Limitations

from Up On The Wire by Isaac Lister

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if you remember where you were supposed to lie, you wouldn't be there yet

if you stood for what we were supposed to believe in I wouldn't be here either

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these are the limitations
of a life we built where I
I'm fine

and all these remonstrations
are just the bed you made I'll lie
In mine

In the arms of whoever you like
I'm not broken I'm just psyched
I find in time

That I must confess
I can only ever pin this all on me
But I was second guessed
By everything I see oh
Everything, you'd be.

Forty days like fogged mirrors
These memories, I made a few
With you

His songs have faster chords
And sweeter congealed metaphors than I
Can spew

But I must confess
I can only ever pin this all on me
I was second guessed
By everything you'd be
Oh everything I see

These are the outer reaches
You'll hear this song and then you'll leave and be free.

To love whoever you like
Without this vein without this spike
This barb, this heart:

She can't ever get away
Her gagging order drives me away

I'm getting bored, I'm in your sway
Your gagging order drives me

A way I lied: I'm fine.

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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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