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Five Years of Winter

from Pictures in the Sky by SCARPA

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My life is in a bad place
I'm just a victim of circumstance
I try to face my fears
But I just end up shitting my pants, metaphorically

I kissed a girl and she tasted like oranges and cream
I loved her too much and it put me in a haze
And I cried for 30 days

The first one is the worst
I fell too hard too soon
My future ended abruptly, but at least
Now I was free to be what I wanted to be

I kissed a girl who tasted like Bacardi and chocolate
I drank too much and it put me in a haze
But I was fine for 30 days

Greeting cards and films
Shoutouts on the radio
Our tears stained the roots on the ground
So I took shelter in abandoned missile silos alone

I kissed a girl who tasted like vomit and cement
I didn't care 'cause I was still in a haze
And she cried for 30 days

I had negative one week to breathe for the last time
The snow it never melted, but I
Didn't seem to mind - I was blind

I kissed a girl whose taste never stayed the same
My mind was clear and I spent too many days
Wishing I was in a haze

Now I kiss a boy and he tastes like beer and cigarettes
I work too hard and it puts me in a haze
I've spent the last 200 days
Sick and numb to the pain
That's tearing at my brain
But my loss will be my gain
Once my life goes down the drain

I love the sewer
I'm friends with the rats
That big one's Bob, he bought me a hat
But I'm not wearing it 'cause it's too small
I guess I'm bigger than that after all

Adulthood's got me down
And even though I feel depressed
I keep hearing in my mind the words of a famous transcendentalist:

"I am a parcel of vain strivings tied
By a chance bond together,
Dangling this way and that, their links
Were made so loose and wide,
Methinks,
For milder weather."

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from Pictures in the Sky, released May 15, 2017
SCARPA - vocals, acoustic guitar

recorded by The Fluu and Steve Carter at Solace Music Group
mastered by Kyle Gilbride

words and music by SCARPA
except last verse by Henry David Thoreau

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