the crash

by Padraic's Joy

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lyrics

we were manic at the same time
got sushi and a beer at four in the afternoon
danced all through campus to music in our minds
and thought about the crash we'd both fall victim to

i don't wanna crash without you

i just heard a song that made me cry
first real cry i've had in about a year
this woman sang about feeling like she's under water
and i related to that muted kind of atmosphere
she sang about a friend of hers who had died
and i imagined myself singing for you
isn't scary not to be scared of death?
does it mean there's nothing here we're really tethered to?

i don't wanna crash
i feel like i might
without you

don't you dare
if you do, i will have to face the fact that
you're what i was tethered to
or the idea of you
don't you dare

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released January 30, 2019
recorded by the lovely Wes Halloran in the Loft Theatre during the final performance of Hecuba

album art by the magical Gracie Messer, who managed to visually capture the essence of this song as well as a moment during which many Hamilton songs were drunkenly sung in the wee hours

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Padraic's Joy Asbury Park, New Jersey

queer indie-folk songwriter & vocalist. gemini piney.

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