on the beach, and hate sand in my sandwiches.

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