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The Empty Stage

by Brakemouth

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1.
Maybelline 04:03
She was born on a Leap Day Fresh fried baby with a new name Maybe she's born with it in her genes, Maybe they called her Maybelline Maybe's got a future in sales (she) knows the ins and out of retail knows we want what we don't got a loving father or a new yacht Maybe you can do it Maybe you'll get through it Maybe, get some sleep at night You were entranced with another advance I was just another guy and all I want is to be like Maybelline. Maybe's got this fresh, unique way Of seeing everyone's unique traits Even if you're nothing to no one Maybe will think that your time has come He was born in an armchair steady diet of a dead stare steadily dying while he sits there and on the screen, he sees Maybelline. Maybe you can do it Maybe you'll get through it Maybe, get some sleep at night You were entranced with another advance I was just another guy and all I want is to be like Maybelline. Her hair was dressed in white and her eyes were made of blue But the facts remain and the people stay the same old habits die hard and so will you Maybe kicked it up in high gear She lived and died herself, a Leap Year extra time for cheap tears a campaign promise for some cheap beer. Maybe you can do it Maybe you'll get through it Maybe, get some sleep at night You were entranced with another advance I was just another guy and all I want Is to be like Maybelline, I wanna be like Maybelline. I wanna be like Maybelline. I'll never be like Maybelline.
2.
Everybody's bigger than I used to be. Everybody's bigger, everybody's better. The things that you tell yourself constantly. Everybody's bigger, everybody's better. When you make your bed, do you sleep in it? Or is the wisdom that sustains us just the same that rearranges us? You were in the yard, with your tarot cards. Does the past surround the future? Is it stuck in a computer? Everybody's bigger than I used to be. Everybody's bigger, everybody's better. The things that you tell yourself constantly. Everybody's bigger, everybody's better. But then I called your name, from an empty stage. There were mirrors on the ceiling, but reflections hide the healing I was a lonely car on a dead end street. The headlights in the valley show I'm not the way you found me. But I hope to be someday. Everybody's bigger than I used to be. Everybody's bigger, everybody's better. The things that you tell yourself constantly. Everybody's bigger, everybody's better. Our Hero descends on another weekend. There's nowhere to go; the screen beckons. Everybody's bigger than I used to be. Everybody's bigger, everybody's better. The things that you tell yourself constantly. Everybody's bigger, everybody's better. But it's not that way.
3.
I was cool, I was down I drove my car to the edge of town Where the grass never seems to die It just shrivels up to stay alive And you, you were there Without a worry, without a care You told me that the grass could be A symbol of our frailty. And I know I know we are all just pinecones On the trees and then the Leaves start to fall Then we will crawl Where is the gardner We loved as the father? The carbon in air has Superceded all affairs They say the next 20 years We could realize the terrors The Self-driving cars Will self-drive us to the bars The robots will quietly Lead us to the singularity And I know I know we are all just pinecones On the trees and then the Leaves start to fall Then we will crawl Where is the gardner We loved as the father? Maybe we could be The ones the kids don’t blame for the pain. And I know I know we are all just pinecones On the trees and then the Leaves start to fall Then we will crawl Where is the gardner We loved as the father?
4.
The Ladder 03:33
The old, the new don't get confused. A story told in interludes. Oh, who could know to throw the book was fun? I called you late up on the phone. It rang all night, no one's home. Oh, please pick up I can't stay all alone. Because all I sing are memories of lives that never came to be. I could've stayed. I could've died. I live in coulds, don't live in tries. I see the way, but I never get that far. You and me the dog makes three a trifecta of lonely. Oh, who could know together could feel like one? Because all I sing are memories of lives that never came to be. I could've stayed. I could've died. I live in coulds, don't live in tries. I see the way, but I never get that far. And in the end, I know we'll die. and get taken up past the sky. and if there's nothing past the sky, it'll be okay, at least we tried. We see the way, but we never get that far.
5.
Look at him. He’s all put together He’s washed his boots, he’s ready for the weather rain or shine, whatever comes look at him, he’s got his chores done Look at him, He’s the pride of the boardroom when he laughs, the whole world swoons see his graphs, chart his figures the bars don’t lie, you know he’s a winner Will I get what I want? His only question Will I get what I want I really need it Look at him, he’s a been such a good boy You know, He’s got all the right toys all he wants is someone to fight for but don’t you know? There’s no fighting anymore If you look a little bit harder Then I think that you will see. If you look a little bit harder We can live completely away from all of the futures away from all of the screens If you look a little bit harder You will see A life complete Look at her, she’s got her nails done I’ve heard that blondes have more fun Can it be? Where’s the proof? It’s hard to tell when everyone’s aloof I’ve been to the other side I know where the old fears lie I know the bones in my hand are the same as my father’s buried in La Grande If you look a little bit harder Then I think that you will see. If you look a little bit harder We can live completely away from all of the futures away from all of the screens If you look a little bit harder You will see A life complete Whoa, to never be in debt but you do what you hate for the rest of your life. You dream all your dreams and you tear at the seams and underneath all the fluff they don’t mean anything Feel the sting of a life without meaning If you look a little bit harder Then I think that you will see. If you look a little bit harder We can live completely away from all of the futures away from all of the screens If you look a little bit harder You will see A life complete
6.
Another night in Serena ends and I hold her sleeping head again. Her raven hair is enough to show That there are some things that no one knows Like how can you find The one who always takes the harder road? Another night in Serena ends and The dark dreams come again But it's okay This is the only way Where do we go when the lights don't show? You're alive to say And my heart’s a sea And you were there for me What do you find your comfort in? A rudder sinks, then swims Another night in Serena ends and I feel the winters deep descent The door turns from red to green And the coffin's turning turning My false legs On which I used to stand are gone Another night and discussions end with a note on the fridge that says: It's okay This is the only way Where do we go when the lights don't show? You're alive to say And my heart’s a sea And you were there for me What do you find your comfort in? A rudder sinks, then swims These visions They happen Every week in passing. The crust of the Earth is spanning both our lives. It's okay This is the only way Where do we go when the lights don't show? You're alive to say And my heart’s a sea And you were there for me What do you find your comfort in? A rudder sinks, then swims It swims.
7.
When we first met, I would tell you What was on my mind and Where my body was too And we wouldn’t use Lots for parking Just felt a spark and Drive on through But I don’t know where we’re going The car’s not mine to drive I can tell the wheels are rolling I can tell my heart’s alive And I don’t know what to tell you I’ve been anxious this whole time I can’t control my body And I can’t control my mind And now we find It is harder For us to charter Trips through another view And me, I zone out I throw your name into the ground And I still love you Could you love me too? But I don’t know where we’re going The car’s not mine to drive I can tell the wheels are rolling I can tell my heart’s alive And I don’t know what to tell you I’ve been anxious this whole time I can’t control my body And I can’t control my mind

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released April 2, 2018

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