Trust This Handshake

from Flotsam by Mortimer Nova (2012)

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in the summer of 2009 i watched the sun collapse and die
so i left a letter carved in my arm that said there's love but it's not inside
and i've been thinking that things are not okay, it's one more wreck every dying day
i'll say goodbye to the collapsing sun and with that note it's time i've gone

come inside, july, altruicide

i told my wife that there's life alive but when i reach in, it's dead inside
and this tree that stands so tall has lost its leaves and soon must fall
without warning and to disbelief, the day will come that i have to leave
as this shell is strangling me and the cut that's left is to be released

come inside, july, altruicide

call this a warning, a cry for help but nothing changes in this cell
the time will come when i shut the door, kiss you goodbye and cry no more
kiss the kids because they shouldn't see their fathers shell in agony
so throw a stone at the setting sun because it's the reason your love has gone

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from Flotsam, released December 12, 2012

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Mortimer Nova is an experimental indie / anti-folk / indietronic group fronted by Michael Vilches based out of the Tampa Bay area in Florida. Mortimer Nova was ranked #14 on Non-Hollywood's "25 Indie Music Artists Worth Paying For" poll in 2014.

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