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The sweet and peaceful, easy to swallow aspects of life don't usually drive me to write songs. For that it takes the sharp, scratchy things in life, that have to be dislodged.

lyrics

I wish you could see
the smile on my face as I wrote down this dark melody.
But whatever it tells you,
provokes or compels you,
I just found all these notes.
They were stuck in my throat,
and here they are, just for you.

Or maybe for us.
The soundtrack from all of the things we won't say, which we must.
Oh I'd rather bring peace, my loves.
A backdrop of white doves.
A sweet rhymey jingle. A guaranteed single.
Just give me one more try.

That guitar wasn't me.
Okay maybe it was, but it wasn't how I meant to be.
That's just how it comes out.
How many whispers in one shout?
How many notes I got stuck in my throat?
Well who knows? So here goes.

I just found all these notes and here they are.

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from Butterflies in Caterpillar Drag, released September 16, 2017

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Ric Alba California

The one who had been in Undercover, The Altar Boys, and now Dead Artist Syndrome, and Moral DK.

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