Coils and Splinters/Like it Never Happened

from Matters of Flesh and Mind by Shades

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"Try again."
That's what she pounds into my head.
Drinks at ten, I'll wait and then excuses fly like pigs in wonderland.
But at some point I wanna say,
"Pardon me, but isn't this the kind of thing that defines insanity?"

I've spit every line, ohh I've spent every dime.
And now I'm out of wine and time and all that's left is the memory,
Like the one I wanna hold.
But life is always like it never happened at all.
Memory of the love I wanna know,
But life is always like it never happened at all.

Later on she reveals herself to me,
But not in bed, and nothing said,
But she still pulls that thread incessantly.
Just like others longing for the nicest girl with the biggest heart,
Will never pay you the slightest courtesy.

I've spit every line and I've spent every dime.
And now I'm out of wine and time but I still cling to the memory,
Of the love I wanna know,
But life is always like it never happened at all.

It's on these lonely nights I know,
I keep thinking that the future has already come and gone.
And it's on these lonely nights I know,
I keep looking at the setting sun and thinking that it's dawn.
I wanna live in your heart, I wanna live in your mind,
Like it never happened, like you've never known.

Memory, like the one I wanna hold.
Life is always like it never happened at all.
Memory, of the love I wanna know.
But life is always like it never happened at all.

I wanna live in your heart, I wanna live in your mind,
Like it never happened, like you've never known.

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from Matters of Flesh and Mind, released April 17, 2013

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Shades Des Moines

We are a 5-piece band from Des Moines, IA. Our music is alt-rock'ish with some heavy progressive and electronic influences impacting our creativity. All in all, we just want you to hear and enjoy our music.

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