Elated at the thought of summer still lay ahead.
The evergreens prolonged and they thrived at their best.
And everything was quiet in the simple life I'd chosen,
but a devilish complexion held its gaze and now I'm frozen.
And I will never understand what you are.
You tripped upon your reasoning, I know the signs you put in place.
The frequent cabin fever tends to fuck with your head.
You're snowed in with your elegance,
you said you'd try, you never did.
The weight of every specimen will threaten your limbs.
The trees will sway. I will never understand this
but it makes me feel less frantic.
But what could I put focus on? I'm guilty yet I offered none
intentional blame, the thought of it cuts deeper everyday.
On the side of that train, on the mountain you gave me
was more than I bargained to breathe.
I put a boundary on the rituals and rendered its existence
as more or less absurd.
But his tricks are getting heavier and harder to ignore.
If I should die, replace the symmetry that had tied me to this life.
credits
from Long Shot // Rotations Split EP,
released December 15, 2017
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Austin King at King Productions
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