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Decoration

from Terra Firma by Our Twilight Pastime

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As a songwriter, sometimes you look back on your older work and think to yourself "well, that's not all that good." I honestly do still like most of the OTP archive; and Decoration is a song that, to me, has stood the test of time in a really positive way. I still really like the lyrics, and the simplicity of the music.

A bit of trivia: that shaker sound you hear at the end of the song is a box of Rice-a-Roni.

lyrics

We’re changing store fronts and windows (it seems)
to decorate for holidays.
I’ll let you make a scene of a bitten tongue
and a forced goodbye, seeming as lifeless
as an old lullaby.

You deserve a reward
for keeping me confused,
but deep in my heart I know you’d refuse.
So let’s cut out our lies like grocery coupons:
save our two cents, and let each other move on.

I’ll be your odd friend, a jester you let loose:
good intentions and a stomach full
of chewed up old truths.
You be the review at the end of this chapter:
reminding me what I forgot,
but still stumble after.

credits

from Terra Firma, released March 1, 2006
Written and Performed by Mike Goldense

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Hi, I'm Michael Goldense. I've used the name Our Twilight Pastime since 2004 for the music I write & record at home. Check out my latest EP, Reimagined Static. I also released an album "The Light of What We Are" under my own name in 2017.

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