Name: Vows
Duration: P00H02M57S
Description: "...and a silver sixpence in her shoe."

Vows

from Cosmetics-2015 by American Ethos

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"...and a silver sixpence in her shoe."

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"...and a silver sixpence in her shoe."

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Vows
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How was your day?
How was your trip?
She takes off her work clothes.
She dawns on a slip.
And she...
She makes for the TV.
Her show is almost on.
"Shall I make dinner?"
"Sure. I'll set the table."
And she takes off her face.
With a chemical elixir.
Her hands make for the brushes
They glide past the pictures.
"Where are my things?"
"I hid them in the closet.
You know how I am.
I don't like the clutter"

Was it worth it to you?
To have something blue.
Because everything else was borrowed.
Everything else was too new.
Pretty boy in your locket
Sick boy there in your pocket.
And so the story's been told
You finally have something old.

She rolls the die.
She moves the pieces.
She's come to collect.
The cat watches and paces.
The wine is free flowing.
But the party is vanquished.
The future is written
That this game is almost finished.
Off to the bed.
To each side of the mattress.
A line it is drawn
By which way the cat lays.
Last night in town
And Maybe it's kindness,
But when she comes to dance
I know it's just problems .

An old love, with new fears
The same face, with new tears
It's funny, when you look back on the year
All the steps that brought us here
Onward towards the station
I'm quiet, she's impatient
This is it darling, the end of our days
But you still surprise me when you say:
"I'm sorry I'm complicated"
And she drives off…
…and I get on the train.

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from Cosmetics-2015, released May 20, 2015

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