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Searching / Straining

from For the Birds by Rhomboids

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lyrics

Not every line has to rhyme
But mine do most of the time
So I return to the same words
And so I chirp like the happy birds
Outside my window in the tree
They’re even happier than me
Because they’re free and they can hang
From the rim and my shotclock rang
Was it the dryer, my clothes are done
Or the alarm and I have to run
I run away from where I want
Into the place, they change my font
So my words slant, I have no choice
And I can’t help but change my voice
When I sit there, when I stand there
My back is straight to show I care
While I’m searching and straining
For the line I forgot to write before I turned off the light
Yeah I’m searching and straining
For the line I forgot to write before I turned off the light
And my head was cluttered for most of last night
It did not stop when my lashes touched
So I’m searching and straining

Up until now I didn’t know I cared so much
But I’ve spent some time without your touch
And things happen when you show that you don’t care
And wheels spin when I’m not there
Verse number two is always hardest to write
When I’m not so sure what I’m doing is right
And I know that none of this could have been planned
But it doesn’t appear that I understand
So we’ve made it to the second page
My words bleed through, proving their age
And will this song be memorized?
The world has it internalized
Most of these words live as sketches
Distant notions each one fetches
Reminders that it’s mostly the same
And something to witch I can sign my name
While I’m searching and straining
For the line I forgot to write before I turned off the light
Yeah I’m searching and straining
For the line I forgot to write before I turned off the light
And my head was cluttered for most of last night
It did not stop when my lashes touched
So I’m searching and straining

credits

from For the Birds, released October 10, 2010
Written by DBB
guests:
Chloe Martin sings
Laura Yeh plays flute

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