Other Side

from Marginalia EP by Josh Mordecai

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those men sing of pain, of whiskey, and of cocaine, but i really only know one of those three. i can tell from how their progressions go and how their voices crack just so that i don’t know hurt. at least not completely, but i recognize the troubles they seem to have with life and so often i will write the same kinds of songs. but their voices seem so pure they make me unsure, and they make me wonder if i’m doing this all wrong. i’ve never really lost my mind and all my friends are still alive. i don’t know a thing of needles ripping through my skin, but i’ve screamed and i have yelled. i know loneliness real well. i know damn well just how my records spin. they always keep the pace and the tempo to all our heartaches. i’ll switch it back to 33 rpm. hearing the pain they’ve known, i don’t feel so alone. and i walk these old floors through this house tonight again. the songs they crackle. the songs they spit. they remind me that this is it. i need only make it through tonight. all those lonesome sounds pull me further down until i’ve found that i am back on the other side.

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from Marginalia EP, released February 22, 2011

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