Sometimes you can't move on because you won't let go of a person or place or feeling. But other times, you can't move on because the person or place or feeling won't let go of you. This is about the latter kind of time.
And Rob Townley is a bloody guitar sorcerer, I mean come on, this is so damn good
lyrics
Your cries rip and tear me
This rusty trap of yours
Ensnares me
I cannot budge; I fear I'd lose you
So I stick around...
I'm silent and my silence offends
No longer offering the wisdom on which you've come to depend
I'm so sorry love, but I can no longer assist…
But I will stick around.
Cowering, I see you
Floundering, I hear you
You quake, drown
Overthink, sink
Flail and fail and
Cry out
And you know full well why I don't answer.
You holler, yell
Grasp tight, beg, plead
And prostrate...
But you know full well that I can’t answer.
Six-packed, cold and bitter
So little to do but lay back as you witter
I stick around...
Once denigrated I'm degrading
Much like you with your emotional self-satiating
And, again, no, I cannot assist
But yeah, I will stick around,
With you knowing full well why I don't answer.
Cowering, you cry out
You holler and yell - I hear you
You overthink, sink, I stink
You prostrate, I rot
In this grave.
So yeah, you do know full well why I don't answer.
We've no future, you and I.
Go home.
Let me sleep
Among the mud, the stone, and the flowers.
credits
from I Can't Fly,
released January 12, 2019
Rob Townley - guitar
Sam D Grover - vocals
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