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Light Later Lately
04:04
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not quite t-shirt weather, early April still
teases a warmth and then swaps it for a fickle chill
while the passengers on overcrowded subway cars confer
I count my steps from Catharine to Christian to Carpenter
there’s a string of backyard Christmas lights zip-tied to a chain-link fence
that serves as a stand-in for tonight’s new audience
so we cleaned up what we could and burnt the rest that night
completing the circle, turning trash into new light
it's staying light later lately
i was wondering if you'd come meet me
a thousand tire treads as tick marks read
as minor misjudgments, failing exit strategies
that combine with dust and dirt and worn-out rubber, paint and tar
to burn a path between my bedroom and the bar
and we soak in our solutions, bitter brown and clear
mapping an outline of the undulating every-year
and I shudder to think what I’ve missed when I’ve been buried in a screen
wondering who my eyes were supposed to meet
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Oh all the mountain kids are swimming in the lake
They’re off getting lost again, taking what they take.
Me I stand defeated I lost and I’ve retreated to the lake from the lake.
But you, you’ve got so small. But you, you’ve got so small again.
You, you threw it all away.
And I’ve lost chapters from the dizziest of nights, and I find comfort in the few familiar eyes that got away.
But you, you’ve got so small. But you, you’ve got so small again.
You, you threw it all away. Yah
On to the impossible conversation you’re mad I left I’m mad you stayed.
Forgive me for the impossible conversations you’re mad I left well I’m mad you stayed.
Oh all the mountain kids - still swimming away.
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maxwell stern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hailing from the post-industrial shores of Cleveland, OH, Maxwell Stern has been writing music and touring since the early 2000s. He has released a slew of LPs and 7"s, and has played shows pretty much everywhere including an abandoned restaurant in Wyoming, a mall in China, several squats in Germany and a pretty nice bookstore in Australia. He is definitely not the person writing this. ... more
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