SPREAD OUT SOFTLY IN SOME FORM OF TIME
WHO YOU AND I WERE SUBSCRIBE
TO A PIECE OF UNIVERSE, TO AN UNANSWERED CALL
AND I KEEP SEARCHING,
LIKE PASSING THROUGH A WALL
LIKE PASSING THROUGH A WALL
LIKE PASSING THROUGH A WALL
OHH YA
YOU LOST ME IN THE BLAST BEAT
I’M HOT AND BASKING
IN ALL THAT TRANSACTING
SOAKING UP THE TENSION
LET THE ENERGY COLLECT
HE’S LIKE,
‘GIVE ME A LITTLE NOW MAN AND
YOU KNOW THAT I’LL BE BACK’
BUT
YA CAN’T TRUST A HIPPIE WITH A TAN LINE
YOU CAN’T EXPECT TO GET A WHOLE LOT
OUTTA THAT GUY
LIKE PASSING THROUGH A WALL
A PART OF THIS SEEMS CORRUPT
I MUST HAVE MISSED
A COUPLES PAGES
AS THIS WORLD COLLECTED DUST
SPREAD OUT SOFTLY SOMEWHERE IN YOUR MIND
WHERE PIECES OF YOU AND I WERE COLLIDE
WE KNEW IT WHEN WE STARTED
YOU’RE THE WIND AND I’M THE CHYME
SPREAD A LITTLE FARTHER OUT THIS TIME
I FOUND A PORTAL
IT’S ON THE CORNER
YOU GIVE A GUY A COUPLE BUCKS
AND THEN HE GOES AND SHOWS YA
SPREAD OUT SOFTLY AND SUBTLE LIKE THE PINES
LET THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND I COMBINE
YOU’RE THE SEED AND I’LL GROW WITH YOU IN TIME
AN ARRANGEMENT MADE DEEP IN LOVE AND SPITE
SWEATING LIKE AN ATHLETE
SHOULD HAVE HUNG ME OUT TO DRY
I’M NOT SURE IF WHAT I’M SEEING
IS REAL OR JUST THE HIGH
OHH YAA
YOU LOST ME IN THAT TRASH HEAP
BAKING AND LAUGHING
AT ALL OF THESE SURROUNDINGS
CHOKING ON THE TENSION
WITH THE POWER I GOT LEFT
HE’S LIKE
GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE MAN
CMON YOU KNOW JUST WHERE I’M AT
BUT
YOU CAN’T TRUST A DREAMER WITH A BASS LINE
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET A WHOLE LOTTA
CASH OUTTA THAT GUY
PASSING THROUGH THE WALLS
UNAFRAID TO INTERRUPT
A PASSIVE WORLD THAT JUST
WANTS TO COLLECT DUST
UH, WHAT?
credits
from Through A Wall,
released September 5, 2018
Produced By
Romano
Mixed and Mastered By Jon Drew
At Taurus Recording, Toronto
supported by 28 fans who also own “Tan Line (Like Passing Through A Wall)”
This entire album rips. I've had this on repeated play several times since it came out. I wish I had heard it a week earlier when they played in Boston. One of my fav albums in this genre period. slimes
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