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The Late Days

from Looks Like Daylight by White Veins

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In the late days of April when spring was just ending
I went to the river and laid in juniper plants
I tried absolving myself, put my feet in the dirt,
Felt sick with the worry of what would come next
Then tomorrow did come very regularly
It made me realize that there's nothing new
And the disappointment, I fear, is continual
And it never will leave you – it still hasn't left me
The trees stretch out their arms toward the sun
But always fall short their roots in the ground
Their ambitions are lost to the graces of the wind
That swell and decay

And this pattern never ends
No resolution in view
The helplessness will consume you
Then cycle back again

And I think I believe that there is no truth
Every moment that starts has an eventual end
I pass empty churches on my way to work
Where hope was promised then later lost
There's this dream that I have where you're there beside me
Then suddenly you're gone and I hear your voice say
"The nights got too long, I had to leave,"
Then I fall down a rabbit hole surrounded by weeds

And then I wake up
And my rooms still looks the same
The moon at my window
Filling up the space

You spent one summer with golden light at your back
And slept with a girl who's still in your veins
You tried to forget her in a brand new city
But saw her face in every person you'd meet
And remember how her hair looked and how she spoke
But not the way her lips curled when she felt like dying
On bedroom floors in teenage summers skipping meals
She's never quite been the same

And so it all comes back,
And then leaves you again
There's nothing you can do
No, there's nothing you can do

But I once knew a girl who slept in a flowerbed
To surround herself with life and feel it all grow
Then her hair grew long – she forgot all of language
She was free of it all – free of us all
Now I never see her anymore but I like to imagine
The dark, soft soil damp from the rain
Her warm body laying there with laughter in the air
The sun high above and petals in her hair

The days bleed together 'till you can't remember
Where one day ends and the other begins
You swore there was a line but now you've lost it
The contours blurred, just vague memories
But I think I believe that all hope is lost
No matter how I struggle it'll all end the same
It'll all be remembered as a single moment
A silhouetted sunset drive

credits

from Looks Like Daylight, released November 30, 2016
Scott Johnson - Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer
Brad Bensko - Engineer, Producer, Slide Guitar Bass, Drums
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice

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White Veins Boston, Massachusetts

White Veins is a Boston based band comprised of guitarist and singer/songwriter Scott Johnson, producer/engineer/multi-instrumentalist Brad Bensko, Jac Spälti on drums, Garrett Jones on lead guitar, True Swayne on bass, and Jason Espinoza on synth.

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