A Song For Forgetting

from Willfully Human by The Last City

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lyrics

It’s new stories that you’ve known all along
It’s saying volumes without speaking at all
It’s a riddle with no answers
It’s a song that keeps changing keys

It’s five minutes stretching into a night
Being sick together, contagious and bright
Tomorrow's treasure is seeing today with new eyes
And one less secret to hide

If it helps to call me a stranger
And hope that all we have is tonight
Here's a song for forgetting
But enjoying the ride

We live and we learn, die a little inside
Stir up the ashes and feel more alive
It's hiding each other, it's a joke at a funeral
A slate you never quite wipe clean

When you don't know where you're going
But you know stopping ain’t an option
Here's a song for forgetting
But enjoying the ride

Here's toast to the last place I left my heart
Raise a glass to the family I chose

I make my home when and where I can
Til friends feel like strangers
Then I pack up again
Here's a toast to the last place I left my heart

If it helps to call me a stranger
And hope that all we have is tonight
Here's a song for forgetting
But enjoying the ride

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from Willfully Human, released September 24, 2021
Vocals - Adrien Palmer
Guitar - Adrien Palmer
Strings - Lizbet Palmer
Piano - Lizbet Palmer
Electric Bass - Lucas Reader

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The Last City Dallas, Texas

Adrien and Lizbet Palmer, and Lucas Reader, combine acoustic guitar, violin, keys, and bass for a blend of folk, rock, and acoustic pop.

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