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Heirloom, you muzzle and multiply
I’ve thought of a plausible alibi
Leave me in peace and return to your stall in the market

If talking to strangers was dangerous
How perturbed we’d be when the three of us
Swallowed our pride and plastered our eyes to the moon

Because casing the places that sold the goods
Wasn’t quite our conception of brotherhood
We promised ourselves great reward when the times changed

I took up my arms and made camp on the tiled floor
You were bearing your teeth like a dinosaur
When it finally happened to us like everyone said it eventually would

I remember the sting of the afternoon
When we lost track of time chasing red balloons
You stood on the doorstep bellowing threats like a monster

But nothing could stop us, we rocketed past you
Our house was on fire, but I knew I’d outlast you
And then there are days that I’m certain I made a mistake

Cause down on the carpet I was losing my mind
While the painters labored on your redesign
And I still had a number of secrets to cling to when it was convenient

I developed respect for the cages
You stayed on your sofa for ages
I’ve already stopped trying to erase the mark

When the floor drops out
When your jaw goes slack
When the faucets burst
When the glaciers melt
When the earth turns sour
When the people stare
When the cities fall
When the oceans swell
When the light burns out
When the sun explodes
When the cars collide
When the wheels fall off
When our eyes connect
And the systems fail

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from James, Quit Pretending You're So Fucking Happy, released December 16, 2016

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Monster Furniture Brooklyn, New York

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Monster Furniture is the moniker of Brooklyn-based recording artist Gabe Smoller. Across genre-spanning albums and with a rotating cast of collaborators, he writes songs about dogs, death, containment, illness, and home renovation, finding complexity in the mundane (and with just enough DIY eccentricities to keep things from getting too heavy). ... more

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