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Good Mo​(​u​)​rning

from The Gramp Stamp by Grampfather

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Good Mo(u)rning


It's so nice
when the air is just right
when you can see
your breath mist freeze.

I know you don't like it
you say you might just
stay inside
layered up this whole time
until it all melts away.

Well I don't mean to be
a devil's advocate you see
but what would give shape to your days
without the cold?
And I know
that my heart is warmer
having been through these storms.

And I can't complain
'cause living these days
is nice and easy
just you and me
we're sitting real serene
just drinking good bean juice
and fine wine from the discount aisle
squirreled away in our nook
devouring the last of our books.

But there are times
when my mind becomes idle
and there arises
something inside me
that reminds me
of how feels to be
alive/a lie--
when you feel dead inside
you can't hear
anything else
but your own
youthful, illusory self--
no you can't drown it out
the voice that cries
the muse that tries
to quell your doubt
reminding you
what brought you to
this path in the first place:
to take all the seemingly
meaningless things we face
every monotonous day-to-day
and replace the emptiness
with the meanings that we create.

It doesn't matter much to me.
You can call it "pie in the sky"
but I still think it tastes sweet.
I don't know, maybe I've lost it
maybe I've gone and sold my soul
without knowing the cost of it.
But I don't know, maybe I've still got it
it's just lurking in the depths
just waiting for an offer.
I know I've grown lazy
but I won't let these comforts
tame me.

It's too damn easy
yeah, it's too damn easy
to play the victim--
there's nothing noble
in giving up.
I'm done with the illusion
because I decided I would
make the decision to override it.
I feel fine, I'm not wasting
half my life inside.
Okay, it's cold,
so put on your coat
open up the door
let in sunshine.
See how the rays
spread about the room
illuming the dust
that we've accrued.
We'll never know
just what we've got
if we just sit around and
rot.

I know I grow
from my pain.
If you don't engage
you don't get a say.
Because there's substance
than there's clutter--
don't mix one with the other.
I don't mean to offend
I just want to bend
the agenda or just end the
stale convention.
I don't care for the words
or what they purport to mean
'cause the marrow of the matter
is in the silence underneath.
And there's no need
to try and fool me
because I can clearly see
straight through the vernier
of such fickle convictions.
'Cause it's so damn easy
to tell the difference
between truths
and convenient fictions.

I know I've grown lazy
but I won't let these comforts
tame me.

credits

from The Gramp Stamp, released March 25, 2019
Vox, guitar, bass: James Kwapisz
Drums: Dan Shapiro

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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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