Talking Back

from Phantom Skyline by Brodie Porterfield

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All of the muscles in both your hands
Are not sufficient for the weight of your head
Anyway they were not conditioned for work
You'll have to shove them in your pockets instead
Let your neck go slack and rest your chin on your breastbone
Stare at your feet and try to register movement
Open your mouth click your tongue
If you hear an echo then there's room for improvement

The boards in the floor sag the sun's in the dust
You pass out gazing at the microwave clock
Earth-pounding furious hot-pink lust
You wake up gazing at the microwave clock
Knock knock who's there a broken-down armchair
Broken-down armchair who cares you say
Not me yes you couldn't be then who
I've got things to do I'll have to call you back Tuesday

Meal after meal they start to all look the same
It leaves a bitter taste no place to spit it
Surveys are conducted but you don't want to complain
Ringing ringing ringing just let the machine get it
You can't breathe in this place you go for a ride
Pile of unopened mail on the passenger side
Searching for a person in whom you can confide
Anything else no a dollar twenty-seven out of five

Driving around with all your nerves exposed
They say that attitude is everything it's true you suppose
Then again you can't trust a thing an inch past your nose
They're scanning the herd for the ones that move slow
So push your pedal set your vanity mirror
And flex for your reflection with everything you've got
A bad decision's always better than indecision
It's a fact when something's hungry it goes right for the soft spot

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from Phantom Skyline, released August 31, 2013
Written, arranged and performed by Brodie Porterfield

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