They put on paler faces, dressed in darker moods
Pulled on the shades like blankets, forced to start anew
Nervously sing, not ready for it
Stage of their lives, not practiced yet
They put on paler faces and permanent frowns
Crawling out from their notebooks and away from the light
Chorus arrives and nobody knows
Where it will lead, how it resolves
It took all this time to salvage one good line
It’s not ours keep
[Nothing to be strong about]
It took all this time to salvage one good line
It’s not ours keep
[Nothing to be strong about]
They put on paler faces, dressed in darker moods
Pulled on the shades like blankets, forced to start anew
Nervously sing, not ready for it
Stage of their lives, not practiced yet
Nothing to be strong about, nothing to be strong about
credits
from Paler Faces,
released March 1, 2011
(Mark Pothier, PaperTrace Publishing, 2011)
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