With a pencil and paper I lay
The weight of the world
Between the lines of the page
Either way it’ll all end the same
We’re but remnants of stardust
Slowly floating through space
I’ve tried disappearing
But a fragment always remains
I believe I’ve been stranded in time
Like the Cro-Magnon Man
In his casket of ice
But not to change is to feed my true vice
That’s when the cowardice returns
Am I afraid what I might find?
All that could have been
That should have been
It’s a stain that won’t wash away
A recollection through rose-colored change
Even your favorite shirt will someday fade
So don’t try to keep in the Oregon Rain
Imagery of a once mighty kin
A family branching out like a river that flows
Through the veins under my skin
Yet I stand an outsider on the plain
A desolate reminder of so many
Long unspoken names
Tom McGrath – Bass, Lap Steel
B.R. Mackie – Everything else
Music and Lyrics by Ben R. Mackie
Recorded and Mixed by Ben R. Mackie above Enid’s, Brooklyn, NY
Additional tracking at Laneway Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Mastered by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering, Brooklyn, NY
Cover artwork by Hilary Faye
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