You pack the kids away to college
and wave them a grinning goodbye
down the driveway.
The house falls into a sudden quiet
that presses down hard on your eyes.
Was it worth it?
The thought sends a chill down the back of your neck.
In all your dreams, your teeth are rotting,
and saltwater fills up the room.
You wake, sweating.
Your bed is frigid and expensive,
and most nights, it feels like a tomb.
Was it worth it?
The thought sends a chill down the back of your neck.
Armed with a frantic desperation,
you move to the country to clear
your poor head out.
You’re spending money like it’s nothing;
the well will run dry in a year.
Was it worth it?
The thought sends a chill down the back of your neck.
You get a fresh start, and you set about
making the same mistakes.
You get a fresh start, and you set about
making the same mistakes again.
credits
from Cementing EP,
released February 14, 2016
INGREDIENTS:
guitars
fake bass
fake bass drum
vocals
mandolin
slide mandolin pinging noises
twenty-eight notes on a free banjo
cheap chopstick percussion
assorted yelling
the inescapable noise of a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet
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