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lyrics

Old Starling wanted me know.
Five years left, and then we go.
One went fast and four pass so slow.

Matters not metal or clay,
each forgets itself that day
when the planets learn how they were made.

Go ahead and build with brick
and build with steel six inches thick.
When it comes we will stand amazed.

I will climb the ladder too.
I will climb the ladder with you.

Underneath the weighty vine,
I am yours and you were mine.
Even though it hurts so bad this time.

Starring at the speckled wall,
One spot becomes all I know,
Up my arms go and then up I go.

I will climb the ladder up,
higher till my cup is full.
If you touch my lip with coal,
I will speak coherently.
As I do ascend the steps,
Offering my five year breath,
What I sought I see,
the chocolate box of righteousness.
Oh to know the rhythm of the stars,
and dance this planet's holy sacred heart,
It is such a shame that we should part.

Old Starling you wanted me to know,
Five years left until we go,
One went fast and four pass so slow.

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from Happy, Good​-​Looking, and In Love, released May 12, 2013

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Friends and Family Seattle, Washington

"It's honest, sad, and epic but without being big or bombastic..." - Charles Mudede, The Stranger

"Like Johnny Rotten meets The Band!" - Malcolm Guite, Cambridge Scholar

"Friends and Family are from another Seattle, a Seattle where people read books, make jokes, and sometimes sweat from doing things other than bicycling." - Bart Cameron, Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly
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