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The old guard is sleeping.
He fell in love with his horse.
He let go of the reins
& now they’re swaying about in the wind.
& the only thing I’m permitted to say
is that I trust you to do whatever is needed.
[This is not a test, this is not a test.]

A whirlpool of images flickerin’
has clogged up the pipe in my wall
I tried but I can’t seem to try to sing
a song that could capture it all

And failure is more than a word my friend
it’s a life you can buy in the mall
a clown suit you wear as you’re protestin’
your right to be nothing at all

Now ain’t the time
for your sympathies

As my hands reach
a million degrees

Don’t tell me
you don’t hear symphonies
swaying about in the breeze

One time I lived in a satellite
which drifted around through the halls
in search of a world that was big enough
to contain the shape of it all

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from The Electric River, released October 21, 2022

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Matthew Squires Austin, Texas

I think, all things considered, the songs I write are much more listenable than the songs I don't write.

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