Disassembly / Reassembly

from Semaphore in Fog by public gardens

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no man is an island?
perhaps that was true a long time ago
before the ice age
the glaciers have melted away and now we're all islands

i guess there's gonna be more elbow room than i thought!

he said something about
yeah?
how the magician does it
how before he was something
and now he's-
before i could stop him he ran away towards the river

i want to talk to you about that house down the river
the magician
must i tell you again?
he's cheap in my rate of exchange
but our lives aren't

your rate of exchange? you make me laugh!
look, i don't wanna talk about it anymore
must i tell you again?

none of us asked to be here
we all have to gamble
it's not as if we could refuse
we had to gamble once we crashed
we're lucky
why shouldn't we put up a little more than we have to?

you can't help it
the curse buzzes out of your mouth with every word you say
and nobody alive can tell which is which
or what you mean

you look out for your head! hah, okay fella

what time is it?
ahhh, that's better
it's better to roll up your life into one night and one man
exploding day after day
i didn't mean any of it!
it's all wrong!

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from Semaphore in Fog, released August 7, 2020

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