Homewreckoning

from Up On The Wire by Isaac Lister

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in the jaws of teh yapping dog
where we wrote our epilogue
where you lied to me and didnt even blink

and all she is a shadow of herself
and sober she's much prettier

it doesn't get easier baby, it only gets harder to drink
watching you grow up into a lady, oh what do you think?
What do you think?

A time when my head's full of choices
A time when yours needs to be free
A time when you can't even tell me
These impossibilities eat me eat me whole

You cry wolf now every week
For those rough sketchy thrills you seek
I keep my counsel just to feign ambivalence

But every now I leave an inch
In hope you'll step down from those plinths
Stony towers of your famous arrogance

And all she is
Is a lost child in the night
And I could bring her home

It doesn't get easier baby
It only gets harder to know
Watching you grow up into a lady
Oh what does it show, what does it show?

But something sweet surely can make me
Forget the way I'm supposed to be
When my head just reflects simmered hatred
And the symmetry fails to reflect what you can't ever see.

Don't talk wet
The day isn't done yet
She's got more of her body to give

Leave me be
I'm tired of trying to protect you
It breaks my heart

I'm gonna get me some
You can't have one without the other
I gave you everything
I loved you like you were a brother
Come on and enter in
I'll cast you out into the airlock
This is my reckoning
And I reckon you forgot.

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from Up On The Wire, released August 6, 2015

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Isaac Lister York, UK

Isaac believes in the passion and attitude behind the craft of songwriting. Found making a big noise in every pub from North Yorkshire to Suffolk, he blends the rough and ready aesthetic of the old blues with the heart of the modern troubadour. His influences are wide ranged, from The Black Keys and The White Stripes to Muse and Radiohead, and this ethos leads to unique and powerful songs. ... more

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