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The Sky Was Holding Him Down

from Spooky Action at a Distance by Smoky Ghosts of Big Trees

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Good guys, bad guys and guys like us all live in the same world. We come out on different starting blocks, and the sun casts shadows on different parts of the track as we race around. Some trip, some fall, and some just can’t maintain the pace. If you can’t go forward, sometimes the way out is up. Could be that the forces of nature are arrayed against you. The same could be said for all of us. Some become sculptors, some become astronauts, and some go off in the woods looking for Bigfoot. Slipping the surly bonds is the ultimate goal.

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His past is checkered like a chess board
His future’s bright like the lips of an escort
His guard is down when he’s in town
His mother still hasn’t cut the cord

I saw his face on the cover of Time
The card fell out, but I didn’t subscribe
Nothing to learn from the story inside
Another hack, another deadline

He cleared the air
Grabbed a bag and went over there
Too much turbulence in the air
And flight attendants who really didn’t care

He thought the sky was holding him down
Turns out it was the ground
While gravity was a natural friend
It was a dead end, yeah a dead end

So he tried to learn the secret of flight
Visiting Kill Devil Hills in his mind
Waiting for when the conditions were right
As he tried to leave the ground

He cleared the air
Tried to watch movies on the way over there
Soldiers and strangers in his hair
And flight attendants who really didn’t care

His past is checkered like a chess board
His future’s bright like the lips of an escort
His guard is down when he’s in town
His mother still hasn’t cut the cord

I saw his face on the cover of Time
Could’ve been a reflection of mine
Nothing to learn from the story inside
Another hack, another deadline

Those who travel by pencil and push-pin
Never have strong reservations
Go and give the globe some top spin

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from Spooky Action at a Distance, released March 27, 2021
Featuring The Soccer Hooligan Chamber Choir

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Smoky Ghosts of Big Trees South Korea

The whooping went on, and in about a minute I come a-booming down on a cut bank with SMOKY GHOSTS OF BIG TREES on it, and the current throwed me off to the left and shot by, amongst a lot of snags that fairly roared, the current was tearing by them so swift. - Mark Twain “Huckleberry Finn” ... more

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