Name: Mt. Mélodie - Same old Somersault
Duration: P00H07M12S
Description: A helical spring - precompressed, stressed and depressed.

Mt. Mélodie - Same old Somersault

from Irreloquent by Stephen Wordsmith

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A helical spring - precompressed, stressed and depressed.

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One step forward, and one leap backwards
With no boots upon my feet
With no feet upon my legs
And no legs to middle meet
Though the road rise up beneath me
And whatever drags me on
Is a force I'll never comprehend
Until my days are gone

I greet each inch of progress
With the same old somersault
The precision of a gymnast
And no ownership of fault
Yes, it's all a giddy spectacle
For those who stand and mock
This old tumbler giving polish
To the Sisyphean rock

CHORUS
I'm the slinky on the escalator
Ever on the run
My eternal torment is
Your everlasting fun
x2

Highly strung, and all wound up
Not knowing up from down and still
I will fight the uphill battle
But never going up that hill
Ever silent, ever slinking
Going silver 'fore my time
Face the same old situations
With the rhythm of a rhyme

CHORUS x 2

BRIDGE
I'm a rainbow without colour
I'm a circle shy one half
I'm as bent as politicians
And as empty as your laugh
I'm a stoneless, boneless skeleton
I'm a feckless, reckless fool
And I turn in perfect unison
With one old world so cruel

CHORUS x 2

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from Irreloquent, released September 22, 2022
Lyrics by Stephen Wort
Vocals, composition, all instruments and mastering by Thomas Meidell:
mtmelodie.bandcamp.com
open.spotify.com/artist/7q1k8k3WVSx4UMrCrpvMT8?si=Vh1VEIjnRamSR7nroSZSxA
www.facebook.com/mtmelodie

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