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Shining

from Tambaleo by Matthew Squires

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lyrics

I strived for years to answer
the question of my life.
I'm afraid to admit
I could not phrase that question right.

I am forgetful
Yeah, that is my crime.
I am forgetful
so I stumble on through time.

A hundred million memories
come poking through the fog.
I'm not sure what they're telling me,
except that I'm doing something wrong.

Where is your hunger?
You could hold it up for me.

Where is your hunger?
You could lay it at my feet.

And there's much more to you
than the mess that you've been through.
The sacrificial knife,
that document of life

is Shining.
It is Shining.

The heart of man lies broken
and bleeding on the road.
It talks about the money
and the privilege it is owed.

It is homeless
with a throne made out of trash.

Yeah, it is homeless-
rusted crown and soiled sash.

And the voice of God comes muffled
through a beat up radio.
It sounds a bit like Elvis,
Presley, not Costello

"You are a hound dog
and your fur is stained with wine

You are a hound dog
And you're not friend of mine."

But there's still hope for you.
Just take your blue suede shoes.
Exchange them for The Knife.
That document of life

is Shining.
It is Shining.

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from Tambaleo, released January 20, 2017

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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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