clowns

by josiah mason

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this is a song about oversights and commitments and a gentle reminder that you're better to yourself than anyone else can be.

you are a molten ball of effervescent stardust. don't forget that you belong to this universe, that you are multitudes.

Art by Isaac Weaver (@eyezahk on Insta)
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---- thank you for listening to my little song, the lyrics are below ----

lyrics

it got hard again
you went silent
we hit some turbulence
you said 'guess that's all of it'

and i went down, down down down down
cause I see what we lost
I'm not your clown clown clown clown clown
and I don't sing for you
I went down, down down down down
it's not despair
no I won't drown drown drown drown drown
I won't breathe for you

stop my heart again
cut the fuel line to the engine
burn myself up like an idiot
what remains I guess that's all of it

and i went down, down down down down
cause I see what we lost
I'm not your clown clown clown clown clown
and I don't sing for you
I went down, down down down down
it's not despair
no I won't drown drown drown drown drown
cause I don't breathe for you

this tattered scrap we wove
every thread cut short
you never even asked about the holes
do you care what my family thinks of me?
an excuse for every twisted song
I can't stay happy long

and I'm going down, down down down down
cause I see what we lost
I'm not your clown clown clown clown clown
and I don't sing for you
I went down, down down down down
it's not despair
no I won't drown drown drown drown drown
I won't breathe for you

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released August 25, 2021
Josiah Thomas Mason made this one too, but on a Saturday.

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josiah mason Dallas, Texas

i make music in dallas, sometimes with my friends, usually without a ton of polish

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