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How's the Water

by Antiquated Seekers

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Mouth so humble, and your brain so humble
But your feet got a mind of their own
Put yourself first where the sidewalk cracks
Walk alone, two step back to Rome
They had a violin playing in the background
We have violence back up in the playground
Classroom environment to teach us how to stay down
We learn to keep emotions where they're native: way down
I mean way down, locked
Pressure builds up 'til somebody gets socked
Bottle up and exhale
I mean, son don't you know what it means to be a male
Bottle up and implode
The fury and the fire in your liver is a payload
A heavy weapon if you let it be
Or better yet could be a tool instead of weaponry

Sing with me if you can
In the time we have
With these feet on land
Tell me again how we are not alone
In a gentle world
Because it's hard to understand

Single origin Americano and a stressed look
In my unpressed dress shirt, ready for work
Eye him and pass by him in his overworked sweatshirt
I look down at hands camouflaged in dirt
Chin so jagged
Bedraggled skin so ragged in the elements and wind
Outside sleeping in when my day begins
Within I say again softly
As I take a sip of coffee
I'm not alone
I've got an oar, I've gotta row
It's not a war, I've gotta sow the kind of plants I wanna grow
And stay above the undertow
'Cuz life is but a dreamlike talk show
And I could downshift to walk slow
Or keep my eyes down, chin low
Scan the concrete
Like a shark on a swim for a minnow
But we're not sharks, we're fish
We need a school
Don't know where to begin though

Sing with me if you can
In the time we have
With these feet on land
Tell me again how we are not alone
In a gentle world
Because it's hard to understand

Sing with me if you can
In the time we have
While we both are here
Tell me again how we are not alone
In a gentle world
'Cuz I just don't understand

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released February 1, 2024
Fly Antiquarian: Music
Rude Relic: Vocals

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Antiquated Seekers Olympia, Washington

Wayfaring strangers from old shores where rhyme and reason juke the new tides, muttering quantum koans like stones to trip lost soles.
danfajans@gmail.com

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