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von Sweeping Promises

It′s hard not to feel
The slowing of the wheel
As it clicks into place
Pinning me down

Gears on my neck
And your name on the check
And your signature, loose and looping
Around and around and around

She said, I'm greasing that wheel
So I don′t have to steal
So I have something to write down
In my journal

Because machines like this, they're too big to fail
You just don't stop it all at once she said
You gotta be smart, be patient, and take notes


So I′m faking that I have a life
Worth living in the words I write
I get them wrong, I get them right
This permanence, it feels to light
Gotta get this down, gotta get this down

An essay or an exposé
Whatever form, whatever shape
You mention me, mention my name
I live forever in this way
Just get this down

Oh, I′m making a break
Foot on the brake
With a shaky hand and on shaky lines, I
Write my name on those light blue lines
Write my name on those light blue lines (as if someone cared)
Write my name on those light blue lines (cared enough to read all of those pages)
Write my name on those light blue lines

You say I romanticize
That my perspective's compromised
In desperate need of editing
There′s nothing to be gained if you don't
Go get this down
(Go get this down)
But you hold on tightly, yeah


Pinning me down, held tightly
Coming unbound, gotta write lightly
(Da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da)
(Ooh, ahh)
(Da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da)
(Ooh, ahh)
(Da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da)
(Ahh)