This was recorded for "Mancubbers: PDX Edition" as a tribute to the band Mancub from Richmond, Virginia.
lyrics
It's the same sorry story being told two thousand times
Past tense potential and it's palm-muted crimes
We all search out silver lining on the edge of this razor blade
We compromise our consciences to make the grade
You held yourself together 'til you cried yourself to sleep
And it was in those lonely hours you found peace
But I know that I heard none in your voice the next morning
When you said, "Let's hold on 'til next week"
Because there is an escape in those monumental moments
Before we're sung back to sleep
But I can put my life on layaway, try to buy it back someday
But talk has never been so cheap
And you fell apart that evening despite dreams of holding on
And I'd be lying if I said I didn't give up, too
Please try to remember that it wasn't always like this
And I'll try to remember, too
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