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Ballast of Our Youth

from Ballast and Bromides by Arms of Kismet

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lyrics

why were we there
why did we care
to paint a mirage
in somebody’s garage
to fight this
the sightless

righting a wrong
by singing a song
waving a wand
at a chessboard of pawns
to make this
the weightless

it was the ballast of our youth
and our youth was like this town
ballast of our youth
it held us to the ground
it wrecked us
to protect us

then hiding the lies
in our suits and our ties
when under the guise
there was lye in our eyes
to blind us
it reminded us

of the ballast of our youth
and our youth was like this town
ballast of our youth
where I don’t see you around
it wrecked us
to protect us

and it might be too late
or it might be too soon
but we’re casting the sandbags
off this rising balloon

throw it overboard

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from Ballast and Bromides, released September 21, 2018
©2018 Wampus Multimedia. Words and music by Mark Doyon (ASCAP/WMM Songs).

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Arms of Kismet Winchester, Virginia

Brooding and poppy, funny and foreboding, it’s toe-tapping, tragicomic rock ’n’ roll.

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