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Dead Ends

from Gramppappies by Grampfather

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lyrics

Strike a spark but the fire won’t catch–
waking to a fate you did not expect–
put in good karma but can’t cash that check.
Despite your aims you can’t evade

The dead ends,
severing your visions in shreds
and cutting you off
and spitting you out
without a map
and the path is lost.

Then darkness starts to swarm you,
can’t see your hands before you–
time ceases to exist,
fading faster as you slip your grip,
and once you get the hang of it
it all shifts.

Circling each day like a mouse in a maze.
If only a bird’s eye view could show you the way
to glean from each mistake and not become its prey.
The crowd awaits your great escape

To the unknown, a new home
for your true form, or your delusions
of what you think that others think
that you should be doing
beyond the dead ends,
severing your rhythms in fragments
and cutting you off
and spewing you out
without a beat
and the time is lost.

Just tap your foot to find it
and you’ll be reminded
of how your body used to move
before you had to pay your dues.
Now what has become of you?

Just tell yourself it’s alright,
though it might be contrived
and all in your mind.
To just fall in line
is not in my design.

It’s okay to
not know the way through it all
and those who claim to
you can trust about as much
as any old point of view

when the direction changes,
the whole landscape rearranges
by the intentions and the angles
that’ll send you on your way
to an early grave
or be the saving grace
you half believe in.

credits

from Gramppappies, released February 25, 2022
James Kwapisz (vox, guitar, bass)
Andrew Blot (lead guitar)
Tony DiMauro (drums)

Mastered by Westfall Recording Company

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Grampfather Kingston, New York

Grampfather is an indie-psych rock band based out of Kingston, NY, whose material traverses a variety of rock genres, such as indie, garage, punk, psych, chill, and thrash.

James Kwapisz: vocals, guitar, synth
Tony DiMauro: drums
Andrew Blot: guitar, keys
Jake Offermann: bass

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