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I've been constructing
Islands in my head
Places where I can
Taste the fruits that they took for granted

I've been typing out
Pages of arguments in my mind
Things that will never be said
Light the match and push it out to the horizon

Houses popped out by the dozen and lined up
On a strand of the Earth's hair
With the wheels to pair
And honestly honesty hasn't been here in a long while

But we're still hanging out
Just the same as the old days
Staring out the window of the backseat
Asking mom and dad where we're headed to
And counting down the steps to this staircase
Hoping the top is better than this place

Even the rain's been getting to me lately
Not anything like when we
Used to watch the waves rise from the doorway
We'd race through the garden

I'll beat you back
To our concrete land
This land wears away a man
Bit by bit til he fits right in

Houses churned out from the factory lined up
On a strand of the Earth's hair
With the wheels to pair
And honestly honesty hasn't been here in a long while

But we're still hanging out
Just the same as the old days
Staring out the window of the backseat
Asking mom and dad where we're headed to
And counting down the steps to this staircase
Hoping the top is better than this place

The willows limbs hang low
The weight of the past on his shoulders
He hears the screams as they echo
Pushed and thrown from their homes just begging for decency

Thinking back to
A time when
We weren't so caught
Deep in the thick of this

Houses crapped out by the dozen and lined up
On a strand of the Earth's hair
With the wheels to pair
And honestly honesty hasn't been here in a long while

But we're still hanging out
Just the same as the old days
Staring out the window of the backseat
Asking mom and dad where we're headed to
And counting down the steps to this staircase
Hoping the top is better than this place

And I hope the people there speak softly
I hope they treat each other with decency

credits

from Her Garden Gate Swings Lightly Without Weight, released May 27, 2016

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Torchiana Athens, Georgia

Singer/songwriter music by Matthew Torchiana Hoban, based in Athens GA.
For booking, email torchianamusic@gmail.com
I'm always down to play.

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