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this song is about the death of someone who was never born.

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the crying sounds across the pillars
cracked and spilling past the tillers
but the earth is turning slow on this Monday afternoon

and the weeping slips past these earthbound creatures
dicing birds and unborn features
trapped all day inside their stagnant tombs

and I'll never forget you
I'll never commit you
I'll never take back a single word

the criminal is gathering at the races
mothers putting infants in their cradles
but the cries of babies are ringing in their ears

and the taste of champagne from last night
is bitter their fists are clenching tight
the light of day never seems to hit their face

and I'll never forget you
I'll never forgive you
I'll never justify one single drop

the stillborn is sleeping int he box
my stomach lining now composed of rocks
the swelling lying criminal won't ever stop

well I've still got a matchbook, light every one
and a pack of cigarettes, I won't come
to a retreated spirit world where children rise.

and I'll never condone you
I'll never dethrone you
I'll never drift into sea again.

credits

from Notes from Undersound, released June 16, 2023
Penny Burbank - cello!
Gianni Dazzle - drums
J. Kirk - guitar, vocals

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"Calvin, don't jump!" Gibsons, British Columbia

head over to pleasantmatthews.bandcamp.com to see the current project that Kirk is working on with Nathen Matthews, 'The Pleasant Matthews'. "Calvin, don't jump!" has been around a long time and these are a few of our releases.

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