Help Was Wanted

from Carving An Arc by The Bird Calls

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tugged at a tear in your fabric
this was life how we dreamt it
help was wanted but went unmentioned

pages and pages of taglines
just pick one you like and let's go for a drive
introducing something tragic

considered in terms of worsts and bests
resisting the urge for permanence
only wanted things to last a little bit longer

let's say the future's not happening
and the past's a happy accident
i just noticed how you started slowing down
and i feel better when you're around

in the gap between art and the artist
from home to where the heart is
some songs are oak trees and some are sawdust

sung through the walls of apartments
slipped in the cracks of an argument
never said it but i meant it

imagined in terms of firsts and lasts
retraced our tracks with nervous laughs
initials carved in the undead bark of a public park

let's say the past is not happening
and the future's not what we planned it is
still riding high, still enjoying the ride
the closest thing to heaven while you're alive

let's say the future's not happening
and the past's a happy accident
i just noticed how you started slowing down
and i feel better when you're around

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from Carving An Arc, released November 12, 2021

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