The Pronunciation of Squirrel

from Good Noise by aloysius the band

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I woke up to the dying of a party
Outside my room at the Holiday Inn
Had an ellipses instead of a brain
Almost like I was back drinking
Felt like I'd been the one drinking

There was a sweetness in the sunrise
That could have sent me time traveling
That house was tinier than a mousetrap
The cold hemmed us in, the heat hemmed us in

And when the sun came filtering through the treetops
It was like the tawny arms of god descending
There was a whispered incantation
And a sound like a low moaning
Sound like a low moaning

We didn't believe in ill omens
We hardly believed in anything
It was a simpler time I guess,
In that way

I can still feel where I stubbed my toe on the corner
of the kids' play table again
The world fell away and I was on my back
Feeling that hotel room carpeting
Almost started crying

Because I miss them with all my heart
and these possessions are all I have left
Memories fading into morning
The squirrels jumping from branch to branch
Reminds me of that funny thing you said

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from Good Noise, released April 22, 2019

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