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Don't Slow Dance With Your Skeleton

from Ø​Ø​Ø | Epithets by Yardsss

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Written and all instruments and spoken word performed by Krist Krueger. Recorded at Haywire Recording Studio (Portland, OR). Engineered by Robert Bartleson. Produced by Krist Krueger and Robert Bartleson. Music by Krist Krueger, words by Sherman Alexie from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

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There are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you, and your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you.

Maybe you don’t wear a watch, but your skeletons do, and they always know what time it is. Now, these skeletons are made of memories, dreams, and voices. And they can trap you in the in-between, between touching and becoming. But they’re not necessarily evil, unless you let them be.

What you have to do is keep moving, keep walking, in step with your skeletons. They're never going to leave you, so you don’t have to worry about that. Your past isn’t going to fall behind, and your future won’t get too far ahead. Sometimes, though, your skeletons will talk to you, tell you to sit down and take a rest, breathe a little. Maybe they’ll make you promises, tell you all the things you want to hear.

Sometimes your skeletons will dress up as beautiful women and ask you to slow dance. Sometimes your skeletons will dress up as your best friend and offer you a drink, one more for the road. Sometimes your skeletons will look exactly like your parents and offer you gifts.

But, no matter what they do, keep walking, keep moving. And don’t wear a watch because your skeletons will always remind you about the time. It is always now. The past, the present, the future, all of it is wrapped up in the now. That’s how it is. We are trapped in the now.

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from Ø​Ø​Ø | Epithets, track released April 27, 2017

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