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Rubber Hose

from The Waterworks (demo) by Pete Davis

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This is sort of the title track for the album. I had always wanted the energy to pick up at the end because it felt like it was struggling between the guitar part and drum part to come out. It's something I did not resolve for this recording, but I am certainly fixing for the phase III recordings.

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Forgive me, darling, for staring off
Forgive me, darling, I haven't slept in days
Up for weeks by now, I wrote you a letter
But of the ones I kept, not one knows the words I'm still looking for.

I'd ask you if your ends are commonplace amongst everyone
I'd swear that your means aren't justified
I'd wake up during surgery to kiss your eyelids if the anesthetic stays
Until you're taking swings

I admit this one, I catalyze all of this
Animosity, maneuvering back and forth
Forgive me a thousand times, like those thousand before
I'm just a rubber hose, and I'm trying to work out the kinks

I'm a hole in this thousand pound pail,
A crack in the dam barely holding back the waterworks
And this business is dry, and my tongue is trick-tied
The glory of no-man's-land
Where I stay day and night
With my eyes wrapped in silver twine
So all the clouds I see are lined
Yours are just above you and raining all the time

Forgive me, darling, for everything
I've given it and you all the thought I can give
Forgive me, darling, I don't see things
The way we're supposed to, I need you to see for me

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from The Waterworks (demo), released January 1, 2004
P Davis: Acoustic guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums
Vocals

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