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from Short Stories With Recurring Characters by Big Lonely
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lyrics
I’ve been thinking about picking up your parts lately
and reassembling you completely.
I’ve been missing your electric powered pulse
but I’m sick of always shocking myself.
You’re different it seems,
singing songs about when you were a machine.
You’re the one in my dreams
and in your dream I was your father’s guitar.
Playing notes that you loved
but wouldn’t sing before the crowd.
Now there’s a lull in the sound,
but it’s comforting to know what piece was missing.
And I’ll hang over this for now
mess around with the lesser parts,
but still hold your hand.
We had our differences
You had a switch for a heart,
a red blinking light for a mouth
that goes off once every hour
and I’m not alright with that loss?
You’re different it seems
singing songs about when you were a machine.
You’re the one in my dreams,
though in that dream you’re always walking away.
Do you remember the smell
of the factory that born you,
or all the other talking metal bots?
You had your differences, though you all had
A switch for a heart,
a red blinking light for a mouth
that goes off once every hour
and I’m not alright with that loss?
And we could try to talk
but sincere words weigh down your day
and there’s not all that much else worth saying
so we stop.
and reassembling you completely.
I’ve been missing your electric powered pulse
but I’m sick of always shocking myself.
You’re different it seems,
singing songs about when you were a machine.
You’re the one in my dreams
and in your dream I was your father’s guitar.
Playing notes that you loved
but wouldn’t sing before the crowd.
Now there’s a lull in the sound,
but it’s comforting to know what piece was missing.
And I’ll hang over this for now
mess around with the lesser parts,
but still hold your hand.
We had our differences
You had a switch for a heart,
a red blinking light for a mouth
that goes off once every hour
and I’m not alright with that loss?
You’re different it seems
singing songs about when you were a machine.
You’re the one in my dreams,
though in that dream you’re always walking away.
Do you remember the smell
of the factory that born you,
or all the other talking metal bots?
You had your differences, though you all had
A switch for a heart,
a red blinking light for a mouth
that goes off once every hour
and I’m not alright with that loss?
And we could try to talk
but sincere words weigh down your day
and there’s not all that much else worth saying
so we stop.
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from Short Stories With Recurring Characters,
released April 4, 2013
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Big Lonely Burlington, Ontario
Big Lonely is a testament to the resilience of friendship and hardship, with a tendency to transform open sores into hard- hitting indie-rock, and a consistently honest edge. Close friends navigating the distance and complexity of growth. With two releases under their belt since forming in 2012, Big Lonely has another full-length album up their sleeve. Draw the curtains, “Bad Magic”. ... more
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