The First Days of July

by James Barrett

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fireworks light up the sky as I drive home
this familiar feeling instilled in me
but I'm on my own
I can scream out loud
compete with the sound
and try to drown it out
so I roll on through the fire in the sky
through the first days of July

I will not be defined by everything that's absent from my life

so what are we doing now?
still trying to figure out if we should do this on our own
I say "better together,"
you say "take me home,"
I think you're scared and coming of age
petrified of debts we'll pay
the cost of living accelerates
but believe in me
I'm not afraid

it won't stop until we die
our brains are scrambled
unbalanced
this is out of line
but still I try to look at you and see eye to eye
no it's not right
it's not right
but still I'll fight until the smoke begins to rise
and when it does will you be on my side?

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released December 17, 2018
Tracked, mixed, and mastered by Jake Checkoway in Philadelphia PA

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