These Are No Artefacts

from Twirling Towards Freedom EP by General Pants & The Privates

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nside your hand, inside your hand
was a tiny pebble smoothed by the sand
and you won't stay together
Nothing small will last forever

A yellowed string, a yellowed string
you wound and wove to craft a ring
and it won't always be hers
wrapped around her index finger

While they're burning
We're still learning about the other sons
No need for lies
No need for lies this time
While they bleed
we feel the need to learn about their history
Can't see through light
They can't see you if you close your eyes

Hidden away, hidden away
Were the games on boards you used to play
But you grew too old to use these
They had their lives to keep you pleased

And the jar of worms, the jar of worms
Who have been dead beneath the dirt
For three years since their capture
You gave them names that's all that matters

And the pieces
Fall together
But when they wash away
We can't go back
And our hearts burn
For that moment
We all love and lose
These are no artefacts.

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from Twirling Towards Freedom EP, released April 4, 2012
Written by Aidan Kirvan, 2010.

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General Pants & The Privates Sydney, Australia

General Pants & the Privates are a 'so-much-more-than-a-' ska band from the inner west of Sydney, Australia. Our turn-ons include ridiculous cocktails, people who dance, and the appropriate fucking use of swearwords.

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