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The Highway

from Something to Die to by Paul Bäcklin

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I wish that you were deaf and
spent your life tending to plants.
I wish that you were happy now
But in the past, you had been sad.
I wish your eyes would cool me down
And gentry force me back.
I wish your braided hair were roots
That snuck into my past.
I wish that you were beautiful and
That you didn’t care.
I with that you respected what is sacred and
That you didn’t have to ask.

But here you are. A highway.
My wasteland cut in half.
Something dangerous to cross before
I continue on my path.
An open bar.
A neon sign that’s selling me my past…

I wish that you accepted me
In being what I am.
I wish that you corrected me
When I would drift too far from that.
I wish you told the truth and thus
Never had to act.
I wish that I could trust you

But here you are. A highway.
My wasteland cut in half.
Something dangerous to cross before
I continue on my path.
An open bar.
A neon sign that’s selling me my past.
A filthy little hiding place that that waters down my craft.

All void of cars is the highway
On lookout for some light.
One could flash by any second
and I’ll be fragments in the hites.
No cigar,
But you’re so close in a landscape so vast.
Many small correction-waves instead of a crash.

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from Something to Die to, released October 15, 2021
Written by: Paul Bäcklin
Produced by: Johan Weber

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“Something to Die to” has a certain brightness to it. Not a pleasant bright, like a sunny day or the glitter on a lake touched by a breeze.  More like the light in “light-headed”. A dizzy, grainy light with a high pitched sinus tone to match it, ringing in your ears while all other sounds move back into the distance. The type of light you might expect to see when being on the verge of passing out. ... more

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