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Present Tense

from Refracted (EP) by Sky Blue Sound

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PRESENT TENSE

I have no souvenir but memory
My mind‘s no longer in its right
I know not where I left it last
It stalls and falters in the night

The present tense is not a mystery
Born one minute, dead the next

The future tells a secret history
Horror stories fill our heads
The news feed gorges on the dead
We tell ourselves we’re better read

How are we to get there straight?
Take a drink and run the race
Don’t be late go join the chase
Go and torch this sacred place
Never mind the rich
They’re getting paid
Never mind the promises we made

I cough in fits and starts
Mutter, mumble, stutter, stumble
As I shuffle through the clutter
And I ask myself:
What did I come here for?
What did I come here for?
What did I come here for?
I don’t remember anymore

Good guys no longer win
There’s no recovery from the battering
They leave the set without a scene
Good guys no longer win

They don’t ride off
Into the California hills
California hills
California hills
They’re stuck forever trudging
Up and down
And up and down
And up and down
Again…

And down they surely will remain

Living on the coast of panic
The evening tide has breached the gates
Shutter up the window panes
Better shore up fast
Before the levee breaks

The sands have scattered free of broken glass
There is no first
There is no last
We’ve left our best intentions
Drifting in the wind
Drifting in the wind
Drifting in the wind

Our pick was lost right out the gate
A single losing bet was placed
On the chance our children may have made
Of placing in the race
Placing in the race
Placing in the race

Placing in the race

Who do we pray to now?
Time has slipped away
Time has slipped away
Time has slipped away
Slipped away…

What did I come here for?
What did I come here for?
What did I come here for?

Time has slipped away
Time has slipped away
Time has slipped away
Slipped away...

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from Refracted (EP), released November 28, 2020
CONTRIBUTORS
Rachel Carey: Co-lead + harmony vocals
Ben Lanz: Horns

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Sky Blue Sound is Mauricio Carey, who writes, performs, arranges, mixes and produces synth pop, punkpop, ambient and incidental music for film + media. Contact me for licensing or commission work.

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