First Date Conversations (for the healthy young professional)

by Jake Bardin

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I wish I could marry you right now
If just to never think about being alone again.

Can I tell you everything right now?
It's not your trust I care about,
I just want to get it all said.

Do you think tomorrow's way too loud?
Have you been scared of going out?
You feel exposed?

How many faults am I allowed?
Because if I'm not already out,
I'm getting close.

Then the lifeless vices,
taking no advice as I'm dancing with the devil all day.
It's a flightless life that now, at least, nobody can see.
What a senseless violence,
Love without a license, falling short of running away.
I spent my life just looking for the problem: it's me.

I wish I could marry you right now,
If just to never think about being myself again.

But I should be scared of you by now,
If I let myself forget myself, I might let you flood in.

Do you think tonight is all played out?
I spent hours on the couch getting composed.

This is the best seafood in town!
We're so far off the coast, but it barely shows.

Lifeless vices,
Taking no advice as I'm dancing with the devil all day.
It's a flightless life that I can never let you believe.
Relentless silence, nothing sharp to write with,
and too proud to beg you to stay.
I spent my life just looking for the problem, it's

I wish I could marry you right now.

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released July 20, 2022
Mixed by Brian Gornik
Drums by Preston Ormsby
Bass by Ben Reid

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