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Restitution

by Nick Barber

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we drove all night to a copper mine community
parked the car and walked though the caved-in rooms
and the night air was cold so i gave you my coat
you said, "i don't remember ever feeling this old"
so we stepped outside lit a smoke and had a beer

in windows weird women fix their faces in glass
and they look at themselves, but they do it too fast
and they lose themselves and we lose them
and everyone loses them

yeah we get so our homes
are just the skin on our bones
blankets we wear then we cover with clothes
and we take our money and we break it into pieces

hey what are we doing here, except wasting time?

we're gaining ghosts and losing forests
restitution is in our arms
gaining ghosts and losing forests
restitution

cold like a machine so sterile and clean
your ripcord is torn but your blade is keen
'cause you oil it each day
you test and try your patience

up downtown it's the same refrain
loretta singing lonely 'bout lovers lane
while lola's in the kitchen cooking up a plan to save us

hey what are we doing here, except wasting time?

we're gaining ghosts and losing forests
restitution is in our arms
gaining ghosts and losing forests
restitution

lovers' limbs tangled in knots
tied tight to each other 'till you rip them apart
and say "i thought you were mine,
i thought that you were taken"

yeah your soul's teeth move and mash when it chews
you choose someone but they don't choose you
so you pick a cause and kill
i guess that's freedom

hey what are we doing here, except wasting time?

we're gaining ghosts and losing forests
restitution is in our arms
gaining ghosts and losing forests
keep each other safe from harm

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released June 1, 2011
Music and Lyrics: Nick Barber
Lead Vocal, Guitar: Nick Barber
Backing Vocal, Guitar, Percussion, Strings: flezaDoza
Produced by flezaDoza in Brooklyn, NY

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