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Constants and Variables

from Fond Memories by One Flight Down

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lyrics

Act 1. The Speed of Light
I just can’t seem to get to like my way of life
When my everyday fails to hide
The direction that I despise
And I’m running

And I just can’t seem to get to like the speed of light
When every thought that I devise
Translates into X’s and Y’s

What do I know for sure?
I’ve once been told
That if you tucked in what you are
With good intentions mired in your heart
You would find home
And it’s the problem
Even who I am translates into the worst equation there is

And about patience I can tell you a thing or two
With twenty-two years of motivation
Based on the mere observation that good things
Come to those who wait

And about reciprocity I can but nod scathingly
It’s the condemnation for my peremptory lack of judgement

Act 2. Paint the Walls like I Do
I used to see, from my ivory cave,
A noose as a sieve, to sift me from myself
And as I’m craning off the ground
I’d feel the cold grip of my antagonist self
Yelling “Please, wait!”

“I thought of a brand new way we could live without waiting for something above
I thought of a brand new way to exist without waiting for things that’ll never come
I thought of a brand new way we could get along while waiting for someone else to come home”

Act 3. You’re an Artist, After All
I’ve been through mad, mad sorrow
I’ve been through it all alone
By spitting my guts on my bedroom walls
And wielding that plectrum like a scalpel

Now, I cannot help but wonder why
I cry into this microphone when all, all,
All of the people that I know have gone through as much without…

I’ve been so blank and shallow
I’ve gone from man to shadow
Curled up in a ball under my skin
Urging to feel something from nothing

I cannot help but wonder why
I cry into this microphone when all, all,
All of the people that I know have gone through so much without…
Howling like wolves

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from Fond Memories, released May 6, 2016
Written, recorded and produced by One Flight Down.
Mixed and mastered by Antoine Baril at Hemisphere Studio.

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Songs about ex-girlfriends with guitars and some other stuff.

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