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When the Lovee Breaks

from The Dignity of Man by These Estates

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Mason plays guitar, John plays baritone. Cassette deck solo overdub (1:00-1:12).

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It’s not a torch, it’s a cigarette,
but it’s still a sacred kind of flame,
and it leads you back to the place where
you feel youthful again:
flickering light on a basement wall,
ritual beat of the drum.
And, for once, your face is not just a mask
you’re staring outward from.

Well, it’s the way we live now. It’s always somehow just
a little tighter, a little tighter. And
it takes a couple beats just to figure it out, and get
a little tighter, a little tighter.

And I want you to keep me appraised -
if you call I’ll be waiting outside,
cause when the lovee breaks
we’re gonna have ourselves a real good time.

Down from your heart through your aching calves,
a particular kind of sin
waits for its cue,
a simple four-count in.
“I can’t wait, I can’t wait, I can’t wait”:
that’s the refrain of the song.
So for once, you’re not gonna leave
til the lights come on, til the lights come on.

It’s the way we live now. It’s always somehow just
a little tighter, a little tighter. And
it takes a couple beats just to figure it out, and get
a little tighter now.

And I want you to keep me appraised* —
if you call I’ll be waiting outside,
cause when the lovee breaks
we’re gonna have ourselves a real good time.
I need you to keep faith
and to keep me in the back of your mind,
cause when the lovee breaks
we’re gonna have ourselves a real good time.
Oh my God, we’re gonna have ourselves a real good time.

When the love I see
is the love I need to break and
when the love I feel
is a love I’m recreating —
when the love you breathe
takes all your time
then it enters me
and becomes mine,
well here it comes

it’s just the way we live now, it always somehow just takes a couple beats just to figure it out and to
keep yourself away from that crippling self-doubt.

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from The Dignity of Man, released February 22, 2014

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