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Resemblance of Mercy
04:34
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Heavens forgiven the height you climbed toward
And taking away the aches and the pain
That came with the hate in the sand that you ate
There’s change in my eyes
And in the air though I act surprised
Suspended and gone away we remember the day
We’re remembering how
We disappeared into clouds
And when we looked back down
A nauseating sentiment overcame
Let’s remember again
It was a resemblance of mercy
& of the wind in my sails
It was perfected air
I know what he’s here for
& I know what you’ve done
So take this pill from me
& roll back your heads to remember again
Forget what we came for
Out of tune it’s undone
Distrust his alchemy
& fold in the tongues for a warmer refund
We’re present we long for
Reappearing as one
So fake your way thru it
& hold in your breath now you’re shaking with death
Consume what you’ve cared for
& pretend that you’ve won
Your shamefulness washed away
You overcame you overcame
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Practicing crosshatch
I’d die preparing things for you
Crawl down the wrong path
Crying hysterically I’d do anything
Know where the window shines
It’s in the world now
You feel hot now
It’s where the sun can’t be found
We fought a hole in
Into the ceiling
We watch the rain fall inside
We held power
It felt so right
We kept our secrets and lies
But I don’t believe you did well enough
Out where the wind won't blow
I showed up melting
It must be nothing
One step a lake occupies
A lower height now
I feel weak now
Two swims and we’re feeling fine
Heading out there
Fearing I said
There’s no protection inside
And I do believe in hell it’s above
This feels as it should
Complete and real this neighborhood
Take it as it’s made
Religion the structure as it’s knit
Adding to our decay
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Cross Face
03:13
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The time you spend with an old friend redeems useless
The time you spend rethinking it’s usefulness
A day flies by I live inside the head of a nail
And it hurts me to move outside
Invariably sharp eyes
An hourglass sands become glass it breaks
Has an hour passed we wait to clean the mess it creates
I blame myself for volume of noise the books on the shelf
And i learn to crawl one step
One leap one stride
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Bedhead
03:04
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I don’t think your time trap deserves my attention
Kick back and alleviate the mindset
Win conditions it’s all unusable
When the caterpillar on the flagpole’s
Swept in by the people you despise
The alchemy of all the family you kept in love with
What scares me most your winnings sold into the great divide
Into my spine brash and bold
From what I can see you’re crawling into bed
Every time you twist the knife I’m replying out of context
The face I’ve saved is fucking useless
All my materials for flying home
They’re all lost inside this house
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Chagrin
04:10
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I woke up ; I breathe in
I arrived on time with a bullseye
Shot a firework in the ground
I was scared to condemn
The violence I happened upon that day
I made the case to take the long way home
The intent; innocent
Surrounded and buried the same two bricks
You claimed to have swallowed for the promise I'd turn my back
Sing a why; so serene
The way back there was a lost day
I was satisfied to leave
And if i’d have worked the same job
I would have quit the second I clocked on to save my skin
And if I’d have occupied the same heart
I would have never ever bled in the long haul; kicking free
Cuz you’re never here
& you were never here
& now I have to leave
& that’s the saddest thing
& all the promises
& all a safety is
Is just a fantasy
Abandoned in the same creek I threw my shoes in
& you’re never here
& all the promises
& all a safety is
Is just out of reach
As I just watch your head spin; turn into a sinking ship
I threw up
I’m bleeding
And oh it’s such a shame
And much to my chagrin I forgot how to swim
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Spitting Room
03:19
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This is the halfway point for it
Where I’m acting innocent
Fainting, making you repeat every question
Happens after the attack
Into the mouth that you allow it in
And comes back up unannounced
And sadly it reminds me
Of when I sang so quietly
On couches staged for restless days
The parade staged below my home
The heat turned off so use the stove
On lightness we breathe thru their new TV
Clears a pathway out to make
Out these paper little legs
Can’t be begged not to mention every instance
It’s been clouds above my head
Expectations heaven sent
Have to ground my spring time home
From saving face and leaving clues
To watching you inside my room
My soundtrack hits rewind
Every time
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About Trailing Riviera
02:32
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We swam we sit we saw how far we could get
All the salts in the sea couldn’t get me to declare a need a new friend
One who cares about me
Or the nonsense I’m bringing
What we laughed at
Didn’t make sense
Any way that you spin it i’m listening
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Talker
04:28
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This Romance turns my heart to stone
I didn’t wait so I didn’t know
Picks and picks off the side of his cheeks skin
Up all night he played to win
It can’t remember what you wore that day
My back could break if I say the wrong thing
I ask about the time you forgot to call him
We share a smile I feel gone after I think
We’re just alone
You became the one I hate
You became natural ache
I feared to love
Halt this loss with piercing aim
Invariably sharp without a hesitation
To open up your eyes for a fighting flinch
My head full of ice anticipate earthquake
Anticipate earthquake
You became the one I loved
And you became the one I killed off
In this game
I was amazed by the way our bodies shake
I laughed it made me feel OK
We need you to come back here and fully decay
To the time when it was just a game
A handful of fists and never to pray
We’ll fake it til it sets aflame
My ears were collapsed by the thrill of the day
A smile, it took me away
A twenty-something mile, a sweat we break
So maybe find someone else to blame
I’m naked on my back it’s sunny today
It’s been awhile since I played to retain
If this is how it’s gonna be
I guess that I would have to say
It doesn't pain me to admit
It was another fine day unpaid
(When you come back) you say you’re feeling out of touch
That it’s not urgent but you called the home phone
(Thoughts of a car crash) were never really mine to suppress
You called so late you’re not waking me up
(I lay awake) And I anticipate the harm I deserve
The gun’s not loaded but your innocence yearns for it
(play date) The marrying of child and the poem
The flight’s delayed but I can see it’s coming in slow
(You looked away once) to the shade where all the settling starts
Been an eternity since all of your place fell apart
And I know that you anticipate earthquake
But please let me help you clean
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Drawings for Radio Time
03:41
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And so he grabs his gun when he hears his name
Though he can’t recall the evil things he’s said
He can’t survive under the guise of the weak
He gives his faith his family a nod goodbye
Shouts in the sky oh why
Shouts in the sky oh why can’t I
He said he’d only show himself when the ground begins to shake
He starts to fear the enemies he’s made
When he came to terms with the lightness he caved
Surprised himself with the look of the long-lost rain
Shouts in the sky oh why
Shouts in the sky oh why can’t I
Crippled now, his hands begin to shake
The sport of the horse the energy he craved
He lost the line he pulled in to save his skin
Revoking a cigarette he thinks of the lives he saved
Shouts in the sky oh why
Shouts in the sky oh why can’t I
He has a look up to the stars up high
Shouts in the sky why oh why can’t I
He wants to feel the same way as you and I
He wants to feel the same things we do when we cry
Wants to feel the same way as you and I
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The Kansas Wind
02:39
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Your last brother’s face it kept the shape
The pardoned ache it wanted to retain
A guest it takes his skin behind the fridge
You hide away the ice on holidays
You wake another day another clue
He breathed out once as red replaced the blue
We walk around the block recovering
As water heals your wounds you feel the need
The kansas wind
It kept you in
A safe suspended freeze you couldn’t escape
To keep the love you always thought that you needed
Take a step and breathe inviting scream
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Matthew I'm Flying
10:10
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You read half speeds
You just didn’t have the glow
The time we’re given doesn’t know
To trust; remind me what you can
"What makes you happy?"
She writes into her smallest mold
Tragedy struck her heart, I know
Unfastened hurt it melts the hand unheld
He never stayed at home
He probably broke your heart
The writing it was on the wall
The four of us in the bedroom
The clock it had a working hand
No matter the time it told
We covered it in the sand
Jumping at a basement headcold
The night I locked myself out
The door ajar a healthy heart
Thinking with a lateral head now
We settled on a resident evil
The I walked myself home
The rain it filled a soaking shirt
The rain it filled a smaller shoe
The rain it filled my harbor home
My left hand moves forward
I’m losing sight
Like soft serving glances
That you exchanged with us
Your sharpened nails
In the back of my head
Falling to the ground
The shape’s unending motion
To another place
It’s irreversible
Every time you twist the knife I reply it’s not a contest
This face I’ve saved is fuckin useless
All my materials for flying home they’re all lost
Inside this house
The Kansas wind
Under your wings
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Prathloons Chicago, Illinois
Prathloons is the Chicago-based songwriting project of Collin Dall. His songwriting layers poetic, melancholic lyrics atop glacial arrangements on guitar, drums, piano, & violin. The songs reminisce on the mess of getting old, the woes of life-long relationships, & accepting that the meaning of our time on earth is simpler than we think: to love and listen, and to hope for the same in return. ... more
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