Outside All the Birds Are Gone

from 378 Vol. 2 by The Bascinets

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Outside all the birds are gone
inside there's a record on
the kettle screams itself into a song

and I woke up in clothes I wore
in clothes I wore the day before
the before I left where I belong

But all in due time
because there's so much
that I don't recognize

I don't mind

Willie Waterhouse and Thomas Cole
couldn't paint a line so bold
around you now
they're throwing out
the egg and pigment
and I've been told

you've dyed your hair
as I have mine
but yours is black
and mine is oh so white

but that's ok
that's how it goes sometimes

There's no use asking why
because there's so much
that I don't recognize

I don't mind
because I'm just killing time

Outside in the oldest hue
the boughs and houses retreating through
the yellow light and disappear
and something changes inside of you

in sight of you, in spite of me
not understanding everything
I think I know and I lift my head
and see you stand and turn to leave

But there's no use asking why
because there's still so much
that I don't recognize

I don't mind
because I'm just sitting here killing time

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from 378 Vol. 2, released September 27, 2018
Liam Bailey: drums
Tristan Huygen: guitar, lead vocals
Nick Shew: bass, synth noises
Nick Wellman: guitar, backup vocals
Mario Traina: violin

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nick wellman
nick shew
tristan huygen
trevor joellenbeck

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