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Sun rises over mist-draped hills
For the moment we are near
Day breaks, the real world sets in
How did we get here?

We're in different places in more ways than one
Every ending to the story's already been sung

Try as I may I cannot be what you need me to be
It's out in the open and where do we go now?
We were perfect when we started
And we will be when we land
As soon as I know I can show you how

You could be all I'd ever wanted
In another place place and time

But I am here and this is now, as much as we pretend
We need to pick the parts of ourselves we want to defend

Try as I may I cannot be what you need me to be
It's out in the open and where do we go now?

What I know's I don't want to lose you
But I'm now sure how to keep you
Can we navigate this passing storm?

I don't like to think of what we could be
Part of what you want is in me
But what we've had is why I'm holding on

Even if it's not the way you planned it
I hope we'll see this home

Try as I may I cannot be what you need me to be
It's out in the open and where do we go now?
We were perfect when we started
And we will be when we land
I think I know and I can show you how

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from Hurtful Nothings, released December 31, 2012

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Das Binky Madison, Wisconsin

Founded on the idea that genre is a construct alternately embraced and ignored, the Das Binky Recording Collective is John Das Binky, a multi-instrumentalist based in Madison, WI, and a rotating band of collaborators who join him in the battle to create catchy and enduring pop, rock, metal, folk, electronica and whatever else they can think of playing. ... more

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