the damned future fools

from until the comet returns by Owen Brimijoin

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Owen Brimijoin: guitars and vocals
Andy Arthur: Bass

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Why oh why, oh why oh why
Is the hard ground so hard
When all we are is in the air
And I’m falling awake

If we could fall from such a height
With such a nudge, all it takes
Oh why oh why, oh why oh, why

I kindled a fire but it burned down the room
I stand in the coals and deny it’s my fault

Why oh why, oh why oh why
Do we take, do we take
From all of our days
So few remain, we had a well,
It was deep in the bones of the earth
You could have drowned in the hours, in all the days
You could have learned learned when you die

I have enough strength to hold up the walls
But I borrow all this from days yet to come

Here in the days that pass so impatiently
This is the light on the wall
To see that we steal the joy from all our yesterdays
We are the damned future fools
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Why oh why, oh why oh I
Do I fear the next fall
And lie awake, terror tied
Always braced for the drop
The shock comes with such a force
It breaks the whole room
The roof cracks, the floors bend
Why oh why, of why oh I..

I wish that these walls would tumble and fall
And let the wolves in, come hell and come all

Here in the days that pass so impatiently
This is the light on the wall
To see that we steal the joy from all our yesterdays
We are the damned future fools

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from until the comet returns, released February 3, 2015
Andy Arthur: Bass

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