I'm away now

from Shelter in Love by batteryboy

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Watch a thousand sailing black balloons and waiting for a sign that’s meant to be
Send a message out to clear the air about just where I find my place to be
Black balloons are bursting you’re running back and forth with open hands to catch the most
A love that’s lost is simply pushing back and forth and forcing me to be a ghost

Be so good to everyone you love hold onto what matters most
I’ve written every lyric said all I need to say I gave the world a proper toast
First the loneliness and then the screams I know I showed the world that I exist
This frightened rabbit runs into a hole to disappear into the great abyss, I’m away now

Weighted and heavy drifting down fading to black
Just carry me some days when I feel like I can’t carry my stack
Lay me down gently out of the way out in the back
Lay me down gently out of the way out in the back
Lay me down gently

couldn’t keep holding the fort door open invasion came and the walls were broken
i needed someone to fight off my doubt to strengthen me from the inside and out
couldn’t keep holding the fort door open invasion came and the walls were broken
i needed someone to fight off my doubt to strengthen me from the inside and out

Weighted and heavy drifting down fading to black
Just carry me some days when I feel like I can’t carry my stack
Lay me down gently out of the way out in the back
Lay me down gently out of the way out in the back
to Lay me down gently
to Lay me down gently
to sleep

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from Shelter in Love, released September 3, 2021
Lyrics: Rouse
Music: Rouse, Carranza, Frid-Rubin, Ringer

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batteryboy Minneapolis, Minnesota

batteryboy combines social awareness and personal revelation to create “music to deal with everything else.” Founded by singer Cobey Rouse in 2011, the group includes multi-instrumentalist Eric Carranza, bassist Ray Ringer and violinist Shannon Frid-Rubin. Their lush sound of strings and Carranza’s Eno-esque atmosphere give Rouse’s emotionally charged lyrics a fitting place to come to hit home. ... more

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