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All The Small Things

from Next Exit // Rest Neglected by Average Joey

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The roots ran deep long before the street that I'm walkin' on were ever conceived but they paved the way to a new day to day and harmony's art was carved away
When the concrete begins to crack it lifts us up Our mother is fighting back
in silent subtle acts of resistance, the sidewalk shifts, in growth nothing's exact

So I ripped my heart right out of my chest and planted it right there in the ground
if I direct my intentions to death my life may resonate profound

I met a man on the street with grizzled teeth, he asks me what I'm doing here. At first I can't answer without sounding cheap but then it becomes perfectly clear
that I don't really know, and if I did sir, I would have nothing to show
I'm inclined to find signs of a glow in the small things, and listen to the whispers I'm shown

I looked back at that man and he took my hand and we made love right there in the streets
if you say we can't then you don't understand two spirits finding temporary peace

From there I went to the poet tree where the poets grow instead of leaves and I asked them what a poem means and they just told me to breathe

So I set myself on fire to match the passion that surrounds me
in hopes that it may inspire and let free all the poems in me

I can't believe in everything I can't believe in everyone but the birds go on singin because that's what they do and that's enough comfort for me

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from Next Exit // Rest Neglected, released February 25, 2016

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