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Hands Never Sleep - A Path to Stray

from From Rivers To Arches | split by joebryant.

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This is a new song I wrote for the split EP. It's a little different from what I usually write, as it stands out from the conceptual content I usually stick to.
- Josh

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If you believe it's there,
then how could you deny the fact
that I'm unaware.
So hit me with a spotlight--
As the beam strikes me,
I don't find it convincing.
"Rehearse a little longer
and then lose my number."

And leave my arrogance
dead or dying in the back lot,
with a way to apprehend
the object of your heartthrob.
Back in the 1990's,
I found the prospect frightening
to wait a little longer
just to sate my hunger.

And don't tell me that's okay,
if you say it the right way.
But I'm sure you'd all,
you'd all sing along.
And I'm sure you'd call
just to tell me I was wrong.

There's something stagnant in the air,
or maybe it's the airwaves?
The chemistry is there,
but dignity is absent.
So let the art lose focus,
what pays at the moment
sets the standard for a faulty pattern.

Don't replicate what you can't contain,
if you signed your name
was it all in vain?

So cue the applause, please,
because they're not listening.
Simply accepting the fact
that I'm here to get paid.
So can I get paid?
Yeah, can I get paid?
You can hear them say,
"The path is not yours to stray."

credits

from From Rivers To Arches | split, released May 31, 2014
All music and lyrics by Hands Never Sleep / Josh Adams, all rights reserved.
Backing vocals by Chelsea Crawford.
www.facebook.com/hnsmusic
www.soundcloud.com/handsneversleep

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Keeping that bedroom pop and the lo-fi emo vibe since 2011. St Louis native, with too much time.

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