Moon Raccoon - Staring out my Window

from Irreloquent by Stephen Wordsmith

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We begin this inward journey by looking outward - or, at least, in the direction where outward lies.

A song for all those who've ever felt like the walls are closing in, but it's all that's protecting them from what's on the other side.

lyrics

I spend so long staring out of my window
I'm starting to think it's not staring back
It's mind on things more important than I
And the train of its thought still firm on its track
On its track
On its track
On its track

CHORUS
And it's doing a far better job than I
Just holding together
Holding together
Keeping itself in a frame of mind
To hold it together
Hold it together

I spend so long staring out of my window
Pretending the foreground just doesn't exist
And the longer I stare in this great act of nothing
The longer the problems become on my list
On my list
On my list
On my list

CHORUS

I spend so long staring at my window
I've lost sight that there's another side
I've made so much effort to not be transparent
I set myself up to continue to live a lie
Live a lie
Live a lie
Live a lie

CHORUS x 4

credits

from Irreloquent, released September 22, 2022
Lyrics by Stephen Wort
Music written on 2021-02-17 by Brian MacLean
Mastered by Thomas Meidell

Performances:
B.MacL.
acoustic guitar
electric lead guitar
noise
percussion
synthesizer
voice

Recording:
Recorded and mixed at The Dinning Room by the Moon Raccoon sporadically between 2021-10-17 and 2022-08-24.
TDR resides in North Simcoe-Muskoka, the traditional territory of the Anishnaabeg, specifically Ojibway/Chippewa peoples, covered by Lake Simcoe Treaty 16 (1815) and the J. Collins land purchase.

To play on guitar:
Capo 1
Verse - Am Em
Pre-chorus - Am Em
Chorus - Am Dm F
Bridge - Em C / Em C / Em C / Am G

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