Disappearing Act

from Demos by Grey Gordon

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I think that I'll disappear
For just a month in mid-July
In hopes that when I come back
Something singular will catch my eye
And show me all the hope
That I've been missing in this town
It brings me down

Maybe I can find a hidden
Place inside me on the road
To show me what these people mean
When they sing of missing home
Or maybe I'll just die
Up in Toronto on my own
I am alone

Is it North or is it South
Or is it somewhere in between
I don't think there's a place on Earth
Where I can feel at peace
It isn't you, it wasn't her
So I guess that it must be me
22 and still confused
Still pissing in the breeze

This guitar and shitty car
Will take me where I need to be
Where no one knows my faults or worse
Mistakenly admires me
Where I won't have to panic
If a stranger calls my name
And be ashamed

I guess I'll cross my fingers
And just hope that I can end up fine
And pray my jaded disposition
Can't survive across state lines
And if I never make it back
Don't worry, nothing's wrong
Forever isn't long

I don't know, I never will
My lover is uncertainty
Her affections are fickle but
I love her just the same
So breathe me in and hold me there
'Cause that's all you'll have left of me
Keep my wishes in your lungs
And don't forget my name

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from Demos, released January 23, 2011

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