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Aquamarine

from The Ableist by The Ableist

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Diversey down to Sheridan // Then Belmont to the lake // It dawned there, under blackened skies // I’d exhausted that routine // Nothing quite echoes your // Evasive state of being // Yet I wondered how we drifted from // What we could have been // I think back on a time and place // A past I can’t eradicate // The way you loved me in your stare // Can’t mend all the pain you feel // Surfaced in an unknown sea of endless pleasantries // I watched the lake shimmer in shades, in tones aquamarine // There it sank in how you spoke of such a cold and lonesome fate // Which explains why you were never there, but it’s not your fault I stayed // Some mornings I’m in traffic // I feel you pass me on the train // I hope you’re safer in your skin // But I sense your ache reverberate // I reflect back on that final day // A moment that took all your strength // The only one we both were there // You wept ‘goodbye,’ I brushed your hair // Surfaced in an unknown sea of endless pleasantries // I watched the lake shimmer in shades, in tones aquamarine // There it sank in how you spoke of such a cold and lonesome fate // Which explains why you were never there, but it’s not your fault I stayed // I may never write a song // That sends shivers down your spine // My voice is not so graceful // To provoke such flattery // I can only speak to trauma // And this path we’ve moved along // So from this point going forward // I’ll expose the world’s wrongs // I can accept the fact you hate me // That you don’t know who I am // All I ask is that you try // Try and understand // Please understand I tried // Please understand I tried // Please understand I tried // Please understand

// I tried //

Remember you once told me how you’d step out towards the lake? // The water would be freezing—you’d submerge and drift away // Your lungs would collapse, immersed—fill with water, blue and green // Though I’ve been beneath the surface—you deserve a better fate // Your eyes reflecting my perception—should they shimmer in that stone // Not to flicker out in blackness, as you drown in pain alone

credits

from The Ableist, released January 22, 2021
Barry Cabrera – Guitar
Stephan Piven – Guitar
Jairus Paulus – Bass
Johnny Chacon – Drums
Paul Scanty – Lead Vocals

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dave Hansen

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The Ableist Chicago, Illinois

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Barry, Sean, Stephan, Pete, Paul.

Former/Rotating: Maddie, Jairus, Johnny, Dave.

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