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Ephemeral

by Stephen Shutters

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1.
Bustle 01:30
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Let me tell you a story About a boy who lost Lost a lot of things Even when he fought Yeah, let me tell you a story One that everyone knows Because it's everybody's story You see, nothing lasts forever Not a thing lives on Not your son, not your daughter Not the work you've done The writer said it best Chasing after wind The vanity of flesh There'll be no rememberin' Yeah, all is short-lived And everything ends So we give it all we have to give In hope it transcends
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Tapestry 03:06
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I made lust to the Devil And he wasn't so fine Yeah, loneliness tends to Leave all reason behind Got that college girl tapestry Tacked up on the wall And this may be my downfall There's a feline in the corner And he's staring me down Got no eyes in those sockets God, I'm feeling it now Where's that Sunday school baptistry Back when I was small When I used to hear Your call We went swimming in a great, big Puddle of chlorine Blasting crappy pop tunes Perverting those mom's youths Taking artsy photos of Flower petal mornings But before all that we Met inside a starship Flying through the aisles of Spark-making silicone All hyped up on Caffeinated chocolate chips So we washed off all those chemicals We wiped them off each other Then we drove thirty miles Just to bathe somewhere else And we sat like two kids on a Waterslide with inner-tubes Singing that song about finding death Back on rotation now Rubber rubbing constantly Carrying the two of us back to that lair Turn up the volume now Blasting that R&B Losing myself in that witch's snare
3.
Brave 02:52
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Just as those cups spin 'round and 'round My thoughts return to you Not to how you brought me down But the things you made me do I climbed that tower to paint your smile Knowing we'd come down hard A fear I'd carried all the while 'Til you lifted the heavy part When you were mine, you taught me true And pushed me past my limits Now with you gone, I see it too Your lesson's far from finished Yeah, In your arms and in withdrawal The same gift to me you gave Both in the climb and in the fall You've taught me to be brave Both in the climb and in the fall You taught me to be brave Both in the climb and in the fall You taught me to be brave
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Ignorance 05:56
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I know you once existed But you never truly lived At least, not how I'd wish it Your body torn limb from limb And I think you half-consisted Of myself beneath your skin But now all of me is twisted Was my ignorance a sin Either way, I did you in If I had known, I would have fought But you weren't mine, or so I thought My part was through, but now so are you What fucking hell did I put you through I know your heart once beat and I wish I could have heard The rhythm of your laughter Felt the passion in you burn I think you would agree that This world ain't just black and white But I killed you with the greys and The dark's all I see tonight Now I'm searching for the light If I had known, I would have fought But you weren't mine, or so I thought My part was through, but now so are you What fucking hell did I put you If I had known, I would have fought But you weren't mine, or so I thought My part was through, but so are you What fucking hell did I put you If I had known, I would have fought But you weren't mine, or so I thought My part was through, but now so are you What fucking hell did I put you through Did I put you through And I hope you're up there waitin' For the day when I get there too Where you'll shower me with grace and Show me a love I never knew By then, you'll have a Father But I hope you'll call me Friend This song's all I have to offer Please don't let this be the end Please don't be the end Please don't be the end Please don't be Please don't be
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Crushed 03:01
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Coffee shop music talks Children in a blue box Hearts torn apart on the road Cinderella punk rock Sitting on the catwalk Hope springing up from below Mango tea memories Sketches in a diary Honey, we're all mad here Magical and carefree Making all the doubts flee Wait, you disappeared
6.
Again 02:03
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And now the time has come to go Say “Bon voyage” to those strangers' homes I know we'll see those hills again Because all journeys end where they Beginning to see the complex way That life revolves and comes around And starts again Because all journeys end where they Beginning to see the complex way That life revolves and comes around And starts a new chapter again

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released September 8, 2017

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I make crappy songs, and I love doing it.

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