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Waiting for the Bounce

from Play for Affection by Arms of Kismet

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lyrics

sitting on the wall, Humpty
perched upon the ledge
staring at the ground below
inching toward the edge
I wondered if somebody
had ever flown from there
raised their arms like wings
and fallen through the air

pennies for the wishing well
are cheaper by the pound
and like every wishful embryo
I thought I’d bounce

in the moment I was flying
and the ground was drawing near
my life, it flashed before me
my heart was filled with fear
I wondered if somebody
could make some sense of it
curled up like a hanging slider
landing in some catcher’s mitt

the dreams that move our bodies
are cheaper by the pound
where every wishful embryo
is waiting for the bounce

like a dancer’s pirouette
on a trampoline
a chance to dance forever
bouncing over everything

now I’m picking up these pieces, I am
picking up these pieces, I am
picking up the pieces of myself
and when I’m back together, well
no matter what the weather, hell
I’ll open my umbrella in the moment when I fall
and glide across the countryside
and through the quiet clouds
to the silence of the heavens
a cacophony that’s louder
than the sound of cracking open
or the sound of breaking down

and there I’ll make my bargain
see if my heart has hardened
there I’ll make my bargain with the ground

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from Play for Affection, track released November 30, 2010
©2010 Wampus Multimedia. Words and music by Mark Doyon (ASCAP).

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

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