Name: NOSTALGIC KNAVE (Live at The Secret Group)
Duration: P00H04M49S
Description: Stripped from video. Recorded June 26th, 2016 at The Secret Group in Houston, Texas.

NOSTALGIC KNAVE (Live at The Secret Group)

from Live & Rare by Square and Compass

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Stripped from video. Recorded June 26th, 2016 at The Secret Group in Houston, Texas.

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Todd said,
"You're a stubborn animal.
"And I shrugged,
"Yeah, devolution is a bitch."

I used to ooze passion,
but I've spent it all
on New Order songs and Cameron Crowe films
And Nabokov novels.

So don't ask me
to watch the sunrise,
because I've seen the perfect one--
it glowed vermillion, mauve and gold.

Admit it--
life's a boring drag.
We drift between the dusty pasty
and the clouded, bleak unknown.

Everything's been said;
so what am I to say?
I'm just rewording classic anthems
'cause I'm your nostalgic knave.

2001
was the summer of love.
Potential was pervasive;
the days were welcome ones.

And Jack played guitar then,
just like he does today:
"Rocks Tonic" sing-a-longs
in the back yard.

Kevin blew up Black Cats
and Chi Chi died his hair,
while Mike and I smoked
stogies in the pool.

Girlies curled their smiles
like leashes round my neck.
And hope was superfluous,
not an obstacle.

This is a funeral for the best days of my life;
they're buried in the dirt behind me.
They say the past is just the past so let it pass,
but present tense seems so remote.

Everything's been done;
so what am I to do?
I dwell in memory and rewrites'
cause I'm your nostalgic knave.

My present occupation
is just waiting to expire,
half-living a redundant life
amongst all things second-rate.

So where do I go from here?
Where am I going to from here?
Can I endure another 30 years?

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from Live & Rare, released January 1, 2015

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