Can't Help But Wonder

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lyrics

skipping every other step down
an inertia carried southbound
on a train back home to you
felt a power in the stillness
and a critical resilience
a pushback overdue

it doesn’t have an address
it changes with the context
the future stares you down and you stare right back and say:

and i can’t help but wonder
if the light that we’re losing
comes from the cracks in the logic
i’ve been leaning on for years

i learned that every new footprint
of every new development
will displace something else

in a garden made of mirror and ceramic
east midwest to mid-Atlantic
framed in grout and concrete and
gifted like a travel souvenir

so when i spin around
and look for validation
remind me that the inches i’m losing off of massive fields of space are well-deserved.

and i can’t help but wonder
if the light we’re losing
comes from the cracks in the logic
i’ve been leaning on for years

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from Pin, released August 2, 2019

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Signals Midwest Cleveland, Ohio

we are a punk/indie band from Cleveland, now spread throughout OH and PA. we've been doing this together since 2008. we have been lucky enough to see the world together but will still play in your kitchen or anywhere really.

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