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Welcome Mat Punching Bag

from Light and Dark by 4 Star View

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I've been knocked down again
I've been left stranded
For all the times I've strived to bathe in your light
I guess I never did anything right
I’ll never get anything right
I’ll never get anything right
I never get anything

So put your arms away, safe for another day
Smear your shoes across my face
Like a doormat in your life with mud and briars and tears cried
Or a punching bag to ease your state

Enter the winter
A splintered surrender
Everything I’ve tried to re-brighten your light
I guess I never set anything right
I never said anything right
I’ll never get anything right
I never get anything

So put your arms away, safe for another day
Smear your shoes across my face
Like a doormat in your life with mud and briars and tears cried
Or a punching bag to ease your state

Can’t find a word with enough meaning
To encapsulate, to expunge this feeling
No catharsis that time’s not stealing
Ink stains paper piled to the ceiling
Can’t find a word with enough meaning

If I could bring it all back
The diversions of your past
I’d trade my life, twice, to undim your light
But I guess I never did anything right
I never did anything right
I’ll never get anything

So put your arms away, safe for another day
Smear your shoes across my face
Like a doormat in your life with mud and briars and tears cried
Or a punching bag to ease your state

Can’t find a word with enough meaning
Can’t find a word with enough meaning
Can’t find a word with enough meaning
Can’t find a word with enough meaning
Can’t find a word with enough meaning
Can’t find a word with enough meaning
Can’t find a word with enough meaning
Ink stains the pages piled to the ceiling
Can’t find a word with enough meaning
I’m tired, this is me dealing

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from Light and Dark, released January 21, 2022

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4 Star View Cape Canaveral, Florida

Originally from Northeast Mississippi and living in Cape Canaveral, FL, 4 Star View is a cathartic songwriter who swings among genres to create emotionally laden soundscapes. He is the poet laureate for the city of Cape Canaveral. Every album is unique in sound and themes. Most songs are single take, single track to produce a raw sound. Mistakes are not fixed because flaws are part of the art. ... more

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