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I live in a strange emotional detachment/attachment with my music. Though I move on, I never want to forget where the songs came from so that I can faithfully reproduce them. This is known as, "bringing it real," or as in this song, "paying my respects."

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the final nail in the final coffin
and I put it in the earth
amongst the other memories
that speak of what we were
and I can still hear their murmur
as I walk amongst the tombs
for you can't really lay to rest
what's still living in your bones
so I leave the gates wide open
to revisit from time to time
to pay my solemn respects
and peace therein to find
and so we started like we would end
a house abandoned to the wind
full of effects of what was left behind
and ghosts of a life never realized

and these days all I find
are old corks from our wine
that speak of different times, different times

The first word on the first page
of a new chapter of life
that builds on all that's taken place
in between you and I
in what has become two diverging tales
that I thought would be just one
I guess I missed the plot twist
in a story neither spun
but we embraced it and each other
as I kissed you on the cheek
the stage directions read "exit stage left"
and thus I took my leave
and so we ended like we would start
with a loving embrace and heavy heart
and an ocean of distance that lay in between
a new life for you, and a new life for me

and these days all I don't mind
these old corks from our wine
that speak of different times, different times

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from Sometimes Things Don't Turn Out How You Thought They Would, released December 20, 2009
Recorded in my bedroom in Mexico

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