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stand up straight, little kid, in your mothers design
and your brothers shirt that don’t fit quite right
that's OK, he’s in you, you’re in him, all that grade school pride
yea and try to remember that we all forget
how to build a moment out of dirt, rocks and sticks
but not you, you’re the one, you’re the king of the wilderness
and i’ll own up to today, and admit to the past
i was there, that was youth, and i’m not going back
but that don't mean i have to forget how you whispered my name
in the dark of your room where you flickered and moved
like a flame across your bed and surrendered the moon
saying everyone leaves but i just won’t let go of you
such is wallpaper torn to reveal we build
and the love that we make will be hunted and killed
and repaved, say hooray, we still breathe just under the film
now i try to stay nervous and stare at my steps
for to trace every path and decide every breath
i’ll be brave, i’ll be true, and i’ll write my name in pen

cause there is so much more than this
and we are so much less than men

it was all just a dream, some kind of replicated distance
but if i lost you in that darkness, i’m gonna find you in the morning
i started working for the highways, and leaving handprints in the pavement
they took the quarters from my eyelids, but not the pennies in my pocket
i heard my brothers in the top bunk, i tried to memorize their language
just plug your ears and go to sleep, kid, this will be over in the morning
but were running out of time, we’re always running out of constance
and you’ve never looked as pretty, and i’m leaving in the morning.

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from Dirt and Progress Vol. 3, released May 25, 2014

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