Boston

from Slumber in Motion by Moving Day

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Oh my god, what is it
That we have been left with
The ground moved beneath our feet
We didn’t know we had to check it
Barely let myself touch the floor
Taking notes on if to get out
There isn’t much I wouldn’t do
To hear three more words come out of your mouth

Put a blanket in the back seat
Threw out the spare tire
I hurtle towards Boston at seventy miles per hour
Haven’t heard from you much this week
So my heart beat refuses to slow down
Bite my knuckles in the lobby
Thinking your arrival will bring my relief
It lasts for one long embrace
Then dissolves as we approach the street
Wander ‘round with a vice-grip smile
A couple blocks until you express doubt
You feel you’re split in two and
Part of you needs to be left to rot
Weep in view of passerby
Your old self still refuses to die
You’ve leveled worn down walls
A new life calls so loudly that it hurts

Honey
When you met me
We were scrapyard kids
Wounded children
Took me
Half a century
For my fingers to wrap around your hands
And I’m glad they did
We learned to relinquish
Fragile defenses
Become warm oblivion

Too much time left to say goodbye
We share long silences and get high
Lacking in predilection
I pick a direction and I drive
Scanning block after city block
Pinning hopes on an empty parking lot
The American Legion isn’t dead
But at least has a spot
We get lost in the lock of eyes
For a moment I swear it's alright
Caught in the afterglow
I didn’t know it would be the last time
Humid in September chill
Keep ourselves below the windowsill
I ask if you can try to save us
And you promise that you will

Honey
When you met me
We were scrapyard kids
Wounded children
Took me
Half a century
For my fingers to wrap around your hands
And I’m glad they did
We learned to relinquish
Fragile defenses
Become warm oblivion
Found an oasis
Hidden from the merciless
We will never be
What we were ever again

Pandora’s box is open
Buried sentiments flow
In streams out to the ocean
I’m far away from home
Stop the search of hindsight
Let tangled threads go
Amelia I loved you
That’s all I need to know

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from Slumber in Motion, released November 12, 2022

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Moving Day Belchertown, Massachusetts

Moving Day describes themselves as “synth pop for buzzkills.” Their keyboard based sound is rounded out by electric cello. Vocalist Robbie Juarez varies his approach from a murmur to falsetto while telling stories through strings of images.

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