Count to 20

from Structural Mercy by Surrounder

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lyrics

I think if I just had the time

To face the real, the weight

Brutal passage

I passed up on the chance to weep ‘cause I

Forgo, forgone, it haunts

Count to 20

No, count to 10

No, count to 7

A busy life

Is all that happens

I worked the night Leonard Cohen died

I closed that night

In my free time

Out of nowhere it comes on and I

Sometimes look off for a second

A half second flies

A half millisecond

All that’s gonna die

Can’t even say goodbye

I ain’t got no time to mourn

I smash the whole into pieces

(I sheer off what trickles out into a bottle)

Small in size so I can take my time

(Closed off, saving up for tomorrow)

So spread out they fall in the cracks

(With the buzz I wake up to the deadline)

And so spread out that I can’t get them back

(Once again, the bottle fills with lonely daytime)

As years pass they all collect

('Til the cracks spread all over every which way)

Into my own museum of grief

(I don’t pour it out, I just wrap it up with scotch tape)

Where I went once on a day off

(Later on I'll pour it out some quiet morning)

I kept the brochure as a souvenir

('Til then, I’ll check my watch; pretend it’s boring)

I see the brochure every time I move

(Pretend I can sleep through the whole night)

I see the brochure sometimes when I clean up

(Pretend I can touch the bottom with my feet)

I see the brochure every time I move

(Pretend I’ll go back there when I have the time)

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from Structural Mercy, released February 18, 2022

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