stay home again
‘cause you can’t move without something breaking.
you have hands around your wrist,
holding you down to promises
you can’t remember making.
don’t you think it’s time to call it off?
we could just sleep here in the parking lot.
don’t you think you’re better off
painted over the sidewalk?
your slow pulse and your slow breath,
she wears them both around her neck.
but we could move
and drink our coffee black in a different state.
we could lose everything and let the walls cave.
there’s no profit in the convenience
of getting hurt in all the same places.
there’s no profit in the convenience
of holding a familiar hand in a house that’s burning.
credits
from Learning How To Talk,
released March 29, 2019
artwork by lisa a. ryan
recorded in kansas city by patrick robinson & braxton matlock
produced by patrick robinson with additional production by braxton matlock
mixed by braxton matlock
mastered by troy glessner (spectre)
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