Mute

from I Started With The Best Intentions by Goodbye Fairground

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The drums started pounding so suddenly
when the marching band filled the street with people
dancing to tunes they had not heard in a while
but they knew every word in every line
and in a better world with me as a better man
she just would have been one of them
another girl in a crowd, dancing in the shade
and not the center of the whole parade
I heard trumpets tooting when I saw her the first time
I should have known that she wasn’t alone that night
but alcohol and heat turn cowards into heroes
who don’t even ask if heroes are needed
I was stumbling and stuttering like a drunk
I tried to act cool like a moron
she smiled for a second then turned her back on me
some people never learn

and I don’t know how many boys have died for her
but I know I wouldn’t mind to be the next in line
and I bet that she’s stopped counting long time ago
she said “sip before you spill your drink”

suddenly life was put on mute
I felt the pain before I even felt the punch
before my head hit the gutter and I filled it with my blood
before he closed my eyes.

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from I Started With The Best Intentions, released March 29, 2013

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