Afterglow

from Keep In Touch by Jordan Graves

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Took off my shoulder pads, walked off the field, and joined a one-man band
Went through the doorway in a fever dream of unrecognized plans
In every ending there's a motorcade of strangers who had nothing else to do that day

There are too many people standing in this church that I don't love
Enough to validate their stories with an everlasting shrug
To watch me go, I'm a hero in my bones
And I hope you find a better way out

Back to the ether and I'm laughing at the tears that they've now found
Kathy and Caroline see clearly though the makeup of a clown
And come the morning news will finally have space for breaking down

There are too many people standing in this church that they don't know
Enough to validate their fictions with an underserving show
Afterglow, I'm a hero in my bones
And I hope you find a better way out

What careful elegance put words to pain in such an arcane bliss
I find myself believe intimacies I know don't exist
Or maybe I just wasn't open to whatever they could give

There are too many people standing in this church just for themselves
And I am one of them, and toe to toe I truly wish you well
Afterglow, casts a shadow from my bones
And I hope you find a better way out

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from Keep In Touch, released August 28, 2020

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