The Postcard Sea

from Dark Whimsy And Soft Surrealism by Broken Hearts Are Blue

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lyrics

Born at mid-day, the last of my kin
A fragile son, already a has-been
Never a life so routine as mine
Perhaps I am the last of my kind
Slapped by the wind’s desolate touch
I was and wasn’t moved all that much

‘96 was the last year on earth
The archivist’s clever rebirth
I reset the world back to one
Set out West with cheek in tongue
Always a stranger always set apart
I held the cosmos in my beating heart
I would not play to the gallery scene
So I wrote my story on the postcard sea

If and when I find all that was lost
I’ll put ‘once upon a time’ back in her box

For life is but a moment preset to end
With my feet up and back upon a bed
All the papers and secrets left behind to rot
Will leave the rest of you to figure out what you got

We’re all left alone on our final slab

Until then, I’m gonna put my tap shoes on like ol’ Ahab
Everyday is a whale hunt with stone in hand

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from Dark Whimsy And Soft Surrealism, released March 4, 2022

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Broken Hearts Are Blue are a indie rock band whose members live in Kalamazoo, Minneapolis, Alameda, and Los Angeles.

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