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The Trade Off

from Memory / Gravity by Mike Matteson

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Pray, but nothing you can do would make a change
Wait, breathe the air before the night turns into day
Some say take it all and lock it up and wait for someday
But how long is enough before you're unchained
All it ever takes is one mistake

Because you know it’s coming soon
You have to choose between the two
A weekend afternoon
Before the bitter moon

Running out and falling ahead
Turning the page before the words are read
Gold today for tomorrow’s lead
Oh, that’s the trade off

Sometimes, she takes a break to gaze at the sunrise
Sometimes, clouds are forming in the sky, spinning clockwise
And the still life hanging on the wall seems like real life
Hear her spitting out a curse to all of mankind
As the emptiness collapses over her time

Because you know what you’ll become
And every time you see the sun
You know which way it’s coming from
And there’s nowhere to run

Running out and falling ahead
Turning the page before the words are read
Gold today for tomorrow’s lead
Oh, that’s the trade off
That’s the trade off

Running out and falling ahead
Turning the page before the words are read
Gold today for tomorrow’s lead
Oh, that’s the trade off
That’s the trade off
That’s the trade off

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from Memory / Gravity, released April 14, 2023

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