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Possibly my favorite track from the "Say Yeah!" CD, In My Present State was written the day after I first saw The Wrens (Bowery Ballroom, maybe 2003?). Took me a few years to get it recorded. Pretty personal shit within.
lyrics
In my Present State
45 days in a row, you’ve asked me how I am. What’s my line for you today? Hell if I know…
One of us is on delay, a seven second lull
Keeping stalkers far away,
they won’t hear me when you call
I’m going into town, over under sideways down
When you get back here with me,
let’s look around for my sanity...
Here in my present state yeah,
you found me half as crazed yeah
You want me happy, do you?
You want me happy, do you?
People laugh in different ways,
and baby, my brain hurts
And I’m staving off this pain,
but I'm flailing at this game,
The one that captured us,
in a lockup of our trust
And threw away the key,
so now you’re stuck right here with me
You’re in my present state yeah,
caught in suspension, baby
You want me happy, do you?
Try changing your ways too...
Lost in my present state yeah,
caught in stagnation, baby
Which way to happy, do you know?
Which way to take me, you know!
Can’t find my present state yeah,
lost era pulled up stakes yeah
Just fake me happy, can you?
Can you see right through me too??
credits
from
Say Yeah! (LP),
released March 15, 2008
Dfactor played guitars, bass, drums, vocals and lead acoustic guitar
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